|b{The_Brut_or_The_Chronicles_of_England,_Part_1
|b_ed._Friedrich_W._D._Brie,_MS._Rawl._B_171,_Bodleian_Library
|b_EETS_OS_131_(1906),_pp._1-286.}



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           The Brut, a Chronicle of England.

|r[MS._Douce_323,_Bodleian_Library.]

|r[The_Prolog.]

     |r[How_King_Dioclisian_wedded_his_33_Daughters_to_33_Kings
     |r_whom_they_afterwards_murderd;_and_how_these_Widows
     |r_came_to_England,_&_had_children_by_the_Giants_of_the
 |r4 |r_land.]
     |r[f.1r] |r<b> IN the noble lande of Surrye ther was a noble kyng and
        myghty, & a man of grete renoun, čat me called Dyocli_cian,
        čat wel and worthily hym gouernede, & rewlede
 |r8    thurgh his noble chiualrye, so čat he conquered alle č=e=
        landes abowte hym, so that almoste all č=e= kynges of č=e=
        world to hym were entendaunt.  Hyt befell thus, čat
        this Dioclician spousede a gentyl damysele čat was wondyr
|r12 fayr, čat was hys Eemys doughter, Labana; & sche loued hym as
     reson wolde, so čat he gate vpon here xxxiij doughtres, of č=e= which
     č=e= eldest me called Albyne. And čese Damysels, whan čey comyn
     in-to Age, bycomen so fayre čat it was wondyr.  Wherfore
|r16 this Dioclician anon lete make A sompnyng, & comaundid by his
     lettres čat Alle č=e= kyngys čat heldyn of hym schulde come at A
     certayn day, as in his lettres was conteyned, to make A ryal feste.
     At which day, čedir čey comyn, & brought with hem Amyralles,
|r20 Prynces & Dukes, & noble Chiualrye. če feste was ryally Arayd;
     & čere čey lyved in ioy and merthe y-now, that it was wonder to
     wete.
         And hit befelle čus, čat čis Dioclician čoughte maryen his
|r24 Doughtres among all čo knyghtys čat tho were at that solempnite;



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     and so they speken & dede, that Albyne, his eldest doughter,
     & alle here sustres, richely were maryed vnto xxxiij kynges that
     wer lordes of gret honour, & Also power, at čis solempnite. And
 |r4 whanne č=e= solempnite was done, euery kyng nome his wyf, & lad
     hem into here owne cuntre, and there maad hem quene.  And
     hit byfelle čus aftyrward, čat čis dame Albyne bycome so stoute
     & so sterne, čat sche told litel prys of her lord, And of hym hadde
 |r8 scorne and dyspite, and wolde not done his wylle, but wolde haue
     here owne wyll in diuerses maners. And all her other sustres,
     eche on bere hem so euel a-yens here lordes, čat it was wonder
     to wete.  And for-as-mych as hem thought čat here housebondes
|r12 were not of so hye parage comen as here fadyr.  But tho kynges
     čat were her lordes, wolde haue chastysed with fayr speche &
     byhestes, & also fors ¨iftes, and warnyd hem in fayr maner vpon
     all loue and frenschipe čat čei scholde Amende hir lithir condi_cions;
|r16 but al it was for nou¨t, for they deder her owne wil in all
     čyng čat hem lykede & hadde of power. wherfore čo xxxiij
     kynges, vpon A tyme, and oftyn-tymes, beten here wyfes, for čey
     wende that čei wolde haue Amended here tacches and here wykkyd
|r20 thewes; but of such condicions čei were čat, for fayr speche &
     warnyng, čei deden the |r[f.1v] wors, & for betynges eft-sone mych
     wors. Wherfore č=e= kyng čat hadde wedded Albyne, wrote č=e=
     tacches & če condicions of his wyf Albyne, & č=e= lettre sent to
|r24 Dioclician, her fader.  And whenne če other kynges herde that
     Albynes lord had sent lettre to Dioclician, anon čey sente lettres
     enseled with here seeles [of] č=e= condicions and č=e= tacches of here
     wyfes.
|r28     Whanne č=e= Kyng Dioclician saw & herde so many pleyntes
     of his doughters, he was sore a-schamed, & bycome wonder Angry
     & wroth to-ward his doughters, & čought boč=e= nyght & day how
     he čo myghte amende hit čat čey so mysdede.  And anon sente
|r32 his lettres vnto čo xxxiij kynges, čat čey schulde come to hym,
     & brynge with hem here wyfes, euerychon at a certayn day, for he
     wolde ¨ere chastise hem of here wikkydnes, if he myghte in eny
     maner wyse. So čat č=e= kynges comen All at če day & tyme čat



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     čo was sette bytwen hem; & č=e= Kyng Dioclician hem vndir-fenge
     with mychel honour, & made A solempne feste to all čat were
     vndir his lordschipe. And č=e= thrid day of čat solempnyte, če
 |r4 kyng Dioclician sente for his xxxiij doughtres, čat čei schulde
     come & speke with hym in his chambre. & whenne čey were
     comen, he spak vn-to hem of here wikkydnes & of here cruelte,
     & dispitously hem reproued And vndirnam, & to hem he sayde
 |r8 čat, ¨if čei wolde not be chastised, čei schulde his loue lese for
     euermore.  And whanne č=e= ladyes herd al this, čei becomen
     abasshed & gretly a-schamed; & to here fadir čey seyd čat čei
     wolde make al amendes; & so čey departed out from here fadres
|r12 chambre. and Dame Albyne, čat was č=e= eldest suster, lad hem all
     into her chambre, & čo made voide al čat were čerin, so čat no
     lyf was among hem but sche & here sustres y-fere. č=o= saide
     čis Albyne  "My fair sustres, ful weel ¨e knowič čat č=e= kyng
|r16 oure fadir, vs hath reprouyd, schamed & dispised, for encheson
     to make vs obedient vn-to oure housbandes; but certes čat schal y
     neuere, whiles čat I lyve, seth čat I am come of a more hyere
     kynges blod čan my housband is." & whan sche had so seyd,
|r20 all here sustres seyd če same.  And čo seyd Albyne: "ful
     wel y wot, fayr sustres, čat oure housbandes haue playned vnto
     owre fadir vpon vs, wherfore he hath čus vs foul reproued
     & dispised. wherfore, sustres, my counseil is čat, čis nyght,
|r24 when owre housbandes ben abed, all we with on assent cutten
     here throtes, & čan we mow be in pees of hem, & better we mowe
     do čis čing vndir our fadres power čan elles-where." & anon
     All č=e= ladyes |r[f.2r] consentid and graunted vnto čis counceil.  And
|r28 whan nyght was comyn, č=e= lordes & ladies wente to bedde, & anon
     as here lordes were in slepe, čei cutte all here housbandes
     throtes, & so they slowen hem all.
         whan čat Dioclician her fader herd of čis čing, he by_come
|r32 hugely wroth A-¨ens his Doughtres, & anon wolde hem all
     haue brent; but Alle č=e= barouns & lordes of Sirrye conceilyd hym
     not so for-to don suche sternys to his owne doughtres, but onlych
     schulde voide č=e= land of hem for euermore, so čat čei neuere
|r36 schulde come a¨en; & so he dede.  And anon Dioclician, čat



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     was here fadir, commaundid hem to gon in-to schipe, & deliueryd
     to hem vitailles for half a ¨eer. and when čis was don, all če
     sustryn went in to Shipe, & saylled forth in č=e= See, & be-toke alle
 |r4 her frendes to Appolyn, čat was her god. And so long čey sailled
     in č=e= See, til at če laste čei come & aryued in an yle čat was all
     wyldernes.  And when dame Albyne was come to čat land, &
     all her sustres, čis Albyne went ferst owt of č=e= shipe, & sayde to
 |r8 here očer sustres: "for-as-mich," quod sche, "as I am č=e= eldest
     suster of all čis cumpanye, & ferst čis land haue takyn, & for-as_meche
     as myn name is Albyne, y wil čat čis land be called
     Albyon, after myn owne name;" & anon all here Sustren her
|r12 graunted with a good wylle.
         Tho wenten owt all č=e= Sustres of č=e= Shippe, & tokyn č=e= lond
     Albyon, as here Suster called hit; & ¨ere čei wente vp and doun,
     and founde neičer man ne woman ne child, but wylde bestes of
|r16 diuers kyndes.  And whan here vitaill were dispendid, & hem
     faylled, čei fedde hem with erbes & frutes in seson of č=e= ¨eer, &
     so čey lyued as čei beste myght. And after čat, čei tokyn flessh
     of diuers beestys, and bycomen wondir fatte, and so čei desirid
|r20 mannes cumpanye and mannys kynde čat hem faylled; and for
     hete they woxen wondir coraious of kynde čat hem faylled, so čat
     čey desirid more mannys cumpanye čan eny other solas or merthe.
         Whanne če Deuyll that perceyued and wente by diuers
|r24 contres, & nome bodyes of č=e= eyre & likyng natures shad of men,
     & come in-to č=e= land of Albyon and lay by če wymmen, and
     schad tho natures vpon hem, & they conceiued, and after čei
     broughtem forth Geauntes, of če which on me called Gogmagog,
|r28 and anočer Laugherigan, & so čei were nompned by diuers
     names; & in čis manere they comen forth, and werem boren
     horrible Geauntes in Albion; & čey dwellyd in Cauys & in hulles
     at here will, & had č=e= lond of Albyon as hem liked, vn-to č=e=
|r32 tyme čat Brut Arryved & come to Tottenesse, čat was in č=e= Ile
     of Albyon. and ¨ere čis Brut conqueryd & scomfyted these |r[f.2v]
     geaunte¨ aboueseyd.
     Here endeth če prolog of Albyon, čat čo was an Ile. and
|r36 herkeneth now how Brute was geten, & how he slow,



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     ferst his Modir, & Afterward his fadir; & how he Con_quered
     Albyon, čat After he nepued Brytaigne, after his
     name, čat now is y-called Engelond, After če name of
 |r4 Engist of Saxoyne. Capitulo Primo.
     |r<b> IN the noble Cyte of gret Troye, čer was a noble knyght & a
        myghty, & a man of gret power, čat me callyd Eneas. And
        whan č=e= Cytee of Troye was lost & dystroyed thurgh hem of
 |r8 Greek, čis Eneas, with al his mayn fled thens, & come in-to
     Lumbardye, čat čo was lord & gouernour of čat land a kyng čat
     me called Latyme, and another kyng čo was čat me called
     Turocelyn, čat stronglich werred vpon čis Kyng Latyme, čat
|r12 often-tymes ded hym mochesorowe & myche harm.  And
     whan čis Kyng Latyme herde čat Eneas was come, he vndirfonge
     hym with myche honour, and hym withhelde, for-as-myche as he
     had herd of hym, and wyst wel čat he was a noble knyght, & a
|r16 worthy of body and of his dedes.  This Eneas helpe Kyng
     Latyme in his werre; & schortly for-to telle, so weel & worthyly
     he ded, čat he slogh Turocelyn, & descomphyted al his peple.
     And whan al this was don, kyng Latyme ¨af al čat land čat was
|r20 Turocelyns, & ¨af it to Eneas in mariage with Lamane, his
     doughter, the moost fayr creature čat eny manne wiste; & so čei
     louede to-gider in ioy & myrthe all here lyvys tyme.
         Hit bifel thus, čat Eneas dide, as God wolde. & whanne
|r24 that he was ded, Asquanius his Sone, čat come with hym from
     Troye, vudirfenge č=e= land, and helde it al his lyvys tyme.  And
     after, he weddid A wyf, & vpon here begate A Sone čat me
     callyd Sylveyn. And this Sylveyn, whan he conde some reson
|r28 of man, vnwetyng his fadir, & a¨ens his wyl, aqueynted with a
     damysell čat was Cosyn to Lamane čat was Kyng Latymes
     doughter, the quen čat was Eneas wyf, and brought č=e= damysell with
     Chylde.  And whan Asquanius his fader yt wyste, anon he
|r32 lete enquere of the wysest maystres, & of č=e= grettest Clerkys,
     what child č=e= damysele schulde bryng forth. & čey Answered &
     seyde čat sche schuld bryng forth a Sone čat schuld qwelle boč=e=
     fader & moder; & so he dede; for his modir dyde in beryng of



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     hym.  And whan čis Child was born, his fadir lete calle hym
     Brut; and č=e= maystres sayd čat če Child schulde do mych harm
     & sorowe in many diuers places; & after, he schulde come to
 |r4 gret honour and worschipe.  This Kyng Asquanius deide whan
     god wolde; & Sylveyn his sone receyued če land, & made hym
     wonderlich wel be-louyd among his puple. |r[f.3r] And whan Brut,
     čat was Sylveynes sone, was xv ¨eer olde, he went vpon A day
 |r8 with his fadir to pley & solace; & as this Brut schulde schetes
     vnto an hert, his Arwe mys-happed & glacede; And so there Brut
     quelled his fader.
     How Brut was dryue out of č=e= land, & held hym in Greke.
|r12 Capitulo ij=o=.
     |r<b> And whan this myschaunce byfalle was, č=e= people of č=e= land
        made sorowe ynow, & were an-Angrydn; & for encheson
        čerof čei dreven Brut out of č=e= land, & wolde not suffre
|r16    hym among hem. and he Saw čat he moste not Abyde, & went
     fro thens in-to č=e= Greek; & čer he fonde vij=Ml= men čat were of
     č=e= lynage & kynrede of Troy, čat weren come of gret blod, as
     č=e= story telleth as of men and wommen & childryn, če wheche
|r20 weren all holden in thraldom and bondage [by]  the Kyng
     Pandras of Greek, for the deth of Achilles, čat was betrayed and
     slayn at Troye.
        This Brut was a wondir fair man, & a strong, & A huge of his
|r24 Age, & of glad chere and semblaunt, and also worthy of body, &
     was wel beloued among his puple. This Kyng Pandras herde speke
     of his goodnesse & his condicions, & anon made hym dwell with
     hym, so čat Brut be-come wondir čryve & mych belouyd with č=e=
|r28 kyng, so čat longtyme Brut dwellyd with če kyng.  So at last
     čei of Troy & Brut spoken to-gedre of kynrede & of lynage & of
     Aqueyntaunce, & čer pleyned hem vnto Brut of her sorowe & her
     bondeage, & of meny other schames čat č=e= [Kyng] Pandras hem
|r32 don. & to Brut čei seyde vpon A tyme: "¨e ben A lord of oure



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     lynage, & A strang man & a myghty. be ¨e oure Avowe & oure
     lord, & we wyl become ¨oure men, & ¨oure comandementes done
     in alle maner thyng; and brynge ¨e vs out of this wrechidnes &
 |r4 bondage, & fyght we with č=e= kyng; for thurgh č=e= grace of č=e= grete
     god we schul hym ouercome; & we schul make čou kyng of č=e=
     land, & to ¨ow done homage, & of ¨ow we schullen holde euer_more."
     
 |r8    Brut hadde čo gret pyte of hir bondage čat čei were brought
     Inne, And pryvyly went hym from č=e= kynges Court; & all čo
     čat were of Troy went & put hem in-to wodes and Into Moun_teynes, 
     and hem helde, & sent to Kyng Pandras čat he schulde ¨eue
|r12 hem leue safely for-to wende out of č=e= londe, for čei nolde no
     lenger dwelle in his bondage.  The Kyng Pandras wax sosore
     anoyed, & čo swore that he wolde sle hem echon, & ordeyned
     a gret power, & wente towardes hem all for-to fight. but Brut
|r16 & his men anon manly hem defended, & fersly foghten & quelled
     all če kynges men, čat non of hem Ascaped, & took č=e= kyng, &
     hym heldem in pryson, & ordeyned |r[f.3v] counceyl betwen hem what
     čei myght do. Sum seyd čat he schuld be put to deth, &
|r20 summe seyd čat he schulde be exyled out of č=e= land, & summe
     seyd čat he schulde be brent.  And č=o= spak a wyse knyght čat
     me cleped Menprys, & seyd to Brut & to all čo of Troy: "yf
     Kyng Pandras wold ¨elde hym, & haue his lyf, y counceyl čat he
|r24 ¨eue vnto Brut, čat is our Duke & oure souerayn, his doughter
     Gennogen to wyf, & in Mariage with here an hundrid Shippes wel
     arayed, & al his tresour of gold & of syluer, of corn, of wyn, & as
     myche as vs nedith for to haue of o thing & of očer; & čan go
|r28 we out of čis land, & ordeine we vs land elles-wher; for we, ne
     non of our kynrede čat comen after vs, schuld neuer haue pees
     in čis land amonges hem of Grek; for we haue sleyn so meny of
     her knyghtes & of očer frendes, čat euermor werre & contect
|r32 schuld be Amonges vs."  Brut čo, & his folk, consentyd wel to
     čis counceyl; & čis čing čei tolden to Kyng Pandras.  And
     č=e= kyng, for-to haue his lyf, graunted as meche as čei axed, & anon
     ¨af vn-to Brut, Gennogen his Doughter, to wyf, & če hundred



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     sheppes, with as myche as hem neded of all vitalles, as byfore was
     ordeyned.
        Brut čo toke his wyf, & all his men čat forsoke če lond of
 |r4 Greek, & wenten hem vnto č=e= see & hadden wedir at wyll, &
     comen č=e= črid day in-to An Ile čat me calleč Loegers.  Brut
     anon sent of his men a land, for-to aspye č=e= maner of č=e= Cuntre.
     & čey founden an olde Cyte al wasted & forlete, čat nas čer-in nor
 |r8 man ne woman, ne no thing dwellynge; & In č=e= Myddyl of čis
     Cytee čey founden an olde Temple of a fayr lady čat me called
     Diane č=e= Goddesse. and čei comen a¨en vnto Brut, & told hym
     what čei had seyn & founden, & counceyled hym to go & do
|r12 sacrifice to Dame Diane, for she was wont to ¨eue answere of
     what čing čat euere men prayed here, & namely vn-to hem čat
     her honoured with sacrifice.  Brut went to čat ymage, & seyd:
     "Dyane, noble goddes, lady čat al čing hast in myght & in čy
|r16 power, wyndes, watres, wodes, feldes, & al thinges of če world, &
     al maner bestes čat čer-In ben! to ¨ow y make my prayer, čat ¨e
     me counceyle & telle where & in what place y schal haue a conuen_able 
     dwellynge for me & for my peple; & čer y schal make, in
|r20 honour of ¨ow, a wel fayr temple, & a noble, wheryn ¨e schul
     euermore be honoured."  When he had don his prayer, Dyane
     Answerid in this manere: "Brut," quod sche, "go euenforth čy
     wey ouer č=e= see in-to Fraunce, toward č=e= west, & čer ¨e schul fynde
|r24 an Ile čat is called |r[f.4r] Albyon; and čat Ile is bycompassed al with
     č=e= see, & no man may come čer-In but it be by schippes; and in
     čat lond were wont to be Geaunt¨; but it is not so, but al wyldir_nesse;
     and čat lande to ¨ou is destynyed, & ordeigned for ¨ow & for
|r28 ¨oure peple."

     How Coryn bycome Brutes man, & how Kyng Goffar was dis_comfited. 
     Capitulo iij=o=.
     |r<b> Whan Brut herde čis Auswere of Dyane č=e= Goddes, anon he
|r32    lete č=e= Ancres wynd vp, & sayled in-to č=e= hye see. &
     whan he & his menad sayled xx dayes & more, čei founden fast
     bysyde a coste of č=e= see thre hundred men of če lynage & kynrede
     of Troy, & her souerayn & her mayster of all, men Called Coryn.



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         And when Brut wyste whens čei were, he čo vndirfong hem
     with mychel ioy in-to his Shepys, & hem lad forth with hym. This
     Coryn čo bycome Brutes man, & to hym dede fewte & homage.
 |r4 & so long čei sayled forth čan in č=e= See tul they come to Gas_coign;
     & anon čei arryued in č=e= hauene of Liegers, & čer čei
     dwellidde viij dayes, hem for-to rest, & her sayles to Amend,
     čer as nede was.
 |r8    Tydyng sone come to Kyng Coffar, čat was lord of č=e= land, how
     čat myche folk of straunge land weren Arryued in his land in č=e=
     hauene of Liegiers; wher-fore he was sore Angred & anoyed čat
     čey comen & aryued in his land withoute leue. and anon he
|r12 ordeigned power hem to dryven owt, & to shende; but Kyng
     Goffar was discomfyted, & als his folk, & hym-self fledde in-to
     ffraunce to seche help & socour.  And in čat tyme regned in
     Fraunce xij kynges; & č=e= elleueneth assembled a gret power for-to
|r16 helpe Goffar for-to fight a¨ens Brut. Goffar dwelled withem of
     Fraunce half a ¨ere & more. And Brut in č=e= mene-tyme, & his
     cumpanye, destroyed al č=e= land of Gascoigne, & lete take al č=e=
     tresour čat Kyng Goffar hadde, & lete brynge it in-to his Shippes.
|r20 And čis Brut fonde in čat lond a fayr place & a couenable; & čer
     Brut made a fayr Castell & a strong. whan čat was don, Kyng
     Goffar come fro Fraunce, & xj kynges with hym, & broughten
     xx M=l= men for-to fight with Brut & his cumpanye. And Brut
|r24 hadde but vij M=l= men & thre hundred. Netheles, whan č=e= to ostes
     metten to-gider, Brutes folk -- thurgh help of hym-self, & of
     Turyn his Cosyn, & of Coryn čat wel & manly hym defended &
     fought; so čat in litil tyme čei hadde quelled of č=e= Frenssh-men to
|r28 M=l= & mo; & čo čat were lyue fledden away.  And in this
     batayle Turyn, čat was Brutes Cosyn, was sleyn, & Brut lete hym
     entere worthyly, |r[f.4v] whan he had space & leyser, in č=e= Castell čat
     he had made, & čo lete [calle hit] Castel Tours after his owne
|r32 name čat ¨ere was entered. & čit in-to čis day čer is a noble
     Cytee čat is called Tours.
        Whan Kyng Goffar wiste čat Turyn was ded, he come a¨en with
     his men, & after ¨af a strong battaylle vn-to Brut; but Brut &
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     endure; but maugre hym & al his, Brut & his men went in-to his
     Castell with all his men, and made č=e= ¨ates fast for-to saue hem-self,
     & for-to take counceill amonges hem what were best to done.
 |r4  Brut & Coryn nome counceill, & ordeigned čat Coryn pryuyly
     shuld gon out at a Posterne of č=e= Castell, with half his men, &
     schuld go & bussh hem in A wode til amorowe, so čat in č=e=
     mornyng, whan Brut schuld fyght with his enemyes, Coryn schulde
 |r8 come with hes folk in čat o syde, & sle and do all č=e= harme čat he
     myght. And amorow in č=e= dawnenge, Brut went out of č=e= Castell,
     & faught with his euemyes, & čey hem fersly defendid. but with_Inne 
     a litil tyme Brut & his folk hadden slayn viij C of Goffars
|r12 men; And čo come Coryn fro če busshement, & smote to grounde,
     he & his Cumpanye, al čat wold stande or Abyde, so čat Kyng
     Goffar & his folk were discomfited, & faste they gunne to fle.
         And Brut & Coryn, with here companye, fresshly hem pursued,
|r16 & quelled of hem mo in fleyng čan čei dede in batayll. And in
     čat manere Brut hadde č=e= victorye. And nečeles Brut made myche
     sorowe for his Cosyn Turyn, čat čer was slayn, & for očer also čat
     he had lost of his men, čat is to seyne, vij C and xv, če which
|r20 [he] noblich lete entere in č=e= Castell of Tours, čer čat he had
     entered Turyn his Cosyn.
     How Brut Aryued at Tottenes in če Ile of Albyon; & of č=e=
     Bataylle čat was betwen Coryn & Gogmagog. Capitulo
|r20 quarto.
     |r<b> Whan al čis was done, Brut wolde no lengere čer dwelle for to
        fight, ne mo lese of his peple, for Kyng Goffarys peple
     myght euery day encrece mo & mo, & Brutes lassen; & therfore he
|r24 nome all his men, & went vnto č=e= See, & hadde wynd & wedir at
     wille. and č=e= v day afterward they aryued in an hauene of Tot_nesse, 
     & comen in-to č=e= Ile of Albion; & čer čey founde neičer.
     man ne woman, as č=e= story telleč, but Geauntz; & čey woned in
|r32 hulles and in Caues. Brut saw č=e= land was fayr, & at his likynge,
     & good also for hym & for his folk, as Dyane č=e= goddes had hym
     behyght. čo was Brut wonder glad, & lete assemble vpon a day
     al his folk, to make a solempne sacrifice & a gret feste in honour



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     & reuerence of Dyane, čurght whas counceill he was come in-to
     čat land.
        And whan they had her solempnyte maad, as čey vpon a day
 |r4 were at mete, čer come yn vpon hem sodenly xxx Geaunt¨, &
     quellyd |r[f.5r] of Brutes men xxx. Brut & his men anon stertyn vp,
     & his men foughten with č=e= Geaunt¨, & quellyd hem euerychon
     but o Geaunt, čat was Mayster of hem all, čat me called Gogmagog,
 |r8 čat was strenger & heyer čan eny of č=e= other Geaunt¨; & Brut
     kepte hym, & sauyd his lyf, for encheson čat he schulde wrastle
     with Coryn, for Coryn was grettere & hugere čan eny of Brutes
     men fro č=e= gerdel stede vpward.  Gogmagog & Coryn vndirtook
|r12 to wrastelyn y-fere; & so to-gider čey wrasteled long tyme, but
     at če last Gogmagog helde Coryn so fast čat he brak ij rybbys of
     his syde, wherfore Coryn was sore agreuyd, & nome čo Gogmagog
     betwene his Armes, & cast hym doun vpon a roche, so čat
|r16 Gogmagog brak al to peces, & so he dyde in evill deth; & čerfore
     č=e= place is called čit in-to čis day `če sawte of Gogmagog.'
     & čo ¨af Brute al čat Cuntre to Coryn; & Coryn called
     [hit] after his name `Cornewayle'; & his men he called `Corne_wayles
|r20 ' & [so] schul men of čat Cuntre be called for euermore.
     And in čat Cuntre dwellyd Coryn & his men, & made Tounes
     & houses, & enhabited č=e= land at her wylle.

     How Brut made London, & Called čis land Brytaigne, &
|r24 Scotland Albyne, & Walys Camber. Capitulo quinto.
         |r<b> BRut and his men wenten forth & sought aboute in diuers
        places wher they myghte fynde a good place & a couenable
     čat čey myghte [make] in a Cytee for hym and for his folk, so at č=e=
|r28 laste čey come by a fayr Ryuer čat is called č=e= Tamyse; &
     čer Brut be-gan a fayre Cyte for hym & for his folk, & lete calle
     it 'č=e= new Troye,' in mynde & remembraunce of če gret Troye, for
     which place all her lynage was comen.  And čis Brut lete felle
|r32 adoun wodes, & lete erye & sowe londes, & done mow medes for
     sustinaunce of hym & of his peple. & he departed č=e= land to hem,
     so čat eche of hem had a certayn place for to dwelle vpon. And



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     Brut lete Calle al čis land Britaigne, after his owne name, & his
     folk he lete calle Britouns.  And čis Brut had geten on his
     wyf Gennogen iij sones čat were worthy of dedes: č=e= firste me
 |r4 callyd Lotryn, č=e= secounde Albanac, & č=e= thryd kambyr.  And
     Brut bare Crowne in č=e= Cyte of newe Troye xx ¨eer after tyme
     the Cyte was made; & ther he made če lawes čat č=e= Britouns
     holdeč: & čis Brut was wondirly weel byloued among all men;
 |r8 & Brutes Sones also loueden wonderly wel to-gydere.
         And whan Brut had sowte all č=e= lond in lengthe & brede,
     he fonde A land čat ioyned to Brytaigne in č=e= north; and čat
     land Brut ¨af to Albanac his sone, and he lete calle yt Albanye
|r12 after his name, čat now is called Scotland.  And Brut
     fonde anothir Cuntre toward č=e= west; & čat he ¨af to Cambre
     his other |r[f.5v] sone, & he lete calle yt Cambre aftyr his name,
     & now is called Walys. And whan Brut had regnyd xx ¨eer,
|r16 as byfore is sayd, he dyde in č=e= Cytee of newe Troy, &
     ¨ere his Sones hym entered with mychil honour. And Lotryn,
     Brutes sone, was Crowned kyng with myche solempnyte of
     all č=e= land of Brytaigne. And after, whan he was Crouned,
|r20 Albanak & Camber, his too brethryn, went a¨en in-to here owne
     Cuntre, & leuedyn with myche honour, & Lotryn here brother
     regned & was kyng and gouerned č=e= land wel & wysely, for he was
     a good man, & wondir wel belouyd of all his land.
|r24     And it befel so čat Albanac dwelde in his owne land with
     myche honour & worschepe.
          And so come Kyng Humbar of Hunland with a gret power &
     strengthe, & Arryved in Albanye, & wolde haue conqueryd č=e= land,
|r28 & bygan to werre vpon Albanak, & hym quelled in bataylle.
     Whan Albanac was slayn, če folk of č=e= land flye vu-to Lotryn, &
     told hym, for he was Kyng of Brytaigne, how čat his brother was
     slayn, & prayed hym of help for-to Auenge his brotherys deth.
|r32 Lotryn anon lete asemble all č=e= Brytouns of Kent, of Douorre,
     vn-to Derewent, of Northfolk & Southfolc, of Kestefen & of
     Lyndeseye; & whan they were all Assembled, čei spedde faste
     toward her enemyes for to ¨eue hem bataylle.  Lotryn had sent
|r36 to Camber, his Brother, čat he schuld come also to hym with all
     č=e= power that he myght, hym for-to helpe; & so he dede, with good



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     will. So čei comen all to-gedres, & nome her wey priuyly for
     to seche Humbar wher čey myghte hym fynde.  And so it byfel
     čat čis Humbar was besides a water čat was a gret Ryuer, with
 |r4 his folk, hym for to dysport; and čo come Lotryn & Camber his
     brother, with all his folk sodeynly, or čat eny of čat očer it
     wyste.
         And whan Humbar saw hem come, he was sore adrad,
 |r8 forasmyche as his men wist it not, & also čey were vnarrayed.
     And anon Humbar for drede, lept in-to č=e= water & drenchyd hym_self, 
     & so deide: he & his men weren all y-slayn, čat non of
     hem ascaped. And čerfore is čat water called Humbar, & euer_more 
|r12 schalbe, for encheson čat Kyng Humbar was čer-In drenched.
         And after čat, Lotryn wente to here shippes, & toke čer
     gold & siluer, and as myche as he fand vn-to hym-self; & all čat
     other pylfre he ¨af vn-to other folk of č=e= ost. & čei founden in
|r16 oon of čo shippes A fayr Damysell čat was Kyng Humbarys
     doughter, & me called her Estrilde.  And whan Lotryn saw
     here, he took here with hym for here fayrnesse, and for here, was
     on taken for loue, & wolde haue weddid here. |r[f.6r] éis tydynges
|r20 come to Coryn: anon he thought to Auenge hym vpon Lotryn,
     for-as-meche as Lotryn had made couenaunt for-to spowsen
     Corynys doughter, čat me called Guentolen.  And Coryn in haste
     wente to hym, vn-to č=e= Newe Troye, & čus sayd to Lotryn:
|r24 " Now certes," quod he, "¨e rewarden me ful euel for all č=e=
     paynes čat I suffryd & hadde many tymes for Brut, ¨oure fader;
     & therfore I wyl now Auenge me vpon ¨ow;" & drow his fauchon
     an hye, and wold haue slayn Lotryn, but č=e= Damysell went
|r28 be-twen hem, & made hem acorded in čis manere, čat Lotryn
     schuld spouse Guentolen, čat was Corynys doughter; and so
     Lotryn dede, and nečeles, čei he had spoused Corynys doughter
     pryuylich, he come to Estrilde, & brought here with childe, & gate
|r32 ou here A doughter čat me called Abraham.  hyt byfel anon
     after, čat Coryn dide; & anon as he was ded, Lotryn forsook
     Guentolen his wyf, & made Estrylde quene. And Guentolen
     went čens al in wrathe in-to Cornewaylle, & seised all č=e= land
|r36 in-to her hand, for-as-myche as sche was here Fadrys eyr, &
     vndirfonge feautes & homages of all č=e= men of č=e= land, and after



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     Assembled a gret oste & a gret power, for-to be vpon Lotryn
     auenged, čat was her lord, and to hym come, & ¨af hym A Strong
     bataill. & čer was Lotryn slayn, & his men descomfited, č=e= v ¨eer
 |r4 of his Reigne.  Guentolen lete take Estrilde, and Abraham here
     dougter, and bynde boč=e= hondes and fete, & caste hem in-to a
     water; & so čey were drenchyd; wherfore čat water was euermore
     called after, 'Abraham,' after č=e= name of č=e= damysell čat was
 |r8 Estrildes doughter; & englissh-men called čat water Seuerne, &
     Walsshmen called čat water Abraham, into čis day.  And
     whan čis was don, Guentolen lete Crowne her quene of čat land,
     & gouerned č=e= land ful well & wysely vnto č=e= tyme čat Madhon her
|r12 Sone, čat Lotryn had begete vpon here, wer of xx čer Age, čat he
     myght be kyng; so čat č=e= qwen regned xv ¨eer; & čo lete she
     crowne here sone; & he regned & gouerned č=e= land wel & honour_ably;
     & sche wente in-to Cornewaill, & čer sche dwellid al her
|r16 lyves tyme.
     |r[f.1v] Of Kyng Madhan, how he regnede in pees al his lif; and of
     Menpris and of Maulyn his sones; and how Menpris slough
     Manlyn his bročer, and how wolfes drow him al to peces.
|r20  Capitulo Sexto.
         |r<b> WHen Madhan hade regnede xxx=ti= ¨ere, he deide, and lič |r[f.2r] at
        newe Troye, and he hade ij sones: čat on me callede
     Menpris, and čat o¨ere Manlyn; and čise ij brečerne, after here
|r24 fadres deth, stryuen faste for če lande.; and Menpris, for enchesoun
     čat he was eldest, wolde haue hade al čat Londe; and Manlyn
     wolde nou¨t suffren him, so čat čai token a day of loue and of
     accorde; and at čis day Menpris lete quelle his bročer črou¨ tresoun,
|r28 and him-self afterward helde če lande, and anone lete croune him
     kyng, and regnede, and after, he bicome so lučer a man čat he
     destroyede in a while alle če men of his lande.  and at če last
     he bicome so wickede and so leccherous, čat he forsoke his owen
|r32 wif, & vsede če synne of Sodomye; wherfore almighty God was
     wroč, and oppon him toke vengeance.  ffor vppon a day, as
     he went in a wode in huntyng, he loste his folc, and went



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     allone vp and doun criyng after his men; and ¨ere come wolfes,
     and alto-drowe him into pecis; and čo he hade regnede xxiiij ¨er.
     and when his peple wist čat he was dede, čai made ioye ynow, and
 |r4 anone made Ebrak his sone kyng; and he regnede with michil
     honour.
     Of Kyng Ebrac, how he conquerede ffraunce, and bigate xx=ti=
     sones and xxiij dou¨tres.  Capitulo  Septimo.
 |r8 |r<b> THis Ebrac regnede.lx. ¨er, and stronge man was, & mičty,
        and čis Ebrac, črou¨ his mičt, and helpe of his Britons,
     conquerede al ffraunce, and wau ¨ere so miche golde and siluer čat,
     when he come ačeyne iuto čis lande, he made a noble citee, and
|r12 after his name lete calle it Ebrac, after his name, čat now is
     callede Euerwik. and čis king Ebrac made če castel of Maydenes
     čat now is clepede Edenburght. This kyng hade xx sones and
     xxiij dou¨tres |r[f.2v], be diuerse wymmen geten; and če sones were callede
|r16 as ¨e shul hure; Brut Greneshal, Margand, Seisel, Morghwith
     Flenghan, Bladud, Iakyn, Kymbar, Rocelyn, Spadogh, Godeherl,
     Thormnan, Eldaugh, Iorkanghut, Haybor, Ketyn, Rother, Kaier,
     & Assaruth.  And če doughtres highten as ¨e shul hur after:
|r20 Elegyue, Ymmogen, Oghdas, Guenbran, Guardiche, Angarel,
     Guentolde, Tangustel, Gorghon, Michel, Medham, Mailour, Ondur,
     Cambredan, Rogan, Reuthely, Neest, Cheghem, Scadud, Gladus,
     Heberhyn, Abalaghe, and Blandan: and čise were čo xxiij
|r24 dou¨tres; and če brečerne bicome gode kny¨tes and worči in meny
     contres.
     Of če Kyng Brut Greneshal, če ferste sone of Ebrac the
     kyng.  Capitulo  Octauo.
|r28 |r<b> After če deth of Kyng Ebrac, regnede Brut Greneshel, his sone
        xxx ¨er, čat was Ebrakes ferst sone, čat wel and noblye
     regnede. and when tyme come, he deide, and  lič at ¨ork.
     Of kyng Leyl.  Capitulo.  Nono.
|r32 |r<b> ANd when Brut Greneshal was dede, regnede his sone
        Leil xxij ¨ere; and he made a faire toune, and lete calle it
     Karleil after his name, and was a worči man, and miche bilouede



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     of his people, and when he hade regnede xxij [years] he deide, and
     lič at Karleil.  And in his tyme renede Kyng Salamon in
     Jerusalem, čat made če noble temple; and to him come to Ierusalem,
 |r4 Sibille, Quene of Saba, for-to hure and see if it were soče čat
     men spoken of če grete noblee and wisdome, and of witte of
     Kyng Salamon: and she founde it soth čat men hade here tolde.
     Of Kyng Lud Ludibras, čat was Kyng Leiles sone.  Capitulo
 |r8 x=mo=.
     |r[f.3r] |r<b> ANd after čis Kyng Leil, regnede his sone Lud Ludybras, čat
        made če citee of Kaunterbery and of Wynchestre; and he
     regnede xiij ¨ere, and deide, and lith at Wynchestre.
|r12 Of če kyng Bladuc, čat was Ludybras sone, regnede, and
     was a gode man and a nygromancer. Capitulo xi=mo=.
     |r<b> ANd after čis Lud Ludebras, regnede Bladud his sone, a
        grete nigromancer; and črou¨ his crafte of nigromancie
|r16 he made če meruailous hote bathe, as če gest telleč, & he regnede
     xxj ¨ere, and he lith at če newe Troye.
     Of Kyng Leir, and of če ansuere of his ¨ongest dou¨ter, čat
     graciousely was mariede to če Kyng of Fraunce. C. xij.
|r20 |r<b> After čis Kyng Bladud, regnede Leir his sone; and čis Leir
        made če toune of Leycestre, and lete calle če toune after
     his name; and he gouernede če lande wel and [nobly].  čis kyng
     Leir hade iij doughtres: če ferst highte Gonorille, če secunde
|r24 Rigan, and če čridde Cordeile; and če ¨ongest doughter was
     fairest and best of condiciouns.  če king here fader bicome an
     olde man, and wolde čat his doughtres were mariede or čat
     he deide. but ferst he čougt assaye whiche of ham louede
|r28 him most and best; for she čat louede him best shulde best
     bene mariede. and he axede of če ferst dought[er] how miche she
     louede him; and she ansuerede and saide, 'bettre čan here owen



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     lif.' "Now certes," quod če fader, "čat is a grete loue."
         čo axede he of če secunde doughter, how miche she him louede;
     and she saide, 'more, and passing al če creatures leuyng of če
 |r4 worlde.' "ma foy," quod če fader, "y may no more axen."
         And čo axede he of če pridde doughter, how miche she
     him louede. "certes, fader," |r[f.3v] quod she, "my sustres haue tolde
     ¨ow glosyng wordes; but for-soče y shal tel ¨ow treuč: for y
 |r8 loue ¨ow as miche as me oweč to loue my fader; and forto
     bryng ¨ow more in certeyne how loue goč, I shal ¨ow telle, for-as_miche 
     as če bene worče, as muche shal če bene louede."  The
     kyng here fader wende čat she hade scornede him, and bicome
|r12 wonder wroth, and swore by heuen and erče čat she shulde neuer
     haue goode of him; but his dou¨tres čat louede him so miche
     shulde be wel auauncede and mariede. and če ferste dougter
     he mariede to Mangles, King of Scotlande; And če secunde he
|r16 mariede to Hanemos, Erl of Cornewaile; and so čai ordeynede
     and speke bituene ham čat čai shulde departe če reaune bituene
     ham too, after če deč of Leir her fader',  So čat Cordeil his
     čongest doughter shulde nočing haue of his lande. but čis Cordeil
|r20 was wonder faire, and of so goode condicions and maners, čat če
     Kyng of Fraunce, Agampe, herde of here speke, and sent to če
     Kyng Leir, he[r] fader, for to haue her vnto wif, and prayede him
     čerof. And Kyng Leir here fader sent him worde čat he hade
|r24 departede the lande to his ij o¨ere dou¨tres, and saide he
     nade no more lande wherwič her forto marie.  And when
     Agampe herde čis ansuere, he sent anone a¨eyne to Leir, and
     saide čat he axede nočing wič here, but oneliche heir cločing
|r28 and oneliche heir body; and anone Kyng Leire here fader sent
     here ouer če see to če Kyng of France; and he resceyuede here
     wič michel worship and wič michel solempnite, & made here
     Quene of Fraunce.



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     How Kyng Leir was dryuen out of his lande črou¨ his owen
     folye; and how Cordeil his ¨ongest doughter halpe him in
     his nede.  Capitulo  Terciodecimo.
 |r4 |r[f.4r] |r<b> THus it bifel afterwarde, čat čo ij eldest doughtren wolde
        nou¨t abide til čat Leir here fader were dede, but werrede
     oppon him whiles čat he leuede, and miche sorwe and shame him
     dede; wherfore čai binome him holly če reaume, and bituene ham
 |r8 hade ordeynede čat one of ham shulde haue Kyng Leir to soiourne
     al his lif tyme, with xl kny¨tes and heir squyers, čat he might wor_shipfully 
     gone & ryde whider čat he wolde, and into what
     contre čat him likede, to playe and to solacen.  So čat Managles
|r12 Kyng of Scotlande, hade Kyng Leir with him in če maner čat is
     aboue-saide, and, or očere half ¨ere were passede, Corneil his eldest
     dou¨ter, čat was Quene of Scotland, was so annoyed wič him and
     wič his peple, čat anone she and here lorde spoken to-gederes,
|r16 wherefor his kny¨tes half, and his squyers, fram him were gone,
     and nomo lefte but oneliche xxx. And when čis was done, Leire
     biganne forto make miche sorwe, for enchesoun čat his state was
     enpeirede, and men hade of him more scorne and despite čan euer
|r20 čai hade biforne; wherfore he nyst what forto done; and at če
     last čou¨t čat he wolde wende into Cornewaile, to Rigan his očere
     doughter.  And when he was comen, če erl and his wif, čat was
     Leires doughter, him welcomede, and with him made miche ioye;
|r24 and ¨ere he duellede with xxx kny¨tes and squyers. And he nade
     nought duellede čere scarsly tuelf moneč, čat his doughter of him
     nas ful, and of his company; and her lorde and she, of him hade
     scorne and despite, so čat fram xxx kny¨tes čai brou¨ten
|r28 vnto x, and afterwarde v; and so čere lefte wič him nomo.  čo
     made he sorwe ynow, and saide, sore wepyng, 'allas čat euer
     he come into čat Lande!' and |r[f.4v] saide, '¨itte hade me bene bettre
     forto haue duellede with my ferst doughter [and anon went čens
|r32 a¨eyne to his ferst don¨ter].' But anone as she saw him come,
     she swore by God and his holy names, and by as miche as she
     might, čat he shulde haue nomo wič him but one kny¨t, if he



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     wolde ¨ere abide.  čo bigan Leir a¨eyn to wepe, and made
     muche sorwe, and saide čo: "allas! now to longe haue y leuede, čat
     čis sorwe and meschief is now to me falle; for now y am poer,
 |r4 and some tyme y was ryche; but now haue y no frende ne kyn
     čat me wil do eny maner goode.  But when y was ryche, alle
     men me honourede and worsshepede; and now euery man hath
     of me scorne and despite! and now y wote wel čat Cordeil, my
 |r8 ¨onge doughter, saide me treuč when she saide 'as michel as y
     hade, so michel shulde y be louede'; and all če while čat y
     hade goode, čo was y belouede and honourede for my rychesse; but
     my ij doughtres me glosede čo, and now of me čai sette litel pris,
|r12 and soč tolde me Cordeil, but y wolde nou¨t bileue it, ne vnder_stonde, 
     and perfore y lete here gon fro me as a čing čat y sette
     litel pris of; and now wote y neuer what forto done, seč my
     ij doughtres have me čus desceyuede, čat y so michel louede;
|r16 and now moste me nedes seche here čat is in an opere lande, čat
     lighly y lete here go fro me without eny reward of ¨iftes; and she
     saide čat 'she louede me as miche as she outh here fader, bi al
     maner resoun'; and čo y shulde haue axede of here no more; and
|r20 čo čat me o¨ere-wise bihičten črou¨ here faire speche, now haue
     me desceyuede!"
         In čis maner Leir longe tyme him bigan to make his mone;
     and at če last he shoope him to če see, and passede ouer into
|r24 France, and axede and aspiede wher the Quene my¨t be founde;
     and men tolde where čat she was. |r[f.5r]  And when he come to če
     citee čat she was in, priueliche he sent his Squyer vnto če quene,
     to tel her čat heir fader was comen to her for grete nede.  And
|r28 when če squyer come to če quene, he tolde her euery dele of heir
     sustres fram če bigynuyng vnto če ende.  Cordeil če Quene
     anone nome golde and siluer, grete plente, and toke it to če squyer,
     in conseile čat he shulde go and bere it vnto here fader, and čat he
|r32 shulde go into a certeyn Citee, and him arreyen, bačen and wesshen,



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     and čan come a¨eyne to her, and bryng with him an honest
     company of kny¨tes, xl. at če leste, with here meny; and čenne he
     shulde sende to here lorde če kyng, and sayen čat he was comen
 |r4 forto speke with his dou¨ter, and him to seene.  And when če
     kyng and če quene herde čat, wič michel honour čai comen,
     and him resceyuede. če kyng of Fraunce lete sende čo črou¨ al
     his reaume, and commandede čat alle men to him shulde bene
 |r8 entendaunt, to Leire, če Quenes fader, in al maner čing as it were
     to him-self.  when Leir hade duellede ¨ere a monče and more,
     he tolde to če kyng and to če Quene his doughter, how his ij
     eldeste dou¨tres hade him seruede.  Agampe anone lete ordeyne a
|r12 grete hoste of Fraunce, and sent it into Britaigne with Leir, če
     Quenes fader, forto conquere his lande a¨eyne, and his kyngdome;
     and Cordeil also come with her fader into Britaigne, forto haue če
     reaume after her fadres deth. And anon čai went to shippe, and
|r16 passede če see, and come into Britaigne, and fau¨t wič če felons,
     and ham scomfitede & quellede. And Leir čo hade his lande
     a¨eyne, and after leuede iij ¨ere, and helde his reaume in pees, and
     afterwarde deide; & Cordeil his doughter him lete entere wič
|r20 michel honour at Leycestre.
     |r[f.5v] How Morgan and Conenedag čat were Neveus to Cordeil,
     werrede oppon here, and put here into prison. C. xiiij.
     |r<b> WHen čat Kyng Leir was dede, Cordeil his ¨ongest dou¨tre
|r24    helde and hade če lande v ¨ere; and in če mene tyme
     deide here Lorde Agamp, čat was Kyng of Fraunce; and after his
     deth she lefte widue.  And čo come Morgan and Conenedag,
     čat were Cordeiles sustres sones, and to here hade enuy, for-asmiche
|r28 čat her aunt shulde haue če lande; so čat bituene ham čai
     ordeynede a grete power, and vppon here werrede gretlich; and



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     neuer čai rest til čat čai hade here taken, and put her vnto
     deth.  And čo Morgan and Conenedag seisede al če lande, and
     departede bituene ham, and čai helde it xij ¨ere.  And when
 |r4 the xij ¨ere were gone, ¨ere bigon bituene ham a grete debate, so
     čat čai werrede strongely in-fere, and eueryche of ham dede očere
     miche disese, ffor Morgan wolde haue hade alle če lande fram
     bičende Humber, čat Conedag helde; but he come a¨eynes him
 |r8 with a strong power, so čat Morgan derst nou¨t abide, but fley
     awaye into Walys; and Conenedag pursuede him, and toke him,
     and quelde him.  čo come Conenedag a¨eyne, and seisede al če
     lande into his hande, and helde hit, and regnede after, xxxiij
|r12 ¨ere, and čo deide, and lič at New Troye.
     Of Rynallo, čat was Conedagus sone: how he regnede
     after his fader; and in his tyme it raynede bloode iij
     daies, in tokenyng of gret deth.  Capitulo  Quinto_desimo
|r16 .
     |r<b> ANd after čis Conenedag, regnede Rynallo his sone, an
        Wise kny¨t, and an hardy and curteise, čat wel and nobly
     gouernede če lande, and wonder wel made him bi*louede |r[f.6r] of al
|r20 maner folc. and in his tyme it raynede bloode čat lastede iij
     dayes, as God wolde; and sone after ¨ere come a gret deth of
     peple, for hostes with-out noumbre of peple fou¨ten til čat čai
     were dede, Wherof no man my¨t ham lette til čat almi¨ty God čerof
|r24 tok mercy and pitee; and tho gan it cesse. and čis Raynolde
     regnede xxij ¨ere, & deide, &  lič at ¨ork.

     How Gorbodian regnede in pees, čat was Rynallo sone; and
     after, he deide, and lič at ¨ork C. xvj=o=.
|r28 |r<b> After čis Ryuallo, regnede Gorbodyan his sone xv ¨ere, and
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     How Gorbodian hade ij sones, & how čat on slough čat očere,
     forto haue če heritage; & how Ydoyne her moder quellede
     čat očere, wherfore če lande was destroiede.  Capitulo
 |r4  xvij=mo=.
     |r<b> When čis Gorbodian was dede, his ij sones čat he hade,
        bicome stoute men and proude, & euer werrede to-geder
     for če lande: čat one, men called Ferre¨, and čat o¨ere Porrex; and
 |r8 čis Ferre¨ wolde haue hade al the lande, but čat očere wolde nou¨t
     suffren him. Ferre¨ hade a felounes hert, and čou¨t črou¨ tresoun
     slee his bročere; but priuely he went into Fraunce, and čere abode
     with če kyng Syward til oppon a tyme čat he come a¨eyne, and
|r12 fau¨t wič his bročer Ferre¨; but ful euel it hapede čo, for he was
     slayn ferst.  When Ydoyne, here moder, wist čat Porrex was
     dede, she made grete sorwe, for enchesoun čat she louede him more
     čan čat očere, and čou¨t him forto quelle. priuely she come
|r16 to here sone oppon a ny¨t wič ij knyfes, and čerwič cotte his črote,
     and če body also into smale pecis. Who herde euer soche a cursede
     moder, čat quellede with here |r[f.6v] owen hondes here owen sone! and
     Longe tyme after Laste če reprofe & shame to če moder čat, for
|r20 enchesoun of čat o sone, mordrede čat očere, and so loste ham
     bothe.
     How iiij kynges curteisely helde al Britaigne; and whiche
     beth here names.  Capitulo  Octodesimo.
|r24 |r<b> WHen čise ij brečerne were so dede, čai nade Lefte bihynde
        ham noo sone ne doughter, ne none o¨ere of če kynrede
     čat might haue če heritage. & for-asmiche as če strongest men
     dryuen and descomfitede če feblest, and token al here landes, so
|r28 čat in euery contre čai hade grete werre and stryfe.  But amonge
     alle očere činges, čere were amonges ham in če contre čat ouercome
     alle če očere; and črou¨ heir strengč and my¨t čai nomen and
     token al če landes; and eueryche of ham tok a certeyne contre;
|r32 and in his contre lete calle him kyng.  And on of ham, men



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     callede Stater; and he was Kyng of Scotland; and čat očere me
     callede Dunwal, and he was Kyng of Loegers, and of alle če
     landes čat was Lotrynes, Brutes sone.  če čridde, men callede
 |r4 Rudak, and he was Kyng of Walys; and če iiijt=e= me callede Cloten,
     and he was Kyng of Cornewaile.  But čis Cloten shulde haue
     hade al če lande, be resoun for čere was no man čat wist none so
     ry¨thful heire as he was; but čo čat were strongest sette litel by
 |r8 ham čat were of lasse estate, and čerfor čis Cloten hade no more
     lande amonges ham čan onliche  Cornewaile.
     Of Kyng Donewall, čat was Clotene¨ sone, and how he hade
     wonne če lande.  Capitulo xix=o=.
|r12 |r<b> THis Cloten hade a sone čat me clepede Donewal, čat, after če
        deth of his fader, bicome. an hardy man, and a faire and a
     curteise, so čat he passede alle če kynges of Britaigne of fairenesse
     and of worčinesse.  And as he was knyght, he |r[f.7r] Wiste wel
|r16 when his fader leuede he was moste ryghtful heire of al če lande,
     and shulde haue hade it by resoun; but očere kynges čat were of
     more strengč čan he, binome him his lande.  And afterwarde čis
     Donebande ordeynede him powere, and ferst conquerede al če lande
|r20 of Loegers; and after he wolde haue conquerede al Scotland
     and Walys; and Stater wič his men come, and ¨af him bataile;
     and Rudak come a¨eyne wič his Walshemen forto helpe him; But
     so it bifel čat Rudak was slayn, and Skater also, in pleyn bataile;
|r24 and so Donewal hade če victorye, and conquerede al če lande, and
     wel mayntenede it in pees and quyete, čat neuer bifore it was so
     wel mayntenede.
     How Douewal was če ferst kyng čat euere Werede crone of
|r28 golde in Britaigne.  Capitulo  Vicesimo.
     |r<b> THis Donewal lete make him a crone of golde, and werede
        če croune oppon his heuede, as neuer kyng dede bifore; and
     he ordeynede a statute čat, hade a man done neuer so miche



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     harme, and he might come into če temple, čere shulde no man him
     misdo, but gone čerin sauf and in pees, and aftre gone into what
     contre čat he wolde, withouten eny harme; and if eny man sette
 |r4 hande oppon him, he čan shulde lese his lif.  And čis Donewal
     made če toune of Malmesbury, and če toune of če Vise; & when
     he hade regnede wel and nobly.xl. ¨ere, he deide, & lič at newe
     Troye.
 |r8 How Brenne and Belyn departede bituene ham če lande, after
     če deth of Donewal, hir fader; & of če werre. Capitulo
     xxj=o=.
     |r<b> ANd after čat čis Donewal was [dede], his sones čat he hade,
|r12    departede če lande bituene ham as her fader hade ordeynede;
     so čat Belyn, his eldest sone, hade al the lande a čis halfe Humber,
     and his bročer Brenne hade al |r[f.7v] če lande fram Humber vnto
     Scotland; but for-asmich as Belyn hade če better parte, Brenne
|r16 čerfor wax wroč, and wolde haue hade more of če lande; and
     Belyn his bročer wolde graunt him nomore; Wherfor contak and
     werre aroos bituene ham ij. But Brenne če ¨onger bročer hade no
     my¨te ne strengč a¨eyn¨ Belyn; and čerfor Brenne, črou¨ conseil of
|r20 his folc, went fram čens into Norway, to če Kyng Elsinges, and
     prayede him of helpe and of socoure forto conquere al če lande of
     Britayn vppon Belyn his bročr, oppon čat couenaunt, čat he
     wolde haue his dou¨ter to wyf; and če Kyng Elsinges him
|r24 grauntede.  Belyn, anone as his bročer was gone to Norway, he
     seisede into his hande al če lande of Northumberland, and toke al
     če castelles, and lete ham arraie, and also kepe če costes of če see,
     čat Brenne shulde nou¨t arryue in no side but čat he were take.
|r28     The Kyng Elsinges lete assemble a grete hoste, and delyuerede
     his doughter to Brenne, and alle če peple čat he hade ordeynede.
     And čis damisel, Samye, hade longe tyme louede a kyng čat me
     callede Gutlagh; and to him she tolde al here counseil, how čat
|r32 Brenne shulde here haue, and here lede wič him for euermore, and
     so he shulde her lese, but if čat she myčt forsake Brenne.  And



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     when Gutlagh herde čise tydynges, he lay forto aspie Brenne, wič
     alse meny shippes as he myčt haue, so čat čo ij fletes metten
     to-gederes, and longe tyme foughten, so čat Brenne and his shippes
 |r4 turnede a¨eyne, and were descomfitede; and Kyng Gutlagh toke
     Samye, and put here into shippe, and Brenne shamefully fleye
     čens as a man descomfitede.  And Gutlagh wolde haue went into
     his countree; but ¨ere come oppon |r[f.8r] him a stronge tempest, čat .v.
 |r8 dayes Laste, so čat črou¨ čat tempest he was dryuen into Britaigne
     with iij shippes, and wič no mo. and čo čat kepte če costes of
     če see token Gutlagh and Samye, and alle his folc, and ham pre_sentede 
     vnto Belyn, and he put ham into prisoun.
|r12 How Belyn delyuerede out of čis lande Kyng Gutlagh of
     Dennemarc, and Samye.  Capitulo  Vicesimo Secundo.
     |r<b> HIt was nou¨t longe after, čat Brenne ne come a¨eyne with a
        stronge meny, and sent to his bročer Belyn, čat he shulde
|r16 čelde a¨eyne his lande to his wif and to his folc, & his castelles
     also, or elles he wolde destroye his lande. Belyn drade no čing
     his manace, and wolde no čing done after čat he saide. Wher_fore 
     Brenne come with his folc, and fau¨t with him; and Brenne
|r20 was descomfitede, and his folc slayne, and him-self fleede wič xij
     men into Fraunce.  And čis Belyn, čat was Brennes bročere,
     went čen vnto ¨ork, and toke counseil what he my¨t done,
     wič Kyng Gutlagh; for Kyng Gutlagh proferede to bicome his
|r24 man, and to holde his lande of him, ¨eldyng by ¨ere M=l= li of siluer
     for euer-more; and for sikernesse of čis couenaunt to bene holde,
     Gutlaghe shulde bryng him gode hostages, and to him shulde done
     homage, and al his folc, and ¨itte he shulde suere oppon the book
|r28 čat čise couenauntes shulde nou¨t bene broken ne falsede.
         Belyn čo, by counseil of his folc, grantede him his axing; and so
     Gutlagh bicome his man; and Relyn vnderfonge of him his homage
     by othe, and by wrytyng če same couenaunt¨.  And oppon



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     čis Couenant King Gutlagh tok Samye and his folc, and went
     čennes, and turnede a¨eyn |r[f.8v] to Dennemarc.  Euermore after were
     the couenauntes Halden, and če truage paiede, til če tyme čat
 |r4 Hauelok was Kyng of Denmarc, and also of čis lande, črou¨ his wif
     Gildeburghe, čat he hade spousede, for she was če ry¨t heire of čis
     lande.  čis Belyn duellede. čo in pees, and worshepliche him
     helde amonges his barons; and he made iiij real waies, one fram
 |r8 če Est into West, and čat was callede Watlyngstrete; and ano¨ere
     fram če North into če South, čat was callede Ikenyle strete; and
     ij o¨ere waies he made in bossinge črou¨-oute the lande: čat one is
     callede Fosse, and čat o¨ere Fossedik; and he mayntenede wel če
|r12 gode Lawes čat Doneband his fader hade made and ordeynede in
     his tyme, as bifore is saide.
     How accorde was made bituene Brenne and Belyn, through
     Cornewenne, hire moder.  Capitulo  Vicesimo Tercio.
|r16 |r<b> BRenne, that was Belyness bročer, hade longe tyme duellede in
        Fraunce, and ¨ere hade conquerede a grete lordeship črou¨
     mariage, for he was Duc of Burgoyne. črou¨ če don¨ter of če duc
     Fewyn čat he hade spousede, čat was right heire of če lande. and
|r20 čis Brenne ordeynede a grete power of his folc and also of Fraunce,
     and come into čis lande forto feight with Belyn his bročer. and
     Belyn come a¨eynes him with a stronge powere of Britons, and čo
     wolde haue ¨eue him bataile; but heir moder Cornewenne, čat tho
|r24 Leuede, herde čat če o bročer wolde haue destroyede čat
     o¨ere, and went bituene here sones, and ham made accordede
     wič miche peyne; so čat at če laste, čo ij brečerne, with miche
     blisse, went to-geder into newe Troye, čat now is callede London,
|r28 and ¨ere čai duellede al a ¨ere; and after, čai toke |r[f.9r] Heire conseile
     forto go conquere al Fraunce; and so thai deden, & brent tounes,
     and destroyede al če lande boče in lengč and in Brede. and če
     Kyng of Fraunce ¨af ham bataile wič his powere; but he was
|r32 ouercomen, and ¨af truage vnto Belyn and to his bročer.  And



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     after čat, čai went forče to Rome, and conquerede Rome, and al
     Lumbardy and Germayne, and toke homages and feautees of če
     folc of če Erles, barons, and alle o¨ere; and after, čai comen
 |r4 into čis lande of Britaigne, and duellede with here Britounes in
     ioye and reste. and čo made Brenne če toune of Bristow; and sič
     he went ouer če see into his owen lordeshippe, and čere duellede
     al his lif. and Belyn duellede atte Newe Troye; and čere he made
 |r8 a faire gate čat is clepede Billyngesgate, after his owen name. and
     when čis Belyn hade regnede noble. xj ¨ere, he deide, &  lič at
     newe Troye.
     How Kyng Corinbatrus quellede če Kyng of Dennemarc, for
|r12 enchesoun čat he wolde nou¨t paye him his truage.
      Capitulo xxiiij=to=.
     |r<b> ANd after čis Belyn, regnede his sone Corinbatrus, a gode man
        and a worči. and če Kyng of Denmarc wolde nou¨t paye
|r16 him his truage, čat is to seyn M=l= li, as he hade sworne by
     oth forto paye hit, and also be writyng of recorde, to Belyn his
     fader. wherfore he was euel paiede and wroč, and assemblede a
     grete hoste of Britons, and went into Dennemarc and slough če
|r20 Kyng Gitclagh, and broučt če lande in subieccioun al new, and toke
     of folc feautes and homages, and after went a¨eyne into his lande.
      And as he come forthe bi Orkeneye, he fonde xxx shippes ful of
     men and of wymmen, bisides če coste of če see, and če kyng
|r24 axede what čai were. an Erl, that was maistre of ham alle,
     curteisely ansuerede vnto the kyng, and saide čat čai were exilede
     oute of Spaygne, |r[f.9v] and so čai hade trauailede half ¨ere and more
     in če see, to weten if čai my¨t fynde eny kyng, or euy lorde,
|r28 čat of ham wolde haue pitee or mercy, to ¨eue ham eny lande in
     eny contre wherin čai might duelle and haue reste, and bicome his
     liege men, and to him wolde done homage and feautes whiles
     čat he leuede, and to his heires after him, and of him and of his
|r32 heires holde čat londe for euermore.  And when če kyng čis



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     herde, he hade pite of ham, and ¨af ham an Ile al wildernesse,
     čere čat noman was duellyng, saf oneliche wilde bestes. and če
     Erl čankede miche če kyng, and bicome his man, and dede him
 |r4 feaute and homage, and tok alle his folc, and went into če same
     Ile. and če Erl me callede Irlanyal; and čerfore he lete calle če
     lande Irlande, after his owen name.  The kyng čo, Corinbatrus,
     come a¨eyne into čis Lande, and regnede xxv ¨ere; & after, he
 |r8 deide, and lič at newe  Troye.
     How če Kyng Guentolen regnede in godenesse, & wel gouernede
     če lande al his liftyme.  Capitulo vicesimo Quinto.
     |r<b> ANd when Corinbatrus was dede, regnede Gueutolen his sone,
|r12    a man of goode condiciouns, and wel bilouede; and he
     gouernede če lande wel and wiseliche, and he regnede xxvj ¨ere,
     and after, deide, and lith at newe Troye.
     How Kyng Seisel regnede, and wel gouernede če lande after
|r16 Guentolen.  Capitulo xxvj=to=.
     |r<b> ANd after čis Guentolen, regnede his sone Seisel wel and
        worčely, and wel gouernede če lande as his fader hade
     done biforne him; and he regnede xv ¨ere, and after, deide, and
|r20 lith at newe Troye.
     How Kymore regnede after Seisel his fader; and he bigate
     Howan, čat |r[f.10r] regnede after him.  Capitulo  Vicesimo
      Septimo.
|r24 |r<b> ANd after čis Seisel, regnede his sone Kymor wel and nobly
        xix ¨ere in pees; and Howan his sone x ¨ere, and deide,
     and lič at Herbaldoun.
     How Kyng Morwith deide črou¨ meschaunce, črou¨ a beste
|r28 for his wickednesse.  Capitulo  Vicesimo  Octauo.
     |r<b> ANd after čis Howan, regnede Morwith; and he bicome
        wickede, and so sterne, til at če laste, grete vengeaunce come
     to him; for as he went on a tyme bi če seeside, he mette a grete



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     beste, čat was blac, and horrible and hidouse; and he wende čat
     it hade bene a whale of če see, and bent an Arweblast, and wolde
     haue slayne čat best wič a quarell; but he mi¨t nou¨t smyte hit.
 |r4 and when he hade shotte alle his quarelles, če beste anone come
     to him in grete haste, and him deuourede alif; and so he deide
     for his wickednesse, črou¨ vengeance of Gode, after čat he hade
     regnede ix ¨ere.
 |r8 Of Grandobodian, čat was Morwitheč sone, čat made the toune
     of Cambruge.  Capitulo  Vicesimo Nono.
     |r<b> After čis Morwith was dede, če Britouns cronede Grandobodian
        his sone; and čis Grandobodian longe tyme regnede in
|r12 godenesse, and made temples and tounes; and čis Grandobodian
     made če toune of Cambrugge and če toune of Grantham, and was
     wel bilouede of ryche and of pore, for he honourede če riche and
     halpe če poer.  This Grandobodian hade iiij sones, Artogaile,
|r16 Hesider, Higamus, and Petiter, and when he hade regnede xj ¨ere,
     he deide, & lič at newe Troye.
     Of Artogaile, čat was Grandobodianus sone: how he was made
     kyng, & sič put adoune for his wickednesse.  Capitulo
|r20 Tricesimo.
     |r[f.10v] |r<b> After Grandobodian, regnede his sone Artogaile v ¨ere; and
        he bicome so wickede and so sterne, čat če Britons wolde
     nou¨t suffre him to bene kyng, but put him adoune, and made
|r24 Hesider his bročer kyng; and he bicome so gode and mercyable
     čat men him callede `kyng of pitee.' and when he hade regnede v
     ¨ere, he hadc so[miche] pitee of his bročer Artogaile, čat was kyng
     bifore; and anone he forsoke his dignite, and toke his bročer če
|r28 crone a¨eyne, and made him kyng a¨eynes al če barons wille of
     Britaigne. and afterwarde, čis Artogaile bicome so gode of condi_ciouns 
     čat he was wel bilouede of al če lande; for he bicome so
     debonoure and free, and dede right and resoun to alle maner
|r32 man; and he regnede vj ¨ere, and deide, and lith at Grauntham.



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     How Hesider was made kyng after če deth of Artogaile his
      bročer. Capitulo xxxj=o=.
     |r<b> After če deth of Artogaile, the Britounes crounede an-o¨ere
 |r4    tyme Hesider; but his ij brečern Higamus and Petiter
     haden of him grete despite, and eke scorne, and ordeynede ham
     helpe forto werre oppon če kyng her bročer. and so čai token him,
     and put him into prisoun, the secunde ¨ere of his regne; and čai
 |r8 departede al Britaign bituene ham ij. but Higamus leuede but vij
     ¨ere; and čo hadde Petitur al če lande; and he made če toune of
     Pikeryng, and after deide, če secunde ¨ere of his regne, & lič at
     Pikeryng,
|r12 How če Britouns token Hesider oute of Prisoune, and made
     him kyng če čridde tyme.  Capitulo  Tricesimo
     Secundo.
     |r<b> ANd when čis Petitur was dede, the Britons toke anone right
|r16    Hesider, and made him kyng če čridde tyme, and čo
     regnede he in pees xiiij ¨ere, & after deide, and lič at Karleil.
     How xxxiij kynges regnede in pees, eche after očere, after |r[f.11r] če
     deth of Hesider.  Capitulo  Tricesimo Tercio.
|r20 |r<b> After če deth of Hesider, regnede xxxiij Kynges, eche after
        očere, in pees; and wičout eny longe tariyng y shal tel
     ham alle, and how longe euery of ham regnede, as če story
     telleč.  The ferste kyng of čo xxxiij me clepede Gorbodia,
|r24 and he regnede xij ¨ere.  and after him regnede Morgan ij
     ¨ere;  and after him regnede Eigamus vj ¨ere;  and after
     him regnede Idwalan viij ¨ere;  and after him regnede Rohugo
     xj ¨ere;  and after him regnede Voghen xiij ¨ere;  and
|r28 after him regnede Katil xv ¨ere;  and after him regnede
     Porrex ij ¨ere;  and after him regnede Cheryn xvij ¨ere;
     [; & after him regned Coil xij čer]  and after him regnede
     Sulgenis xiiij ¨ere;  and after him regnede Esdad xx=ti= ¨ere;



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      And after him regnede Andragie xviij ¨ere;  And after him
     regnede Vran v ¨ere;  and after him regnede Elind ij ¨ere;
      and after him regnede Eldagan xv ¨ere;  and after him regnede
 |r4 Claten xij ¨ere;  & after him regnede Quirgund viij ¨ere;  and
     after him regnede Morian vj ¨ere; and after him regnede Bledaghe
     iij ¨ere;  and after him regnede Caph j ¨ere;  and after him
     regned Gen ij ¨ere;  and after him regnede Seisel and Kyng
 |r8 Bled xxj ¨ere;  and Kyng Grabreth xj ¨ere;  and Archinal
     xiiij ¨ere; and Erol xxx ¨ere;  And Rodengu xxxij ¨ere; and
     Herter v ¨ere,  and Hampir vj ¨ere, And Carpoir vij ¨ere,
      and Digneile iij ¨ere,  and Samuel xxiiij ¨ere,  and Rede
|r12 ij ¨ere,  and Ely vij mounečs; and čis Ely hade iij sones, Lud,
     Cassabilam, and Enymyon.
     How Lud was made kyng after če deč of Ely his fader.
      Capitulo  Tricesimo  Quarto.
|r16 |r[f.11v] |r<b> After če deč of Ely, regnede Lud his sone, and gouernede wel
        če lande, and miche honourrede gode folc, and temprede
     and amendit wickede folc.  This Lud louede more to duelle at
     Troye čan at eny očere place of če lande; Wherfore če name of
|r20 Troye was lafte, and čo was callede če citee of Ludstan; but
     now čat name is chaungede črou¨ variance of lettres, and now is
     callede London.  and čis kyng made in the citee a faire gate,
     and callede it Ludgate, after his name; and če folc of če citee lete
|r24 hight Loundres, and when he hade regnede xj ¨ere, he deide, and
     lič at London. and heade ij ¨onge sones, Andraghen and
     Gormace; but čai couč neičere speke ne go, for ¨eugeč; & čerfore
     če Britons crounede a stronge kny¨t čat me called Lud, čat was
|r28 Cassibalamus bročer, and made him kyng of Britagne.
     How če Britons grantede to Cassibalam, čat was Ludes bročer,
     če land: in whas time Iulius come if tymes forto con_quere 
     če lande.  Capitulo Tricesimo  quinto.
|r32 |r<b> After če deč of Kyng Lud, regnede his bročer Cassibalam, and
        bicome a goode man, and miche bilouede of his Britons, so
     čat, for his godenesse and curtesye, čai grantede him če reaume for_euermore,



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     to him and to his heires.  And the kyng, of his gode_nesse, 
     lete norisshe worčiliche boče his bročeres sones, če childerne
     of Lud; And after, made če eldeste sone Erl of Cornwaile, and čat
 |r4 očere Erl of London~.  And while čis kyng Cassibalam regnede,
     come Iulius Cesar, čat was Emperoure of Rome into čis lande, with
     a power of Romayns, and wolde haue hade čis lande črou¨ strengč;
     but Cassibalam him ouercome in bataile, črou¨ helpe |r[f.12r] of če
 |r8 Britons, and drof him oute of čis Lande; and went a¨eyne to
     Rome, and assemblede grete power anočer tyme, and come a¨eyne
     iuto čis lande forto ¨eue bataile to Cassibalam; but he was des_comfitede 
     črou¨ strengč of če Britons, and črou¨ helpe of če erle of
|r12 Cornwaile, and če Erl of london~, his bročer, and črou¨ helpe of
     Gudian, Kyng of Scotland, and of Corbande, Kyng of north Wales,
     and of Bretaile, Kyng of Southwalys. and in čis bataile was slayne
     Nemion, čat was Cassibalamus bročer, wherfore he made miche
|r16 sorwe; and so went Iulius Cesar oute of čis lande with a fewe of
     Romayns čat were lefte a-lif; And čo Cassibalam went a¨eyne to
     London~, and made a fest vnto alle his folc čat čo hade him
     holpen; and when če fest was done, eche man went into here
|r20 owen contree.
     Of če debate čat was bituene Cassibalam and če Erle of
     London~; & of če truage čat was payede to Rome.
      Capitulo xxxvj=to=.
|r24 |r<b> ANd after, hit bifelle čus oppon a day, čat če gentil-men of
        če kynges householde and če gentelmen of če Erles house_holde 
     of London~, after mete went in-fere forto playe; and črou¨
     debate čat arose amonges ham, Euelyn, čat was če erles bročer
|r28 of London~, quellede Irenglas čat was če kynges cosyn; wherfore če
     kyng swore čat Enelyn shulde bene honget; but če Erle of
     London~, čat was Enelynes lorde, wolde nou¨t suffren hit; wher_fore 
     če kyng was wroth towarde če Erl, and čou¨t him destroye.
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     into čis lande forto helpe him, and helpe avenge him |r[f.12v] oppon če
     Kyng, and he wolde helpe him with al his my¨te.  And when
     če Emperoure herde čis tydynges, he was ful glade, and ordeynede
 |r4 a stronge power, and come a¨eyne če čridde tyme into čis land;
     and če Erl of Londone halpe him wič vij M=l= men. and at če čridde
     tyme was Cassibalam ouercomen and descomfitede, and made pees
     to če Emperoure for iij M=l= li of siluer, ¨eldynge by ¨ere for
 |r8 truage for čis lande for euermore. and after half ¨ere passede, the
     Emperoure went to Rome, and če Erl of Loudon~ wič him, for he
     derste nou¨t abide in čis lande. and after, Cassibalam regnede xv j
     ¨ere in pees, and čo deide, če xxvij ¨ere of his regne, and lithe atte
|r12 ¨ork.
     How če lordes of če lande, after če deth of Cassibalam, for
     encheson čat he hade none heire, made Andragen kyng.
     Capitulo  xxxvij=mo=.
|r16 |r<b> After če deth of Cassibalam, for-asmiche as he hade lone heire
        of his body, če lordes of če lande, by commune assent,
     cronede Androgen, Erl of Cornewaile, and made him kyng; and he
     regnede wel worthely, and was a gode man, and wel gouernede
|r20 če lande. and when he hade regnede viij ¨ere, he deide, & lič
     at London~.
     Of Kymbalyn, čat was Andragenus sone, a gode man, and
     wel gouernede če lande. Capitulo xxxviij.
|r24 |r<b> After če deth of Audragen, regnede Kembelyn his sone, čat was
        a gode man, and wel gouernede če lande in miche prosperite
     and in pees al his lifes tyme.  And in his tyme was born
     Ihesus Crist oure saueoure, of čat swete virgine Marie.  čis
|r28 Kyng Kembelyn hade ij sones, Ginder and Armoger, gode
     kny¨tes and worthi. |r[f.13r] And when čis Kyng Kembelyn hade regnede
     xxij ¨ere, he deide, and lič at London~.
     Of Kyng Gynder, čat was Kembalynes sone, čat wolde nou¨t
|r32 paye če truage to Rome for the lande čat Cassibalam
     hade grantede; & how he was slayne of a Romayne.
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     |r<b> ANd after če deč of čis Kembalyn, regnede Ginder his sone, a
        gode man and a worči; and he was of so hie hert čat he
     wolde nou¨t paye to Rome čat truage čat Kyng Cassibalam hade
 |r4 grantede vnto Iulius Cesar; wherfore če Emperoure čat was čo, čat
     me callede Claudius Cesar, was sore annoyede, and ordeynede a
     grete power of Romay[n]s, and come into čis lande forto conquere
     če truage črou¨ strengč, and haue it of če kyng; but če kyng
 |r8 Gynder, and Armoger his bročer, gadrede a grete hoste ifere of
     Britouns, and ¨af bataile to če Emperour Claudius, and quellede
     of Romains grete plente.  The Emperour hade a Stiwarde čat
     me clepede Hamon, čat saw čat her peple was faste slayne:
|r12 priuelys he caste awai his owen armes, and toke the Armes of a
     dede Briton, and armede him wič his armure, and come into če
     bataile to če kyng, and saide in čis maner: "Sire, beth of gode
     hert, for Godes loue, for če Romayns čat beče ¨our enemys anone
|r16 shullen bene slayn and descomfitede euerychon."s  and če
     kyng ¨af no kepe ne rewarde to his speche, for encleson~ of če
     armes čat he hade oppon him, and wende it hade bene a
     Britoune; but če traitoure euer helde him nexte če kyng, and
|r20 priueliche, vnder če shulders of his armure, he smote če kyng,
     Wherfore he was dede anone, and fel doune vnto če erče.
        When Armoger saw his bročer dede, |r[f.13v] he caste away his Arme¨,
     and toke to him his bročeres Armes, and come into če bataile
|r24 amonge če Britons, and bade hertly forto fyght, and faste laide
     adoune če Romaignes. and for če armes, čai wende it hade bene
     Kyng Gynder, čat arst was slayne, čat čai wist nou¨t, and čo gonne
     če Britons hertly fei¨ten, and quellede če Romayns; so at če
|r28 last če Emperour forsokes če felde, and fley as faste as čai mi¨t
     into če citee of Wynchestre. and če false traitour Hamonde, čat
     hade quellede če kyng, faste anone gane forto flee in al če haste
     čat he mi¨t; and Armoger, če kynges bročer, pursuede him ful
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     he toke him, and anone smote of boče heuede, hendes, and feete,
     and hewe če body halto pecis, and čo caste it into če water;
     Wherfore čat water was callede Hamondeshauen; and after, čere
 |r4 was made a faire toune čat ¨itte [standeth] čat is callede South_ampton
     ~.  And afterwarde, Armoger went to Wynchestre forto
     seche Claudius Cesar če Emperour; and čere Armoger him toke.
            And Claudius če Emperour, črou¨ conseil of his Romayns čat
 |r8 with him were lefte alyf, made pees wič Armoger in čis maner as
     ¨e shulleč hure, čat is to seyne, how čat Claudius če emperour
     shulde ¨eue to Armoger, Gennen his dou¨ter, forto haue to wif,
     so čat čis lande fro čat tyme afterwarde shulde be in če Emperoure¨
|r12 power of Rome, oppon~ suche couenant, čat none Emperour of
     Rome shulde take none očere truage of čis lande, but oneliche
     feaute; and so čai were accordede.  And oppon~ čis couenant,
     Claudius Cesar sent to Rome for his dou¨ter Gennen; and when
|r16 she was comen, |r[f.14r] Claudius Cesar ¨af her to Armoger to Wif;
     and Armoger spoused here at London~ with michel solempnite
     and merče; and čo was Armoger cronede, and made Kyng of
     Britaigne.
|r20 Of Kyng Armoger, in whas tyme seynt Peter prechede in
     Antyoche, wič očere apostlis in diuerses contres. Ca_pitulo 
     xl.
     |r<b> THis Kyng Armoger regnede wel, and worthely če lande
|r24    gouernede, and Claudis Cesar, in remembrance of čis
     accorde, and for reuerence and honour of his doughter, made in
     čis lande a fare toune and a faire castel, and lete calle če
     toune after his owen name `Claucestre,' čat now is callede
|r28 Gloucestr. and when čis was al done, če Emperoure toke his
     leue, and went a¨eyne to Rome; and Armoger was čo kyng,
     and gouernede če lande wel and nobli al his lif tyme.  and this
     Armager gete a sone on his wif, čat was callede Westmere. and



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     whiles čat čis Armoger regnede, seynt Peter prechede in Antioche;
     and čere he hade made a noble cherche, in če whiche he satte
     ferste in his chier, and čere he duellede vij ¨ere. after, he went
 |r4 to Rome, and was made Pope, til čat Nero če Emperour lete him
     martre. & čo prechede openly al če Apostlis, in diuerses landes,
     če ry¨t fay.  And when Armoger hade regnede xxiiij ¨ere, he
     deyde, and lith at London~.
 |r8 How Kyng Westmer ¨af to Berynger an Ilande forlete; and
     čere čis Beringer made če toune of Berwik. Capitulo xlj.
     |r<b> ANd after čis Armoger, regnede his sone Westmer, a gode man,
        and a worči of body, and wel gouernede če lande.  Hit
|r12 bifelle so čat tydynges come to him oppon~ |r[f.14v] a day, čat če Kyng
     Rodrik of Gascoigne was comen into čis lande wič an huge
     noumbre of peple, and was duellyng in Steynesmore. and when
     Kyng Westmer herde čo tydyngus, he lete assemble a grete host
|r16 of Britons, and come to če Kyng Rodrik, and ¨af him bataile. and
     Kyng Westmer quellede Rodrik wič his owen hondes in pleyne
     bataile; and when čat kyng Rodrikes men saw čat here Lorde was
     dede, čai ¨olden ham alle to če Kyng Westmer, and bicome his
|r20 men for euermore; and he ¨af ham a contre čat was forlete, wher-in
     čai my¨t duelle; and čider čai went, and duellede čere al here lifes
     tyme; and ix C men čere were of ham, and nomo lefte alif at
     čat bataile. Here gouernour and her prince, me callede Berynger;
|r24 and anone he biganne a toune, čat čai my¨t čerein duelle and haue
     resceyt, and lete calle če toune Berwik vp Twede; and čere čai
     duellede, and bicome riche. but čai nade no wymmen amonges
     ham, and če Britons wolde nou¨t ¨eue here dou¨tres to čo
|r28 Straungers; Wherfore čai went ouere če see into Irland, and brou¨t
     with ham Wymmen, and ham čo spousede; but če men couče
     nou¨t vnderstonde če langage ne če speche of če wymmen,
     neyčer če wymmen of če men, and čerefore čai speken
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     langages, in al Fraunce čei were callede čo Scottes: and so čai
     shal be callede for euermore.
     How Kyng Westmer Lete arere a stone in če entryng of West_merland,
 |r4 čere čat he slou¨t Rodrik; & čere he biganne
     ferste Housyng,  Capitulo  Quadragesimo  Secundo.
     |r<b> ANd after this bataile čat is aboue-saide, when Rodrik |r[f.15r] Was
        dede, Kyng Westmer, in remembraunce of his Victorie, lete
 |r8 arere čere, bisides če way, a grete stone in hye, -- & ¨itte it
     standeč, and euermore shal stande, -- and Lete graue in če stone
     lettres čat čus saide: `The Kyng Westmere of Britaigne quellede
     in čis place Rodrik his enemy.'  And čis Westmere was če ferst
|r12 man čat made tounes and hous in Engeland. and at čat stone
     bigynneth Westmerland, čat Westmer lete calle after his owen
     name. and when Westmer hade so done, he duellede al his Lif
     tyme in čat contre of Westmerland, for he louede čat contre more;
|r16 and when he hade regnede xxv ¨ere, he deide. & lič at  Karleie.
     Of Kyng Coil, čat was Westmeres sone, čat helde his lande in
     pees his lif-tyme.  Capitulo xl Tercio.
     |r<b> After čis Kyng Westmer, regnede his sone Coil, a goode man
|r20    and a worči, and of gode condicions, and wel gouernede his
     lande, and of alle men he hade loue and pees; and in his tyme
     was neuer contak, debate, ne werre in Britayn; and he regnede and
     was kyng in pees al his lif-tyme. & When he hade bene kyng
|r24 xj ¨ere, he deide, and lič at ¨ork.
     How Kyng Lucye regnede after Coel his fader, čat was a
     gode man; and after, he bicome cristen.  Capitulo xl
      Quarto.
|r28 |r<b> After Kyng Coel, regnede Lucie his sone, čat was a gode man
        to God and to al če peple. he sent to Rome, to Apostle
     Eulenchie, čat čo was, and seide čat he wolde bicome a cristen
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     ry¨t bileue.  Eulenchie sent ij legates, čat me callede Pagan and
     Elibrayne, into čis lande, and baptisede če kyng and alle his
     menye, and after went fro |r[f.15v] toune to toune, and baptisede če
 |r4 peple til al čat Lande was baptisede, and čis was in če c. lvj
     ¨ere after če Incarnacion~ of Ihesu Crist. and čis kyng Lucye
     made čo in čis lande ij erchebisshoppes, on at Kaunterbery and
     anočere at żork, and očere meny bisshopes čat ¨it bene in čis
 |r8 lande.  And when čise ij legates hade baptisede al če lande,
     čai ordeynedes prestes forto baptisen childern and forto make če
     Sacrament; and after, čai went a¨eyne to Rome, and če kyng
     duellede in his lande, and regnede with michel honour xi j ¨ere,
|r12 and after deide, and lič at Gloucestre.
     How čis lande was longe wičouten a kyng; and how če
     Britons chosen a kyng.  Capitulo  Quadragesimo.
      Quinto.
|r16 |r<b> THis kyng Lucie hade none heire of his body bigeten, čat was
        afterwarde grete harme and sorwe to če lande; ffor, after
     čis kyng Lucies deth, none of če grete lordes of če lande wolde
     suffren an-očere to bene kyng, but leuede in werre and debate
|r20 amonges ham l. ¨ere wičouten kyng. but čo it bifel aftirwarde
     čat a grete Prince come fro Rome into čis lande čat me callede
     Seuerey; nou¨t forto werr, but forto saue če ryght of Rome.
      But nočeles, he nade nou¨t duellede half ¨ere in čis lande, čat
|r24 če Britons ne quellede him. when čo of Rome wiste čat Seuerey
     was so slayn, čai sent anočere grete lorde into čis lande, čat me
     callede Allec, čat was a stronge man, and a my¨ty of body, and
     duellede in čis lande Longe tyme, and dede miche sorwe to če
|r28 Britons, so čat after, for pure malice, čai chosen ham a kyng
     amonges ham, čat me callede Astlepades, and assemblede a grete
     host of če Britouns, and went to London to seche Allec; and
     čere ča founde |r[f.16r] him, and quellede him and alle his felawes čat



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     were wič him, but one of his felawes, čat me clepede Waloun,
     defendet him fersly, and fau¨t longe with če Britouns, but at če
     laste he was descomfitede; and če Britons token him, and bounde
 |r4 him Hondes and feete, and caste him into a water; wher-fore čat
     water afterwarde was clepede euermore Walbroke.  éo regnede
     čis Astlepades in quiete, til one of his erles čat me callede Coel,
     made a faire toune a¨eynes če kynges wille, and lete calle če toune
 |r8 Colchestre after his name, wherfore če kyng was ful wroth, and
     čou¨t destroie če erle, and bigan to werre vppon~ him, and brou¨t
     grete power, and ¨af bataile to če erl. and če erl defendede him
     fersly with his power, and slough če kyng him-self in čat bataile;
|r12 and čo was Coel cronede, and made kyng of čis land.  éis Coel
     regnede and gouernede če lande wel and nobly, for he was a noble
     man, and wel bilouede amonges če Britons.  When čo of Rome
     herde čat Astlepades was slayne, čai were wonder glade, and sent
|r16 anočere grete prince of Romayns, čat me callede Constance; and
     he come to če Kyng Coil forto chalange če truage čat was
     wont to bene paiede to Rome; and če kyng ansuerede wel and
     worčely, and saide čat he wolde paye to Rome al čat ry¨t and
|r20 resoun~ wolde, wič godewil; and so čai accordede čo wič goode
     wil, and wičouten eny contak; and boče čai duellede togeder in
     loue.  The Kyng Coel ¨af his dou¨ter Elyne to Constance, forto
     haue here for his spouse, čat was boče faire, wise, and gode, and
|r24 wel lettrede: and čis Constance spousede here čere with michel
     honour. and it bifelle sone afterwarde, čat čis kyng Coel |r[f.16v] deide
     in the ¨ere of his regne xiij, & Lith at Colchestre enterede.
     Of Kyng Constance, čat was a Romayn, čat was chosen kyng
|r28 after če deth of Coel, for-asmiche čat he hade
     spousede Elyn, čat was Kyng Coeles dou¨ter. Capitulo
     xlvj=o=.
     |r<b> After čis Kyng Coel, Constance was made kyng, and cronede,
|r32    for-asmiche as he hade spousede Kyng Coele¨ dou¨ter, čat
     was heire of če lande. če whiche Constance regnede and worčely



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     gouernede če lande; and he bigate on his wif Elyn, a sone čat me
     callede Constantyn. and čis kyng bare trew fay, and trewly dede
     to ham of Rome al his lif. & when he hade regnede xv ¨ere, he
 |r4 deide, and lič atte żork.
     How Constantyne, čat was Kyng Constance¨ sone, & če sone of
     seynt Elyne, gouernede and rewlede če lande, & was
     Emperour of Rome.  Capitulo xl Septimo.
 |r8 |r<b> After Kyng Con[s]tance¨ deth, Constantyne, his sone of seynt
        Elyne, čat founde čat croice in če holy londe, and how
     Constantyne bicome Emperoure of Rome.  Hit bifel so in čat
     tyme čere was an Emperour atte Rome, a sarasyne, a tyraunt, čat
|r12 me callede Maxence, čat put to če deth alle čat bileuede in God,
     and destroiede holy cherche by alle his power, and slought Cristen
     men čat he my¨t fynde; and amonge alle očere, he lete martre Seynt
     Kateryne, and meny očere cristen peple čat hade drede of deth,
|r16 čai fledden and comen into čis lande to Kyng Constantyne, and
     tolde him of če sorwe čat Maxence dede to al cristiente. Wherof
     Constantyn hade pite, and grete sorwe made, and assemblede a
     grete hoste and grete power, and went ouere see to Rome, and
|r20 toke če citee, and quellede al čat čerin were mescreaunt, čat
     he my¨t fynde.  And čo was he made Emperoure, |r[f.17r] And was a
     gode man, and gouernede him so wel, čat al če Landes to him
     were entendaunt forto be vnder his gouernaile.  And čis deuel
|r24 tyraunt Maxence, čat čo was in če lande of Greke, when he
     herde čis tydynges, he bicome wode, and sodeynely deide, and
     so he endede his lif.
     When Constantyne went fro čis land to Rome, he toke wič
|r28 him his moder Elyn, for če michel wisedome čat she couče, and
     čre očere grete lordes čat he moste louede: čat one me callede Hoel,
     anočere me callede Taberne, and če čridde Morhyn; and toke al
     his lande to kepe vnto če Erl of Cornwaile, čat men callede
|r32 Octouyan.  anone as čis Octouian wiste čat his lorde was
     duellyng at Rome, he seisede al če lande into his honde, and čerwič



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     dede al his wil amonges heye and law, & čo helde him for kyng.
      when čis tydyng come to Constantyne če Emperoure, he woxe
     wonder wroče towarde če Erl Octouyan, and sent Taberne with xij
 |r4 m=l= men forto destroye the erl for his falsenesse, and arryuede at
     Portesmouthe.  And when Octouyan wiste čat, he assemblede a
     grete power of Britons, and descomfitede Taberne.  And Taberne
     fledde čens into Scotlande, and ordeynede čere a grete power, and
 |r8 come a¨eyne into čis lande forto ¨eue bataile anočere tyme to
     Octouyan.  When Octouyan herde telle čat, he assemblede a
     grete power, and come towarde Taberne as miche as he my¨t, so
     čat čo ij hostes metten oppon Staynesmore, and strongely smyte
|r12 to-gederes. and čo was Octouyan descomfitede, and fledde čens
     into Norwaye; and Taberne seisede al če lande into his hande,
     Tounes, castelles, and as mich as čai čere hade.  And sičenes
     Octouyan come a¨eyne fro Norway wič a grete power, & slough
|r16 Taberne, & seisede al če lande a¨eyne into his honde, & drof
     oute alle če Romayns, |r[f.17v] and was čo made Kyng, and regnede.
     How Maximian, čat was če Emperoure¨ cosyn of Rome
     spousede Octouyane¨ dou¨ter, and was made kyng,
|r20  Capitulo xlviij=o=.
     |r<b> THis Kyng Octouian gouernede čis lande wel and nobly;
        but he nad none heire, saf a dou¨ter čat was a ¨onge
     childe, čat he louede as miche as his lif. and forasmiche čat he wax
|r24 sike, and was in poynt of deč, and my¨t no lenger regne, he wolde
     haue made one of his Neveus to haue bene kyng, če whiche was
     a noble kny¨t and stronge man, čat me callede Conan Merche_dok, 
     and he shulde haue kepte če kynges dou¨ter, & haue mariede
|r28 her when tyme hade bene; but če lordes of če lande wolde nou¨t
     suffre hit, but ¨af here conseile to bene mariede to some hye man
     of great honour, and čan my¨t she haue al her wille at če conseile
     of če Emperoure Constantyne, here Lorde. and at čis conseile, čai
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     to če Emperour to done čis message. and he toke če way,
     and went to Rome, and tolde če Emperour čis tydynges wel
     and wiselich. and če Emperoure sent čo into čis lande with him
 |r4 his owen cosyn, čat was his Vncles sone, a noble kny¨t and
     stronge, čat me callede Maximian; and he spousede Octouyanus
     dou¨ter, and was cronede kyng of čis lande.
     How Maximian, čat was če Emperourres cosyn, conquerede the
 |r8 Lande of Amorican, and ¨af it to Conan Meriedok.
      Capitulo xlix=o=.
     |r<b> THis Kyng Maximian bicome so real, čat he čou¨t conquere če
        lande of Amorican for če grete richesse čat he harde telle
|r12 čat was in čat lande; so čat he ne lefte |r[f.18r] man čat was of worči_nesse
     -- kny¨t, squyer, ne none očere man -- čat he ne toke ham
     with him, to grete damage and harme to al če lande, but nome ham
     with him fram čis lande, xxx M=l= kny¨tes čat were doughty mennes
|r16 bodyes, and went ouer into če lande of Amorican, and čere slough
     če kyng čat me callede Imbal, and conquerede al če lande.  And
     when he hade so done, he callede Conan, and saide: "For-asmiche
     as če Kyng Octouyan wolde haue made ¨ow kyng of Britaigne, and
|r20 črou¨ me če were lette and destourblede, čat ¨e were nou¨t kyng,
     I ¨eue ¨ow al čis lande of Amorican, and ¨ow čerof make kyng.
      And for-asmiche as ¨e beth a Britoun~, and ¨oure men also, and
     bene comen fram Britaigne, I wille čat čis lande haue če same
|r24 name, and nomore bene callede Amorican, but bene callede `litel
     Britaigne'; and če lande fro whens ¨e beče comen shal bene
     callede `michel Britaigne'; and so shul men know čat one
     Britaigne fram čat očere." Conan Meriedok čankede him hende_liche;
|r28 and so was he made kyng of litel Britaigne. and when
     al čis was done, Maxence went čens to Rome, and čere was
     made Emperour after Constantyne.  Conan Meriedok duellede
     in litel Britaigne with michel honour, and lete ordeyne ij M=l=



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     ploughmen of če lande forto erie če lande, to harwe it and sowe,
     and feffede ham alle rychely, after čat čai were.  ands for_asmiche 
     čat Kyng Conan, ne none of his kny¨tes, ne none of his
 |r4 očere peple, wolde nou¨t take wifes of če nacion~ of Fraunce, he čo
     sent into grete Britaig[n]e, to če Erl of Cornewaile čat me callede
     Dionotho, čat chees črou¨-oute alle če lande xj M=l= |r[f.18v] of maydenes,
     čat is to seyne, viij M=l= for the mene peple, and iij M=l= for če
 |r8 grettest lordes čat schulde ham spouse.  And when Dionotho
     hade tak čis commandement, he lete čo seche črou¨-out al grete
     Britaigne as meny as če nombre come to, for noman derst wičstande
     his commandement, for-asmichel as al če lande was taken him
|r12 to warde and kepe, to do al čing čat him čo likede.  And
     when alle če maydenes were assemblede, he lete ham comme
     bifore him to London~, and lete ordeyne for ham shippes hastely,
     as miche as ham nedet to čat viage, and toke his owen doughter
|r16 čat me callede Vrsula, čat was če faireste creature čat eny man
     wist, and wolde haue sent her to Kyng Conan, čat shulde haue
     spousede here, and made here quene of litel Britaigne; but she
     hade made priuely to God a vow of chastite, čat here fader wiste
|r20 it nou¨t, ne noman elles čat was leuyng oppon~ erče.
   
     How Vrsula, and xj M=l= of maydenes čat were in here company,
     went towarde litil Britaigne, & al were martrede at
|r24 Coloigne.  Capitulo  Quinquagesimo.
     |r<b> THis Vrsula chees into her company xj M=l= maydenes čat of
        al očere she was lady and maistres; and alle čai went into
     če shippis at on tynle, in če water čat me calleč Tamise; and
|r28 commandede her kyn and alle her frendes to almy¨ty God, and
     sailede forč towarde litel Britaigne. But when čai were comen in
     če hye see, a stronge tempest arose, as it was Goddes wil; and Vrsula,
     wič her shippis and here company, was dryuen, and čo xj M=l=
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     hauen of |r[f.19r] če citee of Coloigne.  The kyng of če lande, čat me
     callede Gowan, was čo in če citee; and when he wist čo tydynges,
     čat so meny faire maydenes were čere arryuede, he tok Elga his
 |r4 bročer, and očere of his householde, wič him, and went to če
     shippes to see čat fair company. and when he sawe ham so faire,
     he and his company wolde haue ham ouerlayne, and bynome
     here maydenhode.  but Vrsula, čat gode mayde, conseilede,
 |r8 prayede, warnede, and tau¨te ham čat were here felowes, čat čai
     shulde defende ham wič al her my¨t, and račer suffre deth čan
     suffre here bodyes bene defoulede.  So čat alle če maydenes
     bicome so stedefast in God, čat čai defendede ham črou¨ his
|r12 grace, so čat none of ham hade power to done ham eny shame;
     wherfore če kyng was so sore annoiede, čat he, for wrač, lete slee
     ham euerychon~ anone ryght; and so were alle če maidenes
     martrede for če loue of God, and ligget at Coloyn.
|r16 How Kyng Gowan come forto destroye čis lande; and how
     aman of grete power, čat me callede Gracian, defendede če
     lande.  Capitulo  Qui[n]quagesimo  Primo.
     |r<b> WHen al čis was done, Kyng Gowan, čat was a sarasyn,
|r20    callede his bročer Elga, and saide to him čat he shulde
     gone to conquere če lande čat alle čo faire maydenes were borne
     in. and he ordeynede čo a grete power of Peihtes, of Denmarc, of
     Orkeneye, and of Norwaye, and čai comen into čis lande, and brent
|r24 tounes, and slough folc, and caste adone cherches and houses of
     religioun~, and robbede the lande in lengh and in brede, and put
     to deth alle čo čat wolde noght forsake če ryght bileue and cristen_dome, 
     for-asmiche as čere was none souerayne in the lande čat
|r28 my¨t ham helpe or |r[f.19v] defende.  For če Kyng Maximian hade
     taken wič him alle če worči men, when he went to conquere litil
     Britaigne. and in če same tyme čat ¨e hure now telle, was Seynt
     Albone martrede črou¨ če wode tyraunt Diodician in če same place,
|r32 wherin is now an Abbay made of Seynt Albone, whiles čat he was
     a paynyme.  But he conuertede him towarde God, črou¨ če pre_dicacioun 
     of a grete clerc and a wyse, čat me callede Ancibell, čat



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     was herburghede a nyght in hx is house; and čis was after če Incar_nacion
     ~ of Ihesu Crist.ij C. iiij. vj čere. and men shullen vnder
     stonde čat Seynt Albone soffrede his martredome bifore čat Seynt
 |r4 Edmunde was martrede; and čerfore is seynt Albone callede če
     ferst martre of Engelande.  This Gowanus bročer, & his folk,
     čat were Sarasynes, went črou¨-oute če Lande, and destroyede al
     čing čat čai fonde; and no čing ča ne sparede.  When čis tyd_yng 
 |r8 come to Rome, how čat Kyng Gowan hade bigonne forto
     destroye čis lande, če Emperour and čo of Rome sent a stronge
     man, and of grete power, čat me callede Gracian, w[ith] xxiiij
     M=l= men wel feightyng, forto caste oute Sarasynes of čis lande, and
|r12 alle čai arryuede at Portesmouthe. Maximian my¨t nou¨t come
     him-self, for-asmiche as he was chosen Emperoure after če deč of
     Constantyn, čat was Seynt Elynes sone.  When čis Gracian was
     arryuede wič his host, he lete aspie priuelys wher če Kyng Gowan
|r16 my¨t bene founden; and he come vppon him sodeynly, as
     čai Lay in her beddes, and descomfitede ham, and sloughe
     echeon, čat non of hem Ascaped saf Gowan, čat fledde with
     mych sorowe in-to his cuntre. Sone aftir yt byfel čat Maximian
|r20 was slayn at Rome, čurgh treson; And when Gracian wyst če
     tydynge, he let Croune hym kyng of čis land.
     How Gracyan made hym kyng whan Maximian was slayn; &
     after, če Brytouns quelled hym for his wikkydnesse.
|r24 Capitulo quinquagesimo ij=o=.
     |r<b> This Gracian, when he gan forto regne, he bycome so wykked
        & so sterne, & so mych sorow wrought to če Britoun~s, čat
     čey slow hym amonges hem.  Tho Kyng Gowan had vndirstande
|r28 čat Gracian was do to deth, he Assembled a gret power, & come
     a¨en in-to čis land; & yf he had arst don a grete harme, čo dede
     he mych more; for čo distroyed he al this land, & al Crysten peple
     čat was in Myche Brytaigne, so čat no man was so hardy for-to
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      But če bysshop of London čat was čo, čat me called Gosselyn,
     scaped, & went čens to hem of Rome, to seche socour for-to helpe
     dystroye če Sara¨in čat had dystroyed čis land.  And če
 |r4 Romayns seyde čat čey hadde be so ofte anoyed for her sendyng
     after folk in-to Brytaigne, al for-to helpe če Britouns, & čey wold
     no more so do. And so če Bysshop Gosselyn went čens with-oute
     ony Socour or helpe; & čo went he to če Kyng of litil Brytaigne,
 |r8 čat me called Aldroye, & čis was če iij kyng after Gowan Meridiok,
     as bifore is sayd. The bysshop prayed this Kyng Aldroye of socour
     & of helpe. the kyng hadde herd how če bysshop fledde, & how
     čat če Crystene men were slayn in gret Brytaigne čurgh Paynyms
|r12 & Sara¨in, & he graunted hym Constantyn his bročer, hym for-to
     helpe, with Poer of folk, & hem dede arraye hors armure, &
     schippes, & al thing čat hem neded to čat viage. and when al
     thing was redy, he called če bysshop, & to hym seyd: "I take ¨ou
|r16 here to helpe & socour Constantyn my bročer, vpon this couenaunt,
     čat ¨if God ¨ife hym grace, če Paynems & Sara¨in~s to schende &
     discomfite, čat čanne ¨e make hym kyng of če land": & če bysshop
     yt graunted with good wyll.  Constantyn & če bysshop nome
|r20 leue čo of če Kyng Aldroye, & by-took hym to God, & nome her
     men xij M=l=, & went in-to her schippes, & sayled toward če gret
     Brytaigne, & Arryued in Tottenesse. whan če Britouns herd če
     tydyng čat to hem come socour, čey were stronglich holpyn, &
|r24 ordeigned hem an huge nombre of peple, |r[f.17v] & come to hem, & hem
     vndirfongen with mychel honour.  Gowan, anon as he wyste of
     this čyng, he Assemblyd all če Sara¨in, & come a¨ens hym, & ¨af
     batayll. And Constantyn slow hym with his owne hand; & all če
|r28 othere Sara¨in were discomfited & slayn, čat non aschaped but čo
     čat were conuerted vnto God.
     How Constantyn, čat was če kynges bročer of litel Britaigne,
     was Crouned kyng, for his worčines, of mych Bretaigne.
|r32 Capitulo liij=o=.
     |r<b> Anon, aftir če batayll, alle čey went to London, & crowned čere
        Constantyn, & made hym kyng of čis lond. And če bysshop
     Gosselyn sette če Croune vpon his hed, & anoynted hym, as



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     falleth to A kyng for-to be; & čo bygan Crystendom. This
     Constantyn, whan he was Crouned, anon aftir he spoused his
     wyf čurgh counceil of če Britouns; & he begate iij Sones on her:
 |r4 če ferst me called Constaunce, čat other Aurylambros, & če iij
     Vter.  Constance, če eldest brother, when he come to Age, made
     hym a monke at Wynchestre. Constantyn here fadir was slayn
     čurgh treson; for it byfell vpon a tyme čat a Pohete come to hym
 |r8 vpon a day, in Message as yt were, & seyd čat he wolde speke
     with če kyng pryuyly in Counceyl. The kyng lete voyde his
     Chambre of čo men čat were with-Inne; & čo Abides čere nomo
     but če kyng & če Pohete, & made a Contenaunce as čey wolde
|r12 speke to-gidere in his ere; & čere he qwelled hym with a long
     knyf; & after, went qweyntly out of če Chambre in-to anočer
     Chambre; so at če laste no man wyst wher he was bycome.
            When če kynges men it wyste, čat here lord was so ded, čei made
|r16 so mych sorowe čey nyst all what for-to done, for-as-mych
     as his ij sones, Aurylambros & Vter, weren so yenge čat non of
     hem myght be kyng; & če iij bročer was monke at Wynchestre,
     as I sayd before.  But Vortiger, čat was Erl of Westsex, čought
|r20 pryuylyl in his herte, thurgh queyntise, to be kyng; & went to
     Wynchestre čer čat Constaunce was monk, & to hym seyde:
     "Constaunce," quod he, "¨oure fadir is ded, & ¨our ij brečerin čat
     ben with Gosselyn, če bysshop of London, to noryssh, beth so yeng,
|r24 čat non of hem may be kyng; wherfore y counseyle čat ¨e forsake
     ¨oure Abyte, & come with me, & I schal do so to če Brytouns čat
     ¨e schul be made kyng."
     Of Constaunce, čat was Constantynus sone, čat was Monk at
|r28 Wynchestr; & how he was made kyng after his faders
     deth, čurgh Counceill of Vortiger, čat was Erle of Westsex,
     for-as-mych as Aurilambros & Vter, his if brečerin, were
     but of yonge age, & was slayn. Capitulo liiij=o=.
|r32 |r<b> This Vortiger counceyled čis Constaunce so mych tyl he forsook
        his Abyte, & went with hym. & anon aftir, he was Crouned
     and made kyng by Assent of če Brytouns. This kyng Constance,



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     whan he was crouned & made kyng, he wyst ne knew but litil of
     če world, ne cowde |r[f.18r] no thing as knyghthood axed, he made
     Vortiger his maister & his chef Counceillour, & yaf hym all his
 |r4 power, for-to ordeigne & do as myche as to če reaume perteyned, so
     čat hym-self no čing entrauelled, but only bare če name of kyng.
      Whan Vortiger saw čat he had al če land in his warde &
     gouernayle, at his owne wyll, he čought A pryue Treson, &
 |r8 čought to sle Constance če kyng, čat he myght hym-self be
     Crouned & made kyng & regne, & lete sende after a C knyghttes
     of Pehetes, če worthiest of če land, & hem helde with hym, to
     duelle wič him, and |r[f.20r] to bene Kepers of his body, as he wolde
|r12 wende črou¨ če lande to ordeyne činges čat perteynede to a Kyng.
      And čis Vortiger honourede so miche čo C kny¨tes, and so miche
     ¨af ham of golde and siluer, & so ryche rewell, robes, hors, and
     očere noble plente, wherfore čai helde him more lorde čan čai
|r16 deden če kyng.  And Vortyger tolde ham, if čat he moste
     bene kyng, he, as it were črou¨ tresoun, he wolde make ham
     richest of če lande. so at the laste, črou¨ grete ¨iftes čat he hade
     ¨eue largely, čai crieden črou¨ če court čat Vortiger were better
|r20 worči ben kyng čan Constance; wherfore Vortiger made sem_blant 
     as čau¨ he hade bene wroč, and departede čens fro če
     court, and saide he most gone elles-where for čing čat he hade to
     done; and so če traitoure čede for enchesoun~ čat čai shulde
|r24 slee him, čat is to seyne, Constance.  When čis Vortiger was
     gone, hit bifelle sone after čat čo C kny¨t¨ of Peightes breken
     če dores of če kynges chambre, and čere čai him slough and smoten
     of his heuede, and bare it to Vortiger čere čat he duellede. and
|r28 when Vortyger saw čat heuede, he wepte ful tenderly wič his eye;
     and nočelese he was some dele glade of his deth, and anone lete
     take čo C kny¨tes of Peightes, & bonde here hondes bihynde
     ham, and lade ham to London~; & čere čai were dampnede to deth



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     as false traitoures.  and anone after, al če britons of če lande, by
     commune assent, cronede čere Vortiger, & made him kyng of če
     lande.
 |r4 How če wardeynes čat hade čo if childerne to kepe, čat were
     |r[f.20v] Constantines sones, lade ham to litel Britaigne, for the
     tresoun~ and falsenesse of Vortiger.  Capitulo  Quin_quagesimo 
      Quinto.
 |r8 |r<b> THis kyng Vortyger, when he was cronede, čo čat hade če ij
        childerne in kepyng, Aurilambros and Vter, črou¨ ordenance
     of Gosselyn, čat was bisshop of London~ at his deč, derst nou¨t
     duelle in the lande wič če childerne, but lade ham to če kyng of
|r12 litel Britaigne, forasmiche as he čo wiste če tresoun of Vortiger, čat
     čo was made Kyng, črou¨ wham Constance here bročer was slayn,
     wherfore čo C kny¨tes of Peightes were put to če deth, and bare
     al če blame, as čei¨t Vortiger hade nou¨t wiste čerof, nočer čerto
|r16 consentede; and so če Kepers of čo ij childerne drades laste
     Vortiger wolde put ham to deth, črou¨ his tresoun~ and falsenesse, as
     he hade done her bročer biforne; and čerfor čai wer ladde ouer
     into litel Britaigne, and če kyng ham resceyuede wič michel
|r20 honour, and lete ham to norisshe; and čere čai duellede til čai
     bicome fair kny¨te¨, & st[r]ong and ferse, and čou¨t euer to
     bene avengede of če deth of Constantyne here bročer, when
     čai saw here tyme; and so čai deden, as če shul hur aftirward.
|r24  Hit was nou¨t long after, čat če tydynges ne come ouer če see,
     to če kynrede of če C kny¨te¨ of Peightes čat were dampnede and
     put to če deth črou¨ Vortiger in čis lande; čerfore čai weren
     wonderly wroče, & sworen čat čai [would be avenged of her
|r28 kins death,] and comen into čis lande wič a grete power, & rob_beden 
     in meny places, & slou¨, & dede al če sorw čat čai
     my¨t.  When Vortyger hit wiste, he |r[f.21r] made sorw ynow and



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     sore was annoyede; and in a-nočer partie also tydynges come
     čat Aurilambros & Vter ordeynede ham, and assemblede a grete
     hoste forto come into michel Britaigne, čat is to seyne, into čis
 |r4 lande, to bene avenged of Constance deč her bročers; so čat
     in one half and in čat očer he was brou¨t into so miche sorwe
     čat he nyst whider to wende.
     How Engist and xj M=l= men come into čis lande, to whom
 |r8 Vortiger ¨af a place čat is callede Thongecastell.
     Capitulo lvj=to=.
     |r<b> ANd sone after čis sorw, tidynges come to Vortiger, čat a
        grete nauye of straungers were arryuede in Kent; but
|r12 čai wist nou¨t whens čai were, ne wherfore čai were comen.
      The Kyng sent anone messagers čider, čat somme of ham
     shulde come and speke wič him, forto wete what folc čai werne,
     and what čai axede, and into what contre čai wolde gone.  čere
|r16 were ij brečerne, Prynces and maistres of čat straunge company:
     čat on me callede Engist, and čat očere Horn~. Engist went čo
     to če kyng, & tolde to him encheson~ wher-fore čai were čere
     arryuede in his lande, and saide: "sire! we beth of a contre
|r20 čat is callede Saxoyne, čat is, če Lande of Germayn, wherin is
     so miche sorw, čat če peple is so myche čat če lande may
     nou¨t ham sustene ne suffice.  The maystres & Prynces čat
     haueč če lande to gouerne and rewele, shul done come bifore
|r24 ham men and wymmen, če boldest čat bene amonges ham
     and best mowen trauaile into diuerseč londes; and so čai
     |r[f.21v] shal ham ¨eue Horse and harneyse, armure, and al čing čat
     ham nedeč; and after čai say to ham čat čai go into anočer
|r28 contre, wher čat čai mowen leue, as here auncestres deden
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     done wič oure company, we bene comen into ¨oure lande; and
     wič gode wille ¨ow wil serue, and ¨our lande helpe, kepe, &
     defende fram ¨oure enemys, if čat ¨ow nedeč."  when Vortiger
 |r4 herde čis tydynges, he saide he wolde gladeliche wičhalde ham,
     oppon soche couenant, if čai my¨t delyuer his lande of his enemys,
     he wolde ¨eue ham resonable landes, wher čai shulde duelle for
     euermore.  Engist čankede him godeliche; and in čis maner he
 |r8 and his company,  xj. M=l= men, shulde duelle wič če Kyng
     Vortiger; and so miche čai deden črou¨ here boldenesse, čat čai
     delyuerede če lande clene of here enemys.  čo praiede Engist
     če Kyng, of so miche lande čat he my¨t make to him a citee, for
|r12 him and for his menye.  The kyng ansuerede & saide, `it
     was nou¨t forto done wičouten conseile of his Brltons.'
      Engist prayede him eftesones of as miche place as he my¨t
     compasse wič a twonge of a skyn, wher-oppon he my¨t make him
|r16 a maner, and for his to duelle in; and če kyng grantede it
     frely.  čo tok Engist a bole skyn, and cotte it as smale as he
     my¨t, al into a twonge al rounde, & čer-wič compassede as miche
     lande as he compassede; wher-oppon he made a faire castel.
|r20 and when čis castel was ymade, he lete calle it Twongecastel,
     for-asmiche as če place was merkede wič a twonge.
     Of Ronewenne, čat was Engistes doughter, and how Kyng
     Vortyger [spou]sede her for here beaute. C. lvij=mo=.
|r24 |r<b> WHen čis castel was makede, and ful wel arraiede, Engist
        priuely sent bi lettre into če contre čat he come of, after
     an |r[f.22r] hundrede shippis fillede with strange men čat were bolde
     and wel fei¨tyng in alle batailes; and čat čai shulde bryng wič
|r28 ham Ronewenne, his dou¨ter, čat was če fairest creature čat eny
     man my¨t see.  And when če peple was comen, čat he hade
     sende after', he toke ham into če castel wič michel ioye; and
     him him-self, vppon~ a day, went vnto če kyng, and prayede him
|r32 derworly čat he wolde come and see his new maner, čat he hade
     made in če place čat he hade compassede wič če twong of če



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     skyn. če kyng anone grantede him frely, and wič him went
     čider, and was wel payede wič če castel & wič če faire werk; and
     togederes čere čai eten and dranken wič michel ioye.  And
 |r4 when ny¨t come, čat če kyng shulde go into his chambre forto
     take čere his ny¨tes reste, Ronewenne, čat was Engistes dou¨ter,
     come wič a coupe of golde in here honde, and knelede bifore če
     kyng, and saide to him "Whatsaile!" and če kyng wist nou¨t
 |r8 what it was forto mene, ne what he shulde ansuere, for-asmiche as
     himself ne none of his Britons ¨itte couče none Englisshe speke,
     ne vnderstonde it, but speken čo čat same langage čat Britons
     ¨itte done.  Nočeles, a Latymer tolde če kyng če fulle vnder_stondyng 
|r12 čerof 'whatsaill'; and čat očer shulde ansuere
     `drynkehaile': and čat was če ferst tyme čat `whatsaile' and
     `drynkehaile' come vp into čis lande; and fram čat |r[f.22v] tyme into
     this tyme it Hač bene wel vsede.  The Kyng Vortiger saw če
|r16 fairenesse of Ronewenne, and his armes layde aboute here
     nek, and čries swetely cussede hir; and anone ry¨t he was
     vnarmerede oppon~ hire, čat he desirede to haue here to wyf, and
     axede of Engist hir fader. and Engist grantede, oppon~ čis
|r20 couenaunt čat če kyng shulde ¨eue him al the contre of Kent, čat
     he my¨t duelle in, and al his peple. če kyng hym grantede priuely
     with a gode wille; and anone after he spousede če damisell. čat was
     miche confusion to himself; and čerfor al če Britouns bicome so
|r24 wroč, for enchesoun~ čat he hade spousede a womman of mysbileue,
     wherfore čai went al from him, and nočing to him toke kepe,
     ne helpe him in činges čat he hade to done.
     How Vortymere, čat was Vortigers sone, was made kyng, &
|r28 Engist dryuen oute; & how Vortymer was slayn črou¨
     Ronewenne.  Capitulo lviij=o=.
     |r<b> THis Engist went into Kent, and seisede al če lande into his
        hande, for him and for al his men; and bicome in a litel
|r32 while of so grete power, & so miche peple hade, čat men wist
     nou¨t in litel tyme, whiche were če kynges men, & whiche were



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     Engistes men. wherfore al Britaigne hade of ham drede, and
     saide amonges ham čat, if čai ne toke očere counseil bituene
     ham, al če lande shulde be bitrayede črou¨ Engist and his peple.
 |r4  Vortyger če kyng hade bigeten on his ferst wif iij sones: če
     ferst me callede Vortymer; če secunde, Catagren; and če čridde,
     Passent. če Britons, euerychon~ by one assent, chosen Vortymer
     forto bene here lorde, & here souerayne, and hir conseiler in
 |r8 euery |r[f.23r] bataile, and cronede him, and made him Kyng, and Wolde
     soffre Vortiger no longer to regne, for enchesoun~ of če alliance
     bituene Engist and him.  če Britons ordeynede a grete host to
     drif out Engist and his company of če lande, and ¨af him iij
|r12 batailles: če ferst was in Kent, čere čat he was lorde; če secunde
     was att Tetteford; and če čridde was in a shire a čis half Cool, in
     a more. & in čis batail ham mette Cattegren and Horn, Engistes
     bročer, so čat eueryche of ham slouč očer; but for-asmiche as če
|r16 contre was ¨euen longe bifore to Horn~, črou¨ Vortyger, čo he hade
     spousede his cosyn; čere he hade made a faire castel čat me callede
     Horncastel, after his owen name.  And Vortymere was so
     annoiede for his bročeres deč, Cattegren, čat he was dede in soche
|r20 a maner; wherfore anone he lete felle če castel to če grounde,
     and after čat, he ne lefte ny¨t ne day til he hade dryuen out
     Engist and all his peple of če lande.  And when Engist was
     dryuen away, Ronewenne his dou¨ter made sorwe ynow, and
|r24 queyntly spake to ham čat were nexte če kyng Vortymere, and
     priueest wič him. and so miche she ¨af ham of ¨iftes, čat he was
     apoysenede, & deide at London če iiij čere of his regne; & čere
     he lith.
|r28 How če Britons chosen a-nočere tyme Vortyger to bene here
     king; and Engist come into čis lande a¨eyne, & čai fou¨ten
     to-gedres.  Capitulo lix=o=.
     |r<b> After Vortymeres deč, če Britons, by here commune assent,
|r32    Eftesones made Vortyger here kyng, vppon čis couenaunt,
     čat he shulde neuer after soffren Engist, ne none of his, eftesones
     shulde come into čis lande.  And when al čis was done,



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     Ronewenne če Quene sent priuely by lettre to Engist, that she
     hade enpoisenede Vortymer, and čat Vortyger her lorde a¨eyne
     bare če croune and regnede, and čat he shulde come a¨eyne into
 |r4 čat lande, wel arraiede wič miche peple, forto avenge him vppon
     če Britons, and to wynne his lande a¨eyne.  of čis tydyng Engist
     made grete ioye, and apparailede him hastely wič xv M=l= men čat
     were dou¨ty en euery batail. And when Vortyger herde telle čat
 |r8 Engist was comen a¨eyne wič a grete power into čis lande, he
     assemblede his Britons, and čo went a¨eyns Engist forto haue ¨eue
     him bataile, and his folc; but Engist drade him sore of če Britons,
     for čai hade descomfitede him biforn-hand, and dryuen him out
|r12 by strengč; wherfore Engist prayede him of a loue-day, and
     saide he was nou¨t comen forto fi¨t, but forto haue his lande
     a¨eyne of Kent, if he might accorde wič če Britons, and of ham
     haue grace.  The Kyng Vortiger, črou¨ conseile of his Britons,
|r16 grauntede a loue-day; and čus it was ordeynede črou¨ če Britons,
     čat čilk loue-day shulde ben holden faste bisides Salesbury,
     vppon~ an hull; and Engist shulde come čider wič iiijc kny¨tes,
     wičouten mo, and če kyng wič as meny of če wisest of čis
|r20 lande.  And at čat day če kyng come wič his conseil, as it was
     ordeynede; but Engist hade warnede his kny¨tes priueliche, and
     ham commandede čat eueryche of ham shulde put a Longe Knyf
     in his hose; and when he saide, "faire sires! now is tyme forto
|r24 speke of loue and pees," eueryche anone, eueryche shulde draw
     his knyf & slee a Britoun~. & so čai quellede xxx M=l= & lxj of
     kny¨tes; and wič miche sorwe meny of ham ascapede; and
     Vortyger him-self was taken |r[f.24r] and Lade to Twongecastell, and put
|r28 into prisoun~; and somme of Engistes men wolde čat če kyng
     hade bene brent al quyk.  And Vortiger čo, to haue his lif,
     grauntede ham as miche as čai wolde axen, and ¨af vp all če
     lande, tounes and castelles, citees and Burghes, to Engist and to
|r32 his folc. and alle če Britons fledde čenns into Walys, and čere
     helde ham stille. and Engist went črou¨ če lande, and seisede alle
     če lande with ffraunchises; and in euery place lete caste adoune



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     cherche¨ and houses of religioun~, and destroyede Cristendome
     črou¨ če lande, and lete chaunge če name of če lande, čat no man
     of his were so hardy after čat tyme to calle čis lande Britaigne,
 |r4 but calle it Engistes lande; and he departede alle čat lande to his
     men, and čere made vij kynges forto strengč če lande, čat če
     Britons shulde neuer after come čerin.  The ferst kyngdome
     was Kent, čere čat Engist him-self regnede, and was lorde &
 |r8 maystre ouer al če očere;  Anočere kyng hade Southsex, where
     now is Chichestre;  The čridde kyng hade Westsex; The ferče
     kyng hade Essex;  The v kyng hade Estangle, čat now is callede
     Northfolc, Southfolc, Merchemeriche, čat is to seynt, če Erldome
|r12 of Nichol;  če sixte hade Leycestreshire, Northamptonshire,
     Hereford and Huntyngdoune;  The vij hade Oxenford, Gloucestr,
     Wynchestre, Warwik and Darby-shire.
     How Vortiger went into Walis, and biganne čere a castel, čat
|r16 wolde nou¨t stande wičouten morter temprede wič
     mannes blode.  Capitulo  Sexagesimo.
     |r[f.24v] |r<b> WHen Engist hade departede al če lande in this maner
        bituene his men, he delyuerede Vortiger out of prison~,
|r20 and soffrede hym frely to gone whider čat he wolde. and he
     toke his way, and went into Walys, čere čat his Britons
     duellede, for-asmiche as čat lande was strong and wikkede to
     wynne. and Engist neuer come čere, ne knew neuer bifore
|r24 čat Lande.  Vortiger helde him čere wič his Britons, and axede
     conseil what him was best al forto done; and čai ¨af him conseil
     to make a stronge castel čat he my¨t him-self čerin kepe and
     defende if it nede were. Masounes in hast čere were fette, and
|r28 bigonne če werk oppon~ če hull of Breigh; but certes čus it bi-felle,
     čat al the werk čat če masounes made aday, adoune it felle
     any¨t; and čat ferede so iij tymes or iiij, wherof čai hadden grete
     wonder what it my¨t bene; & čerof če kyng was sore annoiede of
|r32 čat chaunce, and wist nou¨t what to done; wherfore he lete sende
     after če wisest clerkes, and also lewede men čat weren črou¨-out
     Walys, čat myght bene fonde, for čai shulde telle wherfore če



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     foundement so failede vnde[r] če werk, and čat čai shulde him
     telle what was best to done. and when če wisest men longe tyme
     hade studiet, čai saide to če kyng čat `he shulde done sike a
 |r4 childe borne of a woman čat neuer hade wič man to done, & čat
     childe he shulde sleen, & temper wič his blode če morter of če
     werk, & so shulle če werke endure euermore wičouten ende.'
     How če kyng lete seche Merlyn črou¨ al Walys forto speke
 |r8 wič him. Capitulo lxj=o=.
     |r<b> WHen če kyng herde čis, he commandede his messagers anone
        to wende črou¨-out al Walys, to seche čat childe if čai
     myght him fynde, and čat čai shulde |r[f.25r] brynge him forthwič
|r12 ham vnto him. and in recorde and witnesse of čis čing, he toke
     ham his lettres, čat čai ne were destourblede of no man, ne lette.
      And so faste spede ham the messagers, čat čai come vnto a
     toune čat me callede Kermerdyn; and as čai passede fourth in here
|r16 way, čai fonden ij childerne of xiiij ¨ere age chiddyng togeder
     wič hastif wordes; and one of ham saide to čat očer "Donebat,"
     quod he, "¨e done al wronge to chide or strif wič me, for ¨e haue
     no witte ne resoun~ as I haue."  "Certes, Merlyn," quod čat
|r20 očere, "of ¨oure witte and of ¨our resoun y make no forse, for men
     telleč communeliche čat ¨e haue no čing of god, sič ¨e hade neuer
     fader, but alle men weten wel ho is ¨oure moder."  The kynges
     messagers, when čai herde čis strif bituene čo ij gromes, čai axede
|r24 of men čat stoden bituene ham, whens čat Merlyn was born,
     & who him norisshede; and če folc ham tolde čat a grete gentil_woman 
     him bare in Kermerdyne, čat me callede Adhan, but neuere
     my¨t men wete who was če childes fader.  When če messagers
|r28 herde čis tydynges, čai went anone to him čat was wardeyne of če
     toune, and tolde him če kynges wille and his lettres, wherfore čai
     were comen čider.  Merlyn and his moder anone were sent
     bifore če wardeyne of če toune, and he commandede ham čat čai



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     shulde gone to če kyng, as hit was ordeynede by his messagers.
      Merlyn and his moder come vnto če kyng, and were vnder_fonge 
     wič michel honour; and če kyng axede of čat lady `if čat
 |r4 childe were her sone, and who him bigate.'  The lady ansuerede,
     ful tender wepyng, and saide she hade neuer company of man
     |r[f.25v] worldely'; "but, sire," quod shee, "as y was a ¨onge maiden
     in my faderes chambre, and očere of grete lynage were in my
 |r8 company, čat ofte were wont to playe and to solacen, I belefte
     allone in my chaumbre of my fader, & wolde nou¨t gon~ out,
     for brennyng of če sone.  And oppon a tyme čere come a faire
     bachiler', and entrede into my chaumbre čere čat I was allone; but
|r12 how he come into me, & wher, I wiste neuer, ne ¨itte wote, for če
     dores were fast barrede; and wič me he dede game of loue, for I
     nade nočer my¨t ne power him to defende fro me; and ofte he
     come to me in the forsaide maner, so čat he bigate one me čis same
|r16 childe; but neuer my¨t y wete of him what he was, ne whens he
     come, ne what was his name."
     Of če ansuere of Merlyn, wherfore če kyng axede whi his werk
     myght nou¨t stande čat he hade bigonne, my¨t nou¨t
|r20 proue. Capitulo lxij=o=.
     |r<b> WHen Merlyn hade herde al čat his moder hade saide, he
        spake to če kyng in this maner: "sire, how y was
     bigeten, axe ¨e no more, for hit falleč nou¨t to ¨ow ne to none
|r24 očere forto wete; but telle me če enchesone wherefore I ame
     to ¨ow brou¨t, and wherfore ¨e haue sent after me."  "Certes,"
     quod če kyng, "my wise concelers hauen done me to vnderstonde
     čat če morter of a werk čat I haue done bigonne biheueč, ben
|r28 temperede wič ¨our blode, or če fundement shal faile for euermore."
      "Sire," quod Merlyn, "wille ¨e slee me for my blode forto
     temper wič ¨oure morter? "że," quod če kyng, "or elles shal
     neuer my castel stonde, as my conselers done me to vnderstonde."
|r32  čo ansurede Merlyn to če kyng: "sire," he saide, "late ham
     come bifore |r[f.26r] me, čo wise conselers, and I wil proue čat čai say



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     nou¨t wel ne trewely. and when če wise were comen, Merly
     axede if his blode were če enchesoun to make če werke stande to
     endure. Alle čise wise were abasshede, and couč nou¨t ansuere.
 |r4  Merlyn čo saide to če kyng: "sire, I shal telle ¨ow če encheson
     wherfore ¨our werk čus faileč and may nou¨t stande. čere is
     vnder če mountaigne čere čat ¨e haue bigonne ¨our tour a grete
     ponde of water; and in če botume of če ponde, vnder če water,
 |r8 čere beč ij dragons, -- čat one is white, and čat očere rede, -- čat
     fei¨ten to-geder ageyne ¨oure werk. Doč myne depe til ¨our men
     come to the ponde, and doth ¨our men take away če water al out,
     and čan ¨e shul see če dragons, as I haue ¨ow tolde, čo togederes
|r12 fei¨ten ageyne ¨our werk; and čis is če encheson~, certes, wher_fore 
     ¨our fundement faileč."  the kyng anone lete degge
     vnder, til čat men come to če ponde, & lete do away al če water;
     and čere čai fonde ij dragons, as Merlyn hade tolde, čat egrely
|r16 fou¨ten togederes; če white dragoun~ egrely assailede če rede, and
     laide on him so strong čat he my¨t nou¨t endure, but wičdrowe
     him, & hidde him in the same Cafe, and restede.  And when he
     hade awhile restede, he went bifore, and assailede če rede dragoun~
|r20 angrely, and assailede him so sore čat he my¨t nou¨t a¨eynes him
     endure, but with-drow him and restede. And after come a¨eyne
     če white dragoun~, and strongely fou¨t wič če reede dragoune, and
     bote him euel, & him ouer-come, čat he fley čens, and nomore come
|r24 a¨eyne.
     |r[f.26v] Of če significacions of čo ij dragounes čat were in če botume
     of če ponde, čat fou¨ten togederes. Capitulo Sexagesimo
     tercio.
|r28 |r<b> THe Kyng Vortiger and his men, čat saw čis bataile, hade
        grete mervaile, and praede Merlyn to telle him what it myght
     bitoken. "Sire," quod Merlyn, "y shal ¨ow telle: the rede dragoun~
     bitokeneč ¨oure-self, & če white bitokeneč če folc of Saxoine, čat
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     and ¨ow haue dryuen and enchacede.  But če Britons čat bene
     of ¨our lynage ouercome ham, and dryuen ham awhile; and sičen,
     at če comyng a¨eyne of če Saxoynes, čai recouerede čis lande, and
 |r4 helde hit for euermore, and dryuen oute če Britouns, and dede wič
     čis lande al her wille, & destriede cristendome črou¨oute čis lande.
      że hade ferst ioye of here commyng, but now it is turnede to
     ¨ow grete damage & sorwe; ffor čo ij brečerne of Constance čat was
 |r8 kyng, čat ¨e lete slee, shul comen bifore a Quin¨ime passede wič
     a grete power fram litel Britaigne, and shul avenge če deč of hire
     bročer: čai shal brenne ¨ow ferst wič sorwe, & after čai shul sle
     a grete partie of če Saxoynes, and shul dryue al če remanent
|r12 oute of the lande; and čerfore abide ¨e no longer to make no
     castell ne none očere werk, but anone gone elle¨-where, ¨oure lif
     forto saue. to God I ¨ow bitake, for treuč I haue I-saide to ¨ow
     of čing čat shal bifalle. And vnderstonde wel čat Aurilambros
|r16 shal bene kyng, but he shal bene enpoisenede, and litil
     while regne."
     Of Kyng Aurilambros; how he pursuede Vortiger and Engist,
     and how čai deiden. Capitulo Sexagesimo Quarto.
|r20 |r<b> MErlyn and his moder departede fro če kyng, and turnede
        |r[f.27r] a¨eyne to Kermerdyn. and so after tydynges come to
     če Britons čat Aurilambros and Vter his bročer were arryuede at
     Tottenesse wič a grete host, and če Britouns anone assemblede
|r24 ham, & went to vnderfong Aurilambros and Vter wič grete nobleye,
     & ladde ham to London~, and cronede čere Aurylambros, and
     made him kyng, and deden to him homage. and he axede
     wher Vortiger čat was kyng myght bene founden, for he wolde
|r28 bene avengede of his bročereč deč, and after he wolde werre
     oppon paynymes: and čai tolde him čat Vortiger was in Walis;
     and so čai ladde him čiderward.  Vortiger wist wel čat čo ij
     brečerne come him to conquere, & fleye čens into a castel čat me



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     callede Generth, čat stode vppon an hye mounteyne, & čere him
     helde.  Aurylambros, and Vter his bročer, and hire folc, hade
     bisegede če castel longe tyme, for če castel was stronge and wel
 |r4 arraiede; so at če laste čai cast wilde fire, and brent hous and men,
     and al here arraye, & as miche as was wičin če castel, so čat Vortiger
     was brent amonge alle očere; and so deide he with michel sorwe.
      éo was Engist in Kent, and regnede čere, and herde čis tydynges
 |r8 and anone fledde, and wolde haue wende into Scotland forto haue
     hade socour, but Aurilambros and his men mette wič him in the
     North contre, and ¨af him bataile, & Engist and his men ham
     defendede whiles čai myght, but he and his folc were descom_fitede 
|r12 and slayn, and Otta his sone fley vnto żork, & Aurilam_bros 
     him folwede egrely. Otta, a litel while a¨eynes him stode, but
     afterwarde he put him to his mercy, and Aurilambros vnderfonge
     him; & to him and to his men he ¨af če contre of Galway in
|r16 Scotland, and čere čai duellede.  The Kyng Aury |r[f.27v] lambros went
     čo črou¨ če lande, and put awaye če name of Engistes lande, čat
     E[n]gist, after his owen name hade callede bifore, čo lete he it calle
     a¨eyne Grete Britaigne, and lete make a¨eyne cherches, houses of
|r20 religioun~, castelles, citees, and burghes and tounes čat če Saxoynes
     hade destroiede, and come to London~, and lete make a¨eyne the
     Wallis of če citee, whiche Engist & his folc hade caste adoune.
      če Britons ladde him to če mount of Anbrian, wher some tyme
|r24 was an house of religioun~ čat čo was destriede črou¨ paynemys,
     whe[re]of a knyght čat me callede Anbry, čat some tyme was
     foundour of če hous, and čerfor če hulle was callede če mount
     of Bryan, and after was callede Ambresbery, and shal for
|r28 eueremore.
     How Aurilambros dede redresse če lande of Grete Britaigne,
     čat was destroiede črou¨ Saxoynes.  Capitulo  Sexa_gesimo 
      Quinto.
|r32 |r<b> THe Kyng Aurilambros lete amende and redresse če hous of
        Ambresbery, and čerin put monkes, but now čere beth
     nonnes; a litil fram če place čat me calleč Salesbury, čere čat



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     če Britouns were quellede in čat place čat Vortiger & Engist
     shulde haue made a loueday, in whiche place čere were slayne
     xxx M=l= kny¨tes črou¨ tresoun~ of Engist.  če kyng čerof hade
 |r4 grete pitee, & čou¨t to make, in mynde of ham, a monument of
     stone čat my¨t endure to če worldes ende. and of čis čing čai tok
     here conseile what čerof was best to done.  čo spake to če kyng
     če bishop of London~ čat me called Ternekyn, čat he shulde enquere
 |r8 after Merlyn, for he couče best telle how čis čing mi¨t benes made.
     and merlyn after was sou¨t and founde, & come to če kyng; and
     če kyng tolde him his wille of če monument čat he wolde haue
     made.  éo ansuerede Merlyn to če kyng, |r[f.28r] and saide: "čere beč
|r12 grete stones in Irlande, and longe vppon~ the hulle of Kyan čat men
     calleč če geant caroll; and if čai were put in čis place as čai
     beč čere, here čai wolde endure euermore, in remembraunce of čo
     knyghtes čat here beč enterede." "Par ma foy," quod če kyng,
|r16 "as herde stones beth in my londe as beth in Irland." "soč," quod
     Merlyn, "but in all ¨our lande beth non soche, for Geaunte¨ sette
     ham for grete gode of hamself, ffor atte euery tyme čat čai were
     wonded, or in eny maner hurt, čai wasshen če stones wič hote
|r20 water, & čan wosshen ham čerwič, and anone čai were hole."
     How če Britons went forto seche če grete stones in Irland.
     Capitulo lxvj=to=.
     |r<b> WHen če Britons hade herde of čis čing, čai went and
|r24    sworen ifere amonges ham, čat čai wolde gone to seche
     če stones; and toke wič ham Vter, če kynges bročer, to bene
     here cheueteyne, & xv M=l= men; and Merlyn conseilede ham forto
     gone into Irlande, and so čai deden.  And when če Kyng
|r28 of Irland, čat me callede Guillomer, herde telle čat straungers
     were arryuede in his lande, he assemblede a grete power, and fou¨t
     a¨eyns ham; but he & his folc were descomfitede. the Britons went
     fourč til čai come to če mount of Kylyan, and clymede vnto če
|r32 mount; but when čai saw če stones, and če maner how čai stoden,
     čai hadden grete mervail, and saide bituene ham čat `noman shulde



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     ham remeve, for no strenghe ne engyne, so huge čai weren, and so
     long.' But Merlyn, črou¨ his crafte and queyntise, remevede ham,
     and brou¨t ham into hire shippis, and come a¨eyn into čis lande.
 |r4 and Merlyn sette če stones |r[f.28v] čere čat če Kyng wolde haue ham,
     and sette ham in če same maner as čai stoden in Irland. and
     when če kyng saw čat it was made, he čankede Merlyn, and
     rychely him rewardede at his owen wille; & čat place he lete calle
 |r8 Stonhynges for euermore.
     How Passent, čat was Vortiger¨ sonne, & če Kyng Guillomer,
     come into čis land; and how a traitoure čat me callede
     Coppa, enpoisenede če Kyng Aurilambros.  Capitulo
|r12  Sexagesimo Septimo.
     |r<b> ANd men shul vnderstonde čat Passent, čat was Vortigers sone,
        leuede in če same tyme, and come into čis lande wič a grete
     power, and arryuede in če Northcontre, & wolde bene avengede
|r16 of his fadere¨ deč Vortiger, and stronglich trust vppon če com_pany 
     čat he hade brou¨t wič him oute of če lande of Germayne,
     and hade conquerede al če Northcontre vnto żork.  And when
     Kyng Aurilambros herde čis, he assemblede a grete power of
|r20 Britons, and went forto fei¨t wič him; and Passent and his peple
     were descomfitede. But Passent ascapede čens, wič some of his folc,
     and fledde čennes into Irland, and come to Kyng Guillomer, and
     praede him of helpe and socoure.  The kyng grantede him wič
|r24 gode wil, and saide: "I wolde helpe ¨ow oppon~ čat couenaunt, čat
     I my-self moste gon~ wič ¨ow wič al my power into Britaigne, and
     I wolde me avenge vppon~ če Britons, for čai comen into my
     londe. and token če stones wič strengč čat is callede Geant
|r28 Caroil." če Kyng Guillomere lete ordeyne his shippis, and went to
     če see wič xv M=l= men, and arryuede in Walis, and bigonne to robbe
     and miche sorwe to done. hit bifelle so čat Kyng Aurilambros
     lay sike at Wynchestre, and myght nou¨t helpe |r[f.29r] himself, so čat he
|r32 sent in his name Vter his bročere, with a grete power, forto help
     Walys; and čiderwarde he went as miche as he my¨t.  če



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     Kyng of Irland, and Passent, herde telle čat Aurylambros was sik;
     and to ham come a sarasine čat me clepede Coppa, and saide:
     "sire¨, duelle če here al in pees wič ¨oure hoste, and y bihote
 |r4 ¨ow, črou¨ my queyntise, čat I shal slee če Kyng Aurylambros čat
     lič sike." "If ¨e do," quod Passent, "y shal ¨ow richely
     auaunce."  This traitoure Coppa put oppon~ him an habite of
     religioun~, and lete shaue him a brode crone, and come to če
 |r8 kynges court, and saide čat he was a gode ffisician, and saide čat he
     wolde hele če kyng of his malady.  Tho saide če traitour Coppa
     vnto če kyng: "sire, beč of gode comfort, for y shal ¨eue ¨ow
     soche a medecyne čat ¨e shulle swete anone ry¨t, and softe slepe,
|r12 and haue gode reste." & če traitour ¨af him soche a poysoun čat
     he slepte anone ryght, and deide in his slepyng. and če traitoure
     saide čat he wolde gone oute into če felde til če kyng were
     awakede; and so scapede he away, for noman to him hade
|r16 suspesion~, for enchesoun of his habit čat he was in cločede, and
     also for his brode crone.  But when če kynges meny wist čat he
     was dede, čai bicome wonder sory, and fast sou¨t če traitour;
     but čai mi¨t nou¨t hem fynde, for Coppa turnede a¨eyne to če
|r20 host fro whens that he come.
     When Aurilambros was dede, a sterr in the morne was
     seyne with a clere light; & at the bou¨te of če beeme was
     seye če heuede of an horrible Dragoun.  Capitulo
|r24  Sexagesimo  Octauo.
     |r<b> WHen the Kyng Aurilambros was čus dede & enpysenede |r[f.29v] at
        Wynchestre, a morn, after čat he was dede, aboute če
     tyme of prime, čere was seyn a sterr grete and clere; and če beeme
|r28 of če sterr was brighter čan če sone; and at če bou¨t of če beeme
     apperede a dragounes heuede, and oute of his mouč comen ij huge
     li¨te¨ čat were as li¨t as eny fire brynnyng.  And čat o beeme
     went towarde Fraunce, and strau¨t ouere če see čiderward; and
|r32 out of čat beem comen vij beemes ful clere and longe, as it were
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     ham wist what it bitokenede.  Vter, čat was če kyngus bročer,
     čat was in Walys wič his hoste of Britouns, saw čat sterre, and če
     grete li¨t čat it ¨af. he wondrede čeron gretly, what it my¨t
 |r4 bitoken; he lete calle Merlyn, & praiede him forto telle what it
     my¨t bitokene.
     Of če bitokenyng of čat sterr.  Capitulo Sexagesimo ix=o=.
     |r<b> MErlyn saw čat sterre, and bihelde hit longe tyme, and
 |r8    sičenes he quok and wepte tenderly; & saide: "allas,
     allas čat so noble kyng and worči is dede. and I do ¨ow to
     vnderstonde čat Aurilambros, ¨our bročer, is enpoysenede, and čat
     I se wel in čis sterre. and ¨oure-self bitokeneč bi če heuedes of če
|r12 dragoun čat is seyne at če bou¨t of če beeme: čat is ¨oureself, čat
     shal bene kyng, and regne. and by če beem čat stode towarde če
     Est, is vnderstonde čat ¨e shal geten a sone čat shal conquere al
     Fraunce and alle če landes čat beč longeyng to če Kyng of
|r16 Fraunce, čat shal bene a worčier Kyng, and more of honoure
     čan euer was eny of his ancestres.  And by če beem čat stracchet
     towarde Irland, is bitokenede |r[f.30r] čat ¨e shul bigete a dou¨ter čat
     shal be quene of Irland; and če vij beemes bitokenes čat ¨e
|r20 shul haue vij sones; and eueryche of ham shal bene kyng,
     and regne wič michel honououre. and abide ¨e no longer here,
     but go and ¨if batail to ¨oure enemys, and fei¨t wič ham
     boldely, for če shul ouercome ham and haue če victorie. "Vter
|r24 čankede hertly Merlyn, and tok his men, and went towarde his
     enemys; and čai fou¨ten togeder mortaily; and so čai des_comfitede 
     his enemys alle, & destroiede ham; & him-self quel_lede 
     Passent, čat was Vortiger¨ sone; and his Britons quellede
|r28 Guillomer, čat was Kyng of Irland, and alle his men. and Vter
     anone after čat bataile tok his way toward Wynchestre fort[o]
     done entier Aurilambros kyng, čat was his bročer; but čo was
     če body born to Stonhynge wič michel honoure, čat he hade



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     done made in remembrance of če Britons čat čere were slayn
     črou¨ tresoune of Engist, čat same day čat čai shulde haue bene
     accordede; & in the same place čai enterede Aurilambros, če
 |r4 secunde ¨ere of his regne, wič al če worship čat myght bene
     longyng to soche a kyng, of whos soule God haue mercy!
     Of Vter Pendragoun~; and wherfore he was callede so, after če
     shal here; & he was ouertake for če grete loue of Igerne,
 |r8 čat was če Erles wif of Cornwaile.  Capitulo  Septua_gesimo
     .
     |r<b> After če deth of Aurylambros, Vter his bročer was cronede,
        and regnede wel and worčily; and in remembraunce of če
|r12 dragons čat he was likenede to, he lete make ij dragounes črou¨
     conseile of his Britouns: čat one to bene borne bifore him
     when he went into bataile, & čat očere to abide at |r[f.30v] Wynchestre
     in the bisshoppes cherche; And for čat enchesoun~ he was callede
|r16 euermore after', Vter Pendragoun~.  And Octa, čat was Engistes
     sone, commendet litil Vter čat was made newe kyng, and a¨eynes
     him biganne forto meve werr, and ordeynede a grete company of
     his frendes & of his kynne, and of Ossa his bročer, and hade take
|r20 al če lande fro Humber vnto żork; but čo of żork helde
     strongely agayne ham, and nolde soffre ham come into če toune,
     neyčer to čelde če citee to ham; and he bisegede če toune anone ry¨t,
     and ¨af čerto a stronge assaut, but tho of če citee ham keped wel
|r24 and strongely.  And when Vter herde čerof, he come čider wič a
     stronge power forto helpe and rescue če toune, and put away če
     sege, & ¨af a stronge bataile; and Octa & his company ham
     defendede as wel as čai my¨t, but at če last čai were descomfitede,
|r28 and če moste part of ham quellede; and Octa & Ossa were taken,
     and put into prisoun~ at London.  And Vter him-self duellede
     awhile at żork, and after, he went to London~. and at Ester after
     sewyng, he wolde bere crone, and helde a solempne feste, and
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     feste; and alle čai comen at če kynges commandement, as čai
     were commandede.  The feste was richely holden, and alle
     worčely sette to če mette after čat čai were of state, so čat če
 |r4 Erl of Cornewaile & Igerne his wif setten alčer next če kyng.
     and če kyng saw če fairenesse of čat lady čat she hade, and was
     rauisshede for here beaute; and after, he made towarde here
     nyce semblant in lokyng and lei¨hyng. so at če laste če Erl
 |r8 perseuede če priue |r[f.31r] lokyng and Laughing, and če loue bituene
     ham, and arose vp fram če table al in wrač, and tok his wif, and
     callede to him his kny¨tes, and went čens al in wrač, wičouten
     takyng Leue of če Kyng. če kyng anone sent after him čat he
|r12 shulde come a¨eyne, & go nou¨t čens in despite of him; and če
     Erl wolde nou¨t come a¨eyne in no maner wise.  Wherfor če
     kyng was ful wroč, & in wrač him defiede as his dedelich enemy.
     and če Erl went čens into Cornewaile wič his wif, into če castel of
|r16 Tyntagell. and če kyng lete ordeyne a grete host, & come into
     Cornewaile forto destroie če erl, if he my¨t; but he hade put him
     in soche a castel čat was stronge and wel arraiede, of Tyntagell,
     and wolde nou¨t čelde him to the Kyng.  The kyng anone
|r20 bisegede če castel, & čere duellede xv daies, čat neuer my¨t spede,
     and euer čou¨t so miche of Igerne, and oppon~ her laide so miche
     loue, čat he nyst what to done.  So at če laste he callede to
     him a kny¨t čat me callede Vlfyne, čat was priue wič him, and
|r24 tolde him al hes conseile, and axede of him what was best to done.
      "Sire," quod he, "doč sende after Merlyn, for he can telle ¨ow
     če best consel of eny man leuyng." Merlyn anone was sent after,
     and come to če kyng, and če kyng tolde him al his wille. "Sire,"
|r28 quod Merlyn, "I shal do so miche črou¨ crafte čat I can, čat I
     shal make ¨ow come čis ny¨t into če castel of Tyntagell, & shal
     haue al ¨oure wille of čat Lady."
     How Vter bigate on Igerne, čat was če Erle¨ wif of Corne_waile,
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     |r<b> MErlyn, črou¨ crafte čat he couče, chaungede če kyngus
        |r[f.31v] figure into če likenesse of Vlfyne his chaumberleyn, and
     to če figure of Iordan čat was če erle¨ chaumberleyn, so čat eche
 |r4 of ham was transfigurede into očere likenesse. and when Merlyn
     hade so done, he saide to če kyng: "sire, now may ¨e gone
     sodeynely to če castel of Tyntagel, and axen entre čere, and haue
     ¨oure wille."the kyng tok priuelich, al če host to gouerne & lede,
 |r8 to a kny¨t čat he miche louede, and toke his way toward če castel;
     and wič him went Vlfyne and Merlyn. and when čat he come
     čider, če Porter wende čat it hade bene his owen lorde. and
     when tyme come forto gone to bedde, the kyng went to bedde
|r12 wič Igerne, če Erle¨ wif, and dede wič her al his wille, and čo
     bigate on here a sone čat me clepede Arthure.  Oppon~ če
     morwe če noble my¨ty kyng toke his leue of če lady, and went
     a¨eyn to his hoste. and če same ny¨t čat če kyng lay by Igerne in
|r16 bedde ifere wič če erle¨ wif, če kynges men ¨af a strong assaute
     to če castel. and če Erl and his men manliche ham defendede;
     but at če laste hit bifelle so čat at čat assaut če erl him-self was
     slayn, and če castel was taken. and če kyng anone turnede a¨eyne
|r20 to Tyntagell, and spousede Igerne wič michel honoure, & made
     hir Quene. & sone after, tyme come čat she shulde bene
     delyuerede, and bare a sone čat was callede Arthure. and
     after he gate on here a dou¨ter čat me clepede Amya; and
|r24 when she come to age, she was nobly mariede to a noble
     Baroun~ čat me callede Aloth, čat was lorde of Leones.
      When Vter longe tyme hade regnede, čere come vppon him
     a grete sikenesse, as it were a sorwe. & in če mene |r[f.32r] tyme čo čat
|r28 haden to kepe Octa, čat was Engistes sone, and Ossa his bročer,
     čat čo were in prisoun~, men lete ham gone for grete ¨iftes čat čai
     ham ¨af, and went wič ham.  And when čo ij brečerne were
     ascaped, and comen a¨eyne into hier owen contre, čai ordeynede
|r32 ham a grete host & as grete power, & bigon to werre eftesones
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     How Kyng Vter chees Aloth to kepe če lande of Britaigne
     whiles čat he was sik.  Capitulo  Septuagesimo
      Secundo.
 |r4 |r<b> ANd for-asmiche as Kyng Vter was sik, and my¨t nou¨t helpe
        him-self, he ordeynede Aloth, če sone of Elyne, čat čo
     was to bene wardeyne and chyueteyne of al his folc; & he anone,
     and his Britons, assemblede a grete host, & ¨af bataile to Octa and
 |r8 to his folc; but Octa at če laste was descomfitede.  Hit bifelle
     čus afterwarde, čat čise Britons haden indignacioun~ at čis
     Aloth, & wolde nou¨t to him bene entendant; wherfore če kyng
     was annoyede wonder sore, and lete put him in a liter in če hoste
|r12 amonges his folc; and čai ladde him to Veroleyne, čat čo was a
     faire citee, čere čat seynt Albone was martrede; and after was čat
     citee destroiede črou¨ paynemys & črou¨ werre. and čider went
     Ossa and Octa & her peple, & entrede into če toune, and lete
|r16 make faste če čates, & čere čai helde ham. & če kyng come,
     and ham bisegede, & made a stronge assaut; but čo čat were
     wičin, manliche ham defended.  The kyng lete ordeyne his
     gunnes & his engynes forto breke če wallys; & če wallis were so
|r20 stronge čat nočing my¨t ham misdo.  Octa & his peple hade
     grete despite čat a kyng liggyng in a liter |r[f.32v] ham hade bisegede,
     & čai token conseil amonges ham, forto stande vp in če morwe, &
     come oute, and ¨eue bataile to če kyng; and so čai deden. and in
|r24 čat bataile were boče Octa & Ossa slayne; & al če očere čat
     ascapede alif, fledde čens into Scotland, and made Colegryne
     her cheueteyne. & če Saxoynes čat were alif, and ascapede fro če
     bataile, brou¨t a¨eyne a grete strengč, & amonges ham saiden
|r28 čat, if the Kyng Vter were dede, čai shulde wel conquere če lande;
     and amonges ham čai čou¨t enpoysone če kyng, and ordeynede
     men forto done čis dede, & ¨af ham of ¨iftes grete plente, čis čing
     to done. & čai ordeynede ham čiderward čere čat če kyng was



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     duellyng, & cločede ham in pore wede, če bettre forto spede hire
     lučer purpos; but nočelesse, for al her falsenesse & queyntise, čai
     my¨t neuer come ney če kyng. But at če laste čai aspiede čat
 |r4 če kyng drank none očere licoure but oneliche water of a clere
     welle čat was ney¨ bisides; and čise false traitoures vppon~ a
     day priueliche went to čat wel, and put čerin poisoun, so čat al če
     water was enpoysenede. And anone after as če Kyng hade dronke
 |r8 of čat water, he biganne to swelle, & sone after deide; & alse
     meny as drank of čat water deides also. And anone as čis false_nesse 
     was aspiede, folc of če toune lete stoppe če welle for
     euermore.  When če Kyng was dede, his folc bare him to
|r12 Stonehynge wič grete solempnite of bisshopp¨ and barons čat were
     čere, čat buriede him bisides Aurilambros his bročer; and after
     turnede a¨eyne čo euerycheon~, & lete sende after Arthure his sone;
     and čai made him Kyng of če lande wič |r[f.33r] michel reuerence, after
|r16 his faderes deč, če xvij ¨ere of his regne.
     How Arthure, čat was če sone of Vter, was cronede after his
     faderes deč; & how he drof Colegryn & če Saxoynes,
     and Chelduc of Almayne, out of čis lande. Capitulo
|r20 lxxiij=o=.
     |r<b> WHen Arthure was made kyng of če lande, he was but
        ¨onge, of xv ¨ere age, but he was faire, and bolde, &
     dou¨ti of body, & to meke folc he was gode & curteise, & to prout
|r24 folc he was stout & sterne; & also he was gentil and curteise,
     and large of spendyng, & made him wel bilouede of al men
     čere čat it was nede. And when he biganne to regne, he swore čat
     Saxones neuer shulde haue pees ne reste til čat he hade drif
|r28 ham out of his lande. & he lete assemble a grete host, & fau¨t
     wič Colegrin, čat, after tyme čat Octa was dede, če Saxones
     mayntenede. And čis Colegryne was descomfitede, & fley to żork,
     & tok če tone, & čere helde him. And če Kyng bisegede če tone;
|r32 but he mi¨t nočing spede, for če toune was so strong, & čai wičin



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     kepte če toune wel & horpedly.  And in če mene tyme Colegryne
     lete če toune to Bladulf, & fley him-self to Cheldrik, čat was
     Kyng of Almaigne, forto haue of him socour. and če Kyng as_semblede 
 |r4 a grete power, and come & arryuede in Scotland wič
     v. C. shippis. & when Arthure wist of čis tydyngus, čat he hade
     nou¨t power ne strengč ynow to fei¨t a¨eyne Sheldrik, he lete
     bene če sege, and went to London~, and sent anone his lettres to če
 |r8 Kyng of Litil Britaigne, čat me callede Hoel, his neveu, his
     sustress sone, čat he shulde come to him wič |r[f.33v] al če power čat he
     my¨t. And he assemblede a grete hoste, & arryuede at South_ampton
     ~.  And when Kyng Ar[t]hure hit wiste, he was glade
|r12 ynow, & went a¨eynes ham, & ham resceyuede wič michel honour,
     so čat čo ij hostes ham assemblede, and toke her way euen to
     Nichole, čat Cheldrik hade bisegede but nou¨t ¨itte taken. And
     čai comen vppon Cheldrik & vppon~ his peple or čai hit wiste,
|r16 čere čat čai werre, and ham egrely assailede. če Kyng Cheldrik
     and his meny defendede ham manly by here power, but Kyng
     Arthure and his men quellede so meny Saxones, čat neuer er
     was seyne soche a slau¨ter; and his men čat were lefte alif,
|r20 fledden away, and Arthure ham pursuede, and drof ham into a
     wode čat čai mi¨t no ferčer passe.  Cheldrik and his men saw
     wel čat čai were brou¨t into miche disesse, & ham ¨olden to Arthure
     in čis maner wise, čat he shulde take here horse and Here armure,
|r24 & al čat čai hadde, čat čai most oneliche gone on fote to here
     shippes, and so čai wolde gone into here owen lande, & neuer
     come a¨eyne into čis lande. And vppon assuraunce of čis čing,
     čai ¨euen him gode hostages; and Arthure, črou¨ conseile of his
|r28 men, grauntede čis čing, and resceyuede če hostages. & oppon~ čis,
     čise očer went vnto here shippes: and when čai werne in če
     hye see, hir wille chaungede, as če deuel it wolde, & čai retournede
     hire nauye, & come a¨eyne into čis land, & arryuede at Tottenesse,
|r32 & went out of here shippis, & toke če lande, & clene robbede hit,
     & michel peple slou¨, & token |r[f.34r] al če Armure čat čai my¨t fynde;
     & so čai wenten forthe til čai comen to Bathe; but če men of



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     če toune shitten faste here ¨ates, and wolde nou¨t suffren ham
     come čer in če toune, and čai defendede ham wel and horpedly
     a¨eyn¨ ham.
 |r4 How Arthure ¨af bataile to če Saxones when čai comen
     a¨eyne, and bisegede če toune of Bače, & ham ouercome.
      Capitulo lxxiiij=to=.
     |r<b> WHen Arthure herde čis tydynges, he lete honge anone če
 |r8    hostages, & lefte Hoel of Britaigne, his nevew, forto kepe
     če Marche toward Scotland wič half his peple, and him-self went
     helpe rescue če toune of Bathe. And when he come čider, he ¨af a
     strong batail to Cheldrik, and quelde almost al če peple čat he
|r12 hade; for no man my¨t him wičstande, ne endure vnder če stroke
     of his swerde; and čere boče were slayn, Colegrin and Bladud his
     bročer.  And Cheldrik fledde čens, and wolde haue gone to his
     shippis; but when Arthure hit wist, he tok xv M=l= kny¨tes to
|r16 Cador, čat was erl of Cornewaile, forto lette and stoppe his com_myng;
     and Arthure him-self went a¨eyne towarde če Marche of
     Scotland, ffor messagers tolde him čat če Scottes hade bisegede
     Hoel of Britaign čere čat he lay sike; and čerfore he hastede
|r20 čiderward; & Cador pursuede after Cheldrik, & toke him or čat
     he my¨t come to his shippis, & quellede Cheldrik & his peple.
     And when Cador hade done čis viage, he hastede him a¨eyne, as
     faste as he my¨t, towardes Arthure, and founde him in Scotland
|r24 čere čat he hade res*cuede |r[f.34v] Hoel of Britaigne. But če Scottes
     were al feire wičin Mounref, and čere čai helde ham awhile; but
     Arthure ham pursuede, and čai fledde čens fourč into Lymoigne,
     čat were in čat contre lx Iles, & grete plente of briddes, & grete
|r28 plente of Egles, čat were wont to crie and fei¨ten to-gederes, and
     make grete noise when folc come to robbe čat lande, and weren as
     miche as čai mi¨t; and so čai deden, for če Scottes were so grete
     rauenours čat čai token al čat čai my¨t fynde in če lande of
|r32 Lymoigne wič-outen eny sparyng; and čerwič čai chargede
     a¨eyne če folc, into Scotland forto wende.



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     How Kyng Arthure axede of Merlyn če aventures of vj the laste
     kynges čat weren to regne in Engeland, and how če lande
     shulde ende.  Capitulo  Septuagesimo  Quinto.
 |r4 |r<b> "Sire," quod Merlyn, "in če čere of Incarnacioun~ of oure Lorde
        Ihesu Crist M=l= CC xv čere shal come a lambe oute of
     Wynchestre čat shal haue a white tong and trew lippis, and he shal
     haue wryten in his hert `Holynesse.'  This lambe shal make
 |r8 meny Goddes house, and he shal haue pees če most parte of his
     lif, & he shal make one of če faireste places of če worlde čat in
     hi tyme shal nou¨t fully ben made an ende. And in če ende of
     his lif, a wolf of a straunge lande shal do him grete harme; but at
|r12 če ende če lambe shal be maistre, črou¨ helpe of a rede Fox čat shal
     come out of če Northwest, and him shal ouercome; and če wolfe
     shal dye [in] water; and after čat tyme če lambe shal leue no
     while čat he ne shal |r[f.35r] dye.  His sede čan shal bene in strange
|r16 lande, and če lande shal bene wičout a gouernoure a litil tyme.
     |r<b> "ANd after hims shal come a dragoun~ mellede wič mercy and
        ek wodenesse, čat shal haue a berde as a goot, čat shal
     ¨eue in Engeland shadewe, and shal kepe the lande from colde
|r20 and hete; and his o foote shal be sette in Wik, and čat očere in
     London; and he shal vnbrace iij habitacions, and he shal oppen
     his mouč toward Walys, and če tremblyng of če hidure of his
     mouče, his heres shal strecche towarde meny habitaciouns and
|r24 contres, and his breč shal bene ful suete in straunge landes; &
     in his tyme shal ryuers renne wič bloode and wič brayne, & he
     shal make in places of his lande, walles, čat shal done miche
     harnl to his seede after his tyme.
|r28  Than shal čere come a peple out of če Northwest duryng his
     regne, čat shal bene lade črou¨ an wickede hare, čat če dragoun~
     shal done crone Kyng, čat afterwarde shal flee ouer če see wičout
     comyng a¨eyne, for drede of če dragoun~.  In čat tyme če sonne
|r32 shal bene also rede as blode, as meny men shul see črou¨ al če
     worlde: čat shal bitoken grete pestilence, and deč of folc črou¨
     dent of swerde; and čis peple shal bene faderles til če tyme čat
     če dragon shal dye črou¨ an hare čat shal meve a¨eynes him werr



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     in če ende of his lif, čat shal nou¨t bene fulliche endede in
     his tyme.  This dragoun~ shal bene holden in his tyme če best
     body of al če worlde; & he shal dye bisides če Marche of a
 |r4 straunge lande; and če lande shalle |r[f.35v] duelle fade[r]lesse, wičouten_a
     gode gouernoure; and me shal wepe for his deč fram če Ile of
     Shepe vnto če hauen of Marcill; wherfore, `allas' shal bene če
     commune songe of faderles folc, čat shal ouerleuen in his land
 |r8 destroiede.
     |r<b> "ANd after čis dragone shal come a gote oute of a Kar, čat shal
        haue hornes &s berde of siluer; and čere shal come out of
     his nosečrelles a drop čat shal bitoken hunger & sorw, & grete_deč 
|r12 of če peple; and miche of his lande in če bigynnyng of his
     regne shal be wastede.  This goot shal go ouer into Fraunce,
     & shal oppon~ če floure of lif and of deč. In his tyme čere shal
     arise an Egle in Cornewaile čat shal haue fečeres of golde, čat of
|r16 pride shal bene wičouten pere of alle če lande; and he shal
     despise lordes of blode; and after, he shal flee shamefully by a
     Bere at Gauersiche; and after shal bene made brigges of men
     oppon~ če costes of če see; and stones shal falle fram castelles,
|r20 and meny očere tounes shal ben made pleyne; and a bataile
     shalle bene done vppon~ an Arme of če see in a felde ordeynede
     as a shelde; and at čat bataile shal dye meny white hedes; wher_fore 
     čat bataile shal bene callede `če white bataile.'  And če_forsaide 
|r24 Beere shal done čis goote michel harme, and it shal
     bene oute of če Southwest; & of his bloode čan shal če goote lese
     miche of his lande til at če tyme čat shendeship shal him ouer
     comen; & čan shal he cločen him in a lyone¨ skyn; and čan
|r28 shal he wynne čat he hade loste, and more čerto, ffor a peple shal
     |r[f.36r] come out of če northwest čat shal make če goot sore to bene
     adrade; and he shal avenge him oppon his enemys, črou¨ conseil
     of ij oweles, čat ferst shal bene in peril forto bene vndone; but
|r32 če olde owel shal wende ouer če se into a st[r]aunge lande, and
     čere he shal duelle vnto a certeyne tyme; and after, he shal come
     a¨eyne into čis lande.  čise ij oweles shullen do grete harme



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     to meny on; and so čai shullen counseil če gote čat he shal arere
     werre a¨eynes če forsaid bere; and at če last, če goot and če oweles
     shullen come atte Bur vp Trent, and shullen wende ouer; and
 |r4 for drede, če Bere shal flee, and a swan wič him, for his company,
     to Bur towarde če North, & čere čai shal bene wič an harde
     shoure. And čan če swan shal bene slayne wič sorwe, and če
     Bere taken & biheuedede, alčer nexte his neste, čat shal [stand]
 |r8 vppon~ a broken brigge, vp wham če sone shal caste his beemes;
     and meny shal him seche, for vertu čat fro hym shal come.  In
     čat same tyme shal dye, for sorwe and care, a peple of his lande, so
     čat meny sshal bene oppon~ him če more bolder afterward. And
|r12 čo ij oweles shullen do miche harme to če forsaide floure of lif,
     and here shul lede ill distresse, so čat she shal passe ouer into
     Fraunce, forto make pees bituene če gote & če flour delice; and
     čere she shal duelle to a tyme čat her sede shal come to seche
|r16 here; and čere čai shul bene stille til a tyme čat čai shul ham
     cloče with grace: and čai shul seche |r[f.36v] the Owelyn, and put
     ham vnto despitous deč. And after shal čis goot bene brou¨t
     to disese; and in grete anguisshe and sorwe he shal leue al
|r20 his lif.
     |r<b> "Aftre čis goote, shal come out of Wyndesore a Boor, čat shal
        haue an heuede of witte, a lyons hert, a pitouse lokyng;
     his vesage shal be reste to sike men; his breč shal bene stanchyn
|r24 of čerst to ham čat bene ačreste čerof shal; his worde shal bene
     gospelle; his beryng shal bene meke as a Lambe. In če ferste
     ¨ere of his regne he shal haue grete payne to iustifien ham čat
     bene vntrew; and in his tyme shal his lande bene multipliede
|r28 wič Aliens.  And čis Boor, črou¨ fersenesse of hert čat he shal
     haue, shal make wolfes bicome lambes; & he shal bene callede
     črou¨-oute če worlde `Boor of holynesse and of fersenesse, of
     nobeleye and of mekenesse,' and he shal do mesurabli al čat he
|r32 shal haue to done vnto če Burgh of Ierusalem; and he shal whet
     his teič vppon~ če ¨ates of Parys, and vppon~ iiij landes. Spayne
     shal tremble for drede of him; Gascoyne shal swete; in Fraunce
     he shal put his wynge; his grete taile shal reste in Engeland
     softely; Almayn shal quake for drede of him.  čis Boor shal



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     ¨eue mantels to ij tounes of Engeland, and he shal make če ryuer
     rynne wič blode & wič brayn, and he shal make meny medowes
     reede, and he shal gete as miche as his auncestres deden; & er čat
 |r4 he bene dede he shal bere iij crones; and he shal put on lande
     into gret subieccioun; and after hit shal bene releuede, but nou¨t
     in his tyme.  This Boor, after čat he is dede, |r[f.37r] for his dou¨ty_nesse 
     shal bene enterede at Coloigne, and his lande shal bene čan
 |r8 fulfillede wič al goode.
     |r<b> "After čis Boor shal come a lambe, čat shal haue feete of leede,
        an heuede of bras, an hert of a loppe, and a swynes skyn,
     and herde; and in his tyme his land shal bene in pees. če ferst ¨ere
|r12 of his regne he shal do make a citee, čat al če worlde shal speke
     čerof. čis lambe shal lese in his tyme a grete parte of his lande
     črou¨ an hidouse wolf; but he shal recouer it, an ¨if an Lordeship
     to an Egle of his landes; and čis Egle shal wel gouerne hit, til če
|r16 tyme čat pride shal him ouergone, -- allas če sorwe! -- for he shal
     dye črou¨ his bročeres suorde. and after shal če lande falle to če
     forsaide lambe, čat shal gouerne in pees al his lifes tyme; and
     after, he shal dye, and če lande bene fulfillede wič al maner
|r20 gode.
     |r<b> "After čis lambe shal come a Moldewerpe acursede of Godes
        mouč, a caitif, a cowarde as an here. he shal haue an
     elderliche skyn as a goot; and vengeance shal fal vppon~ him for
|r24 synne. In če ferst ¨ere of his regne he shal haue of al gode grete
     plente in his lande, and toward him also; and in his lande he shal
     haue grete praising til če tyme čat he shal soffre his peple lyuen
     in to miche pride wičouten chastisyng, wherfore God wil ben
|r28 wroč.  Than shal arisen vp a dragoun~ in če North, čat shal
     bene ful fers, and shal meve werre a¨eynes če forsaide Moldewerpe,
     and shal ¨eue him bataile vppon~ a ston~. čis dragoun~ shal gadre
     a¨eyne into his company a wolf čat shal |r[f.37v] come oute of the West,
|r32 čat shal bygynne werre a¨eynes če forsaide Moldewerp in his
     side; & so shal če dragoun and he bynde here tailes to-geder.
     "    čan shal come a lyon oute of Irlande, čat shal fal in
     company wič ham; and čan shal tremble če lande, čat čan shal
     bene callede Engeland, as an aspe lef, and in čat tyme shal



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     castelles bene fellede adoune vppon~ Tamise; and it shal semen
     čat Seuerne shal bene drye, for če bodyes čat shal fallen dede
     čerin.  če iiij chief flodes of Engeland shal rynne in blode;
 |r4 and grete drede shal bene, and anguisshe, čat shul arisen after če
     Moldewerpe shal fle for drede; and če dragoun~, če lyoun~ and če
     wolf, him shal dryuen away, and the lande shal benes wičout ham,
     and če Moldewerpe shal haue no maner power, saf onely a shipp
 |r8 wherto he may wende; and after čat, he shal come to lande when
     če see is wičdraw.  And after čat he shal ¨eue če čride part of
     his lande forto haue če ferče part in pees & reste; and after he
     shal leue in sorw al his lif-tyme; and in his tyme če hote bačes
|r12 shullen bicome colde; and after čat shal če Moldewerp dye
     aventurly and sodeynely, -- allas če sorwe! -- for he shal bene
     drenchedes in a flode of če see, his seede shal bicome pure faderles
     in straunge lande for euermore, and čan shal the lande bene
|r16 departede in iij parties, čat is to seyn, to the Wolf, to če
     dragoune, & to če lioun~; and so shal it bene for euermore. And
     čan shal čis land bene callede `če lande of conquest,' & so shal
     če ri¨t heires of Engeland ende."
|r20 |r[f.38r] How Arthure ouercome Guyllomer čat was Kyng of Irland
     & how če Scottes bicomen his men. Capitulo lxxvj=to=.
     |r<b> WHen Guillomer, čat was Kyng of Irlande, hade tidynges
        čat Kyng [Arthur] was entrede at Glastenbery, he
|r24 ordeynede a grete power of Irisshemen, & come to če see wič his
     Yrisshe peple, and so come into Scotteland ouer če see, and
     arryuede faste by čere čat Kyng Arthure was wič his hoste. and
     anone as he herde čerof, he went towarde him & ¨af him bataile,
|r28 and ouercome him anone ry¨t; and Guillomer fledde wič his men
     a¨eyne into Irland, and when čis scomfiture was done, Arthure
     turnede him a¨eyne čere čat he was, into če place čat he hade lefte
     če Scottes, & wolde haue ham al slayne. But če bisshoppes,
|r32 Abbotes, & očere folc of če contre, and Ladies, openheuedede,
     comen bifore Kyng Arthure, and criede him mercy, & saide:



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     "sire, gentil kyng & my¨ty, haue mercy & pitee of vs! and as
     ¨oure-self is of če ri¨t lawe, to holde and mayntene cristendome,
     ful grete dishonour it shulde be to quelle ham čat leueč in almy¨ty
 |r4 Gode as ¨e done. & for Godes loue haue mercy and pitee of vs,
     and suffren vs forto lyuen, for we haue hade michel sorwe and
     pyne; for če Saxones hauen meny tymes črou¨ oure lande passede;
     but čat is nou¨t ynou¨t to ¨ow; for often-tymes čai haue done vs
 |r8 miche sorwe & disese.  ffor oure castelles čai hauen taken, &
     oure bestes slayne & eten, & mich harme čai hauens vs done; and
     if ¨e wolde vs now quelle, hit were |r[f.38v] none Honoure to a Kyng to
     quelle ham čat crien him mercy; for ynow ¨e haue y-done vs,
|r12 & vs ouercomen euerycheon~; &, for če  loue of God, soffre vs
     forto lyue, & haueč mercy of Cristen peple čat bileueč in God
     as ¨e done!"  when Kyng Arthure herde čis sorwe, he hade pite
     of ham, and ¨af ham lif and lyme; and alle čai felle adoune to his
|r16 feete, and bicome his lege men, and he toke of ham homages.
            And after čat, Kyng Arthure turnede a¨eyne wič his host, and
     come a¨eyne to żorke, and čere he abode duryng čat Viage.
            And čo ¨af he al Loegers to Loth, čat hade spousede his sustre,
|r20 and očere ¨iftes grete plente. and čo was Gaweyn, his cosyn, but
     ¨ong of age; and to alle his očere men čat him hade seruede in
     his werr, he ¨af riche ¨iftes, & he čankede ham miche of here gode
     seruise.
|r24 How Kyng Arthure spousede Gunnore, čat was Cadore¨ cosyn,
     Erl of Cornewaile; & after he conquerede of Guillomer all
     Irland.  Capitulo Septuagesimo  Septimo.
     |r<b> WHen Arthure hade brou¨t his lande in pees and reste, & in
|r28    gode state, & reste was in euery contre, čo toke he and
     wedede a wif čat me callede Gunnore, & made here quene, a
     faire lady and a gentil, čat Cador če erle of Cornewail hade longe
     tyme norisshede in his chaumbre, čat was his owen cosyn; but
|r32 neuer čai haden childe to-gedres, and nočelesse Kyng Arthure
     louede her wonder wel and derlich.  And anone as wynter was
     passede, he lete assemble a grete hoste, & alle his barons, and saide



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     čat he wolde wende into Irland forto conquere |r[f.39r] the Lande; and
     he tarede nou¨t ful longe čat he ne passede ouer into Irland.
      And Guillomer, če Kyng of Scotland, lete assemble a grete
 |r4 hoste, and ¨af batail to Kyng Arthur; but Guillomer was descom_fitede, 
     & ¨elde him to če Kyng Arthure, and bicome his man, and to
     him dede feaute & homage, and of him helde al čat lande fro čat
     tyme forward. and after passede Kyng Arthur ferčer, and
 |r8 conquerede Gutland and Irland, and toke homages of folc of če
     lande, and čere duellede xij čer in pees, & regnede wič ioye and
     merče, & werrede vppon no maner man, ne no man vppon~ him.
      And he bicome so curteys and large, and so honourable, čat če
|r12 Emperoure¨ court of Rome, ne none črou¨-out al če worlde, was
     none acountede to Kyng Arthures, čat eny man wist, ne none so
     preisedes; and čerefore če beste kny¨tes of al maner landes
     comen to him forto duelle, & ham resceyuede wič gode wille and
|r16 reuerence; and alle če kny¨tes weren so gode čat no man knew
     če werst; and čerefore Kyng Arthure made če rounde table, čat
     when čai shulde sitte to če mete, alle shulde bene aliche hye, and
     euenlich seruede at če table, čat none my¨t maken auant čat
|r20 none were hyer čan očere. and Kyng Arthure hade at čat table
      Briton~s, Fraunchemen, Normannes, Flemynges, Burgoyners,
     Mansers, Loherin¨, and of alle če landes a čis half če mount of
     Gorie, and of his lande of Britaigne, and of če grete Cornwaile, of
|r24 Walys, & of Irland, & of Scotland; and shortely to telle, of alle
     če landes čat wolde worshipe and chyualry seche, comen to
     Kyng Arthurus court.
     How Kyng Arthure come into Fraunce, & conquered čat |r[f.39v] londe
|r28 of Froll, čat was a Romayn, & him quellede. Capitulo
     lxxviij=o=.
     |r<b> SIth hit bifelle čat Kyng Arthure, črou¨ conseile of his barons
        and lordes, wolde gone to conquere al Fraunce, čat čo was
|r32 clepede Galle, črou¨ Romayns čat čo helde čat lande in here
     powe[r] & in here lordeshipe. and če Romayns hade take čat



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     lande to a noble kny¨t, and a worči of body, čat me calle Frolle.
     and when he wist čat Arthure come, he ordeynede an host & grete
     power, & fau¨t wič če kyng; & he & his folc weren descomfitede;
 |r4 and čens čai fledde vnto Parys, and entrede če toun~, & closede če
     čates, & čere ham helde. Arthure wist čat Froll was gone to
     Parys, he pursuede after, & come čider, & him bisegede; but če
     citee was so strong and wel arraied; & čo čat were wičin defendede
 |r8 ham wel and manliche.  Kyng Arthu[r]e duellede čere more
     čan a mounče; & čere was so miche peple in če citee, & hade
     despendede al her vitailes čat were wičin, & so grete hunger bicome
     amonges ham, čat čai deide wonder čik wičin the citee for
|r12 hunger, and comen to Froll, & prayede him to bene accordede
     wič Kyng Arthure forto haue pees; & čai wolde ¨elde ham to him,
     & če toun~ also.  Froll saw čat no longer he my¨t holde če
     toun~ a¨eynes her wille, and truste greteli oppon~ his owen strengč,
|r16 & sent to Kyng Authure čat he shulde come to fei¨t wič him, body
     for body, and so čai shulde departe Fraunce bituene ham ij.
      Kyng Arthure anone graunte hit, and wolde čat none of his
     peple vndertoke če batail for him.  And oppon če morwe, boče
|r20 comen wel armede wičouten Parys, čere čat čai shulde fi¨t; and
     anone čai smyten togederes so fersely; and so wel, čai fou¨ten in
     boče si |r[f.40r] des, čat no man couče deme če bettre of ham. and so Hit
     bifelle čat Froll ¨af Arthure soche a stroke čat he knelede to če
|r24 grounde, wolde he nolde he. & as Froll wičdrow his suerde, he
     wonded Kyng Arthure in če forheuede, čat če blode felle adoune by
     his eyen and face.  Arthure anone sterte vp hertly,when he felede
     him hert, as a man čat semede almoste wode; & he toke Tabourn,
|r28 his gode suerde & drowe it vp an hye, & ¨af Froll soche a stroke
     čat čerwič he cleuede his heuede doun to če shuldres, so čat his
     helme my¨t nou¨t bene his warant; & so he felle adoun~ dede čere
     in če place, and čo of če citee maden grete sorwe for Froll; and
|r32 anone euerycheon~ ¨elde ham to Kyng Arthure, & če toune also, and



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     bicome his men, and deden to him homage & feaute, & he vnder_fonge 
     ham & toke of ham gode hostages. & Kyng Arthure, after
     čat, went forče wič his host, and conquerede Angon & Aungers,
 |r4 Gascoigne, Peihto, Nauerne, Burgoyne, Bery, Loherne, Turyn and
     Peihters; and alle če očere landes of Fraunce he conquerede
     hollich. and when he hade alle conquerede, & taken bi homages
     & feautes, he turnede a¨eyne to Parys, & čere duellede longe
 |r8 tyme, and ordeynede pees ouer al the contrey, & črou¨-out al
     Fraunce.  And when pees was made oueral, črou¨ his noble
     kny¨thode čat he hade, & also for his owen worčynesse, and no
     man, were he neuer so grete a lorde, derst nou¨t meve werre
|r12 a¨eynes him, nočer to arise and forto make če lande of Fraunce in
     quiete & pees, he wonede čere ix ¨ere, & dede čere meny grete
     wonders, & reprouede meny prout men & lučer tyraunteč, & ham
     chastisede after her deseruise.
|r16 |r[f.40v] How Kyng Arthure auauncede alle his men čat hade trauailed
     in his seruise.  Capitulo  Septuagesimo Nono.
     |r<b> ANd after, hit bifelle čus at Ester, čere čat he helde a feste at
        Parys; richely he gan auaunce his kny¨tes for here seruise
|r20 čat him hade holpen in his conquest; he ¨af to his stywarde čat
     men cleped Kay, Angon~ & Angers, and to Bedeler his boteler
     he ¨af Normandye, čat čo was callede Neustrie; and to Holden his
     chaumberleyn he ¨af Flaundres and Mance; and to Dorell his
|r24 cosyn he ¨af Boloyne; and to Richard his Nevew he ¨af Pountif;
     And to alle očere he ¨af largely landes & fees after čat čai were
     of state.  And when Arthur hade čus his kny¨tes feffede, at
     April after nexte sewyng he come a¨eyne into Britaigne, his
|r28 owen lande. And after, atte Whitsontide next sewyng, by conseil
     of his barons, he wolde bene cronede Kyng of Glomergon~, and
     halde a solempne fest, & lete sompne kynges, Erles and barons,
     čat čai shulde come čider euerycheon~. Ther was Skater, kyng of
|r32 Scotland; Cadwere, kyng of South-walys; Guillomer, king of
     North Walys; Madede, kyng of Irland; Malgamus, kyng of



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     Gutland; Achilles, kyng of Ikeland; Aloth, kyng of Denmerc;
     Gonewas, kyng of Norweye; and Hoel his cosyn, kyng of Dorke_neye;
     Cador, kyng of litel Britaigne;  Morwič, erl of Cornne_waile;
 |r4 Mauran, erle of Gloucestr; Guerdon~, erl of Wynchestre;
     Boel, erl of Herford; Vrtegi, erl of Oxenford; Cursal, erl of
     Bathe; Ionas, erl of Chestre; Eueral, erl of Dorcestre; Kymar, erl
     of Salesbury; Waloth, erl of Kaunterbery; Igern, erl of Checestre;
 |r8 Aral, erl of Leycestre, & če Erl of Warwik, & očere riche |r[f.41r] Lordes.
     Britons also čere were ynow, čat is to seyn, Dippon, Donand,
     Genuč; and meny očere čat beč nou¨t here nempnede weren at
     čat fest; and meny anočeres faire feste Kyng Arthure hade holden
|r12 biforn, but neuer none soche, ne so solempne; and čat laste xv
     dayes wič michel Honoure and merče.
     Of če lettre čat was sent fram če Citee of Rome for pride to
     Kyng Arthure  Capitulo  Octogesimo.
|r16 |r<b> THe čridde day, as kyng Arthure satte at his mete amonges
        his kynges, & amonges ham čat seten at če fest biforne ham,
     comen in xij elderne men of age, rychely arraiede, and curteisly
     saluede če kyng, and saide čat čai comen fro Rome, sent
|r20 messagers fram če Emperour, and tok to him a lettre čat čus
     miche was to vnderstounde:  "Gretely vs mervailes, Arthure,
     čat čow art on so hardy, wič eyen in či heuede, to maken
     oppen werr and contak a¨eyns vs of Rome, čat owen al če worlde to
|r24 deme; for čow haste neuer ¨itte bifore čis tyme prouede ne
     assaiede če strengč of če Romayns, and čerfor, čow it shalt in
     litil tyme. For Iulius Cesar conquerede al če lande of Britaigne,
     and tok čerof truage, and oure folc longe tyme haue it hade; and
|r28 now, črou¨ či pryde, čow hit witholdes; wherfore we commande
     če čat čow ¨elde a¨eyne.  and ¨itte haste čow more folye
     done, čat čow hast slayn Froll, čat was oure baron of Fraunce, al
     wič wrong; and čerfore alle če communes of Rome warnen and
|r32 commanden če, oppon~ lif and Lyme, čat čow in haste bene at



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     Rome, amendes to make of če misdede¨ that čow haste done; and
     if hit so be čat čow come nou¨t, |r[f.41v] we shul passe če hull of Ioye
     wič strengč, and we shul če seke wher-euer čow may ben
 |r4 founde, and čow shalt nou¨t haue a foote of lande of čyn owen
     čat we ne shal destroy; and aftirward wič či body we shal done
     oure wille."  When čis lettre was rade, & alle men hit herde,
     čai were annoyede, alle čat were at če solempnite; and če Britons
 |r8 wolde haue slayne če messagers, but Arthure wolde nou¨t soffre
     hit, and saide čat če messagers shulde haue none harme, and mow
     by resoun~ none deserue; but he commanded hem to bene worčely
     seruede. and after mete he toke conseil of kyngus, Erles and
|r12 Barons, what ansuere me my¨t ¨eue to če messagers; and čai
     conseilede at ones čat he shulde assemble a grete power of alle
     če landes of če whiche he hade lordeshipe, & manliche avenge him
     oppon~ če Emperour, of če despite čat he hade sent to him soche
|r16 a lettre; and čai suoren bi God and by his names čat čai wolde
     him pursue & brenne in-alsemiche as čai my¨t, & saide čat čai
     wolde neuer faile Kyng Arture, and račere to bene dede: and
     čai lete writen a lettre to sende to če Emperour by če same
|r20 messagers in čis maner:
     Of če bolde ansuere čat Kyng Arthure sent to če Emperour
     of Rome & to če Romayns. Capitulo  iiij=xx= primo.
     |r<b> "UV[n]derstondes amonges ¨ow of Rome, čat I am Kyng
|r24    Arthure of Britaigne, and frely hit holde, and shal holde;
     and at Rome hastely y shal be, nou¨t to ¨eue ¨ow truage, but
     forto axen truage; ffor Constantyne, čat was Elynus sone, čat was
     Emperour of Rome |r[f.42r] and of al če honour čat čereto bilongede;
|r28 ffor Maxinians conquerede al Fraunce and Almaigne, & mount
     Ioye passede, & conquerede al Lumbardye; and čise ij were myn
     ancestres; and čat čai hade and helde, I shulde haue, črou¨
      Godes wille."



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     Of če reuerence čat Kyng Authure dede to če Emperourre¨
     messagers of Rome. Capitulo  iiij=xx= Secundo.
     |r<b> WHen čis lettre was made and enselede, Kyng Arthure to če
 |r4    messagers ¨af grete ¨iftes; and after čat, če messagers
     toke here leue, & went čens to če court of Rome a¨eyne, and
     tolde če Emperour how worčely čei were vnderfonge, & whiche
     real company he [K. Arthur] hade him forto serue, & how he was
 |r8 more really seruede čan če Emperour, or eny kyng leuyng in če
     worlde.  And when če Emperour hade seyne če lettre of
     Arthure, & herde what was čerin, and saw čat Arthure wolde
     nou¨t bene rewelede by him, he lete assemble & ordeyne an huge
|r12 hoste forto destroie Kyng Arthure if he my¨t. and Kyng
     Arthure, as tochyng his partye, ordeynede his power of kny¨tes
     of če rounde table.
     Of če kynges & lordes čat comen to helpe Kyng Arthure
|r16 a¨eyne¨ če Emperour of Rome. Capitulo Octogesimo
      Tercio.
     |r<b> THe kynges of Scotland, & of Irland & of Gutland, of
        Denmarc and of Almaigne, eueryche of ham hade x M=l= of
|r20 men.  Thei of Normandye, Gascoigne & Spaigne, Flaundres &
     Pehito, & of Boloigne, hade iiij M=l=. Geryn of Chartres hade x M=l=;
     Hoel of Britaigne hade xij M=l=, and him-self [Arthur] |r[f.42v] hade of
     his owen Londe xij M=l=, & of Arblasters and of Archires, & of očere
|r24 folc on foote, čat noman couče ham nombre. and when čai
     weren al redy forto wende, Kyng Arthur, his lande & Gunore his
     wif, he bitoke to one of his Nevewes čat was a wise kny¨t, &
     an herdy, čat me callede Mordrede; but he was nou¨t al trewe,
|r28 as ¨e shul here afterwarde. Kyng Arthure toke al his reame to čis
     Mordrede, saue oneliche če crone.  And after čat, kyng Arthure
     tok his host and went to Southampton~, čere čat če shippes
     were brou¨t. and če folc assemblede, and čai deden ham to če



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     see, and hade gode wynde & weder at wille. and as sone as čai
     my¨ten, čai arryuede at Berflete, & wenten oute of here shippis,
     and spraden al če contreye.
 |r4 How Kyng Arthure fau¨t wič a Geaunt in Spaigne, čat me
     callede Denab¨, čat quellede Elyne, čat was Kyng Hoele
     Cosyne, of litel Britaigne. Capitulo iiij=xx= iiij=to=.
     |r<b> KYng Arthure hade duellede in če contre but a litil while,
 |r8    čat men ne tolde him čat čer was comen a grete Geaunt into
     Spayne, and hade rauesshede faire Elyne, čat was cosyn to Hoel
     of Britaigne, & hade brou¨t here vppon an hull čat is clepede če
     Mount of seynt Barnard; & čere was noman in čat contre so bolde,
|r12 ne so hardy, čat derst wič him to fei¨t, ne come ney¨ če place
     čere če Geaunt duellede; and men callede him Dynab¨, čat
     miche sorwe dede in če contre.  When Kyng Arthure herde čis
     tydynges, he callede Kay & Bedewer, & commaundede ham čat čai
|r16 shulde gon |r[f.43r] pryuely, and aspie Where če Geaunt my¨t bene
     founde. and čai come to če Ryuage čere čat men shulde gon to
     če mount, čat was al enclosede about wič water, and ¨it is and
     euer shal be; and čai saw a brynnyng fire oppon~ če Hull; and
|r20 čere was also anočer hull ney¨, čat čere was oppon anočere fire
     brynnyng.  Kay and Bedewer comen to če nexte hull, and
     founden a widowe openheuede, sittyng bisides a tounbe, sore
     wepyng, & grete sorwe made; and ofte she saide "Elyn! Elyn!"
|r24 and Kay & Bedwere axede what her ailede, & wherfore she made
     so miche sorwe, & who lay in čat tombe.  "O," quod she, "what
     sorwe and what mysauenture, faire lordes, make ¨e here? for if če
     Geant may ¨ow here fynde, ¨e worč dede anone." "ben stille,
|r28 gode wif," quod čai, "čerof dismai če nou¨t, but tel vs če soče whi
     čow makes so myche sorwe & wepyng."  "Sires," quod she,
     "for a damiselle čat I norisshede wič my brest, čat me callede



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     Elyne, -- čat was nece to Hoel, Kyng of litel Britaigne, and here lič
     če bodye in čis tombe, -- čat to me was bitaken to norisshe. so čere
     come a deuel, a Geaunt, & rauasshede here, & me Also, & lade vs
 |r4 boče away; and he wolde haue forleyn čis maide čat was so
     ¨onge & tendre of age, but she my¨t hit nou¨t soffren, so grete and
     so huge če Geant is. and if he now come as he was wont to
     done, certes he wille čow quelle, boče ij; and čerfore faste wende
 |r8 če hens." "and wherfore," saide čai, "go če nou¨t hens?"
      "Certes, Sires," quod she, "When čat Elyne was dede, če
     Geaunt made me to abide, |r[f.43v] to done and haunt his wille, and me
     most nedes it soffren. and God hit wote, I do hit nou¨t wič my
|r12 godes wille, for leuer me were to bene dede čan wič him to dele,
     so miche payne I haue when he me forlei¨."  When Kay and
     Bedwere hade herde al čat čis woman hade tolde, ča turnede a¨eyne,
     and comen to Kyng Arthure, & tolde him al čat čai hade seyne &
|r16 harde.  Arthure anone toke ham boče with him, and went
     priuely by ny¨t, čat none of his hoste it wiste, and come on če
     morne to če Geaunt, and fau¨t wič him strongely, and at če laste
     him slou¨. and Arthure bede Bedwere smyte of hes heuede, and
|r20 bryng it to če hoste to shewe ham for a wonder, for it was so
     grete & so huge.  When čai comen a¨eyne to če hoste, čai tolde
     wherfore čai hade bene out, and shewede to ham če heuede; &
     euery man was glade & ioyful of če worči dede čat Kyng Arthure
|r24 hade done, her lorde.  And Hoel was ful sorweful for his nece
     čat was so loste; and after, when he hade space, he lete make a
     faire chapel of oure Lady ouer Elyne¨ Tumbe.
     How Kyng Arthure ¨af bataile to če Emperour, in če whiche
|r28 bataile če Emperoure was slayn. Capitulo Octogesimo v=to=.
     |r<b> ARthure and his peple hade tydynges čat če Emperour hade
        assemblede grete power, as wel of Sarasynes and of
     paynemys as of Cristen men, Wherof če noumbre was xxiiij M=l=
|r32 of horsemen and of fote men. Arthure and his peple ordeynede



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     ham fast forč in |r[f.44r] here Way towarde če Emperour, and passede
     Normandy & Fraunce vnto Burgoyne, and wolde euen haue gone
     to če host, for men tolde him čat če Emperoure¨ host was comen
 |r4 to Lucye.  The Emperour and his host, in če byginning of
     August, remevede fram Rome, and come fourth ry¨t če way
     toward če host.  tho comen Kyng Arthures aspie¨, and saide,
     if čat Arthure wolde, he shulde fynde čere faste bisides, če
 |r8 Emperour; but čai saiden čat če Emperoure hade so grete power
     wič him of kynges of če lande, & of Paynemys yfere, & also cristen
     peple, čat it wers but grete folie to Kyng Arthure forto mete wič
     him, for če espies tolde čat če Emperour hade v men or vj a¨eynes
|r12 one of his.  Kyng Arthure was bolde and hardy, and for nočing
     him dismaiede, & saide: "go we forč in Goddes name a¨eynes če
     Romayns, čat wič ham ledeč Sarasines & Paynemes čat no maner
     truste čai hauen to God, but oneliche oppon~ here strengč!
|r16 Go we now, and seche ham sharpely in če name of almyčty God,
     and slee we če paynemys and Cristen men čat bene enemys wič
     ham forto destroe Cristen men; and God shal vs helpe, for we
     haueč the ry¨t, & čerfore haue we gode trust in God; & done
|r20 we so čat če enemys čat bene to Cristendome & to Gode mow
     bene dede & destroiede, & čat men mow recorde če worčinesse of
     kny¨thode!"  When Kyng Arthure hade čus saide, čai criden
     al wič an hye voice, "God, fader almi¨ty, |r[f.44v] Worsheppede be čine
|r24 name Wičouten ende, Amen! and grant vs grace welto done, and
     to destrie oure enemys čat beč a¨eynes Cristendome! In če name
     of če fader & of če sone and of če holy gost, Amen! And God
     ¨eue ham neuer grace ne worshipp in the worlde, ne mercy of
|r28 him to haue, čat čis day shal feynten wel forto smyte, and
     egrely!" and so čai riden softly, and ordeynede her wenges wel
     and wisely.
            The Emperoure herde telle čat Kyng Arthure & his folc were
|r32 redy arraiede forto fei¨t wič him; and čider čai comen, wher he
     ordeynede his wenges in če best manere čat he my¨t, and more



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     trust oppon~ his strengč čan in God almyčty. and čat was seyn
     afterward, ffor when čo ij hostes metten, the Emperour loste soche
     foure of his folc as dede Kyng Arthur; and so meny were slayne,
 |r4 what in o side and in čat očere, čat hit was grete pite to wete
     and to seen.  In čis bataile were slayn črou¨ Kyng Arthure, v
     kyngč of paynemys, & of očere, Wonders miche peple.  And
     Kyng Arthures men fou¨ten so wel, čat če Romaines and paynemys
 |r8 hade no more power ne strengč to wičstande ham, čan xx
     shepe a¨eynes v. wolfes.  And so hit bifelle čat in čis bataile,
     in a shoure čat was wonder herde and longe duryng, in čat o
     side and in čat očere, če Emperour, amonges ham čere was slayn;
|r12 but noman wist forsoč who him slouč.
     How Kyng Arthure lete entere his kny¨tes čat he hade Loste in
     bataile; and how he sent če Emperourre¨ body |r[f.45r] to Rome,
     čat čere was slayne in bataile. Capitulo Octogesimo vj=to=.
|r16 |r<b> WHen če Romayns wist čat če Emperour was dede, čai for_       
soke če felde, and če paynemys also; and Kyng Arthure
     after ham chasede til it was ny¨t, and so meny of ham quellede
     čat hit was wonder to telle; and čo turnede Kyng Arthure a¨eyne
|r20 when it was ny¨t, and čankede almyčty God of his Vittorie. And
     on če morwe he lete loke & seke al če felde for his kny¨tes
     čat he hade čere lost, čat is to seyne, Borell, erl of Maans; Bed_were 
     & Kay, and Lygers, Erl of Boloigne; Vrtegi, erl of Baat,
|r24 Aloth, erl of Wynchestre; Cursale, erl of Chestre; and Holdeyn,
     erl of Flaundres: čise were če grete Lordes čat Kyng Arthure Loste
     in čat bataile amonges očere worči kny¨tes; and somme he lete
     entere in Abbayes by če contre, and some he lete bene borne
|r28 into here owen contre; and če Emperourres body he lete take
     and put oppon a bere, & sent hit to Rome, and sent to say to če
     Romaynes čat `as for Britaigne & Fraunce whiche čat he helde,
     očere truage he wolde none paie; and if čai axend him eny
|r32 očere, ri¨t suche he wolde ham paye.'  Kyng Arthur lete



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     bere Kay to Kenen, his owen castel, and čere he was enterede;
     and Ligers was born to Boloyne, čere čat he was lorde; and
     Holdeyn was borne to Flaundres, & čere he was enterede; and
 |r4 alle the očere he lete entier wič michel honour in Abbayes & in
     house¨ of Religioun~ in če contrey čere čat čai were dede.  And
     Arthure him-self soiournede če same čere in Burgoigne |r[f.45v] wič his
     host, and čou¨t čat same čere follewyng passe če mount Ioye, &
 |r8 haue gone to Rome, forto haue take če citee, and haue put če
     Romayns in subieccion; but če wickede tiraunt Mordrede him
     lettede, as after ¨e shul here.
     How Mordrede če traitour to whome Kyng Arthure tok his
|r12 lande to kepe, and his castelles, and helde hit a¨eynes
     him.  Capitulo  Octogesimo  Septimo.
     |r<b> WHen Kyng Arthure hade taken to Mordrede his reaume
        to kepe, and was gone a¨eynes če Emperoure of Rome, &
|r16 was passede če see, Mordrede anone toke homages and feautes of al
     ham čat were in čis lande, and wolde haue hade če lande to his
     owen vse, and toke castelles about, and lete ham arraie; and
     after his falsenesse he dede anočere grete wrong, ffor, a¨eynes če
|r20 law of Cristiente, he toke his owen Emes wif, as a traitour shulde,
     and ordeynede him a grete hoste a¨eynes Arthures comyng, to halde
     the lande a¨eyns him wič strengč for euermore, and to slee Kyng
     Arthure yf he my¨t; and lete sende by če Cee and lande, and lete
|r24 assemble Paynymes and cristen peple; and he sent to Saxones and
     to Danoys forto help him. and also Mordrede sende to Chel_drik, 
     to done men come to him out of Saxoyne, čat was a worči
     Duc, and bihi¨t him, if čat he brou¨t wič him peple, he wolde
|r28 graunt him al če lande fram bi¨onde Humber vnto Scotland, and
     al če lande čat Engist hade |r[f.46r] of Vortigers ¨ifte, When čat he hade
     spousede his dou¨ter. And Cheldrik come wič grete strengč and
     power of Peple: and Mordrede him assemblede also in his half,
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     How Arthure enchacede Mordrede če traitour, and how he
     was slayne, and Kyng Arthure also wondede to če
     dethe.  Capitulo  Octogesimo  Octauo.
 |r4 |r<b> WHen čis tydynges come to Kyng Arthure čere čat he was
        in Burgoyne, he was ful sore annoiede, and toke al
     Fraunce to Hoel forto kepe, wič haluendele his men, & praiede
     him čat he wolde hit kepe til čat he comen a¨eyne, ffor him-self
 |r8 wolde wende into Britaigne and avenge him oppon Mordrede čat
     was his traitoure; and fourč went his waye, and come to Swit_sand, 
     & made his men to gone into shippe, & wolde haue arryuede
     at Sandewiche, and brou¨t wič him an grete hoste of Fraunce also
|r12 wič his owen lande. but er čat he myght come to lande wič his
     peple čat were comen out of če shippis, Mordrede was comen wič
     all his power, and ¨af a stronge bataile, so čat Kyng Arthure loste
     meny a man er čat he mi¨t comen to land; ffor čere was Gaweyn
|r16 his Nevewe slayne, and Anguissel čat helde Scotland, and meny
     očere, wherof Kyng Arthure was ful sory.  But after čat čai
     were comen to lande, Mordrede myght nougt a¨eynes him endure,
     but anone was |r[f.46v] descomfitede, and flede čens čat same ny¨t Wič
|r20 his men, and oppon če morwe come to London; but čo of the
     citee wolde nou¨t soffre ham come in; and fro čens he fledde to
     Wynchestre, and čere helde him wič his peple čat with him
     come. Kyng Arthure lete take če body of Gaweyn his cosyn,
|r24 & če body of Anguissel, and lete ham bene borne into Scotland
     into her owen contre, and čere čai were enterede.
         And anone after čat, Kyng Arthur toke his wey to
     destroie Mordrede; and he fledde fro čens into Cornewaile.  The
|r28 Quene Gunnore, čat was Kyng Arthures wif, čat čo soiournede at
     żork, and herde čat Mordrede was fledde čens čat he was, and
     mi¨t nou¨t endure a¨eynes Kyng Arthure, she was sore adrade, and
     hade grete doute, and wist nou¨t what was best al forto done, for
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     mercy, for če grete shame čat she to him hade done; and toke
     her wai priuely wič iiij men and wič no mo, & come to
     Kerlioun~, and čere she duellede al her lifes tyme, čat neuer
 |r4 was seyn amonges folc, her lif duryng.  Arthure wist čat
     Mordrede was fledde into Cornewail. he lete sende after his men
     into Scotland, & into Northumberland vnto Humber, and lete
     assemble folc wičout noumbre, & comes fro čens into Cornewaile to
 |r8 seche and pursue after Mordrede. and Mordrede hade assemblede
     al če folc of Cornwayle, and hade peple wičoute nombre, & wist
     čat |r[f.47r] Arthure Was comyng. he hade leuer to Dye and tak
     his chaunce, čan lenger flee, and abode and ¨af an harde bataile to
|r12 Kyng Arthur & to his peple, so čat so miche peple was slayn, What
     in čat one halfe and in čat očer, -- čat noman wiste who
     čat hade če better partie.  But so hit bifelle at the laste, čat
     Mordrede was slayn, and al his folc, and al če gode chiualry čat
|r16 Kyng Arthure hade gaderede and norisshede of diuerse¨ landes;
     and also če noble Knyghtes of če rounde table, čat so miche were
     preisede črou¨ al če worlde, weren čere slayn; and Arthure him_self 
     was wondede to če deth. but he lete him bene born in a liter
|r20 to Auyoun~, to bene helede of his wondes; and ¨itte če Britons
     supposen čat he Leueč in a-nočere lande, and čat he shal come ¨it
     and conquere al Britaigne; but certes čis is če prophecie of
     Merlyn: he saide čat his deč shulde bene dotous; and he saide
|r24 sothe, for men čerof ¨itte hauen doute, and shal for euermore, as
     me saič, for men weten nou¨t whečer čat he leueč or is dede.
      Arthure was born to Auyoun če xxij ¨ere of his regne After
     če Incarnacioun~ of oure lorde Ihesu Crist v. C and xlvj=ti= ¨ere.

|r28 How Kyng Arthure delyuerede če reame to Constantyn, če
     sone of Cador, his nevew.  Capitulo  Octogesimo
      Nono.
     |r<b> WHenne Kyng Arthure wist čat he mi¨t no longer regne, he
|r32    lete come bifore him Constantyne, čat was Cadore¨ sone,
     erl of Cornwail, his cosyn, and to him bitoke al his reaume, and to



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     him saide, & bade him čerof to bene Kyng til čat he come a¨eyne,
     for-asmiche as he hade none heire of his body bigeten: and grete
     harme was hit čat soche a noble Kyng, and so doughty, hade
 |r4 none childe of his body bigeten; |r[f.47v] but al čing čat God wil haue
     done, moste bene done, Whos name bens blessede wičouten ende!
     Amen.

     How Kyng Constantyne was werrede of Mordredus ij sones.
 |r8 Capitulo Nonogesimo.
     |r<b> THis Constance was a noble knyght and a worči of body; and
        čo ij sones čat Mordrede hade bigeten, hade grete en[u]y to
     Constantyne, čat čo was cronede kyng; and so čat čai bigonne to
|r12 meve werr a¨eynes him, and assemblede a grete hoste of ham čat
     were to-fore wič Mordrede, and hade bene dryuen away.
     čai deden miche sorwe črou¨ al čat lande: čat o bročer
     ordeynede him to London~ forto take če citee, and čat očere to
|r16 Wynchestre; but Constantyn come to London~ and slough him
     čat was čere; and after, he went to Wynchestre, and slough him
     čat čere was also, so čat boče his enemys were dede. and when
     Constantyn had regnede worčely iiij ¨er, he deide, & lič at London~.

|r20 Of če Kynges Adelbright and of Edelf. Capitulo Nono_gesimo 
     primo.
     |r<b> After Kyng Constantynus deth čere were ij kynges in Britaigne:
        čat on me callede Adelbright, čat was a Danoys, čat helde
|r24 če contre of Northfolc and Southfolc; čat očere hi¨t Edelf, and
     was a Britoun, čat helde Nichole, Lyndeseye, and al če lande
     vnto Humber.  čise ij kynges faste werrede to-gederes, but
     afterwarde čai were accorded, and louede to-geder as čai haden
|r28 bene borne of o body.  The Kyng Edelf hade a sustre čat me
     callede Orewenne, and he ¨af here črou¨ grete frendeship to Kyng
     Adelbright to wif, and he bigate on here a doughter čat me callede
     Argentill. and in če čridde čere after, him come vppon~ a stronge



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     |r[f.48r] sikenesse, čat nedes he moste dye; and he sent to Kyng Edelf
     his brother-in-lawe, that he shulde come and speke with him; & he
     come to him with gode wille.  Tho praiede he the [king], and
 |r4 coniurede also in the name of God, čat after when he were dede, he
     shulde tak Argentill his dou¨ter, & če lande, & čat he kepte here
     wel, and norisshede in his Chaumbre. and when she were of age
     he shulde done here bene marede to če strongest and worčieste
 |r8 man čat he my¨t fynde, and čan he shulde ¨elde vp her lande
     a¨eyne. Edelf hit grauntede, and by oth hit confermede at his
     power.  And when Adelbright was dede and enterede, Edelfe
     toke če damisel Argentil, and norisshede her in his chaumbre, and
|r12 she bicome če faireste creature čat eny man my¨t fynde.

     How če Kyng Edelf mariede če damisel Argentil to a
     knaue of his Kechyne. Capitulo xxiiij & xij=o=.
     |r<b> THis Kyng Edelf, čat was Vncle to the Damisel Argentil,
|r16    bičou¨t how čat he myght falseliche haue če lande fram his
     nece for euermore; & falsely, a¨eynes his oth, čou¨t to desceyu če
     damisell, and mariede here to a knaf of his kechyne čat me callede
     Curan; and he bicome če worčiest man & strongest of body
|r20 čat eny man wiste in eny lande čat čo leuede; and to him he čou¨t
     here shendefully haue mariede forto haue hade hir lande afterward;
     but he was clene desceyuede.  ffor čis Curan was Hauelockes
     sone, čat was Kyng of Kirkelane in Denmark; and čis Curan con_querede 
|r24 his wifes landes, and slough Kyng Edelf čat was his wifes
     Vncle, & hade al here lande as |r[f.48v] in anočer stede hit telleč more
     oppenly; and he ne regnede but iij ¨ere, for Saxoynes and Danoys
     him quellede; and čat was grete harme to al Britaigne; and
|r28 Britons bere him to Stonehynge, and čere čai him enterede wič
     michel honoure and solempnite.

     Of Kyng Conan. Capitulo Nonogesimo Tercio.
     |r<b> After čis Curan, regnede Conan, čat was his cosyn, čat was
|r32    a wonder proude kny¨t and regnede. he couče haue no
     maner loue, but euer he was medlyng wič his owen peple, and toke



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     his Vncle wič werre, and helde his ij childerne.  The Saxoynes
     werrede a¨eynes him oftetymes, but he ham ouercome at če laste;
     & so he was in pees al his lifes tyme; and he regnede xiiij ¨ere,
 |r4 and after, he deide, and  lič at London~.

     Of Kyng Certif; and of Gurmonde, čat come črou¨ paynemys
     into Britaigne. Capitulo Nonogesimo Quarto.
     |r<b> After čis Conan, regnede his cosyn Certif, čat was bihatede of
 |r8    all his peple, and nočing bilouede. and čis Certif loste al
     Britaigne črou¨ werre. And in his tyme felle čat grete meschief
     in Britaigne, čat Cristendome was destroede, and alle če Britons
     were dryuen oute, & če lande loste wičouten eny recoueryng;
|r12 but afterwarde lefte če lande to Saxoynes, as če shul afterwarde
     hure.  For in čat tyme čere was a paynyme čat me callede
     Gurmonde, čat was če Kynges sone Daufrik, of če Paynymes folc,
     čat hade če reaume after his fader, and was kyng, saf he biquač &
|r16 ¨af hit to his bročer, and saide čat he wolde neuer bene kyng
     but if he might conquere and gete a reaume in a straunge
     contrey; for he was bolde, and ek stronge of body, & of him
     |r[f.49r] prophecied Merlyn, and saide čat `he shulde bene a wolf of če
|r20 see'; and lete assemble paynymes wičout nombre, and lete
     apparaile shippis, and went by meny londes, and toke homages
     and feautes of meny. and so he went by če see fram lande to
     lande, & conquerede diuerses landes, so čat he come to Irland,
|r24 and conquered čat lande, čat ofte-tymes werrede vppon Brit_aigne
     and Britons vppon~ ham; and often wonnen, & ofte
     losten, and ¨euen hostages to Britons. and so čai senten to
     Gurmond, čere čat he was in Irland, čat he shulde come into
|r28 Britaigne, and helpe ham a¨eynes če Britons, to helpe ham
     deliuere čat lande of ham; and čai wolde him holde gladly
     for her lorde; for he was a paynyme, and čai were paynemes, and
     če Britons were cristen: wel au¨t him čan ham forto helpe, so as



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     čai weren of on law.  When Gurmond herde čis praier, he
     hastede him as miche as he mi¨t, and arryuede in Scotland, and_come 
     into Northumberlond čere čat če Saxones were duellyng; &
 |r4 čai confermede če couenaunte¨ bituene ham, čat were made by očes
     and by hostages, forto beren him trew fay, & halde him for lorde,
     and paye to him truage by ¨ere.  Tho bigonne če Saxoynes &
     če Aufricans to destroye, robbe and brenne tounes, and destroye
 |r8 al čing, as michel as čai my¨t, and sparede neičere man, woman,
     ne childe, Lewede ne lernede, čans alle čai quellede, & caste adoun
     tounus, & castelle, & cherches, & so put čai al če lande to grete
     destruccioun~. And as sone as the Britons my¨t |r[f.49v] flee, čai
|r12 fledde čens, as wel poer as ryche, Bisshoppis, Abbotes, Chanons,
     & alle očere, grete and smale; somme into litel Britaign, & some
     into Cornwail; alle čo čat shippis mi¨t haue.

     How Kyng Gurmonde drof če Kyng Certif to Chichestre,
|r16 and quellede če Britons, & črou¨ quey[n]tise  gete
     the toune. [Capitulo nonagesimo quinto.]
     |r<b> SErtif če kyng, fleye čens into Chichestre, čat čo was a gode
        cite and a strong, and čere helde him xx daies. and čis
|r20 Gurmonde hit bisegede; but če citee was so strong čat he mi¨t
     nou¨t hit gete be no maner engyne čat he my¨t done. čo
     bičou¨t čai oppon a grete queyntise forto brenne the toune: čai
     maden engynes of glew and of nettes, and token peces of tunder
|r24 & fire, and bonde to sparwe feet, & afterward lete ham flee;
     and čai fley anon ry¨t, and loggede ham in če toune čere čat her
     nestes were, and in stackes & in euesynges of house; & če fire
     biganne anone to tende and brenne al če toune. and whenne če
|r28 Britons saw če toune brenne on euery side, čai hiede ham out, and
     fau¨t; but anone čai were slayn & descomfitede. and whiles če
     bataile durede, če kyng priuely shud him, & stale away into
     Walys, & men wiste neuer where he bicome; & so was če toun



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     of Chichestre taken & destroiede. and after, went Gurmonde, &
     destroiede citees & tounes čat neuer were afterward made a¨eyne, as
     it is seen ¨itte in meny stedes.

 |r4 How čis lande was clepede Engeland for če name of Engist;
     and how meny Kynges were |r[f.50r] made after in če Londe.
      Capitulo Nonogesimo Sexto.
     |r<b> WHen Gurmonde hade wastede and destroiede al če lande
 |r8    črou¨-out, he ¨af če londe to če Saxones; and čai toke hit
     wič gode wille, for če Saxones longe tyme hade desirede hit, for-as_miche 
     as čai were of Engistes Kynrede, čat first hade al če lande of
     Britain; and čo lete ham bene callede Englisshemen, for-asmiche
|r12 as in his tyme hit was callede Engistes lande, when he hade con_querede 
     it of Vortiger čat hade spousede his dou¨ter. but fram če
     tyme čat Brut come ferst into Engeland, čis land was callede
     Britaigne, & če folc Britons, til če tyme čat čis Gurmond eftesones
|r16 conquerede hit & ¨af it vnto Saxonus, and čai anone ri¨t chaunged
     če name, as bifore is saide.  And when čis was done, Gur_mond 
     passede ouer into Fraunce, & čere conquered meny londes, &
     destroed all cristen peple čere čat he come. and če Danois
|r20 duellede in čis lande, & bigonne faste hit inhabit at here owen
     wille; and čai wolde haue made newe kynges and lordes, but čai
     my¨t neuer assenten to haue onelich o kyng, forto bene to him
     entendaunt: and čerfore čai maden meny kynges in diuerses
|r24 shires, as hit was in Engistes tyme.  The ferst kyngdome was
     Kent. and čat očere Southsex, and če čridde Westsex, and če ferč
     Estsex, and če fifte Northumberland, and če sixte Estangle, čat is
     to seyn Northfolc & Southfolc, and če seueneč Merchenoroth, and
|r28 čat is če Erl*dome |r[f.50v] of Nichole, Huntyngdon~ and Hereford, Glou_cestre, 
     Wynchestre, Warrwyk and Darby; and so departede sče
     Englisshe-men al Engeland into vij parties.  And after, hit



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     bifelle čat čo kynges werrede to-gederes ofte-tymes; and euer he
     čat was strongest binome ham čat were feblest; & so hit was
     longe tyme čat čai nade no kyng cronede amonges ham, ne no cristen
 |r4 men was čo amonges ham, ne cristendome neičere, but were pay_nemys 
     l. ¨ere, til čat seynt Gregori was pope of Rome, čat hade
     seyne childerne of če nacioun~ in če citee of Rome, čat were wonder
     faire creatures, & hade grete wille and desire ham forto biholde,
 |r8 and axede of če marchauntes whens ča were, & of what nacioun~; &
     men tolde him čat čai were of Engeland, & Englisshes čai were
     callede; but čai and all če peple of Engeland were paynemes, &
     bileuede nou¨ in God.  "Allas," quod seynt Gregori, "wel
|r12 mow čai bene callede Englissh, for čai haue če visages of
     Angeles; and čerfor wel aučt ham čen ben cristen men. "And
     for čis enchesoun seynt Gregor sent seynt Austyne into Engeland,
     and xl. goode men wič him, čat were of gode lif, and holy men, to
|r16 preche and teche, and to conuerte če Englisshe peple, and ham
     turne to God: and čat was in če vj čere čat seynt Gregor hade
     bene Pope, čat is to seyne, after če Incarnacioun of oure Lorde
     Ihesu Crist, v. C. xxiiij and vij ¨ere, as če cronicles telleč.

|r20 How Seynt Austyne baptisede & conuertede Kyng Adelbright,
     and if bisshopis čat he callede his felawes. Capitulo
     xxxiiij xvij=o=.
     |r<b> WHen Seynt Austyne come ferst into Engeland, he |r[f.51r] arryuede
|r24    in če Ile of Tenet, and so passede fourth, & come vnto
     Kaunterbery, and čere so ournede. And Kyng Adelbright of
     Kent, čat was of če lynage of Engist, faire vnderfong seynt Austyn
     & his felowes wič michel honour, & ham fonde al čat ham
|r28 nedede; & ferčermore he ¨af ham a faire place čat now is callede
     če Abbay of seynt Austynus, in whiche place he lič him-self
     shrinede.  This Kyng Adelbright was a gode man, and wič
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     preche črou¨ al his lande of Kent, to tourne & to conuerte to
     him al če peple čat he mi¨t.  Hit bifelle so afterwarde, črou¨
     Goddes grace, čat in litel tyme če kyng him-self was conuertede
 |r4 to Gode, and all his peple of his lande was baptisede. And in
     the mene-while čat če peple turnede ham to God, seynt Austyn
     come to Rochestre, and čere prechede Goddes worde. če paynemys
     čerfor him scornede, and caste on him righe tailes, so čat al his
 |r8 mantel was hongede ful of righe tailes; and for more despite čai
     caste oppon him če guttes of ryghe & of ffisshe; wherfore če gode
     man seynt Austyn was sore agreuede, and prayede to God čat alle
     če childerne čat shulde bene borne afterwarde in čat citee of
|r12 Rouchestre moste haue tailes.  And when če Kyng herde and
     wist of čis vengeance čat was falle črou¨ seyl t Austynus praier,
     he lete make an house in če honoure of God, wher-in wymmen
     shulde haue childerne at če bruges ende, in whiche hous wymmen
|r16 ¨it beč delyuere of childe.  When seynt Gregory hade herde
     tel čat če Englisshe-men were turnede to Gode, and conuertede,
     He sent to seynt Austyn his Pallyoun, by a bisshop čat me callede
     Paulyn, and made him primate & Erchebisshop |r[f.51v] of al Engeland,
|r20 And sent him worde čan čat he shulde make bisshopis in če
     land. And anone as seynt Austyn hade če Pallioun~ of če dignite
     of če erchebisshop, he made ij bisshoppes of his felawes čat come
     wič him fram Rome: on čat me callede Mellite, & he duellede
|r24 at London~, And čat očere me callede Iustyn, čat helde če dignite
     of Rouchestre.  And čis bisshop Mellyt went to preche into
     Essex, & baptisede če kyng of če contre, čat me callede Sicwith,
     čat was Kyng Adelbright¨ cosyn, his sustres sone.  This
|r28 Iustyne went to preche in Southsex~, & turnede miche of če peple
     to god; and seynt Austyne went him-self prechyng črou¨-oute
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     How seynt Austyne went into Walys, čere čat če Britouns
     were; & how čai nolde nou¨t bene obedient to če Erche_bisshop 
     of Kanterbury. Capitulo xxiiij=o= xviij=o=.
 |r4 |r<b> WHen al Engeland was baptisede and turnede to God, seynt
        Austyn went into čat lande čere čat če Britons were, and
     forto kepe ham fro Englisshe-men, čat is to seyn, into Walys, &
     čere he founde monkes & Abbayes, & vij bisshoppes; for če
 |r8 Britons destroiede alwai če cristen peple čat seynt Austyne hade
     baptisede, & saide to če bisshoppes čat `he was a legate of Rome,
     & primat of al Engeland, & čat čai shulde by al resoun to him
     bene obedient.' And čai saide čat `čai nolde but to če Erche_bisshop 
|r12 of Kerlyoun~'; & saide `čai nolde neuer, for no maner
     čing, bene obedient vnto če Englisshe-men'; "ffor če Englisshe_men
     ," čai saide, "beč oure aduersaries & oure enemys, and hauen
     dryuen vs out of oure owen contre; & we beč Cristen men, and
|r16 euer hač bene; & če Englisshe-men |r[f.52r] haueč euermore bene
     Paynymes, but now late čat čai beč conuertede."  Seynt
     Austyne my¨t of ham none očere ansuere haue, but saide
     apertely čat `čai nolde neuer ham meke to him ne to če
|r20 peple of Rome.' And seynt Austyne turnede čo a¨eyne to Kyng
     Adelbright, čat was kyng of Kent, and tolde him čat čis folc
     wolde nou¨t to no man bene obedient but to če Erche_bisshop 
     of Kerlyoun. and when če Kyng herde čis, he was sore
|r24 annoiede, and saide čat he wolde ham destroye, & sent to Elfride,
     Kyng of Northumberland, čat was his frende, čat he shulde come
     to him wič al če power čat he my¨t, & čat he wolde mete
     him at Leycestre, and fro čens čai wolde gone into Walys, &
|r28 destroye če Erchebisshop of Kerlyoun~, & alle čo čat hade refusede
     seynt Austyn.



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     How Kyng Adelbr[i] ght and če Kyng Elfride quellede
     Brecyual, čat was a Kyng of Britons čat helde če contre of
     Leicestre. Capitulo Nonogesimo ix=o=.
 |r4 |r<b> HIt bifelle so čat čere was a Kyng Britoun čat helde če
        contre of Leycestre, and al če cuntre aboute him, of
     Brecyual. And čis Kyng Briton herde telle čat čo ij Englisshe
     kyngč wolde mete čere at Leycestre, forto wende into Walys.
 |r8 he lete ordeyne al če power čat he hade, forto fei¨t wič čise ij
     kynges; but litil hit availede him, for his folc čat he hade was
     slayn, & him-self fledde, & loste his lande¨ for euermore.  And
     čise ij kynges, Adelbright and Elfride, duellede awhile at
|r12 Leycestre, & departede če lande amonges ham, & toke homages
     & feautes of če folc of če cuntree; and after, čai wenten towarde
     Walys, & |r[f.52v] čo of Walys hade herde telle of če scomfiture of
     Brecyual hade at Leycestre, and were wonder sore adrade of čo ij
|r16 kynges, and toke and chose amonges ham gode men & holy, of
     heremytes, monkes and prestes, and očere folc grete plente, čat
     wenten bare-fote and wolward, forto haue mercy of čo ij kynges.
      But čo kynges were so sterne and so wickede čat čai nolde
|r20 neuer speke with ham, but quellede ham euerychon -- Allas če
     sorwe! -- for čai ne sparede ham nomore čan če wolfe doth če
     shepe, but smyten of če heuedes of euerychon~; & so al were
     čere martrede čat to ham come, čat is to vnderstonde, v=c=. & xl.
|r24  And after, čo ij kynges went to Bangor, forto quelle al čo
     čat čai my¨t čere fynde of če Britons. And when če Britons čat
     herde, čai assemblede & ordeynede al here power forto fi¨t wič
     ham.  čo was čere a Britoun in Walys, čat me callede Bledrik
|r28 of Cornwaile, čat somme-tyme was lorde of Deuenshire, but če
     Kyng Adelbright hade dryuen him into Walys, and ¨eue him
     bataile; and at čat bataile was Kyng Adelbright slayne, & Elfride
     woundede sore, & forsoke če felde, & če most parte of his folc
|r32 slayn; and Elfride fleye into Northumberland, čat was his owen



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     lande; and afterwarde če peple of Leycestreshire made wič strengč
     Cadwaladre, čat was Brecyuale¨ sone, Kyng of Leycestre, & he
     after regnede nobli & wič grete honoure.

 |r4 How Cadewaladre, čat was Kyng of Leycestre, and Elfride,
     Kyng of Northumberland, weren frendes; & of če debate
     čat after was bituene Edwyne & Cadewalayn, čat were
     boče here sones. Capitulo Centesimo.
 |r8 |r<b> ANd after čat čis bataile was done, če Britons |r[f.53r] assemblede
        ham, and went čens, and come vnto Leicestre, & made
     Cadwaladre, čat was Brecyuales sone, kyng of Leicestr and of all
     če contre. and he toke homages & feautes of če folc of čat
|r12 contre; and after čat, he assembled a grete hoste, and saide `he
     wolde go into Northumberland forto destroi Kyng Elfride, &
     slee him, if čat he myght.' and when he was comen čider,
     frendes went so bituene ham, & made ham accordede in čis
|r16 maner, čat Elfride shulde holde al če lande fram Humber vnto
     Scotlande, and Cadwalader shulde halde al če lande ačis half
     Humber vnto če South; and after čat čai bicome gode frendes
     al here lif duryng, & louede to-gedre as [they] hade bene ij
|r20 brečerne.  And čis Elfride hade a sone čat me callede Edwynne,
     čat hade and helde al če lande of Northumbreland after his fadres
     deth, as his fader hade holde al his lif-tyme.  And Cadwaladre
     hade anočere sone čat me callede Cadwalayn, čat helde his fadres
|r24 lande as he it helde while he was alif; and čai louede to-gedre as
     čai hade bene brečern. and če loue laste bituene ham but onely
     ij ¨ere, and after biganne debate bituene ham črou¨ a lučer eneuious
     cosyne of Cadwalayn, čat men callede Briens, so čat čai
|r28 assemblede a grete hoste in boče parties; & at če laste hit bifelle
     čat Cadewalayn was descomfitede, & Edwyne him pursuede, and
     drof fram place to place. so at če laste he fleye into Irlande;
     and čis očere destroiede his lande, & caste adoune his castelles,
|r32 and brennede his maneres, and departede al Cadwalaynes lande
     amonge his frendes.  And longe tyme after come Cadwalayn



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     a¨eyne fram Irlande, with a stronge power, and in pleyn bataile
     |r[f.53v] quellede Edwynne and alle his frendeshippes, & namely čo čat
     wičhelde his landes črou¨ Edwynes ¨ifte.

 |r4 How Kyng Oswolde was quellede črou¨ Kyng Cadwaleyne and
     Peanda; & how Oswy, čat was seynt Oswoldes¨ bročer,
     regnede after him, & quelde Peanda. Capitulo Centesimo
     primo.
 |r8 |r<b> WHen čat Edwynne was slayn, Offris his sone vnderfonge
        če werr a¨eyns Cadwaleyn his Eme, so čat čis Offris
     deide duryng če werre. and after če deč of Offris, čo regned a
     gentile Cristen man čat m che louede God, -- čat hade all če lande
|r12 of Northumberland by herytage, -- čat me [called] Oswolde, and
     he was kyng of al čat lande. but for-asmiche as he was frende to
     Edwyne, and helde a grete parte of če lande of Cadwalyn, če same
     Cadewalyn werred oppon him, and drof him toward Scotland.
|r16 and when Cadwalyn saw čat he wolde nou¨t abide, Cadwalyn
     wolde no longer him pursue, but toke some of his folc to Peanda,
     his bročer-in-law, & praiede Peanda to pursue Oswolde til čat he
     were take and slayne; and Cadwalyn turnede čo home a¨eyn.
|r20  When Oswolde herde če tidynges čat Cadwaleyn turnede home
     a¨eyne, he wolde no longer flee, but abode Peanda, & ¨af him
     bataile; & Peanda was descomfitede and fley, and come a¨eyne to
     Cadwaleyn, & saide čat `he wolde neuere holde a foote of lande
|r24 of him but if it were so čat he wolde avenge him oppon~
     Oswolde.' Cadwaleyne lete assemble a grete host forto fi¨t wič
     Oswolde; so čat he and Peanda come into Northumberland, |r[f.54r] and
     ¨euen bataile vnto Oswolde; and in čat same bataile was Oswolde
|r28 slayn, & his heuede smyten of; & after he was enterede at če
     Abbay of Berdeneye, in whiche place God hač wrou¨t for him
     meny a faire miracle, boče čere and elles-where.
          And anone Oswy his bročer seisede into his hande al
|r32 če lande čat was Oswoldes; & če folc of Northumberlande louede
     him wonder wel, and helde him for here lorde; but he hade men
     of his kyn worči ynow čat wolde haue departede če lande; & čai



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     werrede to-gedre. & for-asmiche as čai were nou¨t stronge ynow,
     čai come to Peanda, & praiede him of helpe and socour, & bihight
     him of čat lande largely, oppon~ čat couenant čat he wolde ham
 |r4 ghye, helpe, & conseile.  Peanda herde her praier, & so spake
     wič če Kyng Cadwalyn~ čat he shulde ordeyne a grete hoste, and
     faste ordeyne him into Northumberland forto fi¨t wič Oswy. and
     Oswy was a meke man, & miche louede pees and charite, &
 |r8 prayede Peanda of loue and pees, & proferede him of golde &
     siluer grete plente.  And čis Peanda was so proude čat he
     wolde graunt him no pees for no maner čing, but for al čing
     h[e] wolde wič him fei¨t. so at če laste čere was sette a day
|r12 of ba[ta]ille; and Oswy euere hade truste oppon~ Gode, & čis
     Peanda triste to miche oppon~ his pride & oppon~ his host čat he
     hade. and to-gedre čai smyten egrely; but Peanda anone was
     descomfitede & slayn. And čat was after če Incarnacioun of oure
|r16 lorde Ihesu Criste V. C. & lv.  And čis Oswy čo regnede
     xxviij ¨ere. |r[f.54v] And a kyng čat me callede Oswyn, čat was
     Peandae¨ cosyn, werrede oppon Kyng Oswy, and to-gedre fou¨ten;
     but Oswy hade če victorie; and Oswyne was descomfitede & slayn,
|r20 and lith at Tynnemouthe.

     Of Kyng Ossa, čat was sonereyne of alle če kynges of Engeland;
     & how eueryche werrede oppon~ očere in his tyme.
     Capitulo Centesimo Secundo.
|r24 |r<b> HIt bifelle so čat alle če kynges in čat tyme čat were in če
        londe, as čo of Westsex, Mercheneriche, Est Angle, of
     Kent, & of Southsex & of očere costes, eueryche werrede oppon~
     očere; and čai čat were moste my¨tiest toke če lande of ham
|r28 čat were moste feblest.  But čere was a kyng amonges ham
     čat me callede Ossa, čat was seynt Oswoldes bročer. čis Ossa
     conquerede alle če kynges of če lande, & regned aboue ham alle.
      And so grete was če werr in euery contre bituene kyngus, čat
|r32 no man my¨t wete how če lande went. But Abbotes, prioures, &
     men of religioun~, writen če lifes and dedes of kynges, & how



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     longe eueryche hade regnede, & in what contre; & in what
     maner eueryche kyng deide, and of bisshopp also, and čerof
     made grete bokes, & lete calle ham če Cronicles: and če goode
 |r4 Kyng Alurede hade čat boke in his warde, and lete brynge hit to
     Wynchestre, & lete hit faste bene tackede to a piler, čat men
     my¨t hit nou¨t remeve ne bere čenns, so čat euery man mi¨t hit
     see and ¨ereoppon~ loke, for čerin beč če lifes of alle če Kynges
 |r8 čat euer wer in Engeland.

     How če Kyng of Northumberlond, Osbright, forleye če wif of
     Buerne Bocard črou¨ strengč; & after čis Buerne con_querede 
     če Kyng wič stronge power. Capitulo Centesimo
|r12 tercio.
     |r<b> ANd čus hit bifelle in the same tyme, čat čere was a kyng in
        |r[f.55r] Northumberlond čat me callede Ossebright, & soiournede
     in żork, and čis kyng wente him oppon~ a day into a wode, him
|r16 forto desporte; and when he come a¨eyne, he went priuely into
     a gode manus house čat me callede Buerne Bocard. & če gode
     man of čat place was gone čat tyme to če see, for ofte-tymes he
     was wonede čere aspie čeues & robboures, čat ofte-tymes were
|r20 wont to come into če londe to robbe & brenne and slee.  če
     lady čat was čis Buernes wif, was a wonder faire woman, and
     welcomede če Kyng wič michel honour, and worčely him seruede
     in al čing.  When če Kyng hade eten, he toke če lady by
|r24 če hande, and lad her into chaumbre, & saide čat he wolde speke
     wič here a counsele. and al če folc fram če chaumbre he made
     voyede, saf onely če lady and he. but če Lady wiste nou¨t
     wherfore he it dede, til čat he hade done wič here his wille. and
|r28 when he hade done čis dede, he turnede a¨eyne to żork, & če lady
     he lefte čere wonder sore wepyng for če dede čat he hade ydone.
      And when here lorde was come home, & saw here wepe, and
     soche mornyng make, he axede of here what she hade done, &
|r32 whi she made soche sorwe.  "Sire," quod she, "queyntly and



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     falsely če Kyng Osbright me hač done shame and vilonye, a¨eynes
     my wille"; and tolde him treuče, How the kyng hade her forleyn
     wič strengč; wherfore she saide she hade leuer to dye čan leue.
 |r4  "Faire leef, bistille," quod he, "for a¨eynes strengč [febleness]
     is litel worč; & čerfore of me shal yow neuer če lesse bene
     Louede, and namely for yow haste tolde me treuče. and if
     Almyghty God grant |r[f.55v] me lif, y shal če wel avenge."
 |r8     This Buerne was a gret man and a mičty lorde, and was
     wel bilouede, & grete frendes hade, and lete sende for če greteste
     lordes of če lande, & to ham made his compleynt of če despite čat
     če kyng to him hade done, & saide čat he wolde bene avengede,
|r12 how čat euer it were. and alle his frendes conseilede
     and grantede to wende towarde żork, čere čat če kyng was. &
     Buerne toke his menye, & come to če kyng. and when če
     kyng him saw, he callede him curtesly Buerne by name; and
|r16 Buerne him ansuerede & saide: "Sire, y čow defye, & ¨elde op
     feautes, homages, and londes, and as miche as y haue holde of
     čow; and so, fro čis tyme afterwarde, y wil no čing of če holde."
     & so he departede fram če kyng with-outen more speche or
|r20 eny abidyng, & toke leue of his frendes, and went to Denmarc,
     and pleynede to če Kyng Godryn, & tolde him of če dispite
     čat Kyng Osbright to him hade done of his wif, & praiede him
     of socoure & of helpe, him to avenge.  When Kyng Godrin
|r24 of Denmarc & če Danoys, when čai hade herde če pleynt of
     čis Buerne & of če praer čat he bade, ča were wonder glade in
     hert, for-asmiche as čai my¨t fynde cause forto gone into Enge_land 
     forto werr oppon če Englisshe-men, & also forto avenge
|r28 Buerne of če despite čat če kyng hade done to his wif, & for_asmiche 
     as Buerne was sib to če Kyng of Denmarc.  Anone ča
     lete ordeyne a grete hoste of men, & lete ordeyne shippis, and as
     miche as was nede to čat Viage. and when alle če hoste was



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     redy, če kyng made |r[f.56r] his ij brečerne cheueteyns, čat Were noble
     Kny¨tes and bolde: čat one me callede Humger, & čat očere
     Hubba.
 |r4 How če Danoys toke żork & quellede Kyng Osbright,
     and afterwarde Kyng Elle.  Capitulo  Centesimo
      Quarto.
     |r<b> WHen al čing was aredy, čo ij brečerne tok leue of če Kyng
 |r8    Godrin, and went towarde če see, forto wende into
     Engelande as faste as čai my¨t spede.  Now is Buerne so wel
     comfortede, & faste h ede him wič če sDanoys; and čai arryues in
     če Northcontre, & come črou¨-out Holdernessc, & destroiede al
|r12 če contre, and brent tounes and robbede folc, & quellede al čat
     čai my¨t take, til čat čai come to ¨orke.  And when Kyng
     Osbright saw ham come, he toke če peple čat he hade, and come
     out of če citee, & with ham fau¨te; but no foysoun he nade
|r16 a¨eynesam; & miche was če peple čat čere was slayn in boče
     parties; and Kyng Osbright himself čere was slayn, and če citee
     anone was take, & če Danoys wenten in.  And čere was also
     anočere kyng in Northumberlond čat Buernes frendes hade chosen,
|r20 & helde him for kyng, a man čat me clepede Elle, for-asmiche as
     čai nolde nou¨t to Kyng Osbright bene entendant, for če despite
     čet hc hade done to Buerne here cosyn.  Hit bifelle čus, čat če
     Kyng Elle was gon~ to če wode him forto desporte: and of
|r24 venysoun~ somdele he hade tak. and as he satte in the wode at
     mete, to a knyght he saide: "we haue wel y |r[f.56v] spedde, & michel
     venysoun taken." and wič čat worde čere come in a man, &
     to him saide: "Sire, if če so miche of venysoun~ haue y-wonne,
|r28 . an C. tymes so miche čere a¨eyns če hauen loste; for al čis
     contre če Danois hauen gete, & take če cite of żork; & a¨eynes
     čow shal it holde, čat neuer če shul come čerln; & forsothe čai



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     hauen slayn Kyng Osbright."  And when Kyng Elle čise
     wordes herde, he lete assemble al če folc of če cuntre, & ordeynede
     al če power čat he mi¨t haue, and wold haue getes če toune of żork
 |r4 wič strengč. but če Danois comen out anon & ¨af ham bataile,
     & quellede če kyng & če moste part of his men čat he hade
     brou¨t wič him: and če same place čere čat čai were slayne shal
     euers bene callede Ellecrofte; and čat place is a litel fram żork.
 |r8 and čo abode če Danois neuer, til ča hade conquerede al
     Northumberland. and in čat contre ča made Werdeynes, & went
     ferčer into če lande, and token Notyngham. and čere ča abiden
     al če wynter, and deden al če sorwe čat čai myght. and after,
|r12 when somer tyme come, čai remevede fram Notyngllam, & come
     vnto Nichole, & to Lyndessey, & to Holand, for no man mi¨t
     ham withstande, so miche power & strengč čai hade.
     How Seynt Edmunde če Kyng was martrede. Capitulo Cen_tesimo 
|r16 v=to=.
     |r<b> ANd so ferre hade če Danois passede fram contre vnto
        contre, & euermore brennyng & robbyng, & destroiede al
     čat ča mi¨t, til čat ča come vnto Tetteford. & in čat contre
|r20 čai fonden a Cristen Kyng |r[f.57r] čat miche louede God and his
     Werkes, čat me callede Edmunde; & he was Kyng of Northfolc
     and Southfolc.  čis Seynt Edmunde če kyng ordeynede as
     miche folc as he my¨t, & fau¨t wič če Danois; but he and his folc
|r24 were scomfitede, & sče kyng him-self dryuen vnto a castel
     of Framelyngham. & če Danois him pursuede, & comen vnto
     če same castel. and when Kyng Edmunde saw čat če castel myst
     nou¨t ham wičstonde, he comen a¨eynes ham. with whame če
|r28 Danois ferst speken; and anone čai axede of him where Kyng
     Edmunde was. "now forsoth," quod he, "when y was in če
     castell, y was kyng; & when y went oute of če castel, he went
     out also; ahd whečer čat he shal ascape or dye, at Godes wil



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     most hit be."  When Seynt Edmunde hade nempr ede God, by
     čat worde ča wiste alle čat it was he him-self. and anone
     Hubba & Hungar tok him, & saide čat he shulde God forsake,
 |r4 & al cristen law, as alle očere hade done črou¨ ham biforn. and
     Seynt Edmunde saide čat 'he wolde ncuer, but račer he wolde
     suffre deth for Godes sone, and his law to kepe.'  čo tok
     ča Kyng Edmunde, & bounde hin vnto a tree, and made
 |r8 Arch res to him shote with Arwes, til čat his body stickede
     alse ful of Arwes as an hirchone is ful of prickes; but for alle če
     payne čat he hade, he wolde neuer God forsake. & in če same
     pyne he deide wič čat turmentyng, & bitoke his soule to
|r12 almyčty God. & when ča saw čat he was dede, ča smyten of his
     heuede; & il čis maner was Seynt Edmunde martrede.
     |r[f.57v] How Hubba & Hungar toke če toune of.Redyng. Capitulo
     Centesimo vj=to=.
|r16 |r<b> [W]Hen sent Edmunde was martrede, Hunguar and Hubba
        went čens, with al here Danoys, vnto Redyng. and
     as čal went čiderwarde, čai brent tounes & citees, & quellede al
     Cristen peple čat wolde nou¨t God forsake, and caste adoun~
|r20 cherches, and comen to Redyng, and toke če toun~, and čere
     holde ham til čat če Kyng Edelf of Westsex come čider wič al
     his power forto take če toune.  čo come oute če Danoys forto
     ¨eue bataile to Kyng Elfride; and at čat bataile was quellede an
|r24 Erl of Danoys čat me callede Gydrak.  Oppon~ če morwe come
     če Kyng Eldrede, and his bročer Alurede, with a stronge power
     and grete host. and če Kyng Edelf come a¨eyne (čat hade
     fou¨ten wič če Danois če day toforne ) to čat bataile. & če
|r28 Danois čo comen out forto fei¨t wič ham. and čat batale was
     wonder strong, for meny a man was čere slayn; and če Danois
     čat day hade če vittori; and če Kyng Eldrede & his bročer



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     Alurede čat day were descomfited. but če xiiij day afterwarde,
     če Danois and če Englisshe-men fou¨ten to-gederes oppon~
     Elkelden, & čere was slayne a kyng of Denmarc čat was callede
 |r4 Rasyng, and iiij Erles of grete power; and čat day hade če
     Danoys shame, for ča were dryuen vnto Engelfilde. and če xv
     day after, če Danois & če Englisshemen fou¨ten anočere tyme at
     Rasyng [sic], and čere were če Englisshe-men descomfItede. and
 |r8 fram čens a Danois, čat me callede Roynt, went to Redyng wič
     his hoste, & destro ede al čat |r[f.58r] he myght tak; ands Kyng Eldrede
     fau¨t wič him, but he was woundede so, wherfore he was dede;
     and he nade regnede but v. čere, and deide, and lič atte
|r12 Wonburne.
     Of Kyng Alurede; & how če Danoys in his tyme praiede him
     of mercy, čat čai moste gone out of če lande. Capitulo
     Centesimo vij=o=.
|r16 |r<b> After če deth of čis Eldrede, regnede his bročer Alurede, čat
        Dolfynes was callede. čo went če Danois, & assemblede
     han, and went forto seche Alurede, čat čo was če new kyng of
     Southsex. and čere čai fol de him at Wilton~, wič a litel peple;
|r20 & nočeles he fau¨t with ham; but at the laste he fledde čens
     fram če felde, and went vnto Westsex, and ordeynede so miche
     peple of his owen reaume & also of očere, so til čat he hade a
     stronge host, so čat če Danois hade non power a¨eynes him to
|r24 stande. and he come to London~ wič his host, čere as če Danois
     so ournede; and čere wolde he haue fou¨ten wič ham, but če
     Danois derste nou¨t wič him fei¨t, but pra ede him of pees, &
     čat čai most gone a¨eyne into her owen contre, & neuermore into
|r28 Engeland forto come a¨eyne, eny harme forto done, and oppon~ čis
     couenant čai shulde ¨eue him to plegge, gode hostages, & soche
     as če Englisshe men wolde axen.



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     How Hubba & Hunguar were quellede at Chippenham; & how
     če Danoys brou¨t hir kyng vnto oure kyng. Capitulo
     Centesimo Octauo.
 |r4 |r<b> ANd če same day čat če Danois departede fram London~, so
        faste ča riden, boče nyght and day, and neuer toke reste
     of goyng til čat čai |r[f.58v] comen vnto Excestre, and token če toune,
     & čere helde ham.  When Kyng Alurede herde čo tidynges,
 |r8 anone he lete tak če hostages, and went fram čens vnto Excestre
     wič al če power čat he hade.  And when če Danois herde tel of
     his comyng, čai went fro čens forth into Westsex, and comen to
     Chippenham; and čere čai deden miche harme in če contre; ča
|r12 robbede folc, & brou¨t ham into prisoun. The Kyng Alurede
     ham pursuede, & come oppon ham, and fersly ham assailede; &
     čere were slayn boče Hubba, and Hunguar his bročer, and Buerne
     ocard and in čat bataile was michel folc slayn in čat o partye
|r16 and in čat očere, but če gree of če felde lefte wič če Danois, for_asmiche 
     as če kyng čo come but with litel company.  The
     Kyng Hastede him as miche as he myght, forto wende a¨eyn; and
     when če Danois fonden Hubba his bodye liggyng dede, ča
|r20 enterede hit, & made oppon him a grete logge, and lette calle hit
     Hubbeslaw; & so it is callede into čis day; and čat place is in
     Dcuenesshire.  če barons of Westsex, Wilteshire and Dorset,
     harde telle how čat here kyng was descomfitede; and ordeynede
|r24 al če power čat ča m čt haue, and come to če kyng čere čat he
     was, & čankede God čat čai hade him fonden alif, for ča wende
     čat če Danois hade him slayne.  čo toke ča a counseil, če
     kyng and his barons, & čai wolde gone seche če Danois,
|r28 with ham forto fei¨t. and so ča riden al čat ny¨t ham forto
     seche, and come amorw, about prime, to Abyngdon~, čere čat
     če Danois were.
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     assailede če Danois egrely, and čere ¨af ham a stronger bataile
     čan euere he dede bifore; and če Danois nobli put ham of, longe
     tyme, čat no man wist in whečer partie more peple were slayn.
 |r4  ut čus hit bifelle, as God wolde, čat Kyng Alurede hade če
     vittorie with michel honoure; for če Danois were so dryuen čat
     čai wist nou¨ts whider to wende. xv dayes če kyng ham pur_suede 
     at his wille, čat glade & fayne čai were forto speken of
 |r8 pees & of accorde, & toke him gode hostages, & saide čat čai
     wolde neuer oppon him werre, ne debate arere.  And more_ouer 
     čai bihight to če Kyng Alurede čat čai wolde go and brynge
     her owen kyng vnto him, and čat her kyngs & čai all shulde
|r12 bene baptisede. & oppon~ čis condicioun, Kyng Aluredeham
     grauntede lif and lyme, and saide to ham čat čai shulde gon~ here
     kyng forto fecche, and at a certeyne day to come a¨eyne, čat to
     ham was sette.  And so čai went forč fast, and come a¨eyne at
|r16 here day čat was assignede, and alle če Danois brou¨t here kyng
     wič ham.  The Kyng Alurede anone lete ham ben baptisede,
     and here names chaunged, so čat če kyng of Danois was
     callede Athelston~, & xxx=ti= of his felaweč names were chaungede
|r20 also, & če očere were baptisede to če right bileue; and al čis was
     done at Westmynstre. and after, Kyng Alurede helde wič
     him Kyng Athelstone & alle his Danois xij daies at soiune
     wič miche solempnite, and ¨af ham grete ¨iftes after čat čai
|r24 were overcome, and so čai departede.  Tho was Kyng Alurede
     al at ese when he hade his enemys |r[f.59v] ouercomen, & čat čai were
     turnede to če bileue of almičty God.
     How če Danois čat comen into Fraunce wič Gurmonde,
|r28 come a¨eyne into Engeland; & of če deč of Kyng
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     |r<b> ANd čus hit bifelle afterwarde, čat če Danoys of Northumber_       
land, čat were paynemys, comen with a grete host of
     Fraunce, čat is to vnderstonde, with ham čat went into Fraunce
 |r4 with Gurmonde of Aufrik, when he hade conquerede Engeland, &
     it ¨af vnto Saxonus. and čo čat come fro Fraunce arryuede in
     Kent, and sent into Northumberlande čat čai shulde come to ham.
     and whan čo ij hostes were comen & assemblede, anone čai went
 |r8 to destroie če Cristen peple of Engeland fram place vnto place,
     and deden miche sorwe.  Hit bifelle čus, as almičty God hit
     wolde, an harde chaunce in Engeland; ffor če gode Kyng Alurede,
     čat was wont to abate če Danois, deide in če mene-tyme. čis
|r12 Alured regnede xxx=ti= čere, and a gode kyng hade bene, and wel
     coučes chastice his enemys; And was a gode clerc, and lete mak
     menye bokes. & on boke he made of Englisshe, of Auentures of
     kynges and of batailes čat hade bene done in če lande; and
|r16 meny očere bokes of gestes, he lete ham write, čat were of grete
     wisdome and of gode lernyng, črou¨ whiche bokes meny man
     may him amende čat wille ham rede and oppon lok; oppon
     whos soule almighty God haue mercy! & čis Kyng Alurede
|r20 lič at Wynchestr.
     Of Kyng Edward, čat was Kyng Aluredus sone. Capitulo Cen_tesimo 
     x=mo=.
     |r[f.60r] |r<b> ANd after čis Alurede, regnede Edward his sone, čat was a gode
|r24    man & a wise, čat men callede [Edward], čat was wonder
     curteise.  The Danois deden miche sorwe in če lande, and her
     power encresede, and biganne forto wexe fram day to day, for
     če Danois comen ofte wič here companies into čis lande. and
|r28 when če kyng saw čat he mi¨t no bettre done, he tok trewes
     with ham, and granted ham his pees.  And nočelesse če trewes
     durede nou¨t longe, čat če Danois ne bigonne strongliche forto
     wereoppon če Englisshe-men, & dede ham miche sorwe. Wher_fore 
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     ham; and čo čis Kyng Edwarde deide when God wolde. This
     Kyng Edward regnede sxxiiij čere, & lič at Wynchestre bisides
     his fader.
 |r4 Of Kyng Athel[s]tone, & of Edmunde, Eldrede, & of Edwynne
     his bročer.  Capitulo Centesimo  Vndecimo.
     |r<b> After čis Edward, regnede Athelston~ his sone; & when he hade
        regnede iiij čere, he helde bataile a¨eynes če Danois, and
 |r8 drof Kyng Gaufride, čat was kyng of če Danois, and al his hoste
     vnto če see, & restede by Scotland, & nomen strongliche če
     contrey al a čere.  And after čat, čo of Cumberland, & če Scottes
     of Westmerlande, bigonne to werre oppon Kyng Athelston~; and he
|r12 ham ¨af so strong bataile čat he quellede so meny of ham čat no
     man couče telle če nombre of ham. and after čat he ne regnede
     but iij čere; & he regnede in al xxv čere and lič at Malmesbery.
         And after čis |r[f.60v] Athelston, regnede Edmund his bročer, for-as_miche 
|r16 as Kyng Athelston hade none sone. and čis Edmu[n]de
     was a wol-či kny¨t, and a dou¨ty man of body, and a noble
     knyght. and če čridde čere after čat he was kyng, he went
     ouer Humber, in whiche place he hade ij Kynges of Danois:
|r20 čat one me callede Enelaf, and čat očer Renaud.  This Kyng
     Edmund drof ham boče fram če lande, and after went and tok
     grete preye in Comberland.  This Edmund ne regnede but vij
     čer, and lič at Glastynbery.
|r24     And after čis Edmunde, regnede Eldrede his bročer, čat
     vengede Edwarde his fadre of his enemys čat him quelde; and aftir_warde 
     he seisede Northumberland into his hand, and made
     če Scottes abowe and meke vnto his Wille.  And če secunde
|r28 čere čat come Kyng Eldrede wič a grete power, and
     drof him oute of čis lande.  And čis Kyng Eldrede was a
     noble man and a goode, of whos godenesse seynt Dunston~ prechede.
     & čis Kyng Eldrede regnede xj čere, & lip at Wynchestr.



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         And after čis Eldrede, Edwynne his bročer regnede, & was
     a lučer man towarde God and to če peple; for he hatede folc of
     his owen land, and louede & honourede strange men, & sette litel
 |r4 by holy cherche, and bynom of holy cherche all če tresoure čat
     he my¨t haue: čat was grete shame and velonye to himself, and
     perile of his soule, & čerfore God wolde nou¨t čat he shulde regne
     no longer than iiij čer, |r[f.61r] and after deide, and Lith at Wynchestre.
 |r8 Of Kyng Edgare, čat regned aboue če kyngus of Scotland &
     of Walys; & how he was bigilede črou¨ takyng of his
     wif.  Capitulo  Centesimo  Duodecimo.
     |r<b> ANd after čis Edwynne, regnede Edgare his sone, a man čat
|r12    miche louede God, and pees, & holy cherche also, and
     was a worči lorde, bolde and myghty, & mayntenede wel čis land
     in pees.  And čis Edgare was Kyng and lorde aboue alle če
     kynges of Scotland and of Walys: fram če tyme čat Arthure
|r16 was gone, neuer was sičen kyng of his power.  And čis
     Edgare was seynt Edwardes fader. And when Edgarus wif was
     dede, čat was seynt Edwardes moder, & enterede, he herde speke
     of če fairenesse of Estrilde, čat was Orgarus dou¨ter, a baroun~ of
|r20 Deuenshire, čat was so faire a woman čat alle men spake čerof.
     He callede one of his kny¨tes čat he miche louede & trust oppon~,
     and tolde him: "Go," quod he, "to če noble aron~ Orgar of
     Deuenshire, and se if his dou¨ter be so faire as men speke of; &
|r24 if it be soč, y wil haue here vnto my wif."  čis kny¨t, čat me
     callede Edelwolde, went forč čere čat če lady čo was; &
     when he saw her so faire, he čou¨t haue her himself to wif, and
     čerfore spake to Orgar here fader. and Orgar was an olde man,
|r28 & hade no mo childerne but here on; and saw čat Edelwolde was
     a faire ¨onge kny¨t, and worči and riche, & was wel with če kyng.
     & čou¨t his dou¨ter shulde wel |r[f.61v] bene mariede, & wel bisette
     oppon~ him, and grauntede him his dou¨ter, if če gode lorde če
|r32 Kyng wolde assent čerto.  čis Edelwolde come a¨eyn to če



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     Kyng, and saide 'she was faire ynow oppon~ to see, but of body
     she was wonder ločly.'  čo ansuerede če Kyng, and saide čat
     he toke of her litel charge.  "Sire," quod Edelwolde čo, "she is
 |r4 her faderes heire, and y am nou¨t riche of londes, and if če wolde
     consent and grant čat y most her haue, čan shulde y be riche
     ynow." "In Godes name," quod če Kyng, "I assent čerto."
      Edelwolde čankede čo michel če Kyng, and went ač eyne into
 |r8 Deuenshire, & spousede če damisel, and in čat contre duellede.
      And čus hit bifel oppon~ a tyme, čat he tolde his conseil & al čis
     čing vnto his wif, how & in what maner he hade bigilede his
     lorde če Kyng, čat wolde haue hade her to wif. and anone as
|r12 she it wist, she louede him neuermore afterwarde as she hade
     done bifore.  čis lady conseyuede by him a sone; and when
     tyme was čat čis childe shulde ben born, Eldelwolde come to
     če Kyng, & praede him to heue a sone of his at če fountston~. če
|r16 Kyng him grantede, and lete calle him Edgare, after his owen
     name.  And when čis was ydon~, he čou¨t čat he was siker
     ynow of če Kyng, for bifore čat tyme čis Edelwolde him drede
     lest Kyng Edgare wolde haue taken his wif, forasmiche |r[f.62r] as his
|r20 lorde was a Ioly man and an Amerus.
     How čat Kyng Edgare wedede Estrilde afte če deth of
     Edelwolde.  Capitulo  Centesimo  terciodecimo.
     |r<b> THus hit bifelle, čat al men in Kyng Edgares court čo speken,
|r24    and saide čat 'Edelwolde was richely auansede črou¨ če
     mariage čat he hade by his wif'; 'and ¨it,' čai saide, 'he was
     auauncede an hundred-folde more, for he hade spousede če fairest
     woman čat euer was seyn.' and when če Kyng herde speke so
|r28 miche of here beaute, he čou¨t čo čat Edelwolde hade him
     desseyuede & bigilede, & čou¨t priuely in his hert čat he wolde
     gone into Deuenesshire, as it were forto hunt for hert and hynde
     and očere wilde bestes, and čan he shulde see čere če lady or he
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     če forest čere čat če Kyng wolde hunte, and at čat maner was
     herburghede al nyght. and when tyme come čat če Kyng shulde
     sope, and če sonne shoone, če Kyng axede after his Gossib and
 |r4 after his godsone, and Edelwolde made here come bifore če
     Kyng; and nočeles, and it očer my¨t haue bene, she shulde
     nou¨t haue comen in his sight bi his wille.  če lady welcomede
     če Kyng, and suetely him kissede; and he toke her by če
 |r8 hande, & čo nexte him her sette, and so soppede čai togeder.
      And čo was a custume and an vsage čat, when a man drank
     vnto anočer, če drynker |r[f.62v] shulde say 'Wassaile,' and čat očere
     shulde ansure 'drynkhaile': and čus dede če Kyng & če lady
|r12 meny tymes, & also kiste.  And after soper, when tyme was to
     gone to bede, če Kyn[g] went vnto his bed, hertly čenkyng
     oppon~ čel ladies fairenesse; and čo was ouercomen for here loue,
     čat him čou¨t he wolde dye, but of here his wille he hade.
|r16  Oppon~ če morwe če Kyng aroos, and into če fforeste went, him
     čere to desporte & salace wič hertes and hyndes, and alle očer
     wilde bestes; & of če hertes grete plente, to če lady he sent;
     and črise he went to salace and speke wič čat lady whiles he
|r20 duellede in čat contre.  And after čat, če Kyng remevede čens,
     and čou¨t how he myghte best delyuer Edelwolde f[r]am his wif,
     as he hade him ferste desceyuede. and če Kyng anone, after viij
     dayes, lete ordeyne a parlement at Salesbury of al his baronage,
|r24 conseile to haue, & forto ordeyn how če contre of Northumberland
     mi¨t beste bene kepte, čat če Danoys come nou¨t čere, the
     londe forto destroye.  And čis Edelwolde come also to če Kynges
     Parlement; and če Kyng sent him to żork forto bene keper of
|r28 čat contre.  And čus hit fel, čat men čat knews him nou¨t,
     slow him by če waye.  And anone as če Kyng herde čat he was
     dede, he lete sende after če lady Estrilde, čat she shulde come to če
     citee of London~, and čere beneweded to če Kyng wič grete
|r32 solempnite & worshipe; and helde a solempne fest; and he
     werede a crone of [gold], and če Quene anočer.  And seynt



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     Dunston~ on če morwe come vnto če Kyng into če Kyngus
     chaumbre, and fonde če Kyng abed, & če quene also in fere;
     and seynt Dunston~ axede who čat she was.  če Kyng ansuerede,
 |r4 "čis is če Quene Estrilde." and če Erchebisshop seynt Dunstan~
     saide čat 'he dede grete wrong, and a¨eyns Godes wille to tak
     a woman to wif, whos childe he hač take at če funtston';
     and če Quene for čat worde neuer after louede seynt Dunston~;
 |r8 and nočeles če gode man warnede ham ofte-tymes čat folie to
     lete; but his warnyng availede litel, for če loue bituene ham
     was so miche.  če Kyng bigate oppon her a sone čat me callede
     Eldred; and when čis childe was vj čer olde, če Kyng his
|r12 fader deide; & aboute čat tyme he hade regnede xvij čer, and Iith
     at Glastynbery.
     Of seynt Edward če Martir; how Estrilde his stepmoder lete
     him quelle, forto make Eldred, her owen sone, Kyiig.
|r16 Capitulo Centesimo xiiij=o=.
     |r<b> ANd after čis Edgare, regnede Edward his sone, čat he bigate
        in his ferst wif, čat wel and noble gouernede če lande;
     for he was ful of al maner godenesse, and lad ful holy lif; &
|r20 aboue al čing he louede God & holy cherche. & če quene
     Estrilde, his stepmoder, lete him slee, for enchesoun~ to make her
     owen sone Eldred kyng; and čus was he slayn, as afterward če
     shul her.  Hit bifelle čus oppon a day, čat čis Kyng Edwarde
|r24 went him into a wode forto play in če Southcontre, bisides a toune
     čat is callede Warham; in če whiche forest was grete plente of
     Hertes & of hyndes. and as he hade bene awhile čere him forto
     playe, he čou¨t |r[f.63v] him oppon~ his bročer Eldred, čat Was wič jis
|r28 moder če quene, for her place was neyč če forest; & čou¨te forto
     go visite & see his bročer; and tok wičhim but a litel meny,
     and went him čo toward his Stepmoders house, čat in čat tyme
     soiournede in če castel of Corf. and as he rode in če čickenesse
|r32 of če wode, to aspie his game, hit bifelle čat he went amy-s, &
     loste his meny čat were wič him. & at če last he come out of če



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     wode; & as he lokede about, he saw čere faste bisides him če
     maner čat his Stepmoder duelled in; & čiderward he went allon~.
     and anone hit was tolde če Quene how čat če Kyng was comen s
 |r4 allone wičout company; and čerfore she made ioye ynow, &
     čou¨t how she my¨t do čat he were slayn as priuely as she my¨t.
      And anone spriuely she called to her on of here kny¨tes, to
     whom she hade tolde miche of here consel bituene ham. and
 |r8 boče čai come to če Kyng, and curtesly him resceyuede; & če
     Kyng tolde čat he was comher to Visite, & also forto speke wič
     Eldrede his bročer.  če Quene meny tymes him čankede, and
     him praiede to aličt and herburgh wič her forto haue al čat
|r12 nyght. če Kyng saide čat he myght nou¨t, but a¨eyne he wolde
     wende vnto his folc, if he myght ham fynde.  And when če
     Quene saw čat he wolde nou¨t abide, she praiede him čat he
     - wolde ones drynk; & he grauntede her.l and anone as če drynk
|r16 come, če Quene drank to če Kyng, & če Kyng toke če coppe &
     sette hit to his mouč. & in če mene-tyme whiles čat he drank,
     če kny¨t čat was wič če Quene, wič a knyf smote euen če Kyng
     to če hert, & čere he felle adoune dede of his palfray |r[f.64r] vnto če
|r20 erče.  the Quene, for čis dede, ¨af to če Kny¨t golde & siluer
     grete plente, and of očer richesse ynow. and če kny¨t, anone as čis
     was do, went him overe če see; & so ascapede he oute of čis
     lande.  When čis Kyng Edward čus was martrede, Hit was in
|r24 če čere after če Incarnacion~of oure Lorde Ihesu Crist, ix C. &
     iiij čer, and he hade regnede xij čere & an half, & lith at Glastenbery.
     Of Kyng Eldrede; & how če Kyng Swyn~ of Denmarc helde
     Engelond; & how Eldrede, čat was seynt Edwardes bročer,
|r28 was nou¨t bilouede in his reme, and čerfore fledde into
     Normandye.  Capitulo  Centesimo  Quintodecimo.
     |r<b> After čis Kyng Edward, regnede Eldrede his bročer;
       and seynt Dunstan~ cronede him. & čis seynt Dunstan
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     Estrild, for encheson~ čat she was cause of Kyng Edwardes deth.
     and seynt Dunstan~ hade her assoilede, and penaunce her en_ioynede;
     and she leuede after, chaste lif & clene.  čis Kyng
 |r4 Eldrede wedede an.Englisshe-woman; & on here he bigate
     Edmunde Irenside, and anočer sones čat me callede Edwynne;
     and after, deide če Quene his moder.  And in čat tyme come
     into Engeland Swyn, čat was Kyng of Denmarc, forto chalange
 |r8 and conquere al čat his Ancestres hade bifore čat tyme. & so
     he conquerede, & hade it al at his axing; ffor če gode Erle
     Cuthbert of Lyndeseye, and al če peple of Northumberlond, &
     almost al če grete of Engeland, helde with Swyne č was Kyng
|r12 of Dennemarc, for-asmiche as čai louede nou¨t Kyng Eldrede,
     ffor causes čat his gode bročer Edward was slayn falsely |r[f.64v] for
     en hesoun~ of him; and čerfore no man sette but litil bi hym;
     Wherfore Kyng Swyn hade al his wille, and toke al če lande.
|r16  And Eldrede če Kyng čo fledde into Normandye, and so
     spak to če Duk, čat če Duc ¨af him his sustre to wif; oppon~ če
     whiche he bigate ij sones: čat on me callede Alrud, & čat očere
     Edward. And when Swyn hade conquerede al če lande, he
|r20 regnede nobli, & leuede but xv čer, & deide, and lič at żork.
     How Kyng Eldrede come a¨eyne fram Normandye; & how
     Knoth če Danoys regnede; & of če werr bituene him
     & Edmunde Irenside.  Capitulo  Centesimo  Sexto
|r24 decimo.
     |r<b> After če deč of Swyne, čat was a Danois, Knoght, his sone,
        duellede in Engeland, and wolde haue bene kyng. and
     čo come a¨eyn Eldrede out of Normandy, with miche peple &
|r28 wič stronge meny, čat Knoght derst nou¨t abide, but fley
     čens into Denmarc.  če Kyng Eldrede hade a¨eyn his reaume,
     & helde so grete lordeship čat he bigan to destroi al čat hade
     holpen Swyn, čat was a Danois, a¨eynes him.  And after_warde 
|r32 come a¨eyn čis Knoght fram Denmarc, with a grete power,
     so čat Kyng Eldre[de] derst nou¨t wič him fi¨t, but fley fro



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     čens vnto London~, & čere helde him.  čo come Knoght, and
     him bisegede so longe til Kyng Eldrede diede in če cite of London~,
     and lič at seynt Paules; & he regnede ix čere.
 |r4 Of Kyng Knoght.  Capitulo  Centesimo  Septuagesimo.
     |r<b> After če deth of čis Eldred, Knoght, čat was a Danois, bigan
        čo forto regne, but Edmunde |r[f.65r] Irenside, čat was Kyng
     Eldredus sone by his ferst wif, ordeynede a grete host, & bigan to
 |r8 werr oppon~ Kyng Knoght; and so he dede meny tymes and ofte;
     and če werre was so st[r]onge and harde, čat wonder hit was to
     wete.  And če Quene Emme, čat duelled čo at Wynchestre,
     hade grete drede of her ij sones, fors če werr of Alured & Edward,
|r12 leste čai shulde ben defoulede & misdon~ črou¨ čis werre, wherfore
     she sent ham ouer če se into Normandy, to če duc Richard her
     Vncle; and čere čai duelled in safte and pees longe tyme.  čis
     Edmunde Irenside & Knou¨t werrede strongliche to-geder;
|r16 but at če laste čai were accorded in čis maner, čat čai shulde
     departe če reaume bituenes ham; and so čai deden; & after, čai
     bicome gode frendes, and so wel-louede togederes as čai hade
     bene bričer, geten of o body, & of o moder born~.
|r20 How Kyng Edmunde Irenside traiterousely was slayn, črou¨
     a tratour čat me callede Edrith of Statton. Capitulo
     Centesimo xviij=mo=.
     |r<b> ANd after, čo regnede Kyng Edmunde Irenside and Knoght
|r24    če Danols. but čus it fel aftirward, and in če same čere
     čat čai were accorded, and somiche loueden togeder, wherof a
     false čef traitoure hade enuy vnto če loue čat was bituene ham,
     and frendeship, whos name was Edrith of Stratton, čat was a
|r28 grete lorde, čat was Edmunde Irensides man, & of him helde all
     če londe čat he hade.  And nočeles he čou¨t his lorde to bitraie,



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     & make Knoght kyng of če lande, to čat entent richely to ben
     auauncede, & wič him bene wel bilouede.  Wherfore he praiede
     his lorde, Edmunde |r[f.65v] Irenside, oppon~ a day wič him forto eten,
 |r4 and wič him duelle. and če kyng curteisly him grantede, & to
     him come at his praier; and at če mete če kyng richely was
     seruede with diuerse metis & drynkes.  And when nyght come
     čat he shulde gones to bede, če kyng tok his owen meny, & went
 |r8 into chambre. & as he lokedeaboute, he saw a wonder faire
     ymage, & wel made, & in semblant as it were an Archire,
     wič a bowe bent in his honde, & in če bowe a fyne Arwe.  Kyng
     Edmunde went čo neir, to biholde hit bettr, what it mičte bene;
|r12 and anone as his honde tochede če Arwe, anone če arwe him smote
     črou¨ če body, & čere slough če kyng; for čat engyne was made
     to quelle his lorde traiterousely.  And when če Kyn[g]
     Edmund čus was dede & slayn, he nad regnede but x čere.
|r16 his peple for him made miche sorw, and his body čai bare to
     Glastenbury and čere čai him enterede.  And čus traitour
     Edrik anone went to če Quene, čat was Kyng Edmundes wif, čat
     wiste of here lordes deč. anone he toke fram her hir ij sones,
|r20 čat were faire and čong, čat her lorde hade oppon~ hier geten, -- &
     čat on me callede  Edward, & čat očer Edwyn, -- & lade ham wič
     him to London, and toke ham vnto Kyng Knoght, čat he shulde
     done with ham what his willes were; & tolde him how queyntly
|r24 he hade quellede Kyng Edmunde, for enchesoun~ & loue of him,
     so čat Kyng Knoght all Engeland in his power holly mi¨t haue.
      "O čow false traitoure! haste čow my trewe wedbročer slayn
     for cause |r[f.66r] of me? a man čat y moste Louede in če Worlde. now,
|r28 be myn heuede, I shal for či trauail če wel reward as čow hast
     deseruede!" and anone lete him take and bynde, hondes & feete
     in maner of a traitour', & lete caste him into Thamise; and in čis



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     maner če false traitour endede his lif.  če Kyng tok čo ij
     childerne to če Abbot of Westmynstr, to warde and to kepe til
     he wiste what was beste wič ham to done.
 |r4 How Kyng Knoght sent Edmundes sones boče into Denmarc
     forto slee; & how čai were sauede. Capitulo Centesimo
     xix=mo=.
     |r<b> HIt bifelle sone after čat Kyng Knoght hade al če lande into
 |r8    his hande and spousede če Quene Emme črou¨ consent of
     his baronage, for she was a faire womman, & was Eldredes wif, and
     če dukes suster of Normandye: & čai sleueden to-geder with
     miche loue, as resoun wolde.  če Kyng axede oppon a day conseile
|r12 of če Quene, what was beste forto done wič the sones čat wer
     Edmundes Irenside.  "Sire," quod she; "čai beč če right
     heirs of če londe; & if čai leuen, čai wille do čow miche sorwe with
     werr; and čerfor lete sende ham into a strange lande aferr to some
|r16 man čat may ham defoule & destroie."  The Kyng anone lete
     calle a Danois čat me callede Walgar, and commandede him čat he
     shulde lede čo ij childerne into Denmarc, and so do for ham
     čat neuer čai herde more tydyngus of ham. "Sir," saide čis
|r20 Walger, "gladely ¨oure commandement shal bene done,"  And
     tok čo ij childerne, & lad ham into Denmarc. & for-asmiche
     as |r[f.66v] he saw čat če childern were wonder fair, and also meke,
     he had of ham grete pitee and reuthe, & wolde nou¨t ham slee,
|r24 but lade ham to če Kyng of Hungrie forto norisshe: For this
     Walgar was wel knowen wič če Kyng, and wel bilouede.
      Anone če Kyng axede whens če childern were.  And Walger
     tolde him, & saide čat 'čai were če right heirs of Engeland, &
|r28 čerfor men wolde ham destroye'; "and čerfore, sire, to čow čai beč
     comen, mercy & helpe to biseche; & forsoč if ča mowen leue,



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     ¨our men čai shullen becomen, and of čow čai shal holde
     al hire land.  The Kyng of Hungrie ham vnderfonge with
     michel honour, and lete ham worthely to bene kepte.
 |r4     And čus hit bifelle afterwarde, čat Edwyne, če čonger bročer,
     deide, and Edward če elder bročer leuede, a fair man, a stronge,
     & a large of body, and gentil and curteise of condicions, so čat alle
     men hiln louede.  And čis Edward, in če cronicles is callede
 |r8 amonges Englisshemen, 'Edward če outelaghe.' And when he
     was inade knyght, če Kyngus doughter of Hungary so miche him
     louede, for his godenesse and his fairenesse, čat she made & callede
     him her derlyng.  The Kyng čat was her fader, perceyuede wel
|r12 če loue čat was bituene ham too, And hade non heir but čat
     doughter. And če Kyng fouchede his dou¨ter to no man so wel
     as he dede vnto him čat her louede, & she him; & he ¨af here to
     him wič gode wille; and Edward her spousede wič michel
|r16 honour.  The Kyng of Hungrie sent after al his baronage, &
     made a solempne |r[f.67r] fest and ryche weddyng, and made al men
     to vnderstonde čat he shulde ben Kyng when ls he were
     dede; andčerof čai maden al gret ioye; and of čat tydyng
|r20 čai wer ful glade.  čis Edwarde bigate oppon čis lady a sone
     čat nle callede Edgar Helyng, and afterward, a doughter čat me
     callede Ma.garete, čat afti[r]ward was Quene of Scotland; and,
     by če Kyng of Scotland čat me callede Maucolom, she hade a
|r24 dou¨ter čat was callede Maude, čat afterwarde was Quene
     of Engeland črou¨ Kyng Henry, čat was če ferst sone of če
     Conqueroure, čat her weded; & he big-ate on her a dou¨ter čat
     me callede Maude, čat afterward was Emperesse of Almaign~; and
|r28 of čis Maude come Henry če Kyng of Engeland, čat into čis
     day is callede 'Henry, če Emperesse sone.'  And ¨it hade čis
     Edward anočer dou¨ter by his wif, čat me called Cristian, and
     she was a none.



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     How Kyng Knoght, čat was a proude man, conquered Nor_waye;
     & how he bicome afterwarde meke. Capitulo
     Centesimo  xx=mo=.
 |r4 |r<b> NOw haue če herde of Edmundes sones wič če Irenside, čat
        Kyng Knoght wende čai hade ben dede, as he hade com_mandede 
     Walger bifor.  And this Knoght hade in his honde al
     Engeland and Denmarc. And after čat, he went to Norwaye,
 |r8 čat londe to conquere.  ut če Kyng of če lande čat me callede
     Elaf, come with his peple, & wende his lande wels haue kepte &
     defendede; & so čere he fau¨t with ham, til at če laste he was
     slayn in čat bataile; & čo čis Knoght toke al čat lande |r[f.67v] into his
|r12 hande.  And when he hade conquerede al Norwaye, and taken
     feautes & homages čere, he come after a¨eyne into Engelond, and
     helde him-self so grete lorde, čat him čou¨t in al če worlde no
     man his pier was; & bicome so prout & hautel čat hit was grete
|r16 wonder.  And so hit bifelle, oppon~ a day as he hade herde
     masse at Westmynstre, and wolde haue gone into his palice, če
     water of Tamise so swiftely a¨eynes him comen, čat Almost
     hit tochede his fete. čo saide če Kyng with a prout hert, "y com_mande 
|r20 če water turne a¨eyn, or elles y shal če make." če wawys
     for his commandement wolde nou¨t spare, but flowede euer on
     hye more & more.  The Kyng was so prout of hert čat he wolde
     nou¨t flee če water, but abode stille in če water, and bete če water
|r24 wič a smal čerd čat he helde in his hande, & comandede če water
     čat it shulde wende no ferčere; but for al his commandement če
     water wolde nou¨t cesse, but euer waxe more & more an hye, so čat
     če Kyng was al wete, and stode depe in če water.  And when he
|r28 saw čat he hade abide čere or longe, & če water wolde nočing
     done his commandement, čo sone he wičdrowe him, and čo stode
     oppon~ a stone & helde his hondess an hye, & saide čis worde in
     heryng of al če peple: " čis God čat makeč če see čus arise an



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     hye, he is Kyng of alle Kynges, & of mvghtes most; & y ame a
     caitif and a man dedly, & he may neuer dye; & alle čing doth
     his commandement, & to him is obedient.  To čat God Y praye
 |r4 |r[f.68r] čat he be my waraunt, for y knowliche me caitif feble, & of none
     power; and čerfore y wil gone to Rome wičout eny lettyng, my
     Wickednesse forto punisshe, and me to amende;  ffor of čat
     God y cleyme my landess forto holde, and of none očere "; and
 |r8 anone made his heir, and him-self [went] to Rome wičouten eny
     lettyng, & by če way dede meny almes dedes, & when he come to
     Rome also.  And when he hade benečere, and for his synnes
     done penaunce, he come a¨eyne into Engeland, and bicome a gode
|r12 man and an holy, and lefte al maner pride & stoutenesse, & leuede an
     holy lif al his lif after, and made ij Abbayes of seynt enet, one
     in Engeland & čat očere in Norway, for-asmiche as he louede
     specialy seynt enet bifore al očere seyntes; and miche he louede
|r16 also seynt Edmunde če kyng; & ofte he ¨af grete ¨iftes to če hous,
     wherfore it was made ryche. and when he had regnede xx čere,
     he deide, & lič at Wynchestr.
     Of Kyng Harolde, čat leuer hade gone in foot čan ryde on
|r20 hors. Capitulo Centesimo xx[i]=mo=.
     |r<b> THis Knoght, of wham yl haue spoken bifor, hade ij sones
        by his wif; & čat on me callede Herdiknoght, & čat očere
     Harolde; and he was so lič of fote čat men callede him čerfore
|r24 Harolde Harefote. & čis Harolde hade nočing če condicions ne
     maners of Kyng Knoght čat was his fader, for he sette but litil
     pris of chyualry ne of curtesye, neyčer of worship, but onely by
     his owen wille; & he bicome so wickede čat he exilede his moder.
|r28 & čo she went out of če land into Flaundres, & čere she
     duellede wič če Erl; whe.for after čere was neuer gode loue
     bituene him & his bročer, for his bročer him hatede dedely; and
     when he hade regnede ij [yere] & a litil |r[f.68v] more, he deide, & lič at
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     Of Kyng Hardiknoght, čat was Haroldes bročer. Capitulo
     Centesimo xx[i]j=mo=.
     |r<b> After čis Harolde Harefoot, regnede his bročer Hardiknoght, a
 |r4    noble Knyght & a worči, & miche louede chiualrye and al
     maner godenesse.  And when čis Hardiknoght hade regnede a
     litil while, he lete vncouere his bročer Harolde, and smote of his
     Heuede čat was his bročer, at Westmynstr, and lete caste če
 |r8 heuede into a gonge, and če body into če Tamyse. and after
     come fisshers, & toke če body wič her nettes by nyght, and bere
     him vnto seynt Clement¨ cherche, & čere him buryede; and in čis
     maner avengede him Hardeknoght of his bročer, for in none očere
|r12 maner čai mygh nou¨t shym avenge.  This Kyng Hardiknoght
     was so large ¨euer of mete and of drynk, čat his tables were sette
     euer čre tymes ful wič real metes for his owen mayne, & for
     al čat comen to his court to bene rychely seruede of real metes.
|r16  And čis Kyng Hardeknoght sent after Emme his moder, & made
     hir come a¨eyne into Engeland, ffor she was dryue out of Enge_land 
     whiles čat Harolde Harefote regnede, čoru¨ conseil of če Erl
     Godwyne, čat čo was če grettest lorde of al Engeland next če kyng,
|r20 and moste myght done what he wolde črou¨ al Engeland črou¨
     his commaundement, for-asmiche as he hade spousede če doughfer
     of če gode Kyng Knoght čat was a danoys, whiche doughter he
     hade by his ferst wif.  And when čis quene was dryuen out of
|r24 Engeland, & come to če Erl of Flaundres čat me callede Balde_wynne
     her cosyn, |r[f.69r] he fonde here čere al čing čat hir nedede,
     Vnto the tyme čat she went a¨eyne into Engeland, čat če Kyng
     Hardiknoght hade sent for her, čat was her sone, & made here
|r28 come a¨eyn wič michel honour.  This Kyng Hardeknoght,
     when he hade v ¨ere regnede, he deide, & lič at Wynchestre.
     Of če Vylonye čat če Danoys dede to če Englisshe-men;
     wherfore fro čat tyme afterward was none Danoys
|r32 made Kyng of Engeland.  Capitulo  Centesimo
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     |r<b> After če deth of čis Kyng Hardeknoght, forasmiche as he nad
        non heire of his body bigeten, če Erles and barons
     assembled and maden a counseil; and neuer-more after čat tyme
 |r4 no man čat was a Danois, čou¨ he were ner so grete a man
     amonges ham, he shulde neuer bene Kyng of Engeland, for če
     despite čat če Danois hade done to če Englisshemen.  For
     euermore biforne-honde, if it were so čat Englisshe-men & Danois
 |r8 hapden to mete oppon~ a bruge, če Englisshe-men shulde nou¨t
     bene so herdy to meve ne stere on foot, but stande still, til čat
     če Danois were passede forth.  And more-ouer, if če Englisshe_men 
     hade nou¨t bowede adoun here heuedes, to done reuerence
|r12 vnto če Danois, čai shulde haue bene bete & defoulede; & soche
     maner despites and Vilonyes deden če Danois to oure Englisshe_men;
     Wherfore čai were dryuen out of če lande after če tyme čat
     Kyng Herdeknoght was dede, for čai had non lord čat ham
|r16 myght mayntene. In čis maner voided če Danois Engeland, čat
     neuer čai comen a¨eyne.  če Erles and barouns, by here com_mune 
     assent & conseile, senten |r[f.69v] into Normandy forto seche čo ij
     brečern Alurede & Edward, čat were duellyng wič če duk Richard
|r20 čat was here eme, to čat intent forto crone Alurede če elder
     bročer, & him make Kyng of Engeland, and of čis čing to make
     an ende, če erles & barons made her oth; But če Erl Godwyne of
     Westsex~ falsely čou¨t to slee čo ij brečerne anone as čai shulde
|r24 come into Engelonde, to čat entente forto make his sone Harolde
     Kyng, če whiche sone he hade bigete oppon his wif, čat was Kyng
     Knoghtes doughter, čat was a Danoys.  And čis Godwyn pryue_liche 
     went him to Southampton, forto mete čere čo ij brečern
|r28 when čat čai shulde come to lande.  And čus hit bifelle, čat če
     messagers čat wenten into Normandye, fonden nou¨t but onely
     Alurede, čat was če eldest bročer; for Edward, his ¨onger
     bročer, was gone to Hungrie forto speke wič his cosyn Edward če
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     tolde & saide to Alurede, how čat če Erles & barons of Engeland
     senten after him, and čat he boldeliche shulde come into Engeland
     and vnderfonge če reaume; for Kyng Herdeknoght was dede, &
 |r4 alle če Danois were dryuen out of če lande.
     How Godewyne, če false traitoure, tok Alurede oppon~ Gildes_doun, 
     when he come fro Normandye to bene Kyng of
     Engeland, & dede him bene martrede in če Ile of Ely.
 |r8 Capitulo Centesimo xxiiij=to=.
     |r<b> WHen Alurede herde čis tydynges, he čankede God, & into
        shipp went, wič al če hast čat he myght, and passede če
     see, & arryuede at Southampton~, čere čat Godewyne če traitour
|r12 was. And when čis tr[a]itoure |r[f.70r] saw čat he was comen, he wel_comede 
     him & vnderfonge him wič michel ioye, and saide čat he
     wolde lede him to London~, čere čat al če lordes & barons of
     Engeland him abode, forto maken him kyng. and so čai wenten
|r16 in her way toward London~. & when čai comen oppon Gildes_doune, 
     čo saide če traitoure Godwyne to Alurede, "takeč kepe,"
     quod he, "aboute ¨ow, boč on če lefte side & in če ryght side;
     and of all ¨e shul bene kyng, & of suche an hundrede more."
|r20  "Now forsoče," quod Alurede, "I behote, & if y be kyng, I
     shal ordeyn & make soche lawes wherof God & all folc shullen
     holden ham wel paied.'  Now hade če traitoure comaunded
     alle his men čat were wič him, čat when čai were comen oppon
|r24 Gildesdoun~, čat čai shulde slee alle čo čat were in Aluredes com_pany 
     čat comen wič him fram Normandye, and after čat, taken
     Alurede, & lede him into če Ile of Ely, & čere put out boče his
     eyne of his heued, and afterward bryng him vnto če deth. & so
|r28 čai deden, ffor čai quellede al his company čat xij [hundred] were in
     nombre, of gentil-men čat were comen wič Alurede fram Nor_mandye;
     And after token Alurede, & lade him into če Ile of Ely,
     & put out his eyen of his heuede, & rent his wombe, & token
|r32 če chief of his bowailes, & put a stake into če gronde, & an ende
     of his bowailes čerto fastenede, & wič nedles of Iren pricked če
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     til čat his bowales were alle drawen out: & so deide čere Alurede,
     črou¨ treson~ of če Erl Godwyne.  When če lordes of Engeland
     |r[f.70v] hade herde & wist how Alured, čat shulde have ben her kyng,
 |r4 was put to deč črou¨ če false traitoure, če Erl Godwynne, čai
     weren al wonder wroth, & swore bituene ham, by God & by
     his names, čat he shulde die in mor worse deth čan dede Edrik of
     Stratton~, čat hade bitraiede his Lord E[d]munde Irenside. and
 |r8 čai wolde haue taken him, & put him vnto če deč, but če čef
     traitoure fley čens into Denmarc, & čere helde him iiij čere &
     more, & loste all his londes in Engeland.
     Of Seynt Edward če Confessoure, čat was Aluredes bročer;
|r12 How he was Kyng of Engelande.  Capitulo  Cen_tesimo 
      xxv=to=.
     |r<b> ANd when čis was done, alle če Barons of Enge[land] senten
        anočer tyme into Normandye, for čat Edward shulde come
|r16 into Engeland with michel honour. And čis Edward in his
     childehode louede al-myghty God, & him drade, & in honeste
     and clennesse leued his lif, and hatede synne as deč.  And
     when he was cronede and annoyntede wič real power, he for¨ate
|r20 nou¨t his gode maners & condicions & custumes čat he ferst
     vsede, for no maner honour, ne for no richesse, ne for no maner
     hyenesse, but euer more & more ¨af him to godenesse, and wel
     louede God & al mekenesse, & louede God & holy cherche passyng
|r24 al maner čing, & pore men also, & ham helde as čai hade bene
     his owen brečerne, & to ham ofte ¨af grete almesse wič gode wille.
     Of če ferst specialte čat God shewede for seynt Edwardes
     loue by his lif.  Capitulo  Centesimo  xxv[j]=to=.
|r28 |r[f.71r] |r<b> HIt bifelle oppon~ a day as he went fram če che[rch] of
        Westmynstre, & hade herde masse of seynt Iohan
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     most specialy after God and oure lady, čan he dede eny očer
     seynt.  And so čere come to him a pilgrime, & praede him, for
     če loue of God & of seynt Iohan Euaungelist, some god him forto
 |r4 ¨eue. And če Kyng priuely toke če ryng of his fenger, priuely
     čat no man perceyuede hit, & ¨af it če pilgrime; & he it vnder_fonge
     & went čens. čis goode Kyng Edward made alle če gode, 
     lawes of Engeland čat ¨itte beč most holden, & was so mercyable
 |r8 & ful of pite čat no man my¨t bene more.
     How če Erl Godwyn come a¨eyn~ into Engeland, & hade a¨eyne
     al his land, & afterward Seynt Edward wedede his
     dou¨ter. Capitulo  Centesimo xxv[i]j=to=.
|r12 |r<b> WHen če Erl Godwyn, čat was in Denmarc duellyng, hade
        michel herd of če godenesse of Edward, & čat he was
     ful of mercy & of pitee, & čou¨t čat he wolde gon~ a¨eyn into
     Engeland forto seche and to haue grace of him, & čat he myght
|r16 haue če lande a¨eyn in pees, & arraiede him as miche as he might,
     & put him toward če see, & come into Engeland, to London~, čere
     čat če Kyng was čat tyme, & al če lordes of Engeland, & helde
     parlement.  Godewyn sent to ham čat were his frendes, & were
|r20 če moste gretteste lordes of če londe, & praiede ham to biseche
     če Kynges grace for him, and čat he wolde his pees & his
     londes graunt him. his frendes Ladehim bifore če Kyng
     forto biseche grace.  And anone as če Kyng him saw, he appelede
|r24 him of tresoun~, & of če deč of Alurede his bročer, ahd čise wordes
     vnto him saide:  "Traitour Godwyn!" quod |r[f.71v] če Kyng, "I če
     appele, čat čow haste bitraede & slayne my bročer Alurede."
      "Certes, sire," quod Godwyn, "saf ¨our grace, ¨our pees &
|r28 ¨oure lorde-shippe, y neuer him bitraede ne sloughe; and čerof
     y put me [in] rewarde of ¨our cou[r]t."  "Now, faire lordes, ¨e
     čat beč my lieges, erles & barons of če lande, čat here bene alle



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     assemblede, -- wel ¨e hauen herde myn appele, and če ansure of
     Godwyn; & čerfore y wil čat ¨e award and do ryght."  če erles
     and barons čo drowen ham al to-geder, forto done čis award by
 |r4 ham-self. and so čai spoken diuerseliche amonges ham; for
     somme sayde čat čere was neuer allyaunce by homage, serment,
     seruise, ne by lordeship, bituene Godwyn & Alurede, for which
     čing čai might him draw.  And at če laste čai demede čat he
 |r8 shulde put him into če Kynges mercy altogeders.  čo spake če
     Erl Leueryche of Couentre, a gode man to God & to alle če worlde,
     & tolde his resoun~ in čis maner, & saide: "če Erl Godwyne is če
     best frendede man of Engeland after če kyng; and wel my¨t it
|r12 nou¨t bene gaynsaide čat, wičout consel of Godwyn, Alurede was
     neuer put vnto deč; Wherefore y awarde, as tochyng my part,
     čat him-self and his sone, and eueryche of vs xij Erles čat beč
     his frendes, wende bifore če Kyng chargede wič alse miche golde
|r16 and siluer as we mowe bere bytuene oure hondes, & prayng če
     Kyng for¨eue his euel wille to če Erle Godwyn, and resceyue his
     homage, & his landes ¨elde a¨eyn." & alle čai accordede vnto čat
     awarde, and comen in čis maner as is aboue-saide, eueryche
|r20 of ham wič golde & siluer, |r[f.72r] as miche as čai myght bere bituenes
     here hondes, bifore če Kyng; and čai saiden če fou[r]me and če
     maner of her accord and of her awarde.  The Kyng wolde nou¨t
     ham gayne-saie; but alse miche as čai wolde ordeyne, he
|r24 grauntede & confermede; And so was če Erl Godwyn accordede
     wič če Kyng, & hade a¨eyne al his lande; and aftirward he bar
     him so wel & so wiseliche čat če Kyng louede him wonder myche,
     & with him was ful priue. And wičin a litel tyme če Kyng
|r28 louede him so miche čat he spousede Godwynus doughter, and
     made her Quene; and neuerčeles, for al čat, čou¨ če Kyng hade
     a wif, he leuede euermore in chastite & in clennes of body, wič_outen 
     eny flesshely dede doyng with his wif; & če Quene also,
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     Kyng leuede al his lif wičouten eny wif.  The Kyng ¨af če
     Erldome of Oxenford to Harolde, čat was Godwynes sone, & made
     him Erle; and so wel čai were bilouede, boče če fader and če
 |r4 sone, & so pryue wič če Kyng, čat čai myght do what čing
     čai wolde by righte, for a¨eynes ryght he wolde nou¨ts done
     for no maner man, so gode and trew he was of consciens; and
     čerfore our Lorde Ihesu Crist, grete special loue to him shewed.
 |r8 How seynt Edward saw Swyn, Kyng of Denmarc, drenche in
     če see at če sacrament, as he stode & herde masse.
     Capitulo Centesimo.  xxviij=mo=.
     |r<b> HIt bifelle oppon Whitsonday, as Kyng Edward herde his
|r12    masse in če grete cherch of Westmynstre, ryght at če
     leuacioun~ of Ihesu Cristes body, and as al men were gaderede into
     če cherche, & comen neyer |r[f.72v] če auter, sacring forto see,  The
     Kyng his hondes lifte vp an hye, and a grete laughter toke op;
|r16 wherfore all čat aboute him stode, gretly gon wonder; & after
     masse čai axede whi če kyngus laughter was.  "Faire lordes,"
     quod če Kyng, "Swyn če ¨onger, čat was Kyng of Denmarc,
     come into če see wič al his power forto haue comen into
|r20 Engeland, oppon~ vs forto haue werrede; and y saw him and all
     his folc drenche in če hye see: & al čis saw y in če eleuacioun
     of Ihesu Cristes body bytuene če prestes hondes; & y hade čerof
     so miche ioye, čat y myght nought my laughter wičholde."
|r24  And če Erl Leueriche bisides him stode at če leuacioun~, &
     openlich he saw če fourme of brede turne into če lickenesse of a
     knaf childe ¨ong, and toke op his right hande, & ferst blessede
     če Kyng, and afterward če Erle. And če Erle turnede him
|r28 anone toward če Kyng, to make him see čat holy sight.  And
     čo saide če Kyng: "sir Erle," quod he, "I see wel čat ¨e seeč,



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     čankede be God čat y haue honourrede my God, my saueoure,
     Visibili Ihesu Crist in fourme of man, whos name bene blessede
     in al worldes! Amen!"
 |r4 How če ryng čat Sent Edward hade ¨euen to a pore pilgrime,
     for če loue of seynt Iohan Euaungelist, come a¨eyn vnto
     Kyng Edward. Capitulo Centesimo xxix=mo=.
     |r<b> THis noble man Seynt Edwarde regnede xiij čere. & čus hit
 |r8    bifelle oppon~ a tyme biforne er he deide, čat ij men of
     Engeland were went to če Holy Lande, & haden done her
     pilgrimage, & wer goyng a¨eyne toward her owen contre.  And
     as čai went in če way, čai mette a pilgrime čat curtesly haln
|r12 |r[f.73r] Saluede, and axede of ham in wh[a]t lande & in What contre čai
     were born; & čai saide "in Engeland."  čo axede he who was
     Kyng of Engeland; and čai ansuerede & saide "če goode Kyng
     Edward." "Faire frendes," čo saide če pilgrime, "when čat če
|r16 come into ¨our contre a¨eyne, y praye čow čat ¨e wolde gone
     vnto Kyng Edward, and ofte-tymes him grete in my name, &
     ofte-tymes čank him of his grete curtesye čat he to me hač done,
     A[nd] nameliche for če ryng čat he ¨af me when he hade herde
|r20 masse at Westmynstre, for seynt Iohnes loue Euaungelist," and
     toke čo če Ryng to če pilgrimes, and saide, "y pray ¨ow forto
     gon & bere čis ryng, & take hit to Kyng Edward, & telle him
     čat y sende hit him; and a ful ryche ¨ift y wil him ¨eue; for
|r24 oppon~ če tuelfeč day he shal come to me, & euermore duelle in
     blisse wičouten ende."  "Sir," saide če pilgrimes, "what man
     beč ¨e, & in what place is ¨our duellyng?"  "Faire frendes,"
     quod he, "I ame Iohan Euaungelist & am duellyng wič Almyghty
|r28 God; & ¨our Kyng Edward is my frende, & y loue him specialy
     for encheson~ čat he hač euer Leuede in clennesse, and is clene
     maide; and y pray ¨ow my message al forto done as y haue to
     ¨ow saide."  When seynt Iohan Euaungelist hade čus ham
|r32 chargede, sodeynly he voidede out of her sight.
        če pilgrimes čo čankede Almyghty Gode, & went forč in her
     way.  & when čai hade gon ij or iij myle, čai bigon to waxen



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     wery, & sette adoune ham forto reste; & so čai felle and slepte.
      And when čai hade slepte wel, one of ham |r[f.73v] awoke, & lifte vp
     is heuede & lokede aboute & saide vnto his felaw, "arise op, and
 |r4 wende we in oure way." "What," saide čat on felaw to čat
     očer, "where be we nowe?"  "Certis," saide čat očere felawe,
     "it semeč me čat it is nou¨t če same contreye čat we laide vs in
     forto reste & slep, for we were čo fro Ierusalem but iij mile."
 |r8  čai tok op her hondes, and blessede ham, & went forč in her
     waye. & as čai went in here way čai saw sheperdes goyng
     wič her shepe, čat spoken none očere langage but Englisshe.
      "Leue frendes," quod on of če pilgrimes, "what contre is čis, &
|r12 who is lorde čerof?" and one of če sheperdes ansurede: "čis is
     če cuntre of Kent, in Engeland, of če whiche če gode Kyng
     Edward is lorde."  če pilgrimes čankede čo Almyghty God &
     seynt Iohan euaungelist, & went forč in her way, & come to
|r16 Kaunterbery, & fro čens vnto London~; and čere čai fonden če
     Kyng, & tolde him fro če bigynny[n]g vnto če ende as miche as
     seynt Iohan hade ham chargede, & of al čingus how čai spedden
     by če way, & toke če ryng to Kyng Edward; & he vnderfonge
|r20 hit, & čankede Almyghty God & seynt Iohan Euaungelist, & čo
     made him aredy euery day, fram day to day, forto wende out of
     čis lif when God wolde for him sende.
     How seynt Edwarde [de]ide on the xif day. Capitulo  Cen_tesimo 
|r24  Tricesimo.
     |r<b> ANd after hit bifelle čus in Cristenmasse eve: as če
        holy man Edward was at Godes seruice, matynes forto
     hure of čat holy fest, he bicome ful |r[f.74r] sik, and in če morwe
|r28 endurede wič michel payn masse forto here, & after lete him
     bene lade into his chaumbre, čere forto resten him; but into
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     come, ham forto comfort and solace, as he was wonte forto
     done at čat worči feste; Wherfore al his merč & comfort amongus
     alle čat were in če halle was turnede into care and sorwe, for
 |r4 enchesoun~ čat čai drade forto lese her gode Lorde če Kyng.
      And oppon~ seynt Iohn~es day Euaungelist čat čo come next,
     če Kyng vnderfonge his rightes of holy cherche, as fallič to euery
     Cristen man, & abode če mercy & wille of God.  And čo ij
 |r8 pilgrimes he lete bifore him come, and ¨af ham riche ¨iftes, &
     bitoke ham vnto God. And also če Abbot of Westmynstre he
     lete bifore him come, & toke him čat ryng in honour of Gode
     & of Seynt Iohan Euaungelist. And če Abbot toke hit &
|r12 put hit amonge očere reliqes, so čat it is at Westmynstre, &
     euer shal be. and so lay če Kyng sike to če xij eve; & čo
     deide če gode Kyng Edward at Westmynstre; & čere he lič, for
     whos loue God hač done meny miracles. And čis was in če čere
|r16 of Incarnacioun~ of oure Lorde Ihesu Crist, M=l=.lxv. čere; &
     after he was translatede, & put into če shryne, črou¨ če noble
     Martir Seint  Thomas of Kaunterbery.
     How Harolde, čat was Godwynus sone, was made Kyng; &
|r20 how he scapede fro če Duc of Britaign. Capitulo Cen_tesimo 
     xxxj=o=.
     |r<b> WHen Seynt Edward was gone oute of čis worlde, & was
        gone to God, & worčely enterede, as perteynede to
|r24 soche a lorde forto bene, če barons |r[f.74v] of če Land Wolde haue
     hade Edward Helyngus, sone to Edward če Outlaghe, čat was
     Edmundus sone Irensyde, to bene Kyng, for-asmiche as he was
     moste kyndest kynges blode of če reaume.  But Harold, sone
|r28 črou¨ če Erle Godwyn, & če strengč of his fader Godwyn, & črou¨
     očere grete lordes of če reaume čat were of here Kyn & vnto him
     sib, seisede al Engeland into his Honde, & anone lete crone him
     Kyng, after če enterement of Seynt Edward.  This Harolde,



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     čat was Godwynus sone, če secunde ¨ere after čat Seynt Edward
     was dede, Wolde haue gone into Flaundres, but he was dryuen
     črou¨ tempest into če contre of Pountif, & čere he was take &
 |r4 brou¨t vnto Duc William.  And čis Harolde wende čo čat če
     Duc William wolde haue bene avenged oppon~ him, for encheson
     čat če Erl Godwyn, čat was Haroldes fader, hade done quelle
     Alurede, čat was Seynt Edwardus bročer, and principaly for
 |r8 Alurede, Quene Emmes sone, čat was Richardes moder, Duk of
     Normandye, čat was Aile to če Duc William.  And nočeles,
     when če Duc William hade Harolde in prisoun~ & vnder his
     power, for-alses-miche as čis Harold was a noble knyght, wise, &
|r12 worči of Body, & čat his fader & he were accordede wič če gode
     Kyng Edward, & čerfore wolde nou¨t mysdone him, but al
     maner čingus čat bituene ham were spoken & ordeynede, Harolde
     by his gode Wille suore oppon a boke & oppon Holy seynt¨, čat he
|r16 shulde spouse and wedde Duc Williamus dou¨ter after če deč of
     Seynt Edward, and čat he shulde besely |r[f.75r] done His deuer forto
     Kepe & saue če reaume of Engeland, to če profite & auauntage of
     Duc William.  And when Harolde hade čus made his oth vnto
|r20 Duc William, he lete him gone, & ¨af him riche ¨iftes; And he
     čo went čens, & come into Engeland, & anone dede in čis maner
     when Seint Edward was dede; and as man falsely forsuore, he
     lete crone him Kyng of Engeland, & falsely brac če couenaunt¨
|r24 čat he hade made bifore wič Duc William; wherfore he was
     wič him wonder wroče, & swore čat he wolde oppon~ him bene
     avengede, whateuer so him bifelle.  And anone William
     lete assemble a grete hoste, and come into Engeland, to avenge
|r28 him oppon Harolde, & to conquere če lande if čat he myght.
      And in če same ¨ere čat Harold was cronede, Harold Hare_strenge
     Kyng of Denmarc, arryuede in Scotland, and čou¨[t] haue, 
     be kyng of Engeland. & he come into Engeland, & quellede &
|r32 robbede, & destroiede al čat he might, til čat he come to żorke;
     & čere he quellede meny men of Armys M=l=, & an C prestes.



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      When čis tyding come to če Kyng, he assemblede a strong
     power, and went forto fei¨t wič Harold of Denmarc, & wič his
     owen honde him quellede, and če Danois were descomfitede; &
 |r4 čo čat lafte alyue, wič myche sorwe went to her shippes; and
     čus Kyng Harolde of Engeland quellede Kyng Harold of Denmarc.
     How William Bastard, Duc of Normandy, come into Engeland,
     & quellede Kyng Harold. Capitulo vj=xx= xij.
 |r8 |r<b> ANd when čis bataile was done, Harolde bicome |r[f.75v] so prout, and
        wolde nou¨t departe with his peple of čing čat he hade
     gete, but helde it al towardes him-self; Wherfore če most part
     of his men were wroč, and fram him departede, so čat oneliche
|r12 wič him lefte no mo but his soudeours.  And oppon a day, as
     he sate at če mete, messagers comme to him, & saide čat William
     Bastard, Duc of Normandye, was Arryuede in Engeland wič a grete
     host, and hade taken al če lande aboute Hastynge, & hade also
|r16 mynede če castell.  When če Kyng hade herde čis tydynges,
     he went čider wič a litil peple in al če hast čat he myght, for a
     litel peple was wič him lefte.  And when he was comen čider,
     he ordeynede forto ¨eue bataile to če Duc William; but če Duc
|r20 axede him of čise iij čingus: if čat he wolde haue his doughter
     to wif, as he hade made & swore his othe & bihight; or čat
     he wolde halde če lande of him in truage; or čat he wolde determine
     čis čing bi bataile.  čis Harold was a prout man & a stout, and
|r24 truste wonder miche oppon~ his owen strengč, & fau¨t wič the
     duc & wič his peple; but Harold & his men were descomfitede, &
     himself was čere slayn. & čis bataile was endede at Tonbrigge,
     in če secunde ¨ere of his regne, oppon~ seynt Kalixtes day; and
|r28 he lič at Waltham.
     Of Kyng William Bastard, & how he gouernede him wel &
     wisely; & of če werr bituene him & če Kyng of Fraunce.
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     |r<b> WHen William Bastard, Duc of Normandye, hade conquerede
        al če land, oppon~ Cri[s]tenmasse day čo next sewyng he
     lete crone him kyng at Westmynstre, & was a worči kyng, & ¨af
 |r4 to Englisshemen largly landes, & to his knyghtes.  And after_ward 
     he went ouer če see, & come |r[f.76r] into Normandye, & čere
     duellede a while; & in če secunde ¨ere of his regne he come a¨eyne
     vnto Engeland, and brou¨t wič him Maude his wif, and lete
 |r8 crone here quene of Engeland, on Whitsonday.  And čo anone
     after, če Kyng of Scotland čat me callede Mancolum, bigon to
     werr and stryue wič Duc William; and he ordeynede him čo
     toward Scotland wič his men, boče by lande and by see, forto
|r12 destroy če Kyng Mancolum. but čai were accordede, & če Kyng
     of Scotland, Mancolum, bicome his man, and helde al his lande of
     him; and Kyng William resceyuede of him his Homage, and come
     a¨eyne into Engeland.  And when Kyng William hade bene
|r16 Kyng xvij čere, Maude če Quene deide, on whom Kyng William
     hade geten meny faire cheldern, čat is forto seyne, Robert Curthose,
     William le Rous, Richar also čat deide, Henry Beauclerc, & Maude
     also, čat was če Erles wif of leyns, and očere iiij doughtre.
|r20  And after his wifes deth, grete debate bigan bituene him & če
     Kyng of Fraunce, Philippe; but atte če laste čai were accordede;
     and čo duellede če Kyng of Engeland in Normandye, and no man
     him werrede, ne he no man, longe tynle. a d če Kyng of Fraunce
|r24 saide oppon~ a day in scorne of Kyng William, & saide čat `Kyng
     William hade longe leyen a childe bed, & longe tyme hač
     restede him.'  And čis worde come to če Kyng of Engeland čere
     čat he laye in Normandy, atte Roen; and for čis word was čo
|r28 euel paiede for čat worde, & ek wonder wrothe toward če
     Kyng of Fraunce, and swore čo by God čat, when he were arise
     of his gisyne, he wolde li¨t a čousand candelles to če Kyng of
     Fraunce.  And anone lete assem*ble |r[f.76v] a grete hoste of Normandye
|r32 and of Engelisshe-men; and in če bigynnyng of Heruest he come
     into Fraunce, & brent alle če tounes čat he come by, črou¨ alle če
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     Fraunce. & at če laste he brent če toun~ of Mandes, & com_mandede 
     his peple forto bere wode, & as miche as myght brenne;
     & him-self halpe čerto, al čat he myghte, wič gode wille.  And
 |r4 čere was grete hete, what of fyre čat was so grete, & of če sone čat
     čo was wonder hote, čat al stuffled him-self was, & felle into a
     grete sikenesse. and when he saw čat he was so stronge sike, he
     ordeynede and assignede al Normandy vnto Robert Curthese, his
 |r8 sone, and al Engeland to William če Rous, & biquač to Henry
     Beauclerc al his tresoure.  And when he hade čus done, he
     vnderfonge alle his sacrament¨ of holy cherche, & deide, če xxij
     ¨ere of his regne, & lič at Caam in Normandye.
|r12 Of Kyng William Rous, čat was William Bastardes sone, čat
     destroiede tounes & hous of religioun~ fort[o] make če
     new Foreste. Capitulo  Centesimo xxxiiij=to=.
     |r<b> ANd after čis William Bastard, regnede his sone William
|r16    Rous, & was a wonder contrarious man to God and to holy
     cherche, & lete amende & make če toune of Cardeys čat če
     paynemys hade destroied.  This Kyng William destroiede holy
     cherche and alle here possessions, in what partye he mi¨t ham
|r20 fynde; and čerfore čere was so miche debate bituene him & če
     Erchebisshope of Kaunterbery, Ancelyn, for enchesoun~ čat he
     vnderfonge him of his Wickednesse, čat he destroiede Holy
     cherche; & for encheson čerof, če Kyng to him bare grete wrač;
|r24 & for čat cause he exilede him out of če lande; & če erchebisshop
     čo |r[f.77r] Went to če courte of Rome, and čere du[e]llede wič če Pope.
      & čis Kyng mx ade če new Forest, and caste doun~ & destroiede
     xxvj tounes & iiij house of religion~, al forto makeis foreste longer
|r28 & broder, & bicome wonder glade & prout of his wode & of his
     Forest, and of če wilde bestes čat wer čerin, čat it was mervailous
     forto wete, so čat men callede him `keper of wodes & of pastures.'
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     God & to holy cherche, & to alle his men. & čis kyng lete make
     če grete halle of Westmynstre; and so oppon a Whitsonday
     he helde čerin his ferste feste, he lokede aboute him, & saide
 |r4 čat če halle was to litel by haluendele.  And at če laste he
     bicome so contrarious, čat al čing čat plesede God, displesede him;
     and al čing čat gode men louede, he hatede dedly.  And so
     hit befel čat he dremede & mette oppon a ny¨t, bifore a litil or
 |r8 čat he deide, čat he was bloode, & bledde a grete quantite of
     bloode, and a streme of blode lepte an hye toward Heuen more
     čan an hundred Venithe; and če clerenesse of če day was
     turnede al to derkenesse, and če firmament also.  And when he
|r12 awoke, he hade grete drede, so čat he nyste what to done; & tolde
     his dreme to meny of his conseile, & saide čat he hade grete drede,
     & supposede čat him was some meschaunce to come.  And če
     secunde nyght bifore, a monke dremed of če househald, čat če
|r16 kyng went into a cherche wič miche peple; and he was so prout
     čat he despisede al če peple čat was wič him; & so he toke če
     ymage of če crucifixe, & shamefully bote hit with his teič; and
     če crucifix mekely soffrede al čat he dede; but če kyng, as a wode
|r20 man, rent of če Armys of če |r[f.77v] crucifixe and caste it vnder
     his feete, & defoulede it and črewe it al brode; and a grete
     flame of fire come out of če crucifixe¨ mouthe; of če whiche
     dreem, meny a man hade grete wonder.  The gode man čat
|r24 dremede čis dreem tolde it to a knyght čat čo was moste priue wič
     če Kyng of al men; & če knyght me callede Hamundus sone; &
     če monke and he tolde če dreem to [the] Kyng, & saide čat it
     shulde bitoken očere čing čan gode; and nočelesse če Kyng lau¨hede
|r28 čerat ij or iij, & litil sette čerof;  And čou¨t čat he wolde
     gone Hunte & pleye in če forest. and his men conseiled him
     čat he shulde nou¨t čat day, for no maner čing, come in če wode,



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     so čat he abode at home bifore mete.  But anone as he hade
     eten, nočing might him lette but he wolde go to če wode forto
     haue his disporte.  And so hit bifelle čat one of his knyghtes
 |r4 čat hight Walter Tyrel, wolde haue shotte to an herte; & his
     Arwe glasede oppon a braunche, & črou¨ misauenture smote če
     Kyng to če hert; & so he felle doune dede to če grounde, wič_outen 
     eny worde spekyng, & so he endede his lif.  And it was
 |r8 non grete wonder, for čat day čat he dede, he hade late to ferme
     če Erchebisshoppriche of Kaunterbery, and xij Abbays also, &
     euermore dede grete destruccioun~ to holy cherche črou¨ wrongeful
     takynges and askyngus; for no man derst wičsayen čat he wolde
|r12 haue done; & of his lučernesse he wolde neuer wičdrawe neyčer,
     to amende his lif; and čerfore God wolde suffre him no longer
     regne in his wickednesse. & he hade bene kyng xiij ¨ere and vj
     wokes, & lič at Wynchestre.
|r16 Of Kyng Henry Beauclerc, čat was William |r[f.78r] le Rousus
     bročer; & of če debate bituene him & Robert Curthose,
     his bročer. Capitulo Centesimo  xxxv.
     |r<b> ANd when čis William Rous was dede, Henry Beauclerc his
|r20    bročer was made kyng, for enchesoun čat William Rous
     hade non childe bigeten of his body. & čis Henry Beauclerc
     was cronede kyng at London, če ferče day after čat his bročer was
     dede, čat is to seyne, če v day of August.  And anone as
|r24 Ancellyn, čat was Erchebisshop of Kaunterbery, čat was at če
     court of Rome, herde čat William Rous was dede, he come a¨eyne
     into Engeland; & Kyng Henry Beauclerc welcomede him wič
     michel honoure.  & če ferst ¨er čat Kyng Henry was cronede,
|r28 he spused Maude, čat was Margaretes dou¨ter, če Quene of Scot_land;
     & če Erchebisshop Ancellyn wedede ham.  And čis
     Kyng bigate oppon his wif ij sones & a dou¨ter, čat is to seyne,
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     Emperesse of Almayne.  And in če secunde ¨ere of his regne,
     his bročere Robert Curthose, čat was duc of Normandye, come wič
     an huge nauy into Engeland, forto chalange če land; but črou¨
 |r4 conseile of če wise men of če land, čai were accordede in čis
     maner: čat če Kyng shulde ¨eue če Duc his bročer a čousand li
     euery ¨ere; and whiche of ham longeste leuede, shulde bene očeres
     heire; & so bituene ham shulde bene none debate ne stryf.
 |r8  And when čai were čus accordede, če Duc went home a¨eyne
     into Normandy. And when če Kyng hade regnede iiij ¨ere, aros a
     grete debate bituene him & če Erchebisshop of Kaunterbery,
     Ancellyn, for cause čat če Erchebisshop wolde |r[f.78v] nou¨t graunt če
|r12 Kyng forto take taliages of Holy cherche at his wille; and čer_fore 
     če Erchebisshop eftesones went ouer če see vnto če court
     of Rome, & čere duellede wič če Pope.  And in če same ¨ere če
     Duc of Normandye come into Engeland forto speke wič his bročer.
|r16 And amonges očere činges, če duc of Normandy for¨af to če
     Kyng, his bročer, če forsaide M=l= li by ¨ere čate shulde paie
     him; & wič gode loue če Duc went čo into Normandye
     a¨eyn.
|r20     And when čo ij ¨ere were gone, črou¨ enticement of če deuel
     & of a lučer man, a grete debate aros bituene ham, če Kyng &
     če duc, so čat če Kyng, črou¨ conseile, went ouer into Normandye.
     And when če Kyng of Engeland was comen into Normandye,
|r24 alle če grete lordes of Normandye turnede čo to če Kyng of
     Engeland, & helde a¨eyns če Duc, here owen lorde, & him
     forsoke, & to če Kyng ham ¨olden, and alle če castelles & gode
     tounes of Normandye. And sone after was če Duc taken, & lad
|r28 wič če Kyng into Engeland, and če Kyng lete put če Duc into
     prisoun~. & čis was če vengaunce of God; for when če Duc was
     in če Holy Land God ¨af him suche might & honour čere,
     wherfore he was chose to ben Kyng of Ierusalem; and he
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     him čat shame & despite, forto bene put into his bročeres prisoun.
      čo seisede Kyng Henry al Normandye into his hand, & helde
     hit al his lifes tyme. & če same ¨ere come če bisshop Ancellyn
 |r4 fram če court of Rome into Engeland a¨eyne, & če Kyng & he
     were accorded.  And in če ¨ere nexte comyng after, čere bigan
     a grete debate bytuene Kyng |r[f.79r] Philippe of Fraunce & Kyng Henrys
     of Engeland. Wherfore Kyng Henry went into Normandye;
 |r8 and če werr was stronge bituenes ham ij; and čo deide če Kyng
     of Fraunce; & Lowys his sone was made Kyng anone after his
     deč; and čo went Kyng Henry a¨eyne into Engeland, & mariede
     Maude his doughter to Henry, če Emperour of Almayn.
|r12 Of če debate čat was bituene Kyng Lowys of France &
     Kyng Henry of Engeland; & how Kyng Henrie¨ ij sones
     were loste in če hye see.  Capitulo  Centesimo  Tri_cesimo 
      Sexto.
|r16 |r<b> WHen Kyng Henry had bene Kyng xvij ¨ere, a grete
        debate aroos bitue[n] him & Kyng Lowys of Fraunce,
     for enchesoun~ čat če Kyng hade sent into Normandy to his men,
     for čai shulde bene helpyng to če Erle of Bleynes as miche as
|r20 čai myght, in werre a¨eynes če Kyng of Fraunce, and čat čai
     were as redy vnto him as čai wolde bene vnto here owen lord,
     for enchesoun~ čat če Erle hade spousede his sustre, Dame Maude;
     for whiche enchesoun če Kyng of Fraunce dede miche harme
|r24 & sorwe to Normandye. wherfore če Kyng of Engeland was
     wonder wroč, & in hast went ouer če see into Normandye wič a
     grete power, forto defende čat londe; & če werre bituene ham
     laste ij ¨ere, til at če laste čai ij fou¨ten to-geder, & če Kyng of
|r28 France was descomfitede, & vnneče scapede away wič miche
     peyn; and če moste part of his men were taken, & dede wič
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     some he lete put to deč; but afterward čo ij kyngus were
     accordede.  And when Kyng Henry hade holiche al če land
     |r[f.79v] of No[r]mandye, and scomfitede his enemys of Fraunce, he turned
 |r4 a¨eyne into Engeland wič michel honour. and his ij sones,
     William and Richard, wolde come after her fader, and went to če
     se wič a grete company of peple; but er čat čai might come to
     lond, če shipp come a¨eyn a grete roche, and brake al into
 |r8 pices; and alle were drenched čat were čerin, saf one man čat
     was in če same shipp čat ascaped; and čis was on seynt Kateryness
     day.  And čise were če names of ham čat were drenchede, čat
     is to seyn: William, če Kynges sone, Richarde his bročer, če Erl
|r12 of Chestre, Octouyle his bročer, Geffray Ridel, Walter Emurcy,
     Gedfreye Erchedeken, če Kynges doughter, če Countesse of Perches,
     če Kyngus nece, če Countesse of Chestre, and meny očer.
      When Kyng Henry and očere lordes arryued were in Engeland,
|r16 and harde čise tidyngus, čai made sorwe ynow¨; & al her merče &
     ioye was turnede čo into sorwe & care.
     How Maude če Emperesse come a¨ey[ne] into Engeland; and
     how she was afterward wedded to Gaufrey, če Erl of
|r20 Angoy. Capitulo Centesimo xxxvij.
     |r<b> ANd when čat ij ¨ere were gone, čat če Erl hade duellede wič
        če Kyng, če Erl went čo fro če Kyng, and biganne to
     werre oppon~ him, & dede miche harme in če lande of Normandye.
|r24 Wherfore Kyng Henry was sore annoiede when he herde če
     tydynges. wič al če haste čat he myght, he passede če see, and
     come into Normandye, and toke čere a stronge castel, & čere
     helde him al čat ¨ere. And čo come to him tydynges čat
|r28 Henry, |r[f.80r] če Emperour of Almaigne, čat hade spousede Mand his
     dou¨ter, was dede, and čat she duellede no longer in Almaigne,
     and čat she wolde come a¨eyne into Normandy to her fader.
      And when she was comen to him, he toke her čo wič him,
|r32 and come a¨eyne into Engeland, & made če Englisshemen to
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     made če oth was William če Erchebisshop of Kaunterbury, and
     čat očere Kyng Dauid of Scotland, & after him, al če Erles &
     barons of Engeland.  And after čat, če noble man, če Erl of
 |r4 Angoy, a worči kny¨t, sent to če Kyng of Engeland čat he wolde
     grant him forto haue his doughter to spouse, Maude če Emperesse.
      And for enchesoun~ čat her fader wist čat he was a noble man,
     če Kyng grauntede him, & consentede čerto, and čo tok his
 |r8 doughter, and ladde her into Normandye, & come to če noble
     kny¨t če Erl Gaufrid; & he spousede če forsaide Maude wič
     michel honoure; & če Erl bigate oppon her a sone čat men
     callede `Henry, če Emperesse sone.'  And after, when al čis
|r12 was done, Kyng Henry duellede al čat ¨ere in Normandy. and
     after čat, longe tyme, a grevous sikenesse toke him, wherfore he
     deide. & čis Kyng Henry regnede xxxv ¨ere & iiij mounčes; &
     after he deide, as bifore is saide, in Normandy; & his hert was
|r16 enterede in če grete cherche of oure Lady of Roen, & his body was
     brou¨t wič michel honour into Engeland, & enterede at Redyng
     in če Abbay; & of če which Abbay he was bigynner &
     Foundoure.
|r20 |r[f.80v] How Stephene, Kyng Henryes suster sone, Was made Kyng
     of Engeland. Capitulo  Centesimo  Tricesimo  Octauo.
     |r<b> After čis Kyng Henry čat was če ferst, was made Kyng his
        Nevew, his sustres sone, Stephen, Erl of Boloigne; For
|r24 anone as he harde če tidynges of his Vncles deth, he passede če
     see, and come into Engeland, črou¨ conseil & strengč & helpe
     of meny grete Lordes of Engeland (a¨eyn¨ heir oth čat čai hade
     made to Maude če Emperesse), tok če reaume, & lete crone
|r28 Stephen Kyng of če land.  And če erchebisshop William of
     Kaunterbery, čat ferst made če oth to Maude če Emperesse,
     sette če crone ferst opon~ Kyng Stephenus heuede, & him annoyn_tede;
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     partye in-as-miche as he might.  The ferst ¨ere čat Kyng
     Stephen biganne forto regne, he assembled a grete host, & went
     him toward Scotland, forto haue čos werrede oppon če Kyng of
 |r4 Scotland; but he come a¨eynes him in pees & in gode maner, &
     to him trust; but he made to him none homage, for-asmiche as
     he hade made homage to če Emperesse Maude.  And če iiij
     ¨ere of his regne, Maude če Emperesse come into Engeland; & čo
 |r8 bigan debate bituene Kyng Stephen and Maude če Emperesse.
     čis Maude went vnto če citee of Nichole; and če Kyng her
     bisegede longe tyme, & might nou¨t spede, so wel če cite was kepte
     and defendede. and čo čat were wičin če citee queyntly scapedes
|r12 away wičouten eny maner harme; and čo tok če Kyng če citee,
     & duellede čerin to Candelmasse.  And čo come če barons čat
     helde wič če Emperesse, čat is forto seyn, |r[f.81r] če Erl Randulf of
     Chestre, če Erl Robert of Gloucestre, Hughe Bigot, Robert of
|r16 Molleye, & brou¨t wič ham a stronge power.
     How Maude če Emperesse Went fram Wynchestr vnto
     Oxenford; and after she ascapede to Wallyngford; &
     what sorwe & disese  she hade. Capitulo Centesimo
|r20 xxxix=o=.
     |r<b> WHen če Kyng was taken & brou¨t into warde in če
        Castel of Bristow, čis Maude če Emperesse anone was
     lady of Engeland, & alle men helde her for lady of če lande.
|r24  But čo of Kent helde wič Kyng Stephenes wif; and also
     William of Pree & his retenue halpe ham, and helde werre a¨eynes
     Maude če Emperesse. & anone after, če Kyng of Scotland come to
     ham wič a grete nombre of peple; and čo went čai in fere vnto
|r28 Wynchestre, čere čat če Emperesse was, & wolde haue take here;
     but če Erl of Gloucestre come wič his power, & fou¨t wič ham; &
     če Emperesse, in če menewhile čat če bataile durede, scapede fro
     čens, & went vnto Oxenford, & čere her helde. & in čat batail
|r32 was če Erl of Gloucestre descomfitede & taken, & wič him meny
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     delyuerede out of prison.  And when he was delyuerede out
     of prisoun, he went čens to Oxenford, & bisegede če Emperesse
     čat was čo at Oxenford; & če sege endurede fro Michelmasse vnto
 |r4 Seynt Andrewus tyde.  And če Emperesse lete čo cloče her
     al in white lynen cloč, for enchesoun~ čat she wolde nou¨t bene
     knowe, for in če same tyme čere was michel of snowe; and so she
     scapede by če Tamyse fram ham awaye čat were her enemys;
 |r8 & fro čens she went to Wallyngford, & čere here helde.  And
     če Kyng wolde haue bisegede her; |r[f.81v] but he hade so miche to done
     wič če Erl Randulf of Chestre, & wič Hugh Bigot, čat strongelich
     werrede oppon~ him in euery place, čat he ne wist whider to
|r12 turne; and če Erl of Gloucestre halpe ham wič his power.
     How Gaufride, Erl of Angoy, ¨af vp vnto Henry, če
     Emperesse sone, al Normandye. Capitulo Centesimo xl.
     |r<b> ANd after čis, če Kyng went vnto Wilton~, & wolde haue
|r16    made a castel čere; but čo come to him če Erl of Gloucestre
     wič a stronge power, & almost hade take če Kyng; but ¨it če
     Kyng ascapede wič miche payn; & William Marcil čere was
     take, & for whos delyuerance če Kyng ¨af to če Erl of Gloucestre
|r20 če gode castel of Shirburn čat he hade tak.  And when čis was
     done, če Erl Robert, & alle če Kynges enemys, went to Faryndon~,
     & bigonne forto make čere a stronge castel; but če Kyng, wič
     a stronge power, drof ham čens.
|r24    In čat same ¨ere  The Erl Randulf of Chestre was accorded
     wič če Kyng, and come to his court at his commandement; and če
     Erl went haue safliche comen; & če Kyng anone lete take
     him, and put him into prisoun, & most neuer for nočing come out
|r28 čerof til čat he hade ¨elde op to če Kyng če castel of Nichole,
     če whiche he hade tak fro če Kyng wič strengč in če xv ¨ere of
     če regne of Kyng Stephene.  & Gaufride, če Erl of Angoy,
     ¨af vp to Henry al Normandy. In če čere čat next sewede,



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     deide če Erl Gaufrid; and Henry čo anon turnede a¨eyn to
     Angoy, & čere was made Erl wič michel ioye & honour of his
     men of če lande; & to him deden feaute & homage če most parte
 |r4 of his land.  And čo was čis Henry, če Emperesse sone, Erl of
     Angoy & Duc of Nor*mandye |r[f.82r].
         And in če same čere Was made deuorse bituene če Kyng of
     Fraunce & če quene his wif, čat was ryght heir of Gascoigne, for
 |r8 encheson~ čat it was knowe & prouede čat čai wer sib & ney of
     blode; & čo spousede her, Henry če Emperesse sone; & čo was
     he Erl of Angoy, Duc of Normandy, & Duc of Gascoigne.  če
     xviij čere of če regne of Kyng Stephen, čis Henry come into
|r12 Engeland wič a stronge power, and bigan forto werre oppon~
     Kyng Stephen, & toke če castel of Malmesbery, & dede miche
     harme. And če Kyng Stephen hade so miche werre čat he
     wist nou¨t whider to wende; but at če laste čai wer accorded,
|r16 črou¨ če Erchebisshope Theobalde and črou¨ očer worči lordes of
     Engeland, oppon čis condicioun~, čat čai shulde departe če reaume
     of Engeland bituene ham, so čat Henry, če Emperesse sone,
     shulde haue holliche halfe če reaume, and when Kyng Stephen
|r20 were dede, he shulde haue al če lande of Engeland; & čus čai
     were accordede, & pees criede črou¨-out al Engeland.  And
     when če accord was made bituene čo ij lordes, Kyng Stephen
     bicome so sori, for cause čat he hade loste half Engeland, & felle
|r24 into soche a malaldy, & deide in če xix ¨er, viij wokes & v dayes
     of his regne, al in werr & in contak; & he lič in če Abbay of
     Feuersham, če whiche he lete make, če vj ¨ere of his regne.
     Of Kyng Henry čat was če Emperesse sone, in whos tyme
|r28 Seynt Thomas of Kaunterbery was Chaunceller.
      Capitulo  Centesimo xl primo.
     |r<b> ANd after čis Kyng Stephen, regnede Henry |r[f.82v] če Emperesse
        sone, čat Was cronede of če Erchebisshop Theobalde
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     Beket of London~, Erchebisshop of Kaunterbery, was made če
     Kyngus Chanceller of Engeland.  če secunde ¨ere čat he was
     cronede, he lete caste doun~ alle če newe castelles čat were longyng
 |r4 vnto če crone, če whiche Kyng Stephen hade ¨eue vnto diuerse
     men~, & ham hade made erles & barons forto holde wič him, & him
     helpe a¨eyns Henry, če Emperesse sone.  And če iiij ¨ere of his
     regne he put vnder his lordeship če Kyng of Walys. And in če
 |r8 same ¨er, when če Kyng of Scotland had in his owen hande, čat is
     to seyne, če citee of Kerlil, če castel of Bamburghe, če newe castel
     op Tyne, and če Erldome of Lancastre, če same ¨ere če Kyng,
     wič gret power, went into Walys, & lete caste adoun~ wodes, &
|r12 make waies, and made stronge če castel of Rutland & Basynge_were;
     and amonge če castelles he made an house of če temple.
      And in če same čere was Richard his sone born, čat afterward
     was Erl of Oxenford.
|r16     And če iiij ¨ere of hes regne, he made Gaufride, Erl of
     Britaigne; & in čat čere he chaungede his mone. And če vj čere
     of his regne he lade an huge host vnto Tolouse, & conquerede
     hit. And če vij ¨er of his regne, deide Theobalde, če Erche_bissho
|r20 [p] of Kanterbery; and čo al če citee of Kaunterbery, črou¨
     meschief, almost was brent.
     [Thomas a Becket is made Archbishop of Canterbury, and quarrels 
     with the King.]
|r24    če ix ¨er of his regne, Thomas Beket, his Chaunceller, was
     chosen to |r[f.83r] ben Erchebisshop of Kaunterbery; and oppon~ seynt
     Bernardes day he was sacrede.  And in čat čere, born was
     Alienore, če Kynges dou¨ter.  And če x ¨ere of his regne, seynt
|r28 Edmund če Kyng was translatede wič miche honour.  And
     če xj čere of his regne he helde his parlement at Northampton~; &
     fro čens fled Seynt Thomas, Erchebisshop of Kaunterbery, for
     če grete debate čat was bituen če Kyng and him; for if he hade
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     fledde čens wič iij felawes, in fote oneliche, čat no man wist wher
     he was, and went ouer če see to če Pope of Rome.  And čis was
     če principal enchesoun~, forasmiche as če Kyng wolde haue put
 |r4 clerkes to deth čat were atteint of felonye, wičouten eny pryuelege
     of holy cherche.  And če xij ¨ere of his regne, was Iohn~, his
     sone, bore. And če xiij ¨ere of his regne deide Maude če
     Emperesse, čat was his moder; And in čat same ¨ere was Iohane
 |r8 his doughter born.  če xiiij ¨ere of his regne, če Duc Henry of
     Saxoyne spousede Maude, his doughter; & he bigate on here iij
     sones, Henry, Othus, & William.  And in če xv ¨ere of his
     regne, deide če gode Erle Robert of Gloucestre, čat foundede če
|r12 Abbay of Nonnes of Eton.  And in če same ¨ere, Marik, Kyng
     of Ierusalem, conquerede Babilon.  če xvj čere of his regne, he
     lete crone his sone Henry at Westmynstre; & him cronede, Roger,
     če Erchebisshop of żork, in harmyng of Thomas če Erchebisshop of
|r16 Kaunterbery; wherfore če same Roger was acursede of če Pope.
     |r[f.83v] Of Kyng Henry, čat was če Emperesse sone; & of če debate
     čat was bituene him & his fader whiles čat he was in
     Normandye. Capitulo Centesimo xlij=do=.
|r20 |r<b> After če coronacioun~ of Kyng Henry, če sone of Kyng Henry,
        the Emperesse sone, čat same Henry če Emperesse sone
     went ouer into Normandye; and čere he lete marie Elianore, his
     dou¨ter, vnto Dolfynes, čat was Kyng of Almaigne. And in če
|r24 vij čere čat če Erchebisshop Seynt Thomas hade bene outlaghed,
     če Kyng of Fraunce made če Kyng & če Erchebisshop accorded;
     and čo come Thomas če Erchebisshop, to Kaunterbery a¨eyne to
     his owen cherche. And čis accord was made in če bigynnyng of
|r28 Aduent, and afterward he was quellede & martirede, če v day of
     Cristusmasse čat čo next comme. For Kyng Henry čou¨t oppon~
     a day of Thomas, Erchebisshop of Kaunterbery, oppon~ Cristes_masse 
     day as he sate at če mete, and čise wordes saide: čat if
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     avengede of the Erchebisshop Thomas.  And anone Sir William
     [Breton], Sire Hughe Morvile, Sir William Tracy, & Sir Reynold
     Fit¨-Vrse,Beressone in Engelisshe, went into če see, and come
 |r4 into Engeland, to če cherche of Kaunterbery, & him čere čai
     matrede, at seynt Benetes auter in če moder cherche; And čat was
     in če ¨ere of če Incarnacioun~ of Ihesu crist, M=l=. C. lxxij ¨ere.
      And anone after, Henry, če new Kyng, biganne forto make werr
 |r8 oppon Henry, Kyng, his fader, & eke oppon~ |r[f.84r] his brečern.
      And so oppon a tyme če Kyng of Fraunce and al če Kynges
     sones, & ek če Kyng of Scotland & če gretest lordes of Engeland,
     were arisen a¨eynes Henry če fader; & at last, as God wolde, he
|r12 conquerede his enemys; and če Kyng of Fraunce & he were
     accorded. and čo sent Kyng Henr, če fader specialy vnto če Kyng
     of Fraunce, and praede him hertly, for his loue, čat he wolde sende
     to him by lettre če names of ham čat bigonne če werr oppon him.
|r16  And če Kyng of France sent a¨eyn to him by lettre če names
     of ham čat bigon če werr: ferst was Iohn~ his sone, and Richard
     his bročer, & Henry his sone, če newe Kyng.  éo was Henry
     če Kyng wonder wroč, & cursede če tyme čat euer he ham bigate.
|r20 And while če werre durede, Henry his sone, če newe kyng,
      deide, sore repentyng his mysdede; and moste sorw made of eny
     man for cause of Seynt Thomas deč of Kaunterbery; & prayede
     his fader, wič miche sorwe of hert, mercy of his trespasse; and
|r24 his fader for¨af it him, & hade of him grete pite; & aft[er], he
     deide, če xxxvj ¨ere of his regne, and lič at Redynge.
     How če Cristen men loste če Holy Land in če forsaid Kyngus
     tyme, črou¨ a false Cristen man čat bicome a Sarasyne.
|r28 Capitulo Centesimo xliij=to=.
     |r<b> ANd while čat Kyng Henry, če Emperesse sone, leuede &
        regnede, če grete batail was in če Holy Land bituene če
     Cristen men & če Sarasynus; but če Cristen men were čere quellede
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     če Quene |r[f.84v] of Ierusalem, čat somme tyme was Baldewynus wif; but
     she forsoke him, & toke to her lorde a Kny¨t, a worči man čat
     me called Sire Gy Perche¨. Wherfore če Erle of Trip was wroč,
 |r4 and went anone ryght to Saladyn, čat was Soudan of abilon, &
     bicome Saresyn, & his man, & forsoke Cristendome and all Cristen
     law; and če Cristen men wiste nou¨t of čis dede, but wende
     forto haue hade grete helpe of him, as čai were wont to haue
 |r8 bifore. And when čai comen to če batail, čis false Cristen man
     turnede vnto če Sarasynes, and forsoke his owen naciounes; & so
     were če Cristen men čere quellede wič če Sarasynus; and čus wer
     če Cristen men slayne & put to horrible deč, and če citee of
|r12 Ierusalem destroiede, & če holy croice born away.  če Kyng of
     Fraunce & al če grete Lordes of če land lete ham croice forto
     go into the Holy Lande; and among ham went Richard, Kyng
     Henries sone, ferst after the Kyng of France čat tok the crois of
|r16 če Erchebisshop of Toures; but he toke nou¨[t] če viage at čat
     tyme, for enchesoun čat he was lette by očere maner waies čat
     nede moste bene done.  And when Kyng Henry če fader
     hade regnede xxxv=ti= ¨ere & v mounčes and iiij dayes, he deide,
|r20 & lič [at] Founteuerard.
     Of Kyng Richard, čat conquerede all če Holy Land čat
     Cristen men hade loste. Capitulo Centesimo Quadragesimo
     quarto.
|r24 |r<b> ANd after čis Kyng Henry, regned Richard his sone, a
        stronge man & a worči, & also bolde; & he was cronede at
     Wynchestre of če Erchebisshop Baldewynne, Erchebisshop of
     Kaunterbery, the črid day of Septembre; and the secunde ¨ar of
|r28 his regne Kyng Richard him-self and Baldewyne the Erchebisshop
     of Caunterbury, & Huber[t], Bisshop of Salesbery, & Randulf, Erl



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     of Gloucestre, & očere meny lordes of Engeland, went into če Holy
     Land. And in čat viage deide če Erchebisshop |r[f.85r] of Kaunterbery;
     and Kyng Richard went bifore into če Holy Lond, & reste nou¨t
 |r4 til čat he come forče in his way vnto Cypres, and toke Cipres
     wič grete force. & sičen he went fourč toward če Holy Land, &
     gete a¨eyn as miche as če Cristen men haden loste bifore, Kyng
     Richard conquerede & gete hit a¨eyn, saf onely če Holy Croice.
 |r8  And when Kyng Richard come to če toune of Acres, forto gete
     če citee, a grete debate aroos bituene him and če Kyng of
     Fraunce, so čat Kyng Richard went a¨eyne into France, & was
     wroč toward če Kyng of Fraunce; but er čat Kyng Richard
|r12 went a¨eyne, he toke če Citee of Acres.  And when he hade
     taken če citee, he duellede čerin awhile; but to him come
     tydynges čat če Erl Iohn of Oxenford, his bročer, wolde haue
     seisede al Engeland into hisonde, & Normandy also, and wolde
|r16 crone him Kyng of če lande.  And when Kyng Richard herde
     čis tydynges, he went a¨eyn toward Engeland wič al če spede
     čat he myght; but če Duc of Estriche mette wič him & tok him,
     & brou¨t him to če Emperoure of Almaign~; & če Emperour
|r20 brou¨t him into his prisoun~. And afterward he was delyuerede
     for an huge Raunsoun~, čat is, for to paien an.C=M.= li.  And
     for whiche ransoun~ to bene payede, eche očere chalice of Engeland
     was molten & made into monye. And alle če monkes of če
|r24 ordre of Cisteaux ¨euen alle her bokes črou¨ Engeland, to
     done ham forto selle, and to čat ranson~ forto paye.
     How Kyng Richard come a¨eyn fro če Holy Lande, & avenged
     him of his enemys. Capitulo Centesimo Quadragesimo
|r28 quinto.
     |r[f.85v] |r<b> WHiles čis Kyng Richard was in prisoun~, če Kyng of
        Fraunce werrede oppon~ him strongeliches in Normandye,
     and Iohn~ his bročer werrede oppon~ him in Engeland; but če



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     bisshoppis & če barons of Engeland wičstode ham wič al če
     power čat čai hade & myght geten, & helde če castel of Wynde_sore 
     and alle očere castelles.  And če forsaide Iohn saw čat he hade
 |r4 no might ne power a¨eynes če barons of Engeland forto fei¨t; but
     anone him went ouer če see to če Kyng of Fraunce.  And
     when Kyng Richard come out of prisoun~, and was delyuerede, and
     come into Engeland, anone after Candelmasse, in grete haste he
 |r8 went vnto Notyngham, and če castel of Notyngham to him was
     ¨olden; and čo disheritede he Iohn, his bročer, and alle čat wič
     him helde; and after, he went vnto če citee of Wynchestre, and
     čere he lete him crone Kyng eftesones; and after, he went into
|r12 Normandy forto werr oppon če Kyng of Fraunce.  And če
     Kyng of France come wič vj C. kny¨tes toward Gisers; -- and
     Kyng Richard mette him, & čo wolde haue ¨eue him bataile, but
     če Kyng of Fraunce fledde; & an C. kny¨tes of his were take, & ij
|r16 C. stedes were trappede wič yren.  And anone after, went Kyng
     Richard forto bisege če castel of Gaillard.  And as he rode oppon~
     a day by če castel, forto take avisement of če castel, an Arwe_blaster 
     smote him wič a quarel čat was e[n]venymede; and če Kyng
|r20 drow out če shafte of če quarel, but če quarelle hede abode stille in
     his heuede, & hit bigan forto rancle, čat he might nou¨t helpe
     him-self ne |r[f.86r] meve his Armes.  And čo he wist čat he hade
     dethe Wounde, čat he might nou¨t bene hole for no maner čing.
|r24 He commandede anone alle his men sharply forto assaile če
     castel, so čat če castel was taken or čat he deide. And so man_liche 
     his men deden, čat če peple čat were in če castel were al
     taken; and če Kyng dede wič ham what čat he wolde, & com_mandede 
|r28 his men čat čai shulde bryng tofore him če man čat him
     so hade hurte & so hade wondede.  And when he come bifore
     če Kyng, če Kyng axed what was his name; & he saide "Sire,
     my name is Bertram Gurdon~." "Wherfore," saide če Kyng,
|r32 "hast čow me slayn, slč čat y dede če neuer none harme ?"
      "Sire," said he, "čou¨ ¨e dede me neuer harme, če haue done
     to my frendes miche harme; For ¨our-self, wič ¨our owen honde,



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     quellede my fader & my bročer; and čerfor now y han ¨ow
     quytte ¨oure trauaile."  čo saide Kyng Richard: "He čat deide
     oppon če croice to bryng mannus soule fram če pyne of helle,
 |r4 for¨eue ¨ow my deč! and y also for¨eue hit če." čo commandede
     če Kyng čat no man shulde him misdones; but for al če kyngus
     defendyng,  Somme of his men him folwed, & priuely him
     quellede. And če vj day after, če Kyng deide shryuen, and sore
 |r8 repentance hauyng of his misdedes, & was houselede &
     annoyntede. And čis kyng ne regned but ix ¨ere & xxxix
     wokes, & deide, & lič bisides his fader at Founteuerard.
     Of Kyng Iohn~, čat in če ferst ¨ere of his regne loste al
|r12 Normandye. Capitulo Centesimo xlvj=mo=.
     |r<b> WHen Kyng Richard was dede, for enchesoun~ čat |r[f.86v] he hade
        none heir, nočere sone ne doughter, his bročer Iohan was
     made Kyng, an[d] cronede at Westmynstre of Hubert, čat was čo
|r16 Erchebisshop of Kaunterbery.  And when he biganne forto
     regne, he bicome so mervaillous a man, and went ouer into
     Normandye, & werrede oppon~ če Kyng of France. And so longe
     čai werrede to-gedre, til att če laste Kyng Iohn~ loste Normandye &
|r20 Angoy; wherfor he was sore annoiede, & was none mervaile.
      čo lete he assemble byfore him at London~, Erchebisshoppis,
     bisshoppus, Abbotes & Pryours, Erles & barons, and helde čere a
     grete Parlement, & axede čere of če clergye če tenče of euery
|r24 cherche of Engeland, forto conquere & gete a¨eyne Normandy &
     Angoy čat he hade loste. and čai wolde nou¨t graunt čat čing;
     wherfore he was wonder wroč.  And in če same tyme deide če
     Erchebisshop Hubert. And če Priour & če Couent of Kaunter_bery 
|r28 chosen, a¨eynes če Kyngus wille, to bene Erchebisshop,
     Maistre Stephen of Langeton~, a goode clerc čat wonede at če court
     of Rome, & sende to če Pope here elleccioun~; & če Pope
     confermede hit, and sacred hit at Viterbe.  When če Kyng
|r32 wiste čis tydyngus, he was wonder wroč, & drof če Priour & če
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     commandede čat no maner lettre čat come fro če court of Rome,
     ne no comandement, shulde be vnderfong ne pledede in
     Engelond.  When čise tydyngus come to če Pope, he sent
 |r4 vnto Kyng Iohn~ by his lettre, & prayede him wič gode wille &
     gode hert čat he wolde vnderfonge Stephen, |r[f.87r] Erchebisshop of
     Kaunterbery, vnto His cherche, & soffre če Priour & his monkes
     to come a¨eyn to her owen duellyng; but če Kyng wolde nou¨t
 |r8 grant hit for nočing.
     How Kyng Iohan wolde nou¨t do for če Popes com_mandement;
     wherfore al Engeland was enterdite&
     suspended. Capitulo Centesimo xlvij=o=.
|r12 |r<b> ANd at če laste, če Pope sent by his autorite, and ennioynede
     to bisshoppis of Engeland čat, if če Kyng wolde nou¨t
     vnderfonge če Prioure of Kaunterbery and his monkes, čat čai
     shulde do general enterdityng črou¨-oute al Engeland; & grantede
|r16 ful power to iiij bisshopis to pronounce če enterdityng, if it were
     nede:  če ferst was Bisshop William of London~, & čat očer
     Eustace, Bisshop of Ely; če čridde was Walter, če Bisshop of
     Wynchestre; And če ferč was Giles, če Bisshop of Herford.
|r20  And čise iiij bisshoppis praiede če Kyng, knelyng on here knees
     & sore wepyng, čat he wolde do če Popis commandement, and
     shewede him če bullis of the enterdityng; but, for no prayer čat
     čai myght praye, he wolde nou¨t consent čerto. And when če
|r24 bisshopes saw čis, čai went fro če Kyng;  And in če morwe
     after če Annunsiacion~ of oure Lady, čai pronouncede če general
     enter-dytyng črou¨-oute al Engeland, so čat če cherchedores were
     shitte wič Keyes & wič očer fastnyng, and wič wallys.  And
|r28 when če enterdyting was pronuncede, čan če Kyng bigan forto
     wax al out of mesure, and toke into his hondes alle če possessions
     of čo iiij bisshopis, and of al če clergye črou¨-out al če lande,



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     and ordeynede men forto kepe ham, čat če clerkes might nou¨t
     haue here leuyng. Wherfore če biss[hopis curs]ede hami all čat
     put, or shulde medle wič, holy cherche¨ godes, ačeins |r[f.87v] the Wille
 |r4 of ham čat ham owede.
         And Whe[n] če Kyng Wolde nou¨t cesse of his malice for
     no maner čing, če iiij bisshoppis aboue-saide went ouer če see,
     and went to če Erchebisshop of Kaunterbery, and tolde him al
 |r8 če tidyngus.  And če Erchebisshop to ham saide, čat čai shulde
     go a¨eyn to Kanterbery, and he wolde come čider to ham, or
     elles he wolde sende čider certeyn persones in his stede, čat shulde
     done as miche as him-self were čere.  And when če bisshopis
|r12 herde čis, čai turnede a¨eyne vnto Engeland, & come vnto K[a]un_terbery. 
      the tydynges comen to the kyng čat če bisshoppes
     wer come a¨eyne to Kanterbery, and [as] him-self might nou¨t
     come čider čat tyme, he sent čider bisshopes, Erles, Abbotes, forto
|r16 trete wič ham, čat če Kyng shulde vnderfonge če Erchebisshop
     Stephen, & če priour and alle če monkes of Kaunterbery, and
     čat he shulde neuer after čat tyme nočing take of Holy Cherche
     a¨eynes če wille of ham čat owede če godes; and čat če Kyng
|r20 shulde make ful amendes to ham of whame he hade eny godes
     taken, & čat holy cherche shulde haue alle here Fraunchises as
     ferforč as she hade in Seynt Edwardus tyme če Confessoure.
     How Stephen of Langetone comme into Engeland črou¨ če
|r24 Popis commandement, & the[n] went a¨eyn. Capitulo
     Centesimo xlviij=o=.
     |r<b> WHen če fourme of accorde čus was ordeynede, hit was in a
        peire of endentures; & čai put her selx to čat o party,
|r28 and čai čat comen in če Kyngus name put her selx to čat očere
     parte of če endentures. And če iiij bisshoppus aboue-saide toke



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     čat o parte of če endentures wič ham; And če očer parte of
     če endenture čai bare wič ham forto shew če Kyng.  When če
     Kyng saw če fourme, and hit |r[f.88r] vnderstode, he helde him ful wel
 |r4 paiede of al maner čing čat čai hade ordeynede, saf as tochyng
     če restitucion~ of če godes forto make a¨eyne; to čat čing he
     wolde nou¨t accorde; and so he sent worde a¨eyne to če forsaide
     iiij bisshoppis, čat čai shulde done out and put awey čat o pynt
 |r8 of restitucion~; and čai ansuerede čat čai nolde nou¨t done out
     a word.  čo sent če Kyng to če Erchebisshop by čo iiij
     bisshopes, čat he shulde come to Kaunterbery forto speke wič him
     čere, and sent vnto him saf condit, vnder plegges, čat is to seyn,
|r12 his Iustice¨, Gilbert Peytevyn, William de la Breuer, & Iohn~ le
     fi[t]z Hugh, čat in here condit safly he shulde come, & gon~ a¨eyn at
     his wille; & in čis maner če Erchebisshop Stephen come vnto
     Kaunterbery.  And when the Erchebisshop was [come], če
|r16 Kyng come to Chilham, for he wolde come no nyer Kaunterbery at
     čat tyme; but he sent by his tresorer, če bisshope of Wynchestre,
     čat he shulde done out of če endentures če clause of restitucioun
     forto make of če godes.  And če Erchebisshop made his oth čer,
|r20 čat he wolde neuer do oute a worde čerof, ne chaunge of čat
     če bisshopes hade spoken & ordeynede. & so če Erchebisshope
     went a¨eyn to Rome, wič-outen eny more doyng.  Kyng [Iohn]
     was čo miche wročer čan euer he was bifore, and lete make a
|r24 comen crie črou¨-out al Engeland, čat al čo čat haden holy
     cherche rentes, and wenten oner če see, čat čai shulde come a¨eyn
     into Engeland at a certeyn day, and elle¨ čai shulde lese her rentes
     for euermore; and čat he commandede to euery shirryf črou¨out
|r28 Engeland, čat čai shulde enquer if eny bisshop, Abbot, Pryoure,
     or eny očer prelate of Holy cherche, |r[f.88v] fro čat day afterward
     resceyuede eny mandement čat come fro če Pope, čat čai shulde
     tak če body, & brynge hit bifore him; & čat čai shulde take into
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     to eny man črou¨ če Erchebisshop Stephen or by če Pryour of
     Kaunterbery, fram če tyme of če eleccioun~ of če erchebisshope;
      And commandede čat alle če wodes čat were če erchebisshopus
 |r4 shulde bene cast adoun to če grounde, and all solde.
     How Kyng Iohn~ destroyed če ordre of Cisteaux. Capitulo
     Centesimo xlix=o=.
     |r<b> ANd in če same tyme če Irisshe-men bigon~ to werr oppon~
 |r8    Kyng Iohn~; and Kyng Iohn~ ordeynede him forto wende
     into Yrland, and lete arere an huge tax črou¨-out al Engeland,
     čat is to seyn, xxxv Mt mar¨; & sent črou¨-out al Engeland to
     če monkes of če ordre of Cisteaux, čat čai shulde helpe him of vj
|r12 M=l= marc of Siluer; and čai ansuerede & saide čat čai derst
     nočing done wičouten her chief Abbot of Cisteaux. Wherfore
     Kyng Iohn~, when he come a¨eyne fram Irland, he dede han
     so miche sorwe & care, čat čai nist wher forto abide; for he toke so
|r16 miche ransoun of euery hous of ham, če somme amountede ix M=l=
     & iij C mar¨, so čat čai were clene loste and destroyede, &
     voidede her hous & her landes črou¨-out al Engeland.  And the
     Abbot of Wauersey drade so miche his manace, čat he forsoke al
|r20 his Abbay, & went čens, and pryuely ordeynede him ouer če
     see to če hous of Cisteaux.  When če tydynges come to če
     Pope, čat če Kyng had done so miche malice, čo was he toward
     če Kyng ful wroč, and sent ij legates to če Kyng, -- čat on me
|r24 callede Pandolf, & čat očere Duraunt, -- čat čai |r[f.89r] shulde warne če
     Kyng, in če Popis name, čat he shulde cesse of his persecucion~
     čat he dede vnto holy cherche, & amende če wrong and trespasse
     čat he hade done to če Erchebisshope of Kanterbery, & vnto če
|r28 monkes of Kaunterbery, & to al če clergye of Engeland, and čat
     he shulde restore če godes a¨eyn čat he hade taken of ham a¨eyns
     her wille, & elles čai shulde curse the Kyng by name; and to
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     bulles patent.  čise ij legates comen into Engeland, and comen
     to če Kyng to Northampton, čere čat he helde his parlement; &
     ful curteisely čai him salued, and saide: "Sire, we beče comen
 |r4 fro če Pope of Rome, če pees of holy cherche & če lande forto
     amend; and we monest ¨ow ferste in če Popis half, čat če make
     ful restitucioun of če godes čat ¨e haue rauisshede of holy cherche
     & of če land, & čat če vnderfonge Stephen Erchebisshop of
 |r8 Kanterbery, into his dignite, and če Priour of Kaunterbery & his
     monkes, & čat če ¨elde a¨eyn fo če Erchebisshope alle his landes
     & rentes, wičout eny wičholdyng.  And Sire, more-ouer, čat
     če soche restitucioun~ ham make, as holy cherche shal holde her
|r12 paiede."
         čo ansuerede če Kyng; "as tochyng če Priour & his
     monkes of Kaunterbery, al čat če haue saide, y wille gladelyche
     do, & al čing čat če wille ordeyne.  But as tochyng če
|r16 Erchebisshop, y shal telle čow in myn hert as it lič, čat če
     Erchebisshop lete his bisshopriche, & čat če Pope čan for him
     wolde praye, & čan oppon~ aventure me shulde like some očere
     bisshopriche forto ¨eue him in Engeland; and oppon~ čis
|r20 condicioun~ y wil him resceyue and vnderfonge.  And nočeles
     in Engeland, as Erchebisshop yf |r[f.89v] he abide, he shal neuer haue so
     gode saf condit čat he ne shal ben tak."  čo saide Pandolf
     vnto če Kyng: "holy cherche was neuer wont to disgrade
|r24 Erchebisshop wičouten cause resonable; but euer she was wont
     to chastice Pry[n]ces čat to God & holy cherche were in-obedient."
      "What! how now?" quod če Kyng, "manace ¨e me ?"  "Nay,"
     saide Pandolf, "but ¨e now openly haue tolde as it stondeč in
|r28 ¨our hert; & to čow we wil tel what is če Popis wille; & čus it
     stant: čat he hač ¨ow holiche enterditede & accursede for če
     wronges čat ¨e haue done to holy cherche & to če clergye. & for_as
     -miche as ¨e duellič & beč in wil to abide in ¨our malice, and
|r32 wil nou¨t come to none emendement, če shal vnderstond čat fro
     čis tyme afterward če centence is oppon~ ¨ow ¨euen, & halde stede



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     & strengč; and all čo čat wič čow hač communede or čis tyme,
     Whečer čat čai beč Erles or barons, knyghtes or eny očer,
     what-so-euer čat čai bene, we ham assoile safly vnto čis day.
 |r4 And fro čis tyme afterward, of what condicion so-euer he be, we
     ham acurse čat wič čow communen, and do we sentence oppon~
     ham openly & specialy.  And we assoile quyte Erles & baron~s,
     kny¨t¨, & al očer maner men, of her homages, seruices & feauteč,
 |r8 čat čai shulde vnto čow done.  And čls čing to conferme, We
     ¨eue pleyn power to če Bisshop of Wynchestre & to če Bisshop
     of Norwich;  And če same power we ¨eue into Scotland to če
     Bisshop of Rouchestre & of Salesbery; & in Walys we ¨eue če
|r12 same power to če Bisshop of seynt Dauid, of Landa & of
     Assa.  And more-ouer we sende črou¨ al Cristendome, čat al če
     bisshopis bi¨end če see, čat čai |r[f.90r] acurse alle čo čat helpeč ¨ow, or
     in eny conseile ¨eue in eny maner nede čat če haue forto done in
|r16 eny party of the world; and we assaile al ham čat a¨eynes čow
     meueč eny maner werre.  And we assoile ham al also, by če
     autorite of če Pope, & commanden ham also wič čow forto
     werr, as wič him čat is enemy to al holy cherche."  čo
|r20 ansuered če Kyng, "what mow ¨e done more ?"  čo saide 
     Pandolf: "we seyn to ¨ow `in verbo Dei,' čat če, ne none heir
     čat če haue, neuer after čis day may be cronede."  Tho saide če
     Kyng: "by Him čat is Almyghty God, & y hade wist of čis čing
|r24 er čat ¨e come into my land, čat če me hade brou¨t soche
     tidynges, y shulde haue made čow ride al an hool ¨ere."  čo
     ansuerede Pandolf: "ful wel wende we, at oure ferst comyng, čat
     če wolde haue ben obedient to God and to holy cherche, & haue
|r28 fulfillede če Popys commandement; and nowe we haue shewede
     & pronuncede vnto čow če Popis wille, as we were chargede
     čerwič.  And as now ¨e haue saide čat, if če hade wist če cause
     of oure commyng, čat če wolde haue made vs ryde al an hool ¨ere,



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     and as wel če myght haue saide čat če wolde haue take an hool
     ¨ere of respite by če Popys leue.  But forto suffre what deč
     čat ¨e couče ordeyne, we shulle nou¨t spare forto tel ¨ow holliche
 |r4 al če Popis message, & his wille čat we wer chargede with."
     How Pandolf delyuerede a clerc čat hade falsede & contre_fetede 
     če Kyngus monye bifore če Kyng. Capitulo
     Centesimo l=o=.
 |r8 |r<b> ANon čo commandede če Kyng to the Shirrif & bailifs of
        Northampton čat were in če Kynges presence, čat čai
     shulde bryng forth alle |r[f.90v] če prisoners, čat čai my¨t bene done
     to deče bifore Pandulf, for encheson če Kyng wende čat čai
|r12 wolde haue gaynesaide here dedes for cause of deč, al čing čat
     čai hade spoken bifore.  When če prysoners were comen
     bifore če Kyng, če Kyng commanded somme to bene honget, &
     some to bene drawe, & somme to draw out her eyen of her
|r16 heued. and amonge alle očer, čere was a clerc čat hade falsede
     če Kynges monye; & če Kyng commaundede čat he shuld
     bene honged & drawe.  And when Pandolf herd čis com_mandement 
     of če Kyng, he stert op smertly, and anone axed
|r20 a book & candel, and wolde haue cursed alle ham čat sette
     oppon če clerc eny honde.  And Pandolf him-self went forto
     seche a croice; and če Kyng folwede him, and delyuerede him če
     clerc by če honde, čat he shulde do wič him what-euer čat he
|r24 wolde. And čus was the clerc delyuerede, and went čens; and
     Pandolf & Duraunt went čo fro Kyng Iohn~, & come a¨eyne to
     če Pope of Rome, and tolde him čat Kyng Iohn~ wolde nou¨t
     amendede ben, but euer abide so acursede.  And nočeles če Pope
|r28 graunted čat čer črou¨-out Engeland, čat men might synge masse¨
     in couenable cherches, & make Godes body, and ¨if it to sik men
     čat shulde passe out of če worlde, & also čat men might cristen



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     childern oueral.  And when če Pope wist & sawe čat če Kyng
     wolde nou¨t bene vnder če rewele of holy cherche for no maner
     čing, če Pope čo sent to če Kyng of France, in remissioun~ of his
 |r4 synnes, čat he shulde take wič him al če power čat he myght, &
     wende into Engeland forto destroye Kyng Iohan.
                  [King John gives in to the Pope.]
        When čis tydyngus come to Kyng |r[f.91r] Iohn~, čo Was he sore
 |r8 annoyede, & sore drade Laste čat he shulde lese his reaume, and
     him-self be done vnto če deč.  čo sent he to če Pope messa_gers, 
     & saide čat he wolde bene iustifiede, & come to amende_ment 
     in al maner činges, atte his owen wille. če messagers comen
|r12 to če Pope, & tolde him če Kyngus wille, & saide čat he wolde
     come to emendement in al maner činges, & wolde make satis_faccion 
     to al maner men after če Popys ordenaunce.  čo sent
     če Pope a¨eyne into Engeland, Pandolf and očere messagers, &
|r16 comen to Kaunterbery čere če Kyng abode. and če xiij day of
     May, če Kyng made an hoth forto stande to če Popes ordenaunce,
     bifore Pandolf če legat, in al maner čingus for če whiche he was
     accursede; & čat he shulde make ful restitucion~ to alle če men of
|r20 holy cherche and of religioun, of če gode čat he hade take of ham
     a¨eyn¨ heir wille. And alle če grete lordes of Engeland suore
     oppon~ a book & by če holy dome, čat if če Kyng wolde nou¨t
     holde his oth, ča saide čat čai wolde make him holde hit bi
|r24 strengč.  And čo put če Kyng him to če courte of Rome & to
     če Pope, and čo ¨af vp če reaume of Engeland & of Irland, for him
     & for his heires for euermore čat shuld come after him, so čat
     Kyng Iohan & his heires shulde tak čo ij reaumes of če Popis
|r28 Hand, & shulde holde čo ij reaumes of the Pope as to ferme, pay_ing 
     euery čer to če court of Rome a čousand marc of siluer. And
     čo toke če Kyng če croune of his Heued, and sette him on his
     knees, and čise wordes saide in heryng of alle če grete
|r32 lordes of Engeland: "Here y resyngn op če crone of če reaume
     of Engeland into če Popis Hande, Innocent če čridde, and put
     |r[f.91v] me Holliche in his mercy & ordenance."  čo vnderfonge



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     Pandolf če crone of Kyng Iohn, and kepte hit v dayes, as for
     seising-takyng of čo ij reaumes of Engeland and of Yrland, and
     confermede al maner činges by his chartre čat foleweč after.
 |r4 Of če lettre obliga[to]rie čat Kyng Iohn~ made to če court of
     Rome; wherfore če Petrus pens beč gadrad črou¨ al
     Engeland. Capitulo Centesimo Quinquagesimo primo.
     |r<b> "TO alle Cristen peple črou¨-out the worlde duellyng, Iohn~,
 |r8    by če grace of God, Kyng of Engeland, gretyng to ¨our
     vniuersite! and knowen čing it be čat, for-asmiche as we haue
     greuede & offendede God & our moder cherche of Rome, and
     forasmiche as we haue nede to če mercy of oure lord Ihesu Crist,
|r12 and we may nočing so worči offre competent satisfaccioun to make
     to God & to holy cherche, but if it were our owen body, as wič
     oure reaumes of Engeland and of Irland, Thanne, by če grace of
     God, we desiren~ forto meken vs for če loue of Him čat meked
|r16 Him to če deč of če Croice, črou¨ conseil of če noble erles &
     barons, we soffren and frely granten to God, and to če Apostoil¨
     seynt Petre & seynt Paule, & to oure moder cherche of Rome, &
     to our Holy fader če Pope, Innocent če čridde, & to alle če Popis
|r20 čat comeč after him, al če reaume & patronages of cherches of
     Engeland and of Irland, wič alle če appurtenances, for remissioun~
     of oure synnes, and helpe & helč of oure Kyn soules, and of all
     Cristen soules, so čat fro čis tyme afterward, we wille resceyue &
|r24 holde of oure moder che[r]che of Rome, as fee ferme, doyng feaute
     to our holy fader |r[f.92r] če Pope, Innocent če čridde, and to alle če
     Popes čat comeč after him, in maner abouesaide.  And in
     presence of če wise man Pandolf, če Popis Suthdekne, we makeč
|r28 liege homage, as it were in če Popes presence, & bifore him were;
     and we shul do al maner činges aboue-saide; and čerfore
     we byndeč vs, and al čat comen after vs, & oure heirs for-euer_more, 
     wičouten eny gaynsaying, to če Pope, & eke če ward of



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     cherche¨ vacaunt¨. and in token of čis čing euer forto last, we
     wille, conferme & ordeyn, čat our special rent¨ of če forsaide
     Reaumes, sauyng seynt Petrus pens, in al čing to če moder
 |r4 cherche of Rome, paying by ¨er M=l= mar¨ of siluer at ij termes of
     če ¨ere, for al maner custumes čat we shulde do to če forsaide
     Reaumes, čat is to seyn, at Mighelmesse & at Ester, čat is to s
     seyn, vij C mar¨ for Engeland, & iij C mar¨ for Irland,
 |r8 sauyng to vs and to oure heires, oure Iustice¨ an oure očer
     ffraunchisis, and očer realtes čat apperteyneč to če crone. And
     alle čise činges čat bifore ben saide, we wille čat hit be ferme &
     stable wičouten ende; and to čat obligacon~ we, and alle our
|r12 successoures & oure heires, in čis maner beč bonde, čat if we, or
     eny of our heires, črou¨ presumpcioun~ falle in eny poynt a¨eyne
     čise čingus abouesaide, & he bene warnede, & wille nou¨t ričt
     amende him, he shal čan lese če forsaide reaumes for euermore.
|r16 and čat čls chartre of obligacioun, & oure warant, for euermore
     be ferme and Stable wičouten gaynsaying, we shul fro čis day
     afterward be trewe to God & to če moder cherche of Rome, and
     to če Pope Innocent če črid, and to al čat |r[f.92v] comeč after him;
|r20 and če reaumes of Engeland & of Irland we shul mayntene
     trewely in al maner poynt¨ a¨eyn¨ al maner men by oure power,
     črou¨ če grace of God."
     How če clerkes čat werne outlawed of Engeland, come a¨eyn,
|r24 & how Kyng Iohn~ was assoiled. Capitulo Centesimo lij=o=.
     |r<b> WHen čis chartre was made and enselede, če Kyng Vnder_       
fonge a¨eyn his crone of Pandolfes hondes, and sent
     anone vnto če Erchebisshop Stephen, and to al his očer clerkes
|r28 and lewed men čat he hade exilede out of his lande, čat čai
     shulde come a¨eyne into Engeland, & haue a¨eyn her londes &
     heir rentes, & čat he wolde make restitucioun~ of če godes čat he



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     hade take of heres, a¨eyns her wille.  če Kyng him-self čo,
     and Pandolf, & Erles & barons, went čo vnto Wynchestre a¨ein¨
     če Erchebisshop Stephen. & when he was comen, če Kyng went
 |r4 a¨eynes him, & felle adoun~ vnto his feet, & saide vnto him:
     "faire sir, če beč welcomen; and y crie ¨ow mercy, for encheson
     čat y haue trespassede a¨eyn¨ ¨ow."  če Erchebisshop toke him
     vp čo in his Armes, & cussede him curteisely ofte-tymes, and after
 |r8 lad him to če dore of Seynt Swythynus cherche by če honde, &
     assoilede him of če centence, and him reconselede to God and to
     holy cherche; and čat was on seyn[t] Margarites day; and če
     Erchebisshop anone went forto synge če masse, and če Kyng offred
|r12 at če masse a mark of golde.  And when če masse was done, alle
     čai went forto vnderfonge her londes, wičouten eny maner
     gaynesaying; and čat day čai made all merče and ioye ynow; but
     ¨itte was nou¨t če enterdit relessede, for enchesoun~ čai hade sent
|r16 čat če enterdityng shulde nou¨t bene vndone til če Kyng hade
     made ful restitucioun~ of če godes that he |r[f.93r] hade take of Holy
     cherche, and also čat him-self shulde done homage to če Pope by
     a certeyne ligat čat he shulde sende into Engeland.
|r20     čo toke Pandolf his leue of če Kyng and of če Erche_bisshop, 
     and went a¨eyne vnto Rome. And če Erchebisshop
     anone lete come bifore him prelates of holy cherche at Redyng,
     forto trete and conseil how miche and what čai shulde axe of če
|r24 Kyng forto make restitucioun~ of če godes čat he hade take of
     ham.  And čai ordeynede and saide, čat če Kyng shulde ¨eue to
     če Erchebisshope iij M=l= mar¨ for če wronge čat če Kyng hade
     done to him, and also to očer clerkes xv M=l= marc, by porcyons.
|r28 and in če same tyme Nicholas, bishop of Tuscan, Cardynal
     Penitauncer of Rome, come into Engeland črou¨ če Popis com_mandement, 
     če v kalend of Ottobre, and come to London~ če v
     None of Octobre, for enchesoun čat Kyng Iohn~, and alle če
|r32 kynges čat comen after him, shulde euermore halde če reaumes of
     Engeland and of Irland of God & of če Pope, paing to če Pope
     by čer as is aboue saide.



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     How če enterditing was vndone  in Engeland; and of če debate
     čat was bituene Kyng Iohn~ & če barons of če reaume.
      Capitulo Centesimo liij=o=.
 |r4 |r<b> WHen Kyng Iohn~ hade done his homage to če legat čat
        shewede him če Popes lettre, čat he shulde paye to Iulyan
     and ¨elde a¨eyn, čat was Kyng Richardes wif, če čridde part of
     če londe of Engeland & of Irland čat he hade wičholde sič čat
 |r8 Kyng deide, --  when Kyng Iohn~ herde čis, he was wonder wroč,
     for vtterliche če enterdityng might nou¨t bene vndone til čat he
     hade made gree & restitucion to če forsaide Iulian of čat she
     axed.  The legate went čo a¨eyn to če Pope after |r[f.93v] Cristesmasse,
|r12 and če Kyng sent čo messagers ouere see to Iulian, čat was Kyng
     Richardes wif, forto haue a relesse of čat she axede him.  And
     so hit bifelle čat Iulian deide anone after Ester, and insomiche če
     Kyng was quyt of čat she axede; but čo, at če feast of Seynt
|r16 Iohn~ čat come next after, črou¨ če Popis commandement če
     enterdytyng was ferst relessede črou¨ al Engeland če vij day of
     Iull; -- and seuen ¨ere almost was če londe enterditede, -- and on
     če morwe men ronge, & songe masses črou¨-out London, and so
|r20 after črou¨-out all Engeland.
         And če next ¨ere after, čere bigan a grete debate bituen
     Kyng Iohn & če lordes of Engeland, for encheson čat he wolde
     nou¨[t] graunt če lawes, & halde, če which Selnt Edward hade
|r24 ordeyned, and hade ben vsede & holde vnto čat tyme čat he
     hade ham broken; for he wolde none lawe holde, but dede al
     čing čat him likede, & disheritede meny men wič-outen consent
     of lordes & pireč of če land; And he wolde haue disheritede če
|r28 gode erle Randolf of Chestre, for encheson čat he vndername him
     of his wickednesse. & for cause čat he dede so miche shame &



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     vilony to God & holy cherche, & also for he helde & hauntede
     his owen bročeres wif, & lay also by meny očere wymmen, grete
     lordes dou¨ters, -- for he sparede no womman čat him likede forto
 |r4 haue, -- wherfore alle če lordes of če lande wer toward him wonder
     wroč, and went wič him to London~, & toke če citee.
              [King John grants the Great Charter.]
         And forto cesse čis debate and sorwe, če Kyng and če
 |r8 Erchebisshop, and očere grete lordes of Engeland, assemblede
     ham bifore če fest of Seynt Iohn~ če Baptiste, in a medowe bisides
     če toune of Stanes čat is callede Rome -- |r[f.94r] mede. And če Kyng
     made ham čere a chartre of ffraunchise¨, soche as čai wolde axen;
|r12 & in soche maner čai were acordede; and čat accordement laste
     nou¨t ful longe, for če Kyng him-self sone after dede a¨eynes če
     poyntes of če same chartre čat he hade made. Wherfore če moste
     party of če lordes of Engeland assemblede ham, & bigon~ to
|r16 were oppon~ Kyng Iohn~, and brent his tounes & robbede his folc,
     & dede al če sorwe čat čai myght, and made ham alse stronge as
     ča might, wič all her power, & čou¨t to dryuen him out of
     Engeland, and make Lewys, če Kynges sone of France, Kyng of
|r20 Engeland.  And Kyng Iohan sent čo ouer če see, and ordeynede
     so miche peple of Normannes & of Picard¨, and of Flemynges, so
     čat če lande mi¨t nout ham sustene, but wič miche sorw.  And
     among Alle čis peple čere was a Norman čat me callede Frankes
|r24 of Brent; and čis Norman & his company sparede neyčer cherche
     ne house of Religon~, čat čai ne brent & robbed hit, & bare away
     alle čat čai might tak, so čat če land was al destroiede, what in
     o side & in čat očere.  če barons & če lordes čo of Enge_land 
|r28 ordeynede amonges ham če best spekers & wisest men, &
     sent ham ouer če see to Kyng Philip of Fraunce, & prayed him
     čat he wolde sende Lowys his sone into Engeland, to ben Kyng
     of Engeland, and vnderfonges če crone.



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     How Lowys, če Kynges sone of Fraunce, come into Engeland
     wič stronge power of peple, to ben Kyng of Engeland.
     Capitulo Centesimo liiij=to=.
 |r4 |r<b> WHen Kyng Philip of Fraunce herde čis tydynges, he made
     certeyn aliance bituene ham by her commune eleccion~, čat
     Lowys, Kyng Philippis sone of Fraunce, shuld |r[f.94v] gone wič ham
     into Engeland, & dryue out Kyng Iohn~ of če land. And alle čo
 |r8 čat were in presence of Lowis made tos him homage, and bicome
     his men. And če barons of Engeland helde ham stille at
     London, & abode čere Lowys, če Kyngus sone of Fraunce. And
     čis was če nexte Saturesday bifore če Ascencioun of our Lord čat
|r12 Lowis come into Engeland wič a stronge power; & čat tyme
     Kyng Iohn hade take alle če castelles of Engeland into Aliens
     hondes.  And Lowys come čo to Rochestre, and bisegede če
     castel, & tok hit wič strengč, & če čoresday in Whitson weke,
|r16 lete honge alle če Aliens čat were čerin. And če čoresday čo next
     sewyng, he come to London~; & čere he was vnderfong wič
     michel honour of če lordes čat aboden him čere; & alle to him
     čai maden homage.  And afterward, in če Tywesday čo next
|r20 sewyng če Trinitee Sonday, he toke če castel of Ryegate, and
     in če morwe after, če castel of Gildeford, & če Friday čo next
     sewyng, če castell of Farnham; and če Moneday next after, če
     cite of Wynchestre to him was ¨olden; and in če morwe nexte
|r24 after seynt Iohn~s day, če maner of Wolneseye; And če Tiwesday
     next after če viij=tas= of Seynt Petre & seynt Poule, čai token če
     castel of Odyham.  And če Moneday next after seynt Margaretes
     day, he ordeynede him toward Beaumer, forto bisege če castel;
|r28 & čere he duellede xv dayes, & might nou¨t gete če castel; &
     čo went he čens, and come to London~, & če Toure to him
     was ¨olde.



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     And in če same tyme če Pope sent into Engeland a legate čat
     me callede Swalo; & of Kyng Iohn~es deč. Capitulo
     Centesimo lv=to=.
 |r4 |r<b> ANd in če same tyme če Pope sent into Englond a legate čat
        me callede Swalo, and he was |r[f.95r] prest Cardinal of Rome,
     forto mayntene Kyng Iohnes cause a¨eyn¨ če barons of Engeland;
     but če barons hade so huge partye and help črou¨ Lowys, če
 |r8 Kyngus sone of Fraunce, čat Kyng Iohn~ wist nou¨t whider forto
     turne ne go.  And so it bifel, čat he wold haue gon~ to Nichole;
     and as he went čiderward, he come by če Abbay of Swyneshede,
     and čere he abode ij dayes.  & as he satte at če mete, he axede
|r12 a monk of če hous, 'how miche a lofe was worč, čat was sette
     bifore him oppon~ če table.' & če monk saide čat'če lof was
     worč but an halpeny.' "O," quod he, "čo here is grete chepe of
     brede.  Now," quod če Kyng, "and y may leue, soche a lof
|r16 shal bene worč xxs., or halfe ¨ere be gone." and when he hade
     saide čis word, michel he čou¨t, and ofte-tyme sichede, and toke
     & ete of če brede, & saide: "by God, če worde čat y haue saide,
     hit shal ben soth."  če monk čat stode bifore če Kyng, for čis
|r20 word was ful sory in hert, and čou¨[t], račer he wolde him-self
     soffre pitouse deč, & čou¨t to ordeyn čerfor somme maner remedy.
      And anone če monk went to his Abbot, and was shryuen of
     him, and tolde če Abbot al čat če Kyng saide, and praiede his
|r24 Abbot forto assoile him, for he wolde ¨eue če Kyng soche a
     wassaile čat al Engeland shal be čerof glade and ioyful.  Tho
     went če monk into a gardeyn, & founde a grete tode čerin, & tok
     her vp, & put here in a coppe, & prickede če tode črou¨ wič a
|r28 broche meny tymes, til čat če venyme come out on eueryche
     side nto če coppe. and čo tok he če coppe, and fellede hit
     wič god ale, & brouč[t] hit bifore če Kyng, & knelyng saide:



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     "Sir," quod he, "Wassaile! for neuer, dayes of ¨our lyue, dranke
     če of soche |r[f.95v] a coppe." "Bygynne, monk," quod če Kyng, and če
     monk dranke a grete draučt, and toke če Kyng če coppe; & če
 |r4 Kyng drank also a grete drau¨te, and sette doune če coppe.
      če monk anone right went into če fermory, & čere deide anon,
     on~ whos soule God haue mercy, Amen! & v monkes singečs for
     his soule, & shal whiles čat Abbay stant.  The Kyng aros
 |r8 vp anone ful euel at ese, & commanded anon to remeve če table
     & axede after če monk; and men tolde him čat he was dede, for
     his wombe was broken in sondre.  When če Kyng herde čis
     tidynges, he comandede forto trusse; but al it was for nou¨t, for
|r12 his bely biganne to swelle, for če drynk čat he drank, čat he
     deide wičin ij daies, če morwe after Seynt Lukes day.  And
     čis Kyng Iohn hade fair childerne of his body bigeten, čat is to
     seyn, Henry his sone, čat was Kyng after his fader, & Richarde,
|r16 čat was Erl of Cornewail, and Isabell, čat was Emperesse of
     Rome, and Alienore, čat was Quene of Scotland.  And čis Kyng
     Iohn~, when he had regnede xvij ¨ere v mounčes & v dayes,
     he deide in če castel of Newere, & his body was buriede at
|r20 Wynchestre.
     Of Kyng Henry če čridde, čat was cronede at Gloucestre.
     Capitulo Centesimo lvj=to=.
     |r<b> ANd after čis Kyng Iohn, regnede Henry his sone, & was
|r24    cronede at Gloucestre when he was ix ¨ere olde, on seynt
     Symondus day & Iude, of Swalo če legat, črou¨ conseile of alle če
     grete lordes of Engeland čat helde wič Kyng Iohn~, his fader,
     čat is to saien, čels Erl Randolf of Chestre, William, Erl Marchal,
|r28 William Erl of Penbrok, & William Breuere, |r[f.96r] Erl of Ferers,
     Serl de Maule, baron; & alle očere grete lordes of Engeland helde
     with Lowys, če Kynges sone of Fraunce. & anone after, when
     Kyng Henry was cronede, Swalo the legat helde his conseil at



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     Bristow, at Seynt Martynes fest; & čere wer xj bisshopis of
     Engeland & of Walys, & of očer prelates of holy cherche a grete
     nombre, & Erles & barons, & meny kny¨tes of Engeland; and alle
 |r4 čo čat were at čat conseil swore feaute vnto Henry če Kyr g, čat
     was Kyng Iohnes sone.
         And anone after, če ligate enterditede Walis, for enchesoun~
     čat čai helde with če barons of Engeland; and also alle čo čat
 |r8 holpen or ¨af conseil to meve werr a¨eyn¨ če new Kyng Henry,
     he acursede ham; And in the bigynnyng he put in če sentence
     če Kyngus sone of Fraunce Lowys.  And nočeles če same
     Lowys wolde nou¨t spare forto werr for al čat, but went anone,
|r12 & tok če castel of erkhamstede, & eke če castel of Hertford.
      And fram čat day aftirward, če barons dede miche harme
     črou¨ al Engeland, and principaly če Frenche-men čat wer comen
     wič Lowys; wherfore če grete lordes of Engeland, & alle če
|r16 commune peple, lete ham croice forto dryue out Lowys & his
     company out of Engeland.  But somme of če barons, & ek of če
     Frenchemen, were gone to če cite of Nichole, & tok če Cite,
     & helde hit to Kyng Lowys profite. But čider come Kyng
|r20 Henryes men wič a grete power, čat is to seyne, če Erl Randolf
     of Chestre, and William Erl Marchal, & William de la Bruer, Erl
     of Ferers, & meny očer lordes wič ham, & ¨af Bataile |r[f.96v] vnto
     Lowyse men.  And čere was slayn če Erl of Perches; and
|r24 Lowys men were čere foule descomfitede; and čere was taken
     Serl, Erl of Wynchestre, & Humfray de Boun~, Erl of Herford,
     & Robert, če sone of Walter; & meny očer čat hade bigonne werr
     a¨eyn¨ če Kyng čere were taken, and lad to Kyng Henry čat
|r28 was Kyng Iohnes [son].  When če tydyng of čis scomfiture
     come vnto Lowys, he remevede čens, & went vnto London~,
     and lete shette če ¨ates fast of če citee.  And anone after, če
     Kyng sent to če burgeys of London~, čat ča shulde ¨elde ham
|r32 vnto him, & če citee also, and he wolde ham graunt alle če



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     Fraunchises čat čai were wont forto haue, & wolde conferme
     ham by his new chartr vnder his grete sele.  And in the
     same tyme a gret Lorde, čat me callede Eustace če monk, come
 |r4 out of Fraunce wič a grete company of Lordes, & wolde haue come
     into Engeland forto haue holp Lowys, če Kyngus sone of Fraunce.
      But Hubert of Burgh and če v portes, wič viij shippis, & no
     mo, mette wič ham in če hye see, and assailede ham egrely, &
 |r8 ouercome ham črou¨ strengč, and smyten of Eustace-če-monkes
     heuede, & token also x grete Lordes of Fraunce, and put ham
     into prisoun~, & quellede almost alle če men čat comens wič ham;
     and anone drenchede če shippis in če see.
|r12 How Lowys turned a¨eyn into Fraunce; and of če confirm_acioun
     ~ of Kyng Iohn~es chartre.  Capitulo Centesimo
     Septimo.
     |r<b> WHen Lowys herd čis tydynges, he drade sore to ben dede
|r16 and loste, and lete ordeyne, & spok bituene če Kyng
     and Lowys by če legat Swalo, and čoru¨ če Erchebisshop |r[f.97r] of
     Kaunterbery, and črou¨ očere grete lordes, čat alle the prisoners
     of čat one halfe and of čat očer shulde bene delyuerede, &
|r20 gone quit, and Lowys him-self shulde haue for his costages a
     M=l=li of siluer, & shulde gone out of Engeland, and come neuer
     čerin a¨eyne. and in čis maner was če accord made bituene Kyng
     Henry & Lewys. And čo was Lowys assoilede of če Popis legat
|r24 čat me callede Swalo, of če sentence čat he was in, and če barouns
     of Engeland also.  And after čis, Kyng Henry & Swalo če legat,
     & Lowys, went vnto Merton~; and čere was če pees confermede, &
     bituen ham ordeynede. and afterward Lowys went fro čens vnto
|r28 London, & tok his leue, & was brou¨t wič miche honoure at
     če see wič če Erchebisshop of Kaunterbery & wlč očer bisshoppis,
     and also wič erles and barons; and so went Lowys into Fraunce.



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      And aftirward če kyng & če Erchebisshope, & Erles & barons,
     assembled ham at London~, at Mchelmasse čat next čo sewede, &
     helde čere parlement. & čere were čo renewede alle če Fraun_chises 
 |r4 čat Kyng Iohn~ hade grauntede at Romemede; and Kyng
     Henry čo confermede ham by his chartre, če which ¨itte beč holden
     črou¨-out Engeland.  And in čat tyme če Kyng toke of euery
     ploughe of londe ij s~; and Hubert of Burgh was made čo chief
 |r8 Iustice of Engeland.  And čis was in če iiij ¨ere of Kyng
     Henryes regne; & in če same ¨ere was seynt Thomas of Kanter_bery 
     translatede če l ¨ere after his martredome.  And after, it
     was ordeynede by alle če Lordes of Engeland, čat alle Aliens shulde
|r12 gone out of Engeland, & come nomore čerin.
        And če Kyng čo toke alle če castelles into his honde, čat
     |r[f.97v] Kyng Iohn his fader hade ¨eue & taken vnto Aliens forto kepe,
     čat helde wič him.  But če prout Frankes of rent, Richely
|r16 lete arraie his castel of Bedford, whiche he had of če Kyngus
     ¨ifte Iohn~; & he helde čat castel a¨eyns Kyng Henries wille
     wič might and strengč.  And the Kyng come čider wič a streng
     power, & biseged če castel. And če Erchebisshop Stephen of
|r20 Langeton~ come to če Kyng wič a faire company of kny¨t¨, him
     forto helpe; and fra če Ascencioun~ vnto če Assumpcion~ of our
     Lady, laste če sege: & čo was če castel wonne & tak, and če Kyng
     lete honge all čo čat were wičin če castel, čat wič her gode wille
|r24 helde če castel a¨eyn¨ če Kyng, čat is forto seyn, foure score
     men.  And čo afterward Fra[n]kes himself was fonde in a
     cherche of Couentre; and čere he forsuore al Engeland wič miche
     shame, and went čo a¨eyn into his owen contre.
|r28     And whiles čat Kyng Henry regned, Edmund of Abyndon~,
     čat was tresorer of Salesbury, was consacrede Erchebisshop of



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     Kanterbery. And čis Kyng Henry sent ouer see vnto če Erle
     of Prouince, čat he shulde sende him his dou¨ter into Engeland,
     čat me called Alienore, & he wolde wedde her. And so she come
 |r4 into Engeland after Cristes-masse, and in če morwe after seynt.
     Hillary, če Erchebisshop Edmunde spousede ham to-gedre att
     Kaunterbery; and at če viij of seynt Hillary she was crounede at
     Westmynstre wič miche solempnite; & čere was a swete sight
 |r8 bituene ham, čat is to seyn, Edmund, čat was next Kyng after
     him, his bročer, |r[f.98r] folour of curtessi and of Larges, and Margaret,
     čat was afterward Quene of Scotland, & Beatrice, čat was afterward
     Countesse of Britaign, & Katerine, čat deide maide in religioun~.
|r12 Of če quin¨ime of godes čat were granted for če new charters;
     & of če puruyance of Oxenford. Capitulo  C=o= lviij.
     |r<b> ANd čus hit bifelle čat če lordes of Engeland wolde haue
        somme addicions mo in the Chartre of Fraunchises čat čai
|r16 hade of če Kyng, & spoken čus bituene ham; & če Kyng
     grauntede ham alle her axing, and made to ham ij Chartres: čat
     on is callede 'če grete Chartre of Fraunchises' & čat očer is
     callede 'če Chartre of če Forest'; and for če grante of čise
|r20 chartres, prelates, Erles and barons, & alle če communes of Enge_land, 
     ¨af to če Kyng M=l= mar¨ of siluer.
         When Kyng Henry hade bene Kyng xliij ¨ere, čat same ¨ere
     he and his lordes, Erles, and barouns of če reaume, went to Oxen_ford,
|r24 & ordeynede a lawe in emendement of če reaume, and suore
     če Kyng him-self, & after, alle če lordes of če reaume, čat čai wolde
     holde čat statute euermore; and who čat it brak shulde bene
     dede.  But če secunde čer after čat ordenance, če Kyng, črou¨
|r28 conseile of Sire Edward his sone, & of Richard his bročer, čat was
     Erl of Cornwail, & also of očere, repentede him of čat oče čat he
     hade made forto holde čat lawe & ordynance, and sent to če court
     of Rome to bene assoilede of čat oth čat he hade made.  And in
|r32 čat ¨ere next comen after, was grete derč of corne in Engeland,



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     for a quarter of whete was worč xxiiij s~, & če pore peple ete
     netles for hunger, and očere wedes; & |r[f.98v] deide meny M=l= for
     defaute of mete.
 |r4     And in če xlviij ¨ere of Kyng Henries regne, biganne werr
     and debate bituene him and his lordes, fo[r] enchesoun~ čat he
     hade broken če couenaunte¨ čat were made bituene ham at
     Oxenford.  And in čat same čer, in Lent, was če scastel of
 |r8 Notyngham tak, and če folc slayne čat were čerin, for enchesoun~
     čat čai hade ordeyned wilde fire forto haue brent če citee of London~.
         And in the morwe of May čat come next after, oppon seynt
     Pancras day, was the batail at Lewes, čat is to seyne, če Wed_nesday 
|r12 bifore seynt Dunstanus day; and čere was tak,
     Kyng Henry him-self, & Sire Edward his sone, & Sire
     Richard, Erl of Cornwail, & meny očere lordes.  And in čat
     same ¨ere next sewyng, Sire Edward, če Kynges sone, brak out of
|r16 če ward of Sire Symond of Mountford, Erl of Leicestre, at Here_ford, 
     and went to če barons of če Marche; and čai vnderfong him
     wič michel honour.  And in če same tyme Gilbert of Clare,
     Erl of Gloucestre, čat was in če ward also of če forsaide Symond,
|r20 črou¨ če commandement of Kyng Henry, čat went fram him in
     grete wrač, for enchesoun~ čat he saide čat če forsaide Gilbert was
     a fool in his conseile, wherfore he ordeyned him so, & helde wič
     Kyng Henry.  And če Saturesday next after če middes of
|r24 August, Sir Edward, če Kyngus sone, descomfitede Sire Symond
     de Mountford at Kemworč; but če grete lordes čat were čere wič
     him wer taken, čat is to seyn, Baldewyne Wake, William of Moun_chesye, 
     and meny očer grete lordes: and če Tywesday next after,
|r28 was če bataile done at Euesham; & čere was quellede Sire
     Symond de Mountford, Hughe če Spenser, and Mountford, čat
     was Rauf Basset¨ |r[f.99r] fader of Dratton~, & očer meny grete Lordes.
         And when čis batail was don~, alle če gentiles čat had be wič če



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     Erl Symond, were disheritede; & čai ordeyned ham togedres,
     and dede miche harme to al če land, for čai destroiede her enemys
     in al čat čai might.
 |r4  Of če sege of Kemworč; & how če gentilmen werr dis_heritede, 
     črou¨ conseil of lordes of če reaume of
     Engeland; & how čai comen a¨eyn, & had her landes.
     Capitulo Centesimo lix=no=.
 |r8 |r<b> ANd in če ¨er next sewyng, in May, ferst day bifore če fest
        of Seynt Dunstan, was bataile and scomfiture at Chesterfeld,
     of ham čat were disheritede; & čere meny of ham were quellede;
     and Robert, Erl of Ferers, čere was take, and also Baldewyne
|r12 Wake; & Iohn de la Haye, wič miches sorwe scaped čens. and '
     in Seynt Iohnes Eve čo next sewyng, bigan če sege of če castel
     of Kemworth; and če sege laste to Seint Thomas Eve če
     Postoil, in whiche day Sir Hughe Hastyngus had če castel forto
|r16 kep, čat ¨elde vp če castel vnto če Kyng in čis maner, čat him_self 
     and alle očere čat were wičin če castel shulde haue her lif and
     lyme, and as miche čing as čai hade čerin, boče hors & herneys,
     and foure dayes of respite forto delyuer clene če castel of ham_self,
|r20 & of al maner čing čat čai hade wičin če castel; & so čai
     went fram če castel, and če kyng & his men went čo into če castel.
      and Sir Symond če Mounford če ¨onge, and če Countesse his
     moder, were fledde ouer če see into Fraunce, and čere helde ham
|r24 as peple čat were exilede out of Engeland |r[f.99v] for euermore.  And
     sone after hit was ordeyned by the Legat Octobon~, & by očere
     grete lordes of Engeland, če wisest of če land, čat alle čo čat
     hade bene a¨eyns če Kyng, & wer disheritede, shulde haue a¨eyn
|r28 her londes, and by greuous ransoun~, after čat it was ordeyned;
     and čus čai were accorded wič če Kyng, čo was pees criede črou¨ al
     Engeland; and čus če werr was endede.
     And when čis was done, če legat toke his leue at če Kyng,



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     & of the Quene, & of alle če grete lordes of Engeland, & went čo
     to Rome, če lv ¨ere of Kyng Henryes regne.  And Edward,
     Kyng Iohnes sone of Britaigne, Iohn~ Vessy, Thomas of Clare,
 |r4 Roger of Clifford, Othus Grauntson~, Robert le Brus, Iohn~ of
     Verdon~, & meny očer lordes of Engeland & of by¨ende če see,
     token her way toward če Holy Lond; and če Kyng Henry deide
     in če mene-tyme at Westminster, when he hade ben Kyng lv ¨er
 |r8 & lx wokes, on seynt Edmundus day, če Erchebisshop of
     Kaunterbery; and he was enterede at Westminster on seynt
     Edmundes day, če Kyng,  In the ¨er of Incarnacioun~ of oure
     Lord Ihesu Crist M=l= CC lxxij.
|r12 Prophecie of Merlyn of Kyng Henry, expounede, čat was
     Kyng Iohnes sone.  Capitulo  Centesimo lx=mo=.
     |r<b> ANd of čis Kyng Henry, propheciede Merlyn, & said čat 'a
   lombe shulde come out of Wynchestre in če ¨ere of Incar_nacion
|r16 ~ of our Lord M=l= CC & xvj, wič trew lippis, and holynesse
     wryten in his hert.' And he saide soč, for če gode Henry če
     Kyng was born |r[f.100r] in Wynchestre in če ¨ere abouesaide, and he
     spake gode wordes & swet, and was an holy man, and of god
|r20 conscience.  And Merlin said čat 'čis Henry shulde make če
     fairest place of [the] world, če whiche in his tyme shulde nou¨t
     fulliche bene endede'; and he saide soč, for he made če newe
     cherche of če Abbay of seynt Petre of Westminster, čat is
|r24 fairer of sight čan eny cherch čat men knoweč črou¨ al Cristen_dome;
     but Kyng Henry deide er čat were were ful made, & čat
     was grete harme.  And ¨itte saide Merlyn, čat 'čis Lambe shulde
     haue pees če most tyme of his regne'; and he saide ful soč, for he
|r28 was ne[uer] annoiede črou¨ werr, ne disesede in no maner wise, til a
     litel bifore his deč.  And ¨itte saide Merlin more in his prophecie,
     čat 'in če regne & ende of če forsaide lambe, a wolf of a straunge
     land shulde do him grete harme črou¨ his werr; and čat he



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     shulde at če last be maistre črou¨ helpe of a reede ffox, čat shulde
     come oute of če Northwest, and shulde him ouercome; & čat he
     shulde dryue him vnto če water': and čat prophecie ful wel was
 |r4 knowe, for wičin a litel tyme or če Kyng deide, Symond of
     Mountford, Erl of Leicestre, čat was bore in Fraunce, bigonne
     a¨eyn¨ him stronge werre; črou¨ whiche doyng, meny a gode
     bachiler was shent and dede and disheritede.  And when Kyng
 |r8 Henry hade če vittori at Euesham, & Symond če Erl was slayn
     črou¨ helpe & myght of Gilbert of Clare, Erl of Gloucestre |r[f.100v], čat
     Was in Kepyng and ward of če forsaide Symund, črou¨ orden_ance 
     of Kyng Henry, čat went a¨eyn to če Kyng wič miche power,
|r12 wherfore če forsaide Symund was shent; and čat was grete harme
     to če communes of Engeland, čat so gode a man was shent for truč,
     & deide in charite, and for če commune profite of če same folc;
     and čerfor Almighty God, for him hač sičennus shewede meny
|r16 faire miracle to diuerse men and wymmen, of če sikenesse and
     disesse čat čai haue had, for če loue of him.
         And Merlyn also tolde & saide in his prophesie, čat 'after
     čat tyme če lambe shulde leue no while; and čan his sede shulde
|r20 be in straunge land wič-out pasture'; and he said soč, for Kyng
     Henry leuede no while after čat Symund Mountford was ded,
     čat Kyng Henry ne deide anone after him.  And in če mene_tyme, 
     Sir Edward his sone, čat was če best kny¨t of če world of
|r24 honour, was čo in the Holy Land, and gete čere Acres.  And
     in [that] contre he bigate in Dame Alianore his wif, Iohne of
     Acres his doughter, čat aftirward was countesse of Gloucestre.
     And he made in če Holy Land soche a viage, čat alle če world
|r28 spok of his knyghthode, & euery man drade him, hye and lowe,
     črou¨-out al Cristendome, as če s[t]ory of him telleč, as
     afterward ¨e shul here more openly.  And fram the tyme čat
     Kyng Henry deide, til čat Sire Edward was croned Kyng, alle če
|r32 gret Lordes of Engeland were as faderles children, wičout eny
     socour čat ham might mayntene and gouerne, and defende
     a¨eyn¨ her dedeliche enemys.



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      Of Kyng Edward, čat was Kyng Henrie¨ sone. Capitulo
     [Centesimo] lx primo.
     |r[f.101r] |r<b> ANd after čis Kyng Henry, regned his sone Edward, če
 |r4 worthiest knyght of če worlde, of honour, for Godes
     grace was in him, for he hade če vittorie of his enemys. And
     as sone as Kyng Henry deide, he come to London~ wič a faire com_pany 
     of prelates, & of Erles & barons; & al maner men dede him
 |r8 michelle honour; for in euery place čere Sir Edward rode in
     London~, če stretes wer couered ouer his heueds wič riche cločes of
     silk, wit[h] tapit¨ of riche coueryng.  And for ioie of his
     comyng, če noble burgeys of če cite of London~ cast out at her
|r12 wyndowes, golde and siluer handes-ful, in tokenyng of loue and
     of worship, seruices & reuerence¨.  And out of če condit in
     Chepe ran reed wyne & white, as stremes doč of water; and
     euery man might drynk čerof at her owen wille.  And čis
|r16 Kyng Edward was cronede and annointede as right heire of Enge_land 
     with michel honoure; and after masse če Kyng went into his
     palice, forto halde a real fest amonges ham čat him had done
     honour.  And when he was sette vnto his mete, the Kyng Alis_ander 
|r20 of Scotland come forto done him honour and reuerence wič
     a queyntise: an hundred Knyghte¨ wič him wel horsede and
     arraiede; & when čai were light done of her stedes, čai lete ham
     goo whider čai wolde; & čai čat might tak ham, tok ham at
|r24 her owen wille, wičout eny chalange.  And afterward co[me] Sir
     Symond, Kyng Edwardus bročer, a curteise Knyght, and a gentil
     of renoun~, and če Erl of Cornewaile & če Erl of Gloucestre; and
     after ham come če Erl of |r[f.101v] Penbrok and če Erl of Garrein; and
|r28 eche of ham by him-self lade in his hond an hundred
     knyghte¨ gayliche disgisede in her Armes.  And wen čai were
     light of her horse, čais lete ham go whider čat ham liked; and



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     who čat might ham take, holde ham stille, with-outen eny lette.
      And when al čis was done, Kyng Edward dede his diligence and
     his might forto emende and redresse če wrongus of če reame in
 |r4 če beste maner čat he might, to the honour of God & holy cherche,
     and to mayntene his honour, and to amende če noyaunce of če
     commune peple.
     How Ydoyne, čat was Lewelynus dou¨ter, Pri e of Walis,
 |r8 & Aymer čat was če Erles bročer Mounford, wer taken
     in če see. Capitulo Centesimo lxij.
     |r<b> THe ferst ¨ere afters čat Kyng Edward was cronede, Lewelyn,
     Prince of Walys, sent into Fraunce to če Erl Mountford
|r12 čat, črou¨ conseile of his frendes, če Erl shulde wedde his dou¨ter.
     And če Erl čo avisede him of čis čing, and sent a¨ein to Lewelyn,
     & saide čat he wolde send after his dou¨ter. And so he sent
     Aymer, his bročer, after če damisel. And Lewelyn arraiede shippis
|r16 for his doughter and for Sir Aymer, & for her faire company čat
     shulde wende wič her. And čis Lewelyn dede grete wronge, for
     hit was couenant čat he shulde ¨eue his doughter to no maner man
     wičouten consel and consent of Kyng Edward.  And so hit
|r20 bifelle, čat a burgeys of Bristow come in če see wič wyn lade,
     and mette ham, & ham toke wič might & power; and anone če
     bu[r]geys sent ham to če Kyng.  And when Lewelyn herde this
     |r[f.102r] tydynges, he Was Wonder Wroč & eke sorweful, and bigon
|r24 čo forto werre oppon~ Kyng Edward, & dede miche harme vnto
     Englisshe-men, and bete adoune če Kyngus castelles, & biganne
     fast to destroi Kyng Edwardes lande.  And when tydyngus
     come to Kyng Edward of čis čing, he went into Walys; and so
|r28 miche he dede, by Godes grace & his grete power, čat he drof
     Lewelyn vnto miche meschif, čat he fleye al maner strengč, and
     come & ¨elde him to Kyng Edward, and ¨af him l M=l= mar¨ of
     siluer fortoaue pees, and toke če damisel & al his heritage, and
|r32 made an obligacion vnto Kyng Edward, and come to his
     pa[r]lament ij tymes of če ¨ere.



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         And če secunde ¨ere after čat Kyng Edward was cronede,
     he helde a general parlament at Westminster, and čere he made če
     statutes for defaut of lawe, by commune assent of al his baronage.
 |r4 And at Ester nexte sewyng, če Kyng sent by his lettre to Lewelyn,
     Prince of Walis, čat he shulde come to parlement for his londes
     and for his holdyng in Walys, as če strengč of če lettre obligatorie
     witnessede.  čo Lewelyn hade scorn and despite of če Kynges
 |r8 commandement; & for pur wrač biganne a¨eyn forto werr opon~
     Kyng Edward, & destroied [his lands].  And when Kyng
     Edward herd čis tydynges, he was wonder wroč toward
     Lewelyn, & in haste assembled his peple, and went him toward
|r12 Walys, and werred so oppon~ Lewelyn če prince, til čat he hade
     brou¨t him miche sorw and disese;  And Lewelyn saw that his
     defence myght nou¨t availe, and come a¨eyne, & |r[f.102v] ¨elde him to če
     Kyngus grace, and criede him mercy, and Longe tyme knelede
|r16 bifore če Kynges feete.  The Kyng had of him pite, and com_maundede 
     him forto arise; and for his mekenesse for¨af him his
     wrač, and to him saide, that 'if he toke on amys a¨eyns him
     anočer tyme, čat he wolde destroie him for euer-more.'  Dauid,
|r20 čat was Lewelynus bročer, duellede čat same tyme wič Kyng
     Edward, & was a felle man & a sotil, & enuyous, & ferre castyng,
     and miche tresoun čou¨t, and euermore helde him stille for[to] wete
     & aspie če Kynges wille, and euermore made god semblaunt, and
|r24 semede so trew čat no man myght perceyue his falsenesse.
     How Lewelyn, črou¨ enginge of Dauid his bročer, Werrede
     a¨eyne vppon~ Kyng Edward. Capitulo Centesimo lxiij=o=.
     |r<b> HIt was nought longe after čat tyme, čat Kyng Edward ne ¨af
|r28    vnto Dauid, čat was Lewelynus bročer, če lordeship of
     Frodesham, and made him a knyght; and so miche honour dede he
     neuer to no man of Walys after, for encheson~ of him.
         Kyng Edward helde his parlament at London~, when he hade
|r32 done in Walys all čat he wolde, and chaungede his mony, čat čo
     was foule cotte & rounded; wherfore če commune peple pleynede



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     ham wonder sore, so čat če Kyng lete enquere of ham čat soche
     trespasse deden; and iij C~ were atteynt of soche maner falsenes;
     wherfore somme were honged, and some draw, and afterward
 |r4 hongede.  And afterward, the Kyng ordeynede čat če sterlinge
     halfpeny and ferthinge shulde go črou¨-out his lande, and com_mandede 
     čat no man, fro čat day afterward, |r[f.103r] ¨af ne feffede hous of
     Religioun~ with lande and tenement¨ wičouten special leue of če
 |r8 Kyng; and he čat dede hit, shulde ben punisshede att če
     Kynges wille, and the ¨ifte shulde be for nou¨t.
         And hit was nou¨t longe after, čat Lewelyn, Prince of Walys,
     črou¨ ticement of Dauid his bročer, and by boče here consent, čai
|r12 čou¨t disherite Kyng Edward in-asmiche as čai might, so čat črou¨
     ham boče če Kynges pees was broken.s  And when Kyng
     Edward herde čis, anone he sent his barons into Northumberland,
     and če Shirreyues also, čat čai shulde gone & take her Viage
|r16 oppon~ če traitoures Lewelyn and Dauid.  And wonder herde
     was forto werr čo, for it [is] wynter ln Walis when in očer cuntres
     it is somer. And Lewelyn lete ordeyn and wel arraie his gode
     castel of Swandon~, and was čerin an huge nombre of peple &
|r20 plentee of vitailes, so čat Kyng Edward wist nou¨t wher forto
     entre.  And wen če Kynges men hit perceyuede, and also če
     strengč of Walys, čai lete come in če see, barges and botes, and
     grete plankes, as meny as čai might ordeyn and haue, forto gone to
|r24 the forsaide castell of Swayndon wič men on foot and eke on hors.
     But če Walshemen hade so miche peple, and were so strong, čat
     čai dryuen če Englisshe-men a¨ein, so čat čere was so miche
     presse of peple at the turnyng a¨eyne, čat če charge & če berdeyn
|r28 of ham made če barges and botes synk; and čere was drenchede
     ful meny a gode Knyght, čat is to seyn: Sir Roger of Clifford, Sir
     William of Lyndesey, čat was Sire Iohnes sone Fit¨ Robert, and
     Sire Richard Tauny, and an huge nombre of očere folc; and al was
|r32 |r[f.103v] črou¨ her owen folye; for yf čai had hed gode espies, čai had
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         When Kyng Edward harde tel čat his peple were so ydrench_ede
     he made sorwe ynow.  But čo come Sir Iohn~ of Vessy, 
     frams če Kyng of Aragoun~, and brou¨t with him miche folc of
 |r4 bachilers & of Gascoignes, and wer soudioures, and duellede
     wič če Kyng, and tok of him wages, & wič him were wičholde,
     & noble-men; hit were forto fi¨te, & brenne meny tounes, & quelle
     miche peple of Walshemen, al čat ča myght take.  And alle čo,
 |r8 wič pure strengč & might, madens assaute to če castel of Swandon~,
     & gete the castel.
         And when Dauid, če Prynce bročer, herde čo tidinges, he
     ordeined him to flight.  And Lewelyn če Prynce saw čat Dauid
|r12 his bročer was flowen, [and] sore he was abasshed, for he had
     none power čo, his werr forto mayntene.  And so Lewelyn gan
     forto flee, and wend wel forto haue scaped; but on a morwe Sir
     Roger če Mortymer mette wič him oneliche wič x kny¨tes, and
|r16 sette him rounde aboute, and to him went, and smote of his
     heuede, & presentede him vnto Kyng Edward: & in čis maner
     če Prince of Walys was taken, and his heued smyten of, and
     alle his heires disherited for euermore, črou¨ right dome of če
|r20 lordes of če reaume.
      How Dauid, čat was Lewelynes bročer, Prynce of Walys,
     was put to deč. Capitulo  Centesimo lxiiij=to=.
     |r<b> DAuid, čat was Lewelynus bročer, črou¨ pride wende forto
|r24 haue bene Prince of Walis after his bročeres deth; and
     oppon~ čat, he sent after Walshemen to his parlement at Denbegge,
     and fulliche made Walys |r[f.104r] arise a¨eynes the Kyng, and biganne
     to meve Werr a¨eyns če Kyng, and dede al če sorwe and dissese
|r28 čat he myght by his power.
         When Kyng Edward harde of čis čing, he ordeyned men to
     pursue oppon~ him; and Dauid ferseliches him defended til čat he



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     come to če toun~ of Seynt Morice; and čere was Dauid take as he
     fley, and lad to če Kyng; & če Kyng commanded čat he shulde
     ben hongede & ydraw, & smyten of his heuede, & quarter
 |r4 him, & sende his heuede to London~, and če iiij quarters sende to
     the iiij chief tounes of Walys, for čai shulde take ensample, &
     čerof be-war.
         And afterward Kyng Edward lete crie his pees črou¨ Walys,
 |r8 & seisede al the londe into his honde; and alle če grete lordes of
     Walys čat were lefte alif, come čo to done feaute and homage
     vnto če Kyng as to her Kynde Lord; and čo lete Kyng Edward
     amende če lawes of Walys čat were defectif.  And after, he
|r12 sent to alle če lordes of Walys, by his lettre patent, čat čai
     shulde comme alle to his parlement. And when čai were comen,
     če Kyng saide to ham ful curtesly: "Lordyng, ¨e beč wel_comen;
     and me bihoueth ¨our conseile and ¨our helpe forto
|r16 wende into Gascoigne, forto amende če trespasse čat to me was
     čere done when čat y was čere, and forto entrete of Pees bituene
     če Kyng of Aragon~ & če Prynce of Morrey."  And alle če
     Kynges lege-men, Erles & barons, consentede and granted
|r20 čereto. And čo went če Kyng into Gascoign~, and lete amende če
     trespasse čat him was čere don~, and of če debat čat was bituene
     če Kyng of Arragon~ & the Prynce of Morrey, he cessede, & made
     ham accordede.
|r24     And while the |r[f.104v] Gode Kyng Edward and Alianore his Quene
     was in Gascoigne, če gode Erl of Cornwaile was made Wardeyn
     of Engeland til čat Kyng Edward come a¨eyn. And čo enquerede
     he of his traitoures čat coniectede falsenesse a¨eyn¨ him; and eche
|r28 of ham alle vnderfonge his dome, after čat čai hade deserued.
      But in the mene-tyme, while Kyng Edward was bi¨onde če see,
     to done ham forto make amendes čat a¨eyns him hade trespas_sede
     a false čefs traitour čat me callede 'Rys ap Meriedok,' bigan, 
|r32 forto make werr a¨eyns the Kyng Edward; and čat was for
     enchesoun~ čat Sire Payn Tiptott wrongefully greuede & disesede če



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     forsaid Rys ap Meriedok.  And when Kyng Edward herd al čis,
     he sent by his lettres to Rys ap Meriedok, čat he shulde bigin to
     make non werr, but čat he shulde be in pees, for his loue; and
 |r4 when čat he come a¨eyn into Engeland, he wold vndertake če
     querel, and wolde done amende al čat was misdone.  The for_saide 
     Rys ap Meriedok dispisede the Kynges commandement, and
     sparede nou¨t forto done alle če sorwe čat he might to če Kyngus
 |r8 men of Engeland; but anone after he was taken, and lad to ¨orke,
     and čere he was drawe and hongede for his folye.
     Of če redressing čat Kyng Edward made of his Iustice¨ & of
     his clerkes, čat čai had done for her falsenesses; & how
|r12 he drof če Gewes out of Engeland, for her Vsurye and
     her mysbileue. Capitulo Centesimo lxv=to=.
     |r<b> WHen Kyng Edward had duellede iij ¨er in Gascoigne, ful
     wel hit bicome vnto him forto Wende a¨eyn into Enge_land
|r16 . And when he was comen |r[f.105r] a¨eyne, he toke so meny
     pleyntes made to him of his Iustticeč and of his clerkes, čat had don
     so meny wronges & falsenesseč, čat wonder hit was forto wete;
      and for whiche falsenesse, Sir Thomas of Weylond, če Kyngus
|r20 Iustice, forsuore Engeland at thc Toure of London~, for falsenesse čat
     men put oppon~ [him]; wherfore he was teint, & prouede false.
      And anone after, when če Kyng had don~ his wil of če Iustice¨,
     čo lete he enquere & aspie how če Gewys desceyuede & bigilede
|r24 his peple, črou¨ here synne & falsenesse of Vsurie; and lete
     ordeyn a priue parlement amonges his lordes; and čal ordeynede
     amongus ham čat 'alle če Gewes shulde voide Engeland, for here
     misbileue, & also for her false Vsurye čat čai deden vnto Cristen
|r28 men.'  And forto spede and make an ende of čis čing, al če
     communite of Engeland ¨eue to če Kyng če l. peny of alle
     here Godes moeble: and so were če Gewis dryuen out of Engeland;
     and čo went če Gewis into Fraunce, [and there dwelled], črou¨ če
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     How Kyng Edward was seisede in al če lond of Scotland, črou¨
     consent & graunt of alle če lordes of Scotland. Capitulo
     Centesimo  l[x]vj=to=.
 |r4 |r<b> HIt was nou¨t longe after, čat Alisander, Kyng of Scotland,
     nas dede, and Dauid Erl of Huntyngdon~, čat was če Kynges
     bročer of Scotland, axede and chalangede če Kyngdome of
     Scotland, for encheson~ čat he was rightful heir.  But meny
 |r8 grete lordes of Scotland saide 'nay'; wherfore grete debate arose
     bituene ham & her frendes, for-asmiche as čai wolde nou¨t
     consent to his coronacion~; and in the |r[f.105v] mene-tyme če forsaid
     Dauid deide.  And so hit bifelle čat če same Dauid had iij
|r12 doughtres, čat worčiliche wer maried: če ferst doughter was
     mariede to Bailoille, če secunde to Brus, če čridde to Hastinges.
      And če forsaide Bailol & Brus chalangede če land of Scotland;
     and grete debate and strif aroos bituene ham čre, for enchesoun~ čat
|r16 eche of ham wolde haue bene Kyng.  & when če lordes of če
     land saw če debate bituene ham čre, čai come to Kyng Edward
     of Engeland, and seisede him in alle če land of Scotland as [t]heir
     chief lord.  And when če Kyng was seisede of alle če lordes
|r20 of Scotland, če forsaide Bailol, Brus, and Hastyngus, comen to
     če Kyngus court, and axede of če Kyng 'whiche of ham shulde
     be Kyng of Scotland.'  And Kyng Edward, čat was fulle
     gentil and trewe, lete enquere by če Cronicles of Scotland, and of
|r24 če gret lordes of Scotland, whiche of ham was the Eldeste blood;
     and it was founde čat Bailoil was če eldest, and čat če Kyng
     of Scotland shulde holde of the Kyng of Engeland, and do him
     feaute and homage.  & after čat čis was don~, Bailoil went into
|r28 Scotland, and čere was cronede Kyng of Scotland.
        And če same tyme was oppon~ če see grete strif bituene če
     Englisshe-men and the No[r]mannes.  But oppon~ [a tyme] če
     Normans arryuede al at Douer; and čere ča martrede an holy
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     were če Normans quellede, čat ¨ere scapede none of ham.
      And sone afterward, Kyng Edward shulde lese če Duchee of
     |r[f.106r] Gascoign~, črou¨ Kyng Philipp of Fraunce, črou¨ false castyng
 |r4 of če Dossepere¨ of če lond; wherfore Sir Edmund, čat was sire
     Edwardes bročer, ¨af vp his homage vnto the Kyng of Fraunce.
     And in čat tyme če clerkes of Engeland [granted] vnto Kyng
     Edward haluendel holy cherche godes, in helpyng forto recouer
 |r8 his land a¨eyn in Gascoign~.  And če Kyng sent čider a noble
     company of his bachilers; and himself wolde haue went to
     Portesmouthe, but he was lette črou¨ on Maddok of Walys, čat
     hade seisede če castel of Swandon~ nto his honde. And for čat
|r12 enchesoun~ the Kyng turnede a¨eyn into Walys at Cristus-masse.
      And for enchesoun~ čat če noble lordes of Engeland čat were sent
     into Gascoign, had no comfort of here lord če Kyng Edward,
     čai wer take of Sire Charles of Fraunce, čat is to seyn, Sir Iohn~
|r16 of Britaigne, Sire Robert Tiptott, Sire Rauf Tauny, Sir Hughe
     ardolf, & Sir Adam of Cretingus. And ry¨t at če Ascencion~
     was Maddok taken in Walys, and anočer čat me callede Morgan;
     and čai were sent to če Toure of London~, and čai wer honget.
|r20 How Sir Iohn~ of Balol, Kyng of Scotland, wičsaide his
     homoge; and of Sir Thomas Tourbeluile. Capitulo
     Centesimo lxvij=o=.
     |r<b> ANd when sir Iohn~ Bailol, Kyng of Scotland, vnderstode čat
|r24 Kyng Edward was werrede in Gascoign~, to whom če
     reaume of Scotland was delyuerede, falseliche čo a¨eyn¨ his oth,
     wit[h]saide homage, črou¨ procuryng of his folc, and sent to the
     court of Rome, črou¨ a false suggescioun~, to bene assoiled |r[f.106v] of čat
|r28 oth čat he swore vnto the Kyng of Engeland; and so he was,
     by lettres enbullede.  čo chose čai of Scotland Dossepers forto
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        & in čat tyme com ij Cardinalles fro če court of Rome, fram
     če Pope Celestyne, forto trete of accorde bituene če Kyng of
     Fraunce & če Kyng of Engeland.  And as čo ij Cardinalles
 |r4 speken of accord, Thomas Tourbeluile, čat was take at Ryouns,
     made feaute and homage to the Wardeyn of Parys, and to him
     put his ij sones in hostage, for čat he čou¨t gon~ into Engeland
     forto aspie the contre, and telle ham when he come into Engeland,
 |r8 čat he hade broken če Kynges prisoun of Fraunce by nyght, and
     saide čat he wolde done, čat alle Englisshe-men and Walshe-men
     shulde abowe to če Kyng of Fraunce: and čis čing forto brynge to
     če ende, he swore; and oppon~ čis couenaunt, dedes wer made
|r12 bituene ham, and čat he shulde haue by ¨ere an hundrede
     poundes worč of land, to bryng čis činge to če ende.  This
     false traitour toke his leue, and went čens and come into Engeland
     vnto če Kyng, & saide čat he was broken out of prisoun~, and čat
|r16 he had put him in soche perile for his loue. Wherfore če Kyng
     couč him miche čank, & ful glade was of his comyng.  And
     če false čef traitoure fro čat day aspiede al the Doyng of če Kyng
     and also his Conseile, for če Kyng louede him ful wel, & was wič
|r20 him ful priuee.  But a clerk of Engeland, čat was in the Kynges
     hous of France, herde of čis tresoun~ & of the falsenesse, and wrote
     to anočere |r[f.107r] clerk čat Was duellyng wič če Kyng of Engeland, al
     how Thomas Tourbeluile hade done his false coniettyng. And al
|r24 če Conseil of Engeland was writen forto haue sent vnto če Kyng
     of Fraunce; and črou¨ če forsaide lettre čat če clerc hade sent fro
     Fraunce, hit was founden oppon him; wherfor he was lade to
     London~, & drawen & honged čere for his tresoun~; and his ij sones,
|r28 čat he hade put in Fraunce for hostages, were čo biheuedede.
     Of če Conquest of Berwik. Capitulo Centesimo Sexagesimo
     viij=o=.
     |r<b> WHen čo ij Cardinales wer gone a¨eyn into France, forto
|r32 trete of pees at Cambrey, če Kyng sent čider of his
     Erles and baron~s, čat is to seyn, Sire Edmund his bročer, Erl of



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     Lancastre & of Leycestre, Sir Henr Lacy, Erl of Nichole, and
     William Vessy, a baron~; & of očere baronettes, aboute xiiij of če
     best and wisest of Engeland.
 |r4    And in če same tyme Kyng Edward tok his viage in
     Scotland, forto werr oppon Iohn~ Bailol, Kyng of Scotland.  And
     Sir Robert Roos at Berwik fley fro če Englisshe-men, & went to
     če Scottes.  And Kyng Edward went him toward Berwik, and
 |r8 bisegede če toun~; and čo čat were wičin manliches ham
     defendede, and sette afire and brent ij of Kyng Edwardes shippis,
     and saide, in despite and in reprofe of him: " Wenes Kyng
     Edward, wič his longe shankes, forto wyn Berwik, al our
|r12 vnčankes ? gas pikes him! and when he hač hit, gas diche
     him! " When Kyng Edward herd čis scorn~, anone črou¨ his
     mightynesse he passede ouere če diches, and assailede če toun, &
     |r[f.107v] come to če ¨ates, and gete and conquered če toune, and, črou¨ his
|r16 gracious power, quellede xxv M=l= & vij C~ of Scottes. & Kyng
     Edward loste of his men, no man of renoun~ saue Sir Richard of
     Cornwaile; and him quellede a Flemyng out of the Reede Halle
     wič a quarel, as če forsaid Richard dede of his helme; and
|r20 commandede ham forto ¨elde ham, and put ham into the Kyngus
     grace; and če Scottes wolde nou¨t; wherfore čat halle was brent,
     and cast adoune, and alle čo čat were within were brent. And
     Kyng Edward loste no man at čat viage, of simple State,
|r24 but xxviij Englisshe-men; and če wardeyn of če castel ¨af vp če
     keyes wičouten eny assaut. And čere was take, William
     Douglas, and Sir Symond Frisel; and če Erl Patrik ¨elde him to
     če pees; but Ingham of Hunfreuil and Robert of Brus, čat were
|r28 wič če Kyng Edward, forsoke Kyng Edward, & helde wič če
     Scottes: and afterward čai were tak, and put into pryson~; &
     afterward če Kyng for¨af ham her trespasse, & deliuered ham out
     of prisoun~; and čo lete Kyng Edward close in Berwik wič wallis
|r32 and wič diches.  And aftirward, Robert Brus went to Tyndale,
     and sette Woxebryge afire, and Excelham and Lamerstok, and



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     quellede & robbit če folc of če contrey; and aftirward he went fro
     čens vnto Dunbarr.
         And če ferst Wedenesday of Marche, če Kyng sent če Erl
 |r4 of Garreine, Sir Hughe Percy and Sir Hught Spenser, wič a
     faire company, forto bisege če castel. But on čat me called Sir
     Richard Siward, a traitour, a false man, ymagynede forto bigile
     če Englisshe-men, & sent to the |r[f.108r] Englisshemen, ham forto
 |r8 desceyue, and saide čat he wold ¨elde to ham če castel if čai
     wolde graunt him viij dayes of respite, čat he might sende & tells
     to Sir Iohn~ Bailol, Kyng of Scotland, how če Englisshe-men
     ferde, as čai werr in če castell, and sende him word 'if čat he
|r12 nolde remeve če sege of če Englisshe-men~, čat čai wolde če
     castel ¨elde to če Englisshemen.'  The messanger čo come to
     Iohn Bailol, Kyng of Scotland, čere čat he was wič his host; and
     če messager tolde him.  And Sir Iohn tok čo his host, and
|r16 come in če morwe erly toward če castel. & Sir Richard Syward
     saw him come, čat was maistre of če Conseile and keper of če
     castel, and saide vnto če Englisshemen: "O God!" quod he,
     "now y se of folc a fair company, and wel apparailed, y wil go
|r20 a¨eynes ham, & wit[h] ham to mete and ham assaile."  And
     Sir Hugh če Spenser saw the falsenesse of him & če tresoun~, and
     saide to him: "O traitour, tak and prouede, ¨our falsenesse
     shal nou¨t ¨ow availe."  And Hugh the Spenser com_mandede 
|r24 anon forto bynde him, and in al haste went a¨eins
     her enemys, & quelled of če Scottes xxij M=l=; for če Scottes
     had wič ham čat tyme no man of honour, saf Sir Patrik
     Graham, čat manliche fau¨t, and Longe tyme, and at če last he
|r28 was quelled. & čo saide če Englisshe-men in reprof of če Scottis:



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                        Thus staterand Scottes,
                         holde y for sottes,
                         of wrenches vnwar,
 |r4                    Erly in a mornyng,
                         in an euel tyming
                         went če fro Dunbarr.
         čo čat wer in the castell saw če comfiture, and ¨elde če
 |r8 castel to če Englisshemen, and bonden her bodyes, londes &
     castelles to Kyng Edward: and so čere wer take in če castel,
     |r[f.108v] iij Erles, and vij barons, & xxviijti Knyghtes, & xj clerkes,
     and xij Picardes; and alle were presentede vnto Kyng Edward,
|r12 and he sent ham to če Toure of London~, to ben kepte čere.
     How Kyng Edward, of his grete grace, delyuered a¨ein če
     Scottes out of prison~, čat were cheueteyns of the londe;
     and čay drow ham čo to če Frenchemen, črou¨ conseil
|r16 of William Waleys. Capitulo Centesimo Sexagesimo
     Nono.
     |r<b> WHen Kyng Edward hade made čo an ende of the werre,
     and taken the chyueteyns of Scotland, čo come Sir Iohn~
|r20 Bailol, and ¨elde him vnto Kyng Edward, and put ham in his
     grace; and he was lad to London~. And when Kyng Edward was
     comen čider, ča were brou¨t bifore him; and če Kyng axede of
     ham how čai wolde make amendes of čat trespasse and losse čat čai
|r24 hade done him; and čai put ham in his mercy.
         "Lordynges," quod če kyng, "y wille nou¨t ¨our landes, ne
     none of ¨our godes, but y wille čat ¨e make to me an oth, oppon~
     Godes body, forto bene trewe to me, and neuer after čis tyme
|r28 a¨ens me bere Armes." And alle čai consentede to če Kynges
     wille, and swore oppon Godes body,  čat is to seyn, Sir Iohn~ of
     Comyn and če Erl of Stratthorn~, če Erl of Carryk; and also iiij
     bisshopus vndertoke for alle če clergye; & so če Kyng delyuerede
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     hit was nou¨t longe after, čat čai ne risen a¨eyns Kyng Edward,
     for enchesoun čat čai wist čat Kyng Edwardus folc were take
     in Gascoigne, as bifore is saide; but Sir Iohn Bailloil, |r[f.109r] Kyng of
 |r4 Scotland, wiste wel čat his lande shulde haue sorwe and shames
     for her falsenesse, and in haste went him ouer če see vnto his owen
     londes, and čere helde him, and come neuer a¨eyne. Wherfore če
     Scottes chosen to bene her kyng, William Walis, a rybaude, an
 |r8 harlot, comen vp of nou¨t, and miche harme dede to če Englisshemen.
         And Kyng Edward čou¨t how he myght haue deliuerance
     of his peple čat were tak in Gascoigne, and in hast went ouer
     če see into Flaundres, forto werr oppon če Kyng of Fraunce. And
|r12 če Erl of Flaundres vnderfonge him wič michel honour, and
     grauntede him alle his landes at his owen wille.  And when če
     Kyng of Fraunce herde telle čat če Kyng of Engeland was
     arryuede in Flaundres, and come wič an huge power, him forto
|r16 destroye, he prayede him of trewes for ij ¨ere, so čat Englisshe
     marchaunt¨, and also Frenche, my¨t safliche gon in boče sides.
      The Kyng Edward grantede hit, so čat he mi¨t haue his men
     out of prisoun~ čat were take in Gascoigne; and če Kyng of
|r20 Fraunce grauntede anone; and so čai wer Delyuerede.
         And in the same tyme če Scottes sent by če Bisshop
     of seynt Andrewes into Fraunce, to če Kyng, and to Sir Charles,
     his bročer, čat Sir Charles shulde come wič his power, & čai of
|r24 Scotland wolde come wič her, and so čai shulde gone into Enge_land
     čat lande forto destroye, fram Scotland, til čat čai come, 
     into Kent. And če Scottes truste ful miche oppon če
     Frensshe-men; but of čat čing čai hade no maner graunt. and
|r28 |r[f.109v] nočeles če Scottes bigon~ to robbe and quelle in Northumberlond,
     and dede miche harme.
     How William Wallis lete slee Sir Hughe of Cressingham;
     and of če batail of Foukirk. Capitulo Centesimo Septua_gesimo
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     |r<b> WHen čis tydyng was comen to Kyng Edward, čat William
        Walis hade ordeynede soche a stronge power, and čat al
     Scotland to him was entendant, and redy to quelle Englisshemen
 |r4 & destroye his lande, he was sore annoied, and sent anone by his
     lettres to če Erl of Gerrein~, and to Sir Henry Percy and to Sir
     William Latomer, and to Sir Hugh of Cressingham his Tresorer,
     čat ča shulde take power, and wende into Northumberlond, & so
 |r8 forč into Scotland, forto kepe če contres.  And when William
     Waleys herde of her comyng, he gan~ forto flee; & Englisshe-men
     him folwede, and drof him til čat he come to Streuelyn~; & čere
     he helde him in če castell; and če Walshemen euery day ham
|r12 ascriede & manacede, & dede al če despite čat čai myght.  So
     čat če Englisshe-men oppon~ a tyme in a morwenyng, went
     out fram če castel če mountance of x mile, and passede ouer a
     bruge; and William Walys come wič a stronge power, and drof
|r16 ham abak, for če Englisshe-men hade a¨eynes him čo no myght,
     but fledde; and čo čat might take če brugge scapede.  But Sir
     Hughe, če Kyngus Tresorer, čere was slayn, and meny očere also;
     wherfore was made miche sorwe.
|r20    éo hade Kyng Edward spedde alle his nedes in Flaundres,  and
     was comyng a¨eyn into Engeland, |r[f.110r] and in haste toke his Way
     toward Scotland, and come čider at če Ascencioun~; and al čat he
     founde, he sette on fire & brent. But če pore peple of Scotland
|r24 come to him wonder čik, and prayed him, for Godes loue, čat he
     wolde haue on ham mercy and pitee; wherfore če Kyng čo
     commandet čat no man shulde done harme to ham čat were
     ¨olden to ham, ne to no man of ordre, ne to no hous of religion~,
|r28 ne no maner cherche;  But lete aspie al čat he myght, where
     čat he myght fynde eny of his enemys. čo come an espie to
     če Kyng, and tolde wher če Scottes were assembled forto abide
     bataile.
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     Foukirk, and ¨af bataile to če Scottes; and at čat bataill čere wer
     quellede of Scottes xxxiij M=l=, and of Englisshemen but xxviij
     and no mo; of če whiche was a worči Knyght slayn, čat was a
 |r4 knyght of the Hospitall, čat me called Frere Brian Iay; for, when
     William Waleys fley fram če bataile, čat same Frere Brian~ him
     pursuede ferslys; and as his hors ran, hit sterte into a mere of
     marreys vp to če bely; and William Waleys turnede čo a¨eyn,
 |r8 and čere quellede če forsaide Brian~; and čat was miche harme.
      And while Kyng Edward went črou¨ Scotland forto enquere if
     he might fynde eny of his enemys; and in čat lande he duellede
     as longe as him likede, and čere was none enemy čat derst him
|r12 abide.
         And so aftirward Kyng Edward went to Southampton~, for
     he wolde nou¨t abide in Scotland in wynter seson, for esement of
     his peple.  And when he come to London, he lete amende meny
|r16 misdedes čat were done a¨eynes |r[f.110v] his pees Whiles čat He Was
     in Flaundres.
     Of če laste mariage of Kyng Edward; and how he went če
     čridde tyme into Scotland. Capitulo Centesimo Septua_gesimo 
|r20 primo.
     |r<b> ANd after, hit was ordeynede črou¨ če court of Rome, čat
        Kyng Edward shulde wedde Dame Margarete, Kyng
     Philippus suster of France; and če Erchebisshop Robert of
|r24 Wynchelse spousede ham togedre; črou¨ whiche mariage pees was
     made bituene Kyng Edward of Engeland and Kyng Philippe of
     Fraunce.  Kyng Edward went čo če čridde tyme into
     Scotland; and čo, with-inne če ferst ¨ere, he had enfamenede če
|r28 land so čat čere ne lefte nou¨t on but čai come to his mercy,
     saf čo čat were in če castel of Estreuelyn, čat was vitailede &
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     How če castel of Estreuelyn was bisegede.  Capitulo Cent_esimo 
     lxx secundo.
     |r<b> Kyng Edward come with an huge power to če castel of
 |r4    Estreuelyn, and bisegede če castell; but hit litil availede,
     for he myght do the Scottes none harme, for če castel was so
     stronge an[d] wel Kepte.  And Kyng Edward saw čat, & čou¨t
     him oppon a queyntise, and lete make čere anone ij peire of hye
 |r8 Galwes bifore če toure of če castell, and made his oth čat, as meny
     as were in če castell, were he Erle or baron~, and he were take
     wič strengč, but if he wolde če račer him ¨elde, he shulde bene
     hongede ons čo Galwes.  And when čo čat were in če castel
|r12 herde čis, čai come and ¨elde ham alle to če Kynges mercy & grace;
     and če Kyng for¨af ham al his maletalent. And čere were alle
     če grete lordes of |r[f.111r] Scotland sworne to Kyng Edward, čat čai
     shulde come to London to euery parlement, and shulde stonde to
|r16 his ordenaunce.
     How Troillebastoun~ was ferste ordeynede. Capitulo Cente_simo 
     lxx iij=o=.
     |r<b> THis Kyng Edward went čens to London~, and wende haue
|r20    hade rest and pees of his werr, wič whiche werre he was
     ocupiede xx=ti= ¨er, čat is to seyn, in Walys, in Gascoign~, and in
     Scotland, and čou¨t how he myght recouere his tresoure čat he
     hade spendede about his werre, and lete enquere črou¨ če reaume
|r24 of alle če mistakyngus and wrongus done črou¨ misdoers in Enge_land
     of alle če tyme čat he hade bene out of his realme, čat me, 
     callede 'Troylebaston~'; and ordeynede čerto Iustices. And in čis
     maner če Kyng recouered tresoure wičout noumbre.  And his
|r28 encheson was, for he hade čou¨t forto haue went into če Holy
     Land forto haue werrede oppon Godes enemys, for enchesoun~
     čat he was croisede longe tyme bifore; and nočeles, čat law čat he
     had ordeynede dede miche gode črou¨ al Engeland, to ham čat were



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     mysbode; for čo čat trespassede were wel chastisede, and after_ward 
     če meker and če bettre; and če pore comunes were in če
     more reste and in pees.
 |r4     And če same tyme Kyng Edward enprisonede his owen sone
     Edward, for encheson čat Walter of Langeton~, Bisshop of Chestre,
     čat was če Kyngus tresorer, hade made oppon~ him compleynt, and
     saide čat če forsaide Edward, črou¨ conseil and procurment of on,
 |r8 Piers of Gauaston, a squyer of Gascoigne, had broke če parke¨ of
     če forsaide bisshope, and če forsaide Piers conseilede and ladde če
     same Edward, če kynges sone; and for čis cause |r[f.111v] Kyng Edward
     exilede him out of Engeland for euermore.
|r12 Of če deč of William Waleys, če false traitoure. Capitulo
     Centesimo lxxiiij.
     |r<b> ANd when čis god Kyng Edward hade his enemys ouercome
        in Walis, Gascoign~, & in Scotland, and destroyede his
|r16 traitoures, but oneliche čat rybaude William Waleys, čat neuer
     to če Kyng wolde him ¨elde. and at če laste, in če toune of Seynt
     Dominic, in če ¨er of Kyng Edwardus regne xxxiij ¨er, čat false
     traitoure was take, and presentede to če Kyng; saf če Kyng wolde
|r20 nou¨t seen him, but sent him to London to vnderfonge his iuge_ment
     []. And on Seynt Bartholomeus Eve he was honget and
     drawe, and his heuede smyten of, & his bowailes take out of
     his body, and brent, and his body quartarede & sent to iij če
|r24 best tounes of Scotland, and his heued sette oppon~ a spere, and
     sette oppon~ London~ Brugge, in sample čat če Scottes shulde
     haue in mynde forto bere ham amys a¨eyn¨ her lorde eftesones.
     How če Scottes come to Kyng Edward, forto amende here
|r28 trespasse čat čai had done a¨eyns him. [Capitulo] Cen_tesimo 
     lxxv=to=.
     |r<b> ANd at Michelmasse čo next coming, Kyng Edward helde his
        parlement atte Westmynstre; and čider come če Scottes,
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     of Carrik, Symond Frisell, Iohn~, Erl of Athell; and čai were
     accordede with če kyng, and bonden by her oth sworn~, čat
     after, if eny of ham misbare ham a¨eyns Kyng Edward, čat čai
 |r4 shulde bene disheritede for euermore. And when here pees was
     čus made, čai toke her leue priueliche, |r[f.112r] and went Home into
     Here owen contree.
     How Robert če Brus chalanged Scotland. Capitulo Centesimo
 |r8 lxxvj=to=.
     |r<b> ANd after, Robert če Brus, Erl of Karrik, sent by his lettre
        to če Erles and barons of Scotland, čat čai shulde come to
     him to Scone, in the morwen aftir če concepcioun~ of oure Lady,
|r12 for hye nedes of če land; and če lordes come at če day assignede.
      And at če same day, Sir Robert če Brus saide: "Faire lordes!
     ful wel ¨e wete čat in my persone du[e]lleč če ryght of če
     reaume of Scotland; and as če weteč wel, as ry¨tful heir, sič
|r16 čat Sir Iohn Bailoil, čat was our Kyng, hač vs forsak, &
     also lefte his lande.  And čou¨ it so be čat Kyng Edward
     of Engeland, wič wrongeful power hač made me to him assent
     a¨eyns my wille, -- yf čat če wil grant čat y be Kyng of Scotland, y
|r20 shal kepe ¨ow a¨eyns Kyng Edward & a¨eyns alle maner men."
     And wič čat worde, če Abbot of Scone aros, and bifore ham alle
     saide, čat hit was resoun~ forto helpe him, and če lande to kepe and
     defende; and čo saide, in presence of ham alle, čat he wolde ¨eue
|r24 him a čousand pound forto mayntene čat land. and alle če
     očere grantede če lande to him, and wič hir power him forto
     helpe, and defiede Kyng Edward of Engeland, and saide čat
     Robert če Brus shulde bene Kyng of Scotland.
|r28 How Sire Iohn~ Comyn gaynesaide če crounyng of Robert
     če Brus. Capitulo Centesimo Septuagesimo Septimo.



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     |r<b> "LOrdynges," saide Sir Iohn~ of Comyn~, "čenketh oppon če
        treuthe and če oth čat če made vnto Kyng |r[f.112v] Edward of
     Engeland! and as tochyng myself, y Wil nou¨t breke myn oth
 |r4 for no man." And so he went fram čat company at čat tyme;
     wherfore Robert če Brus, and alle čat to him consentede, were
     wonder wroče, & čo manacede Sir Iohn~ of Comyn~.  čo
     ordeynede čai anočer conseil at Dumfrys, to če whiche come če
 |r8 forsaide Sir Iohn~ Comyn, and duelledes but ij mile fram
     Dunfris, čere čat he was wont to soiourne and abide.
     How Sir Iohn~ Comyn was traiterousely slayn. Capitulo Cent_esimo 
     lxxviij=o=.
|r12 |r<b> WHen Robert če Brus wiste čat al če grete of Scotland
        were comen to Scone, saf Sir Iohn Comyn, čat soiourned
     čo neyč Scone, he sent after him specialiche, čat Sir Iohn~ Comen
     shulde com & speke wič him; and oppon~ čat he sent after him
|r16 Sir Iohn Comynus ij brečerne, and praiede him forto come and
     speke wič him atte če Gray Freres at Donfris; and čat was če
     Thoresday after Candelmasse; & Sir Iohn grauntede ham forto
     wende wič ham. And when he had herde masse, he toke a sop
|r20 and drank, & afterwarde he bistrode his palfray and rode his way,
     and so come to Dunfris. & Robert Bruys sawe him comme atte
     a wyndow, as he was in his chaumbre, and čo made ioye ynow, &
     come a¨eyn him, and halsed him aboute če nek, & made wič
|r24 him gode semblaunt. And when alle če Erles & barons of
     Scotland were present, Robert če Brus spake and saide: "Sires,"
     quod he, "če weten wel the enchesoun~ of čis comyng, & wherfore
     hit is: if čat če wil Graunt čat Y mote be Kyng of Scotland,
|r28 |r[f.113r] as ryght heire of the londe." And al če lordes čat were čere,
     saide wič on voys čat he shulde bene crouned Kyng of Scot_land, 
     and čat čai wolde him help and mayntene a¨eyns al maner
     men on lif; and for him, if it wer nede, dye.  če Gentil kny¨t čo,



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     Sir Iohn of Comyn, ansuerede & saide: "certes, neuer for me, ne
     forto haue of me as miche helpe as če value of a botoun~; for, čat
     oth čat y haue made to Kyng Edward of Engeland, y shal holde če
 |r4 while my lif laste." And with čat worde he went fro če company,
     and wolde haue went oppon his palfray. And Robert the Brus
     pursuede him wič a drawen sworde, and bare him črou¨ the body,
     and Sir Iohn~ Comyn felle adoune vnto the Erče.  But when
 |r8 Roger, čat was Sir Iohn~ Comines bročer, saw če falsenesse, he
     stert vp to Sir Robert the Brus, and smote him wič a knyf; but
     če false traitoure was armed vnder, so čat če stroke myght done
     him none harme; and so miche helpe come aboute Sir Robert the
|r12 Brus, so čat Roger Comyn was čere quellede and alto-hewe into
     smale pices.  And Robert če Brus turnede a¨eyn čere čat Sir
     Iohn~ Comyn če noble Baron lay woundede and pynede towardes
     his deč, bisides če hye auter in the cherche of če Gray Freres, and
|r16 saide vnto Sir Iohn~ Comyn: "O traitour! čow shalt be dede, &
     euer after lette myn avauncement"; and shooke his suorde at
     če hye auter, and smote him on the heuede, čat če brayn
     felle adoune oppon~ če Gronde, and če blode stert vnto the
|r20 wallis; and ¨itte into čis Day that blode |r[f.113v] is seyne čere, and
     no Water may wasshe it away; and so deide čat noble kny¨t in
     holy cherche.
     How Robert če B[r]us was cronede, and made Kyng of
|r24 Scotland. Capitulo Centesimo lxxix=o=.
     |r<b> ANd when če intrusour Robert če Brus saw čat no man čo
        wolde lete his coronacioun, he commandede alle ham čat
     were of power shulde come to his crounyng, to Seynt Iohnes
|r28 toun~ in Scotland.  & so hit bifelle čat on oure Lady Day,
     če Anunciacioun~, če Bisshop of Glascowe and če Bisshop of
     Seynt Andrewus crounede for her Kyng, Robert the Brus, in
     Seynt Iohnes toune, & made him Kyng. And anone after he



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     drof out al če Englisshe-men out of Scotland; & čai fledde, and
     come & pleynede vnto Kyng Edward, how Robert če Brus hadde
     dryuen ham out of the lande, & disherite ham.
 |r4 How Kyng Edwarde dobbit at Westminster xiiij score knyghte¨.
     Capitulo Centesimo Ottogesimo.
     |r<b> ANd when Kyng Edward herde of čis meschief, he suore
        čat he wolde čerof bene avenged, and saide čat `alle če
 |r8 traitours of Scotland shulde bene hongede and draw, and čat čai
     shulde neuer bene raunsonede.'  And Kyng Edward čou¨t
     oppon čis falsenesse čat če Scottes hade done, and sende after alle
     če bachilers of Engeland, čat čai shulde come to London~ at
|r12 Whitsontyde; and he dobbit at Westminster xxiiij kny¨tes.
      čo ordeynede him če noble Kyng Edward forto wende into
     Scotland, to werr oppon~ Robert če Brus; and sent bifore him
     into Scotland |r[f.114r] Sir Aymer of Valance, Erl of Penbrok, & Sir
|r16 Henry Percy, wič a fair company, čat pursewede če Scottes and
     brenede tounes & castilles; & afterwarde come the Kyng him_self, 
     wič Erles and barons a fair companye.
     How Robert če Brus was scomfitede in bataile; and how
|r20 Symond Frisell was slayn~. Capitulo Centesimo Ottogesimo
     primo.
     |r<b> THe Fryday next bifore če Assumpcicion~ of our Lady, Kyng
        Edward mette Robert the Brus bisides Seynt Iohnes toun~ in
|r24 Scotland, & with his company; of če whiche company Kyng
     Edward quelled vij M=l=.  When Robert če Brus saw čis mes_chief, 
     he gan to flee, and hudde him čat men myght nou¨t
     him fynde; but Sir Symond Frisell pursuede him so sore, so čat he
|r28 turnede & abode bataile, for he was a worči kny¨t and a bolde
     of body; and če Englisshe-men pursuede him sore on euery



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     side, and quellede če stede čat Sir Symond Frisell roode oppon~;
     and čai toke him and lade him into če hoste.  And Sir
     Symond bigan forto flater and speke faire, and saide: "lordes, y
 |r4 shal ¨eue ¨ow iiij M=l= mar¨ of Siluer, and myn horse and myn
     herneys, and all myn armure, and bicome a begger." čo ansuerede
     Theobalde of Peuenes, čat was če Kyngus Archir, "Now God
     me so helpe, hit is for nou¨t čat ¨ow spexte; for alle če golde of
 |r8 Engeland y wolde nou¨t lete če gone with-out commaundement
     of Kyng Edward." And čo was he lade to če Kyng; but če
     Kyng wolde nou¨t |r[f.114v] see him, but commaundede him to ben ledde
     away to haue his dome at London~. In oure Ladies Eve, če
|r12 Natiuitie, he was hongede and drawe, & his heuede smyten
     of, and hongede a¨ein wič cheynes of yren oppon če Galwes; &
     his heuede was sette oppon London~ Brugge vppon~ a spere; and
     a¨eyns Cristenmasse če body was brent, for enchesoun~ čat če men
|r16 čat kepte če body by nyght, saw meny deueles raumpande wič
     yren crokes rynnyng oppon~ če galwes, and horribliche turmentede
     če body; and meny čat ham sawe, anone after čai deide for drede,
     or woxen made, or sore sikenesse čai had.  And in čat bataile
|r20 was taken če Bisshop of Glascowe, če Bisshope of Seynt
     Andrewes, če Abbot of Scone, all armede wič yren as men of
     Armes, & false traitoures and false prelatis a¨eyns her oth; and
     čai were brou¨t to če Kyng, and če Kyng sent ham to če Pope of
|r24 Rome, čat he shulde done wič ham what his wille were.
     How Iohn~, Erl of Atheles, was take, & put to deč. Capitulo
      Centesimo Ottogesimo secundo.
     |r<b> ANd at čat bataile fledde Sire Iohn Erl of Ateles, and went
|r28    into a cherche, & čere hudde him for drede. But he mi¨t
     haue čere no refute, for enchesoun čat če cherche was enterditede
     črou¨ a general sentence; and in če same cherche he was take.
      And čis Sir Iohn~ wende wel haue scapede fram če deth, for
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     Kyng Edward wolde no longer bene taried of his traitoures,
     and sent him to London~ in haste; & čere he |r[f.115r] was Hongede, and
     his Heuede smyten of, and his body brent al into smal
 |r4 asshes.  But at če prayer of če Quene Margarete, for
     enchesoun~ čat he cleymede of Kyng Edward kynrede, his
     drawyngwas for¨euen him.
     How Iohn~, čat was William Waleys bročer,was put to če
 |r8 deč. Capitulo Centesimo iiij=xx= iij=o=.
     |r<b> WHen če gretteste maistres of Scotland were čus done to
        euel deče, & shent for her falsenesse, Iohn~, čat was
     William Waleys bročer, was tak as Sir Iohn~, Erl of Atheles, was.
|r12 How Robert če Brus fley fro Scotland to Norwaye. Capi_tulo 
     Centesimo ottogesimo iiij=to=.
     |r<b> ANd at čat same tyme, was Robert če Brus miche hatede
        amonges če peple of Scotland; so he wist nou¨t what to
|r16 don~; and forto hide him, he went into Norway, to če Kyng čat
     had spousede his sustre, and čere helde him, socour forto haue.
      And when Robert če Brus might nou¨t bene founde in Scot_land, 
     Kyng Edward čo lette crye his pees črou¨ al če land, &
|r20 his were vsede, and his ninistres seruede črou¨-out al če land.
     How Kyng Edward deide. Capitulo Centesimo Ottogesimo
     quinto.
     |r<b> WHen Kyng Edward hade abatede his enemys, he turnede
|r24    a¨eyn Southward, and a maladye toke him at Burgh op
     Sande, in če Marche of Scotland. And he wiste wel čat his deč
     was ful ney¨, and callede to him Sir Henry če Lacy, Erl of
     Lyncoln, Sir Gy, Erl of Warrwyk, Sir Aymer Valence, Erl of
|r28 Penbrok, and Sir Robert of Clifford, baroun, and prayede ham,
     oppon če faiče čat čai to him owede, čat čai shulde make Edward



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     |r[f.115v] of Carnaryuan, Kyng of Engeland, his sone, as rače as čai
     myght;  and čat čal shulde nought suffre Piers of Gauaston~ come
     a¨eyn into Engeland forto make his sone vse ryaute. And čai
 |r4 grantede him wič god wille; and če Kyng toke his sacrament¨ of
     holy cherche, as a gode Cristen man shulde, and deide in Verray
     repentaunce.  & when he hade bene Kyng lv čer, he deide, &
     was buried at Westminster wič miche solempnite: oppon~ whos
 |r8 soule, God haue mercy!
     Of Merlynus prophecies, čat were declarede of Kyng Edward,
     čat was Kyng Henries sone. Capitulo Centesimo iiij=xx= vj=to=.
     |r<b> ANd of čis Kyng Edward, propheciede Merlyn, and callede
|r12    him a dragon~, če secunde kyng of če vj laste kynges čat
     shulde bene forto regne in Engeland; and saide čat `he shulde
     ben mellede wič mercy & also wič sternesse, čat shulde kepe
     Engeland fram colde and fram hete; and čat he shulde oppen
|r16 his mouče toward Walys, and čat he shulde sette his on foot in
     Wyk, and čat he shulde closen wič Wallis, čat shulde do miche
     harme to his seed'; and he saide soč, for če gode Kyng Edward
     was medled wič mercy & with fersnesse; wič mercy a¨eyns his
|r20 enemys of Walis, & after of Scotland; wič fersenesse, when he
     put ham to the deth for her falsenesse & traiter, as čai had
     diserued hit; And wel kepte he Engeland fram colde and fram
     hete, sič he kepte hit fram alle maner enemys čat, ronne oppon~
|r24 him to done him eny harme or wronge.  And wel openede he
     his mouč toward Walys, and made hit |r[f.116] quake črou¨ če hidour of
     his mouthe, When he conquerede hit črou¨ dent of suerd; for če
     Prynce Lewelyn, and his bročer Dauid Rys and Morgan,
|r28 wer put vnto deč for her falsenesse and her folie.  And he
     sette his one foot in Wik, and conquered Berwik; at če whiche
     conquest was slayn xxv M=l= and vij C~, out-take ham čat wer
     brent in če Rede Halle; and če wallis čat he lete make shulde
|r32 ben noious to his seede, as men shal hure after in če lif of
     Sire Edward his sone.



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         And ¨itte saide Merlyn, čat `he shulde make Ryuer rynne
     in bloode and wič brayn': and čat semede wel in his werres,
     čere čat he hade če maistry.  And ¨itte saide Merlyn: čat
 |r4 `čere shulde come a peple out of če northwest, duryng če regne of
     če forsaide dragoun~, čat shulde bene lad be an euel grehounde,
     čat shulde če dragoun~ croune Kyng, čat aftirward shulde flee
     ouer če see wičout comyng a¨eyn, for drede of če dragoun~':
 |r8 and čat was prouede by Sir Iohn~ Baloil, čat Kyng Edward made
     forto bene Kyng of Scotland, čat falsely aroos a¨eynnes him
     and after, he fledde to his owen landes in Fraunce, and neuer
     come a¨eyne into Scotland for drede of King Edward.  And
|r12 ¨itte said Merlyn, `čat če peple čat shulde lede če forsaide
     grewhonde shulde bene faderles vnto a certein tyme': & he
     saide soth, ffor če peple of Scotland gretliche wer disessede sith čat
     sir Iohn~ Baloil, her Kyng, fley fro Scotland.
|r16     And ¨itte saide Merlyn~, `čat če sone shulde bicome in his
     tyme as rede as |r[f.116v] eny blode, in tokening of grete mortalite of deč
     of peple': and čat was wel knowen when če Scottes was slayne.
      And sič saide Merlyn, `čat čilk dragoun shulde norisshe a fox
|r20 čat shulde meve werr a¨eynes him, čat in his tyme shulde
     nou¨t bene endede': and čat semede wel by Robert če Brus, čat
     Kyng Edward norisshe in his chambre, čat sičennes stale away,
     and mevede grete werr a¨eynes him wliche wer was nou¨t
|r24 endede in his tyme.  And after ward, Merlyn tolde čat `čis
     dragoun~ shulde ben holde če best body of al če world': and he
     saide soč, ffor če gode Kyng Edward was če worthiest knyght of al
     če worlde in his tyme.
|r28     And ¨it saide Merlyn čat `če dragoun~ shulde dye in če
     marche of anočer land, and čat his londe shulde be longe wičouten
     a gode keper, and čat men shulde wepe for his deth, fram če yle
     of Sheepe vnto če Ile of Marcylle, wher (allas!) shal be her
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     čat prophecie was know oueral ful wel ffor če goode Kyng
     Edward deide at Burgh op Sandes, čat is oppon~ če marche of
     Scotland wherfore če Englisshe-men gretlch were descomfitede
 |r4 & gouernede in Northumberlond, ffor enchesoun~ čat Kyng
     Edwardes sone sette by če Scottes non force, for če ryaute of
     Piers of Gauaston~; wherfore (allas!) was če songe črou¨-oute
     Engeland for defaute of a gode warde fram če Ile of Sheepey
 |r8 vnto če yle of Marcile, če peple made miches sorw for gode
     Kyng Edwardes deth; ffor čai wende čat gode Kyng Edward
     shulde haue gon~ into če Holy Land; |r[f.117r] for čat was holliche his
     purpos: oppon~ whos soule, God of hiss blisse haue mercy!

|r12 Of Kyng Edward, čat was Kyng Edwardes sone. Capitulo
     Centesimo Octogesimo Septimo.
     |r<b> ANd after čis Kyng Edward, regnede Edward his sone, čat
     was born in Carnaryvan and went info Fraunce, and
|r16 spousede Isabell, če Kyngus dou¨ter of Fraunce, če xxv day of
     Ianuer at če cherche of our Lady of Boloign, in če ¨er of our
     Lorde M=l= CCC vij.  & če xx day of Februer, če nexte ¨er čat
     come after, he was cronede solempliche at Westminster of če
|r20 Erchebisshope Robert of Wynchelse, of Kanterbery; and čere was
     so grete prees of peple čat Sir Iohn~ Bakwelle was dede and
     mordrede.  And anone as če gode Kyng Edward was dede, Sir
     Edward his sone, Kyng of Engeland, sent after Piers of Gauaston~
|r24 into Gascoigne and so miche louede him čat he callede him his
     'bročer' and anone after he ¨af him če lordeshipp of Wallyng_ford 
     and hit was nou¨t longe after čat he ne ¨af him če Erldome
     of Cornwaile, a¨eynes alle če lordes wille of če reaume.  And
|r28 čo brought he Sir Walter of Langeton~, Bisshop of Chestre, into
     prisoun~, into the Toure of London~, with ij knafes allone him to
     serue, for enchesoun~ čat če Kyng was wroč with him, for cause
     čat Sir Wa[l]ter made pleint vppon~ him to his fader; wherfore
|r32 he was put into prisoun~ in če tyme of trailbaston~.



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         And čis Piers of Gauaston~ made so grete maistries, čat he
     went into če Kyngus tresorie in če Abbay of Westminster, and
     toke če table of golde, |r[f.117v] wič če tresteles of če same, and meny
 |r4 očere riche gewelles čat some tyme wer če noble Kyng Arthures,
     and toke ham to a marchant čat me clepede Aymery of Friscom_bande, 
     for he shulde bere ham ouer če see into Gascoigne: and
     čai come neuer a¨eyne after; wherfore hit was grete losse vnto
 |r8 čis land.
         And when čis Piers was so rychely auauncede, he bicome so
     proude and so stout, wherof alle če grete lordes of če reaume had
     him in despite for his grete beryng. Wherfore Sir Henry če
|r12 Lacy, Erl of Lyncoln, and Sir Guy Erl of Warrwyk (če whiche
     gode lordes če gode Kyng Edward chargede, čat Piers of Gauaston~
     shulde nou¨t come into Engeland forto brynge his sone into ryot),
      And alle če lordes of Engeland, assemblede ham at a certeyn day
|r16 at če Frere Prichoures of London~, and speken of če dis_honour 
     čat če Kyng dede to his reaume and to his crone. and so
     čai assemblede alle, boče Erles, baron~s and communes, čat če for_saide 
     Piers of Gauaston shulde ben exilede out of Engeland.
|r20 And so hit was done; for he forsuore Engeland, and went into
     Irland; and čere če Kyng made him chiefteyn and Gouernour of
     če lande by his commissioun~; and čere čis Piers was chefteyn of
     al če land, and dede čere all čat him liked, and had čere al what
|r24 he wolde.  And čat tyme were če templeres exilede črou¨ al
     cristendome, ffor enchesoun~ čat men put oppon~ ham čat čai
     shulde done čing čat was a¨eynes če faič and gode bileue.
      Kyng Edward louede Piers of Gauaston~ so miche |r[f.118r] čat he might
|r28 nou¨t forlete his company; and so miche če Kyng ¨af and bihight
     to če peple of Engeland, čat če exiling of če forsaide Piers shulde
     bene reuokede at Staunford, črou¨ ham čat him hade exilede.
      Wherfore Piers of Gauaston~ come a¨eyne into Engeland; and
|r32 when he was comen a¨eyn into čis lande, he despisede če grettest
     lordes of čis lande, and callede Sir Robert Clare Erl of Gloucestre,



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     'Horessone,' and če Erl of Lyncoln~, Sir Henry če Lacy, 'Broste
     bely,' and Sir Guy Erl of Warrwyk, 'blanke hounde of Arderne.'
     And also he callede če noble Erl and gentil, Thomas of Lancastre,
 |r4 'Cherl,' and meny othere shames and scorn ham saide, & by
     meny očere grete lordes of Engeland, wherfore čai were towardes
     him ful angri and sore annoiede.
         And in če same tyme deide če Erl of Lyncoln; but he
 |r8 charged, or he was dede, Thomas of Lancastre, erl, čat was his sone_in
     -lawe, čat he shulde mayntene his querell a¨eyns če same Piers
     of Gauaston~, oppon~ his benison~.  And so hit was ordeynede,
     črou¨ helpe of če Erle of Lancastr and of če Erl of Warrwyk,
|r12 čat če forsaide Piers was biheuedede at Gauersiche bisides
     Warwik, če xix day of Iun, in če ¨ere of grace M=l= CCC &
     xij; wherfore če Kyng was sore annoiede, and prayede God čat
     he might see čat day to bene avengede of če deč of če forsaide
|r16 Piers.  And so hit bifelle aftirward, as ¨e shul hure, -- allas če
     tyme! -- ffor če forsaide Erl of Lancastre & meny očere |r[f.118v] grete
     baroun~, wer put to pitouse deč, and martrede, for enchesoun of
     če forsaide querell.
|r20     The Kyng was čo at London~, and helde a parlement, and
     ordeynede če lawes of Sir Symond Mountford; wherfor the Erl of
     Lancastre, and alle če Erles & all če clergye of Engeland, maden an
     oth, črou¨ conseile of Robert of Wynchelse, forto maintene če
|r24 ordenaunces for euermore.

     How Robert če Brus come a¨eyne into Scotland, and Gaderede
          a grete power of men forto werr oppon~ Kyrig Edward.
         Capitulo  Centesimo Ottogesimo viij=o=.
|r28 |r<b> ANd when Sir Robert če Brus, čat made him Kyng of Scot_land, 
     čat was fledde into Normandy for drede of deč of
     če goode Kyng Edward, and herd of če debate čat was in Enge_land 



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     bituene če Kyng and his lordes, he ordeynede an hoste, and
     come nto Engelond, into Northumberland, and clenly destroiede če
     contreye.  And when Kyng Edward herde čis tidynges, he lete
 |r4 assemble his host, and mette če Scottis at Streuelyn, in če day of
     če Natiuite of Seint Iohn če Baptiste, in če vij ¨er of his regne,
     and in če ¨ere of our Lorde Ihesu Crist, M=l= CCC & xiiij. Allas
     če sorw and losse čat ¨ere was done! for ¨ere was slayn, če noble
 |r8 Erl Gilbert of Clare, Sire Robert of Clifford, a baroun~, and meny
     očere; & of očere peple čat no man couč nombre; and čere
     Kyng Edward was scomfitede. And Sir Edmund of Maule, če
     kynges stiward, for drede went and drenchede him-self in a
|r12 fresshe ryuer čat is callede Bannokesbourn~; čerefore |r[f.119r] če Scottes
     saide, in reprofe and despite of Kyng Edward, foralsemiche as he
     louede forto go by watere, and also for he was descomfitede at
     Bannokesbour[n]e, čerfore maidenes made a songe čerof, in čat
|r16 contre, of Kyng Edward of Engeland and in čis maner čai
     songe:
           Maydenes of Engelande, sare may ¨e morne,
           For tynt ¨e haue [lost] ¨oure lemmans at Bannokesborn~
|r20                      wič hevalogh.
          What wende če Kyng of Engeland haue ygete Scotlande
                          wič Rombylogh.
        When Kyng Edward was descomfitede, he was wonder sory,
|r24 and faste fledde wič his folc čat was lafte alif, and went
     to Berwik, and ¨ere helde him.  And after, he toke hostages, čat is
     to seyne, vij childerne, of če rychest of če toun~; and če Kyng
     went to London~, and toke conseile of činges čat were nedeful
|r28 vnto če reaume of Engeland.
         And in če same tyme hit bifelle čat ¨ere was in Engeland
     a rybaude čat men callede Iohn~ Tanner; and he went and saide
     čat he was če goode Kyng Edwardus sone, and lete him calle
|r32 'Edward of Carnaruan~'; and čerfore he was take at Oxenford,
     and ¨ere chalangede če frere Carmes chirche čat Kyng Edward
     hade ¨eue ham, če whiche cherch some tyme was če Kyngus



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     Halle.  And afterwarde was čis Iohn~ ladde to Northampton~, and
     draw, and ¨ere hongede for his falsenesse. and er čat he was
     dede, he confessede, and saide bifore al če folc, čat 'če deuel
 |r4 bihighte him čat he shulde be Kyng of Engeland'; and čat 'he
     hade seruede če deuel iij ¨ere.'

     How če toun~ of Berwik was taken črou¨ treson~; & how if
         Cardynales wer robbet in Engeland. Capitulo Centesimo
 |r8     iiij=xx= ix=o=.
     |r[f.119v] |r<b> ANd in myd Lenton~ Sonday in če ¨ere of our Lord Ihesu
        Crist M=l= CCC xvj, Berwik was loste, črou¨ false tresoun~ of
     on, Piers of Spaldyng; če whiche Piers, če Kyng had put čere
|r12 forto kepe če same toune wič meny burgeys of če toun~.  Wher_fore 
     če childerne čat were put in hostages črou¨ če burgeys of
     Berwik, folwede če Kyngus Marchalcie meny daye, fetrede in
     stronge yrenes.
|r16     And after čat tyme ¨ere come ij Cardinales into Engeland,
     as če Pope hade ham sende forto mak pees bituene Scotland and
     Engeland. and as čai went toward Duresme forto haue sacrede
     maistre Lowys of Beaumond, Bisshop of Duresme; and as čai went,
|r20 čai were taken and robbit oppon če more of Wigelesdon~; of
     whiche robrye, Sir Gilbert of Midelton~ was atteint, and take, and
     hongede & drawe at London, and his heuede smyten of, and
     his bowales taken out of his body, and brent, & his body quar_tarede,
|r24 and his heuede smyten of, and sette oppon~ a spere, and
     sette oppon~ Newegate; and če iiij quarters sent to iiij citees of
     Engeland.
         And čat same tyme bifelle meny meschyues in Engeland; for
|r28 če pore peple deide in Engeland for hunger; and so miche and
     so faste folc deiden, čat vnnečes men m[i]ght ham bury; for a
     quarter of whete was worče xls., and ij ¨ere and an halfe a
     quarter of whete was worče ij mar¨; and ofte-tymes če pore



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     peple stale childern and ete ham, and ete also alle če houndes
     čat čai might take, and ek Horse & cattes; and after, ¨ere felle a
     grete |r[f.120r] pestilence amonges bestes in diuerse contrees of Engeland
 |r4 duryng Kyng Edwardes lif.

     How če Scottes robbede Northumberland. Capitulo Centesimo
         Nonogesimo.
     |r<b> ANd in če same tyme come če Scottes a¨eyne into Engeland,
 |r8    and destroiede Northumberlond, and brent čat lande, &
     robbet hit, and quellede men and wymmen, & childern čat laye
     in cradell, and brent also holy cherche, and destroiede Cristen_dome, 
     and toke & bare awaye Englisshe-mennes godes, as čai
|r12 hade bene Sarasins or paynemes. and of če wickednesse čat čai
     deden, all če worlde spake čerof, črou¨ al Cristendome.

     How če Scottes wolde nou¨t amende her trespasse; and čerfore
         Scotland was enterditede.  Capitulo Centesimo Nono_16     
|rgesimo primo.
     |r<b> ANd when Pope Iohn~, če xxij after seynt Petre, herde of če
        grete sorwe and meschief čat če Scottes wrought, he was
     wonder sory čat Cristendome was so destroiede črou¨ če Scottes,
|r20 and nameliche for čai destroiede so holy cherche; Wherfore če
     Pope sent a general sentence, vnder his bullis of leade, vnto če
     Erchebisshope of Kaunterbery, and to če Erchebisshope of ¨ork,
     čat 'if Robert če Brus of Scotland wolde nou¨t be iustifiede, and
|r24 make amendes vnto kyng Edward of Engeland, his lorde, &
     make amendes of his losse, and his harmes čat čai hade done in
     Engeland, and also to restore če godes čat ča hade take out
     of holy cherch, čat če sentence shulde be pronouncede črou¨ all
|r28 Engeland.  And when če Scottes herde čis, čai wolde nou¨t
     |r[f.120v] cesse of her malice for če Popes commaundement; Wherfor



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     Robert če Brus, Iamys Douglas, and Thomas Randolf Erl of
     Morref, and alle čo čat wič ham communede, or ham halp in worde
     or in dede, were accursed črou¨ euery cherche črou¨ Engeland,
 |r4 euery [day] at masse iij tymes; and no masse shulde be songen in
     holy cherche črou¨-out al Scotland, but if če Scottis wolde make
     restitucion~ of če harmes čat čai hade made vnto holy cherche.
     Wherfore meny a gode preste and holy man, čerfore were slayn
 |r8 črou¨ al če reme of Scotland, for enchesoun~ čat čai wolde singe
     no masse a¨eynes če Popes commaundement and a¨eynes his wille,
     and to done and fulfille če tiraunt¨ wille.

     How Sir Hughe, če Spenseres sone, was made če Kyngus
|r12     Chamberlein; and of če bataile of Miton~. Capitulo
         Centesimo Nonogesimo secundo.
     |r<b> ANd hit was nou¨t longe afterward, čat če Kyng ne ordeynede
        a parlement at ¨ork; and ¨ere was Sir Hugh, če Spensere¨
|r16 sone, made Chamberlein~. And in če mene-tyme, while če werr
     last, the Kyng went a¨eyne into Scotland, čat hit was wonder
     forto wete, and bisegede če toun~ of Berwik; but če Scottes went
     ouer če water of Solewath, čat was iij mile fram če Kyngus host,
|r20 and priuely čai stele awaye by nyght, and comen into Engeland,
     and robbede and destroiede al čat čai myght, and sparede no
     maner čing til čat čai comen to ¨ork. And when če Englisshe_men 
     čat were lafte at |r[f.121r] home Wist of čis čing, alle čo čat might
|r24 trauaile-as wel monkes and prestes and ffreres & Chanouns and
     seculers, -- and come and mette wič če Scottes at Miton~ op Swale,
     če xij day of Ottobre. Allas! what sorwe for če Erglisshe
     hosbonde-men čat couče nočing in werr, ¨ere were quellede and
|r28 drenchede in če Ryuer of Swale. And her chyueteynes, Sir
     William of Melton~, Erchebisshop of ¨ork, & če Abbot of Selby
     with her stedes, fledde, & come vnto ¨ork. And čat was her
     owen folie čat čai had čat meschaunce, for čai passede če water of



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     Swale; and če Sccottes sette in fire iij stackes of hey; and če
     smoke čerof was so huge čat Englisshe-men myght nought see če
     Scottes.  And when če Englisshe-men were gon ouer če water, čo
 |r4 come če Scottes wič her wenge, in maner of a shelde, and corne
     toward če Englisshe-me in a rawe; and če Englisshe-men fledde,
     for vnnečes čai hade eny men of Armes; for če Kyng hade ham
     alle almost loste atte če sege of Berwik; and če Scottes
 |r8 hobilers went bituix če brigge & če Englisshe-men.  And when
     če grete host had čaim mette, če Englisshe-men fledde bituene če
     hobilers and če grete host; and če Englisshe-men almost alle were
     ¨ere slayn. And he čat might wende ouer če water was sauede;
|r12 but meny were drenchede, Allas, for sorwe! for ¨ere was
     slayne meny men of Religioun~, and seculers, and ek prestes and
     clerkes; and wič miche sorw the Erchebisshop scapede; and čer_fore 
     če Scottes callede hit 'the White ataile.'

|r16 How Kyng Edward dede all maner |r[f.121v] čing as Sire Hugh če
         Spenser Wolde. Capitulo Centesimo Nonogesimo tercio.
     |r<b> ANd when Kyng Edward herde čis tydynges, he remevede his
        sege fram Berwik, & come a¨eyne into Engeland. But Sir
|r20 Hugh če Spenser, če sone, čat was če Kynges chaumberlein, kepte
     so če Kyngus chaumbre, čat no man might speke wič če Kyng,
     but if he made wič him a frett forto done his nede, & čat ouer
     mesure. And čis Hugh bar him so stoute, čat alle men hade of
|r24 him scorn and despite; and če kyng him-self wolde nou¨t be
     gouernede by no maner man, but oneliche by his fader and by
     him.  And yf eny knyght of Engeland hade wodes, maneres, or
     lande, čat čai wolde couette, anone če Kyng moste ¨eue it ham, or
|r28 elles če man čat owede hit shulde falsely be enditede of
     fforfet or of ffelonye; and črou¨ soche doynges čai disheritede
     meny a grete bachiler, and so meny landess geten, čat hit was
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         And when če lordes of Engeland saw če couetise and če
     falsenesse of Sir Hugh če Spenser, his fader, and of Sir Hugh
     his sone, čai comen to če gentil Erl of Lancastre, and axede
 |r4 him of conseile of če disese čat was in the reame črou¨ Sir Hugh
     če Spenser and his sone. And in haste, by one assent, čai made
     a priue assemble at Shirborn in Elmede; and alle ča[i] maden čere
     an oth forto breke and destourble če doyng bituene če Kyng and
 |r8 Sir Hugh če Spenser and his sone, oppon~ her power. And čai
     went into če Marche of Walys, & destroiede če Lande of če
     forsaide Sir Hughes.

     |r[f.122r] How sir Hughe če Spenser and his fader Were exilede out
|r12     of Engeland. Capitulo Centesimo Nonogesimo iiij=to=.
     |r<b> WHen Kyng Edward saw če grete harme and destrucioun~ čat
        če barons of Engeland deden on Sir Hugh če Spensers
     Landes, and to his sones, in euery place čat čai comen oppon~. And
|r16 če Kyng čo, črou¨ his Conseile, exilede Sir Iohn~ Mounbray, Sire
     Roger of Clifford, and Sir Gosselyn Dauill, and meny očer lordes
     čat wer to ham consent. Wherfore če barons dede čo more
     harme čan čai dede bifore.  And when če Kyng saw čat če
|r20 barons wolde nou¨t cesse of her cruelte, če Kyng was sore adrade
     leste čai wolde destroy him and his reame for his mayntenance,
     but yf čat he assentede to ham; and so he sent for ham by
     lettre¨, čat čai shulde come to London~ to his parlement at a
|r24 certeyne day, as in his lettres were conteynede.
         And čai come wič iij batailes wel armed at alle poynt¨; &
     euery bataile hade cote-armur of grene cloče; and čerof če right
     quarter was ¨alwe, wič white bendes; Wherfore čat parlement was
|r28 callede 'če parlment wič če whit bende.'  And in čat company
     was Sir Humfray de Bohon~, Erl of Herford, and Sir Roger of
     Clifford, Sire Iohn~ Mounbray, Sire Gosselyn Dauill, Sire Roger
     Mortymer, Vncle of Sir Roger Mortymer of Wigemore, Sire Henry
|r32 of Tyeys, Sire Iolln~ Giffard, and Sir Bartholomew Badelesmere
     čat was če Kynges Stiward, čat če Kyng hade sent to Shirborn



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     in Elmede, to če |r[f.122v] Erl of Lancastre and to alle čat Wič him Were,
     forto trete of accorde čat him aliede to če barons, and come wič če
     company, And Sir Roger Dam~ory and Sir Hugh sof Audeley čat
 |r4 hade spousede če Kynges neces, susters to Sir Gilbert of Clare,
     Erl of Gloucestre, čat was quellede in Scotland, as aboue is saide.
      And čo ij Lordes hadde če ij partes of če Erldome of Gloucestre;
     and Sir Roger če Spenser, če sonne, hadde če čridde part on
 |r8 his Wifes behalue, 'the čridde suster. And čo ij lordes went to
     če barouns wič al her power, au¨eynes Sir Hugh, her bročer-in_Law;
     and so čer come with ham, Sir Roger of Clifford, Sir Iohn~
     Mounbray, Sir Gosselyn Dauill, Sir Roger Mortymer of Werk,
|r12 Sir Roger Mortymer of Wygemore, his nevew, Sir Henry Trays,
     Sir Iohn~ Giffard, Sir Bartholomew of Bedelesmere, wič alle her
     company, & meny očere čat to ham wer consent.
         Alle čis grete Lordes comen to Westminster, to če Kynges
|r16 parlement; and so čai spoken and dede, čat boče Sir Hugh če
     Spenser, če fader & če Son~, were outlawede of Engeland for euer_more.
      And Sir Hughe če fader went to Douer, and made
     miche sorwe, and felle adoun~ by če see bank, & clipped acros
|r20 wič his Armes, and sore wepyng, saide: "now, farewele Enge_land
     ! & gode Engeland, to Gode y če bitak!" and čries cussede
     če grounde, and wende neuer haue comen a¨ein, and Wepyng
     ful sore, cursede če tyme čat euer he bigate Sir Hugh his sone, &
|r24 saide 'for him he hade loste Engeland'; and in presence of
     ham čat were him |r[f.123r] aboute, he ¨af him his curse, and went ouer
     če see to his landes. But Sire Hugh če son~e wolde nou¨t go out
     of Engeland, but helde him in če see; and he & his company
|r28 robbede ij Dormondes bisides Sandewiche, & toke and bar awaye
     all če gode čat was in ham, če Value of xl M=l= li.

     How če Kyng Exilede če Erl Thomas of Lancastre, & alle čat
         helde wič him; and how če Mortymer come & ¨elde him
|r32     vnto če Kyng; & of če lordes siege. Capitulo Centesimo
         Nonogesimo Quinto.



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     |r<b> HIt was nought longe after, čat če Kyng ne made Sir Hugh
        če Spenser če fader, and Sir Hugh če sonne, come a¨ein
     into Engeland, a¨eyns če lordes wille of če reaume.  And sone
 |r4 after, če Kyng, wič strong Power, come and bisegede če castel of
     Leedes: and in čat castel was če Lady of Badelesmore, for enchesoun~
     čat she wolde nou¨t grant če castel to če Quene Isabell, Kyng
     Edwardes wif.  But če principal cause was, for encheson~ čat Sir
 |r8 Bartholomev Badelesmere was a¨eins če Kyng, & helde with the
     lordes of Engeland. And nočeles, če Kyng, by helpe and socoure of
     men of London~, and also črou¨ helpe of Southern~ men, če Kyng gate
     če castel, maugre ham alle čat wer wičin, and tok wič him al čat he
|r12 might fynde.  And when če barons of Engeland herd of čis čing,
     Sir Roger Mortymer & očere meny lordes toke če toune of
     Brugeworth with strengh; Wherfore če Kyng was wonder wroč,
     and lete outelawe Thomas of Lancastre & Hounfray de Bohoun~,
|r16 |r[f.123v] Erl of Hereford, and alle čat Were assent to če same querell.
      And če Kyng Assemblede an host, & come a¨eynes če lordes of
     Engeland; wherfor če Mortymers put ham to če Kynges mercy &
     his grace; and anone čai wer sent to če Toure of London~, and čere
|r20 kepte in prisoun~.  And when če barons herd of čis čing, čai
     comen to Pontfret, ¨ere čat če Erl Thomas soiornede, and tolde him
     how če Mortymers had ¨elde ham boče vnto če Kyng, &
     put ham in his grace.

|r24     Of če sege of Tikhulle.  Capitulo Centesimo iiij=xx= xvj=o=.
     |r<b> WHen Thomas, Erl of Lancastre, herde čis, čai were
        wonder wroč, & alle čat were of his company, and gretly
     čai were descomfortede, & ordeinede her power togeder, and
|r28 bisegede če castell of Tykhull. But čo čat were wičin, so man_liche 
     defendede ham, čat če barons might nou¨t gete če castell.
      And when če Kyng herde telle čat his castell was bisegede, he
     suore, by God and by his crowne, čat če sege shulde be remevede,
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     rescue če castell; and his power encressede fram day to day,
      When če Erle of Lancastr and če Erl of Hereford, and če
     barons and her company, herde of čis čing, čai assemblede al her
 |r4 power, and went ham to Burton~ op Trent, and kepte če bruge, čat
     če Kyng shulde nou¨t come ouer.  But hit bifell so, čat on če
     x day of Marche, in če ¨ere of grace M=l= CCC xxj če Kyng and
     če Spensers, Sir Aymer Valaunce, Erl of Penbrok, & Iohn~, Erl of
 |r8 Arundel, and her power, went ouer če |r[f.124r] Watere, and descomfitede
     če Erl Thomas & his company; and ča fledde to če castell of
     Tuttebery; and fro čenns čai went to Pountfret. And in čat
     Viage deide Sir Roger Dammory, in če Abbay of Tuttebery.
|r12     And in čat same tyme, če Erl Thomas hade a traitour with
     him čat men callede Robert of Holonde, a Knyght čat če Erl
     hade brou¨t vp of nou¨t, and hade norisshede hirn in his botelerie,
     and had ¨euen him ij M=l= mar¨ of rent by čere. And so
|r16 miche če Erl louede him, čat he might doo in če Erles court
     what him likede, boče amonges hye & law; and so queyntely
     euer he bare him a¨eynes his lord, čat he truste more oppon~ him
     čan oppon~ eny man alyue.  And če Erl hade ordeynede him
|r20 by lettre forto wende nto če Erldome of Lancastr, forto make
     a rise to helpe him čat viage, čat is to seyn, v=c= men of Armes.
     But če said Holand come nou¨t čere, no maner men forto
     warne, ne to make a rise to helpe his lord.  And when Holand
|r24 herde telle čat his lord was scomfitede at Burton~, as an vntrew
     man he stale away, and robbede in Rauenesdale his lordes men
     čat come fra če scomfiture, & tok of ham horse and harneys, and
     al čat čai hade, & quellede of ham alle čat he myght tak, and čo
|r28 come and ¨elde him vnto če Kyng.  When če gode Erl Thomas
     wist čat he was so bitraiede, he was sore abasshede, and saide to
     him-self, "O almyghty god!" quod he, "how might Robert
     Holonde fynde in his hert me to bitraye, sičens čat y |r[f.124v] haue
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     him čat no man may desceyue anočer, račere čan he čat he most
     trust oppon~. He hač ful euel ¨eldede me my godenesse, and če
     worship čat y to him haue done, and črou¨ my kyndenesse haue
 |r4 him avauncede, and made him hie fram lowe; & he makeč me go
     fram he into lowe; but ¨itte shal he dye in euel deč."

     Of če Scomfiture of Burbrigge.  Capitulo  Centesimo Nono_        
gesimo Septimo.
 |r8 |r<b> THe gode Erl Thomas of Lancastre, Hunfray de Bohon, Erl
        of Herford, and če barouns čat wič ham wer, toke a
     conseile bituene ham at če Frere Prechoures at Pountfrett. čo
     čou¨t Thomas vppon če traitour Robert Holond, and saide in
|r12 reprofe, "Allas! Holonde me hač bitraiede! Ay is in če rede of
     somme euel shrede."  And by commune assent čai shulde alle
     gone to če castel of Dunstanburghe, the whiche perteynede to če
     Erldome of Lancastre, and čat čai shulde abide ¨ere til če Kyng
|r16 hade for¨eue ham his male-talent. but when če gode Erl Thomas
     čis herde, he ansuerede in čis maner, and saide: "Lordes," quod
     he, "if we gone toward če north, men wil seyn čat we gon~
     toward če Scottes; and so we shul be holde traitoures, for cause
|r20 of distaunce čat is bituene Kyng Edward and Robert če Brus,
     čat made him Kyng of Scotland. And čerfore y say, as tochyng
     myself, čat y wil go no ferčer into če North čan to myn owen
     castel of Pountfrett."  And when Sire Roger Clifford herde čis,
|r24 he aros vp anone in wrač, |r[f.125r] and drow his suorde, & swore by
     Almygty God and by his holy names, but if čat he wolde go
     wič ham, he shulde be dede, and čat he wolde slee him čere.  če
     noble Erl Thomas of Lancastre was sore adrade, and saide:
|r28 "faire sires, y wil go wič ¨ow whider-so-euer če me lede." čo
     went čai togederes into če North; and wič ham čai hade vij=c= men
     of Armes, and come to Burbrig.
         And when Sire Andrew of Herkela-čat was in če North_contre 
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     -- herde telle how čat Thomas of Lancastre was descomfitede,
     and his company were descomfitede at Burton vp Trent, he
     ordeynede him a stronge power, and Sir Symond Ward also, čat
 |r4 čo was shirryf of ¨ork, & come & mette če barons at Burbrig; &
     anone čai breken če brige, čat was made of tre.  And when
     Sir Thomas of Lancastre herde čat Sire Andrew of Herkela hade
     brou¨t wič him soche a power, he was sore adrade, & sent for Siri
 |r8 Andrew of Herkela, & wič him spake, and saide to him in čis
     maner: "Sire Andrew," quod he, "¨e mow wel vnderstonde how
     čat our Lord če Kyng is ladde and misgouernede by miche false
     conseil, črou¨ Sir Hugh če Spenser če fader, & Sir Hugh č
|r12 sone, & Sir Iohn~ Erl of Arundel, and črou¨ Maistre Robert Baldok,
     a false pilede clerc, čat is in če Kyngus court duellyng; wherfore y
     praye ¨ow čat če wil come wič vs, wič al če power čat ¨e haue
     ordeynede, and helpe to destroie če venyme of Engeland, and če
|r16 traitoures čat bene čerin, and we wil ¨if vi to ¨ow če best part
     |r[f.125v] of v Erldomes čar We haueč & holdeč; and We wil mak vnto
     ¨ow an oth čat we wil neuer do čing wičout ¨our consel, and so ¨e
     shul bene as wele at ese wič vs as euer was Robert Holande."
|r20  čo ansuerede Sir Andrew of Herkela, and saide: "Sir Thomas!
     čat wolde y nou¨t do, ne consent čerto, for no maner čing čat
     yhe might me ¨eue, wičouten če wil and commaundement of
     our lord če Kyng; for čan shulde y be holde a traitoure for euer_more
|r24 ."  And when če noble Erl Thomas of Lancastre saw čat he
     nolde consent to him for no maner čing, "Sir Andrew," he saide,
     "wil ¨e nou¨t consent to destroye če venyme of če reaume, as we
     bene consented ? At on worde, Sir Andrew, y telle če, čat or čis
|r28 ¨er be gon~, čat če shal be take and holde for a traitoure, and
     more čan ¨e holde vs nowe; and in worse deth ¨e shul die, čan
     euer dede Knyght of Engeland; and vnderstonde wel čat
     neuer ¨e dede čing čat sorer ¨ow shal repent. And now
|r32 goč and do whats ¨ow gode likes; and y wil put me to



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     če mercy and grace of God." And so went če false traitoure,
     Sir Andrew of Herkela, in his way as a false traitour, a tiraunt,
     & forsuore man. for črou¨ če noble Erl Thomas of Lancastre he
 |r4 vnderfonge če armes of chiualry, and črou¨ him he was made
     knyght.
         Thoo might men seen Archieres drawen ham in čat on side
     and in čat očere; and Kny¨tes also fou¨ten togeder wonder sore;
 |r8 and amonge očere, Sir Hunfray de Bohoun~, Erl of Herford, a
     worči knyght of renoune črou¨out al Cristendome, stode & fau¨t
     with his enemys apon če brigge. |r[f.126r] And as the noble lorde stode
     and fau¨t oppon~ če brugge, a čef, a ribaude, scolkede vnder če
|r12 brigge, and fersly wič a spere smote the noble knyght into če fonde_ment, 
     so čat his bowailles comen out čere. Allas če sorwe! for
     ¨ere was slayn če floure of solace and of comfort, & also of curtesye.
     and Sire Roger of Clifford, a noble knyght, stode euer, and faught,
|r16 & wel and nobly him defendede as a worči baron; but at če laste
     he was sore wounded in če heuede, & Sire William of Sulley &
     Sir Roger of Bernesfelde were slayn in čat bataile.  And
     Sir Andrew of Herkela sawl Sir Thomas men of Lancastre laske
|r20 and slake. Anone he & his company comen to the Gentil Knyght,
     Thomas of Lancastre, & saiden "¨elde če, traitour! ¨elde če!"
      The gentil Erl ansuerede čo, and saide: "nay, lordes! traitour
     be we none, and to ¨ow wille we neuer vs ¨elde while čat our
|r24 lifes lasten; but leuer we hauen to be slayn in oure treuč, čan
     ¨elde vs to ¨ow." And Sir Andrew a¨ein criede oppon Sir
     Thomas company, ¨ellynge as a wolfe and saide: "¨elde ¨ow,
     traitour taken! ¨elde ¨ow!" and wič an hye voice saide: "beč
|r28 ware, sires, čat no man of ¨ow be so hardy, oppon~ lif and lyme,
     to mysdo Thomas body of Lancastre."  And wič čat worde, če
     gode Erl Thomas went into a chapel, and saide, knelyng doun~
     oppon~ his knees, and turnede his visage toward če crois, and saide:
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     mercy."  And wič čat, če vileins ribaudes lepten about him,
     on euery side čat Gentil Erl, as tiraunt¨ |r[f.126v] and Woode turmentures,
     and despoilede him of his Armure, & cločede him in a robbe of
 |r4 Ray, čat was his sq[u]yers liueray, and fourč lade him vnto
     York by water. čere might men see miche sorwe and care, for če
     gentil knyghtes fledden ons euery side, and če ribaudes and vileins
     egrely ham descriede, and criede in hye, "¨elde ¨ow, traitoures!
 |r8 ¨elde ¨ow!"
         And when čai were ¨olden, čai wer robbed, and bonde
     as ¨eues. Allas če shame & despite, čat če gentil ordre of
     Knyghthode ¨ere hade at čat bataile! And če land čo was wič_outen 
|r12 Law, for holy cherche čo hade nomore reuerence čan hit
     hade bene a bordel hous. And in čat bataile was če fader a¨eins
     če sone, and če vncle a¨eins his nevew; for so miche vnkynde_nesse 
     was neuer seyne bifore in Engeland amonges folc of on
|r16 nacioun~; for o kynrede had no more pite of čat očer, čan an
     hundred wolfes haueč on o shepe; and hit was no wonder, for
     če grete lordes of Engeland were nou¨t alle of o nacioun~, but were
     mellede wič očere nacions, čat is forto seyn, somme Britons,
|r20 somme Saxones, somme Danois, somme Peghtes, somme Frenche_men, 
     somme Normans, somme Spaignardes, somme Romayns, some
     Henaudes, some Flemyngus, and of očere diuerse naciouns, če
     whiche nacions acorded nou¨t to če kynde bloode of Engeland.
|r24  And if če grete Lordes of Engeland hade bene onelich wedded
     to Englisshe peple, čan shulde pees haue bene, and reste amongus
     ham, wičouten eny envy. And at čat bataile was Sir Roger
     Clifford tak, Sire Iohn~ Mounbray, Sire William |r[f.127r] Tuchet, Sir
|r28 William Fit¨-William, and meny očer worči Knyghtes; and Sir
     Hugh Dauill če next day after was taken and put into prisoun~, &
     shulde haue ben done to če deč if he hade nou¨ spousede če
     Kynges nece, čat was če Erl Gilbertus sustre of Gloucestre.



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     And anone after, was Sir Bartholomev of Bedelesmer taken att
     Stawe Park, a maner of če Bisshoppes of Lincoln~, čat was his
     nevew, and meny očer barons and baronettes; Wherfore was made
 |r4 miche sorwe.

     How Thomas of Lancastre was biheuedede atte Pountfrett, &
         v barons hongede and Draw čere.  Capitulo Centesimo
         Nonogesimo Octauo.
 |r8 |r<b> ANd now y shal telle ¨ow of če noble Erl Thomas of Lancastre.
        When he was taken & brou¨t to ¨ork, meny of če citee
     were ful glade, and oppon~ him criede wič hye voice, "A, sire
     traitoure! ¨e arne welcome, blessed be God! for now shal ¨e
|r12 haue če reward čat longetyme ¨e haue diserued!" and caste oppon~
     him meny snoweballes, and meny očer reproues dede him. But
     če gentil Erl čat soffrede, and saide nečer on ne očere.
         And in čat same tyme če Kyng herde of čat scomfiture,
|r16 and was ful glade, and in haste come to Pountfrett; and Sir Hugh
     če Spenser, and Sir Hugh his sone, and Sir Iohn~, Erl of Arundel,
     and Sir Edmund of Wodestok, če Kyngus bročer, Erl of Kent,
     and Sir Aymer of Valance, Erl of Penbrok, & maistre Robert of
|r20 Baldok, a false pilede clerc, čat was priue & duellyng in če
     Kynges court; and alle čai come čider wič če Kyng.  And
     Sir Rauf of Beeston ¨af vp the |r[f.127v] castel to the Kyng; and če Kyng
     entrede into če castel; & Sir Andrev of Herkela, če false tiraunt,
|r24 črou¨ če Kynges commandement tok with him če gentil Erl
     Thomas to Pountfret; and ¨ere he was prisonede in his owen
     castel čat he hade new made, čat stode a¨eins če Abbay of Kyng
     Edward.
|r28    And Sir Hugh če Spenser če fader, and Sir Hugh his sone,
     caste and čou¨t how and in what maner če God Erl Thomas of
     Lancastre shulde bene dede, wičouten iugement of his peris;
     wherfore hit was ordeinede črou¨ če Kynges Iustice¨, čat če Kyng
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     čat he was ladde to če barr bifore če Kynges Iustice¨, bare-heuede
     as a čef, in a faire halle wičin his owen castel, čat he hade made
     čerin meny a faire fest, boč to riche and eke to pore.  And čise
 |r4 were his Iustice¨:. Sir Hugh če Spenser če fader, Sir Aymer of
     Valance, Erl of Penbrok, Sire Edmund of Wodestok, Erl of Kent,
     Sire Iohn~ of Britaign~, Erl of Richemond, & Sir Robert of Maleme_črop, 
     iustice; and Sir Robert him acoupede in čis maner:
 |r8  "Thomas! atte če ferst, oure lord če Kyng & čis court
     excludeč ¨ow of al maner ansuere.  Thomas! oure lorde če
     Kyng put oppon~ ¨ow čat če haue in his lande riden wič baner dis_plaiede, 
     a¨eynes his pees, as a traitour."  And wič čat worde,
|r12 če gentil Erl Thomas, wič an hie voice saide, "Nay, Lordes! forsoč,
     and by Seint Thomas, y was neuer traitoure."  The iustice saide
     a¨ein čo: "Thomas! our Lord če Kyng put oppon~ če čat ¨e
     hauen robbede his folc, and mordred his |r[f.128r] folc, as a čef.
|r16  Thomas! če Kyng also put oppon~ you čat he descomfitede ¨ow
     and ¨our peple wič his folc in his owen reaume; Wherfore če went
     and fley to če wode as an outlawe, and also če were taken as an
     outlaw.  & Thomas, as a traitoure ¨e shull be hongede by
|r20 resoun~, but če Kyng hač for¨eue ¨ow čat gewys for če loue of
     Quene Isabell.  And, Thomas, resoun~ wolde also čat ¨e shulde
     ben hongede; but če Kyng hač for¨eue čat gewys for cause and
     loue of ¨our lynage.  But, Thomas, for-asmiche as če were tak
|r24 fleyng, & as an outlaw, če Kyng wil čat ¨our heued be smyten
     of, as ¨e haue wel deseruede. Anone doth him out of pres,
     and bringe him to his iugement!"  če gentil knyght, when he
     hade herde alle čise wordes, wič an hye voice he criede, sore wep_ing,
|r28 and saide: "Allas, Seint Thomas, faire fader! Allas! shal
     y be dede čus ? graunt me now, blisseful God, ansuere!" but al it
     availede him nočing; for če cursede Gascoignes put him hider
     and čider, and on him criede wič an hye voice, "O Kyng
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     in euel deč shalt ¨ow dye, as ¨ow hast wel diseruede."  čo
     sette čai oppon~ his heuede in scorn an olde chapelet, al-to
     rent & torn, čat was nou¨t worč an halpeny; & after čai
 |r4 sette him oppon~ a lene white palfray, ful vnsemeliche, and ek
     al bare, wič an olde bridel; and wič an horrible noyse čai drow
     him out of če castel toward his deč, and caste on him meny
     balles of snowe.  And as če turmentoures lade him out of če
 |r8 castel, čo saide he čise |r[f.128v] pitouse wordes, and his Handes helde
     vp in hye toward heuen: "Now, če Kyng of Heuen ¨eue vs
     mercy, for če erčely Kyng hač vs forsak!" And a frere prech_oure 
     went wič him oute of če castel, til čat he come to če place
|r12 čat he endede-in his lif; vnto whom he shroue him al his lif.
      And če gentil Erl helde če frere wonder faste by če cločes, and
     saide: "fair fader, abide wič vs til čat y be dede; for my
     flesshe quakeč for drede of deč." And soč forto saie, če gentil Erl
|r16 sette him oppon~ his Knees, & turned him toward če East; but a
     Ribaude čat men~ callede Hugon~ of Moston~, sette hande oppon~ če
     gentil Erl, and said in despite of him: "Sir traitoure, turne če
     toward če Scottes, čin foule deth to vnderfonge"; and turnede če
|r20 Erl toward če North.  The noble Erl Thomas ansuered čo wič a
     milde voice, and saide: "Now, fair Lordes, y shal do al ¨our owen
     wille." And wič čat worde če frere went fram him ful sore;
     and anone a ribaude went to him, and smote of his heuede, če xj
|r24 Kalendus of April, in če ¨er of grace M=l= CCC xxj. Allas čat
     euer soche a gentil blode shulde ben don to deč with-outen cause
     and resoun~!  And traiterousely was če Kyng conseilede when
     he, črou¨ false conseil of če false Spensers, soffrede Sir Thomas,
|r28 his vncles sone, bene put to soche a deč, & so ben-heuedede
     a¨eyns al maner resoun~. And grete pitee hit was also, čat soche a
     noble Kyng shulde ben desceyuede and mysgouernede črou¨
     false Spensers, če whiche he mayntenede črou¨ loselry a¨eins his
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     |r[f.129r] Engeland for enchesoun of če forsaide Thomas deč.  When če
     gentil Erl of čis lif was passede, če Prioure and če monkes of Poun_frett 
     geten Sir Thomas body of če Kyng, and čai buriede hit
 |r4 bifore če hye auter in the right side.
         Ands čat same day čat če gentil lord was dede, čere wer
     honged and draw for če same querel at Pountfrett, Sir
     William Tuchet, Sir William Fit¨-William, Sire Warein of Ysillee,
 |r8 Sire Henry of Bradboure, Sir William Cheyne, baron~s alle, &
     Iohn~ Page, Squyer.  And sone after at ¨ork, wer draw and
     Honget, Sire Roger ofs Clifford, Sir Iohn~ of Mounbray, barons, &
     Sire Gosselyn Dauil, Knyght.  And at Bristow were draw and
|r12 honged, Sire Henry of Wynington~, and Sire Henry of Mounford,
     barons.  And at Gloucestre wer draw and hongede, Sire Iohn~
     Giffard & Sire William of Elmebruge, barons.  And at London~
     wer Honget & draw, Sir Henry Tyeys, baron~; & at Win_chelse,
|r16 Sir Thomas Culpeper, knyght; & at Wyndesore, Sir
     Fraunceys of Waldenham, baron; & at Kaunterbury was draw
     and honged, Sire Bartholomew of Badelesmer & Sir Bartholomev
     of Assheburnham, barons; And at Kerdif in Walys, Sir William
|r20 Flemynge, baron~.

     How Kyng Edward went into Scotland wič an C=ml= men of
         Armes, and might nou¨t spede.  Capitulo Centesimo
         Nonogesimo  Nono.
|r24 |r<b> ANd when Kyng Edward of Engeland hade brou¨t če flour of
        chiualry vnto čis deč, črou¨ conseil of Sir Hughe če
     Spensers če fader, & Sir Hugh his sone, he bicome as wood
     as a lyoun~; and what-so-euer the Spensers wolde haue done, it
|r28 was don~. And so wel the |r[f.129v] Kyng louede ham, čat čai might do
     wič him al čat čai wolde; wherfore the King ¨af vnto Sir
     Hugh če Spenser če fader, če Erldome of Wynchestre, and to Sir
     Androv of Herkela če Erldome of Carlele, in preiudice and
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     če Spensers, disheritede alle ham čat hade bene a¨eins him in eny
     querell wič Thomas of Lancastre; and meny očere wer disherited
     also, for encheson~ čat če Spensers coueitede forto haue her londes;
 |r4 and so čai hade al čat čai wolde desire, wič wronge, and a¨eyns al
     resoun~.
         čo made če Kyng, Robert of Baldok, a false pilede clerc,
     Chaunceller of Engeland, črou¨ conseil of če forsaide Spensers;
 |r8 and he was a false rybaude and a couetous; and so čai conselede
     če Kyng so miche, čat če Kyng lete take to his owen ward alle če
     godes of če lordes čat wrongefully were put vnto če deč, into
     his owen honde; and aswel čai token če godes čat were in
|r12 holy cherche, as če godes čat were wičout, and lete ham ben put
     into his tresorie a[t] London~, and lete ham calle his forfait¨;
     and by her conseile če Kyng wrought, and disheritede al ham
     čat če gode oweden; and črou¨ her conseil lete arere als talliage
|r16 of alle če godes of Engeland; wherfore he was če richest Kyng
     čat euer was in Engeland, after William Bastard of Normandy,
     čat conquerede Engeland.  And ¨itte, črou¨ consell of ham,
     him semede čat he hade nou¨t ynou¨, but made ¨itte euery toun~
|r20 of Engeland fynde a man of Armes oppon~ her owen costages,
     forto gon~ and werr oppon the |r[f.130r] Scottes čat Wer his enemys.
        Wherfore če Kyng went into Scotland wič an hundred
     čousande men of Armes at Whitsontide, in the ¨ere of our Lord
|r24 God M=l= CCC & xxij. But če Scottes went and hud ham in
     Mounteyns and in Wodes, and tariede če Englisshe-men fro day
     to day, čat če Kyng myght for no maner čing ham fynde in pleyn
     felde; wherfore meny Englisshe-men, čat few vitailes hade, for
|r28 hunger ¨ere deiden wonder faste, and sodeynly, for hunger in
     goyng and in comyng, and nameliche čo čat hade bene a¨eyns
     Thomas of Lancastre, and hade robbet his men oppon~ his landes.
      When Kyng Edward saw čat vitailes failede him, he was čo
|r32 wonder sore discomfortede, for enchesoun~ also čat his men so
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     last he come a¨eyne into Engeland. And anone after come Iames
     Douglas and Thomas Randolf wič an huge ost into Engeland,
     into Northumberland, and wič ham če Englisshe-men čat wer
 |r4 dryuen out of Engeland, & come and robbet the contre, and
     quellede če peple, and also brent če toun~ čat was callede North_allertoun, 
     and meny očer tounes vnto żork.  And when če Kyng
     herd čis čing, he lete [sompne] alle maner men čat might trauaile.
 |r8 And so če Englisshemen mette če Scottes atte če Abbay of Beihe_land, 
     če xv day after Michelmasse in če same ¨er abouesaide; And
     če Englisshe-men wer čere descomfited; & at čat scomfiture was
     tak Sir Iohn~ of Britaygn, Erl of |r[f.130v] Richemonde, čat helde če
|r12 contre and the Erldome of Lancastre; and after, he paiede an
     huge raunsoun~, and was lete gone; and after čat he went into
     Fraunce and come neuer after a¨eyn.
     How Sir Andrew of Herkela was taken, and put vnto če
|r16 deč, čat was Erl of Cardoile. Capitulo CC=mo=.
     |r<b> ANd at čat tyme Sir Andrew of Herkela, čat newe was made
        Erl of Cardoile, for cause čat he hade taken če goode Erl
     of Lancastre, he hade ordeyned, črou¨ če Kyngus commandement
|r20 of Engeland, forto bryng him all če power čat he might, forto
     helpe him a¨eyns če Scottes atte če Abbay of Behigland.  And
     when če false traitoure hade gadrede all če peple čat he might, and
     shulde haue comen to če Kyng to če Abbay of Biegland, če
|r24 false traitoure lad ham by anočer contre črou¨ Copeland, and
     črou¨ če Erldome of Lancastr, and went črou¨ če contre, and
     robbit and quellede folc, al čat he might.  And ferčermore
     če false traitour hade take a gret some of golde of Sir Iamys
|r28 Douglas, forto bene a¨eyns če Kyng of Engeland, and to bene
     helpyng and holdyng wič če Scottes; črou¨ whos tresoun~ če Kyng
     of Engeland was scomfitede at Biheland er čat he come čider;
     wherfore če Kyng was toward him ful wroč, and lete priuely
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     enquerede and aspiede, so čat at the laste treuč was founde, and
     sought, and he atteint and taken as a false traitour, -- as če noble
     Erl Thomas of Lancastre him tolde, er čat he were don~ to dede
 |r4 at his takyng |r[f.131r] att Burbrig, and to him saide, čat 'or čat ¨ere wer
     Don~, he shulde ben take and holde a traitour': and so hit was, as
     če holy man saide. Wherfore če Kyng sent priuely to Sire
     Antoyn of Lucye, a kny¨t of če contre of Cardoile, čat he shulde
 |r8 tak Sir Andrew of Herkela, and put him vnto če deč. And to
     bryng čis čing to če ende, če Kyng sent his commission~, so čat če
     same Andrew was take at Carleel, & ledde vnto če barr in maner
     of an Erl, worthely arraied, and with a suorde gert aboute him,
|r12 and hosede and spored.  čo spak Sir Antoyn in čis maner,
     "Sir Andrew," quod he, "če Kyng put oppon~ če čat, for-asmiche as
     ¨e haue bene orpede in ¨our dedes, he dede vnto ¨ow michel
     honour, and made ¨ow Erle of Carlele; and ¨ow, as traitoure
|r16 vnto či lord če Kyng, laddest his peple of čis contrey, čat
     shulde haue holpe him at če bataile of Bihiland; and ¨ow laddest
     ham away by če contre of Copeland, and črou¨ če Erldome of
     Lancastr, wherfor our lord če Kyng was scomfitede in bataile
|r20 ¨ere of the Scottes, črou¨ či tresoun and falsenesse. And if čow
     hadest come betyme, he hade yhade če maistre; and al čat
     tresoun ¨ow dedest, for če grete somme of golde and siluer čat
     čow vnderfong of Iames Douglas, a Scott, če Kynges enemy.
|r24  And our Lorde če Kyngus wille is, čat ¨e, če ordre of Knyght_hode,
     -- by če whiche čow vnderfonge al čin honour and worship
     oppon~ či body, -- be al brou¨t to nou¨t, and či state vndone,
     čat očere knyghtes of lawer Degre mowe after če be-ware; če
|r28 whiche lorde hač če auancede hugely in diuerses |r[f.131v] contrees of
     Engeland; and čat alle may take ensample by če, her lord
     aftirwards trewely forto serue."
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     heles; & after he lete breke če suerde ouer his heuede, če whiche
     če Kyng him ¨af to kepe and defende his lande čerwič, when
     he made him Erl of Cardoile; and after he lete him vncloče of his
 |r4 furrede mantel and of his hood, and of his furrede Cotes and of
     his gerdell. And when čis was don, Sire Antoyne saide vnto
     him: "Andrew," quod he, "now art ¨ow no kny¨t, but a knaue;
     and for či treson~ če Kyng wille čat čow bene honged & drawe,
 |r8 and čin heuede smyten of, and či bowelles taken out of či body,
     and či bowelles brent, and či body quarterede, and čin heuede
     smyten of, and sent vnto London; and čere hit shal be sette
     oppon~ London~ Brigge; and či iiij quarters shal be sent to iiij
|r12 tounes of Engeland, čat alle očere mowe be-ware and chastisede by
     če." And as Antoyne saide, so hit was done, al maner čing, on
     če last day of Ottobre, in če ¨er of grace M=l= CCC xxij ¨ere;
     and če sonne čo turnede into blode, as če peple it saw.  and
|r16 čat durede fro če morne, til hit was xj of če Clokke of če day.
      Of če miracles čat God wrou¨t for Seint Thomas loue of
     Lancastre; wherfore če Kyng lete close če cherche dores
     of Pountfrett, of če Prioury, for no man shulde come
|r20 čerin to če body forto offre. Capitulo Ducentesimo
      Primo.
     |r<b> ANd sone after the Gode Erl Thomas of Lan*castr |r[f.132r] was
        martrede, a preste, čat Longe tyme hade ben blynde,
|r24 dremede in his slepyng čat he shulde gone vnto če hull ¨ere čat
     če gode Erl Thomas of Lancastre was don~ vnto deč, and he
     shulde haue his sight a¨ein: and so he dremede iij nyghtes sewyng.
     And če prest čo lete lede him to če same hull.  And when he
|r28 come to čat place čat he was martred on~, deuoutely he made čere
     his prayer, and prayede God and Seynt Thomas čat he might
     haue his sight a¨eyne. And as he was in his prayers, he laide his
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     on; and a drope of dry bloode and smal sande cleued on his
     honde, and čerwič he striked his eyne, and anone, črou¨ če might
     of God and of Seynt Thomas of Lancastre, he hade his sight a¨eyn,
 |r4 and čankede čo Almighty God and Seynt Thomas.  And when
     čis miracle was cud amonges men, če peple come čider on euery
     side, and knelede, and made her praiers at his tombe čat is in the
     Priori of Pountfrett, and praiede čat holy martr, of Socour and of
 |r8 helpe, and God herd her prayer.  Also čere was a ¨onge childe
     drenchede in a welle in če toun~ of Pountfrett, and was dede iij
     daies and iij nyghtes; and men come and laide če dede childe
     oppon~ seint Thomas tombe, če holy martr; and če childe aros
|r12 čere fram če deč vnto lif, as meny a man hit saw; & also
     miche peple wer out of here mynde, & God hač sent ham her
     mynde a¨eyn črou¨ vertu of čat holy martr. |r[f.132v]  And also God
     hač ¨euen to creples hir goyng, and to crokede her hondes and
|r16 her feet, and to blinde also her sight, and to meny sike folc her
     hele, čat hadde diuerse maladyes, for the loue of his gode martre.
      Also ¨er was a riche man in Coundon in Gascoigne; and soche a
     maladie he had, čat al his right side rotede, and felle awaie fram
|r20 him; and men might se his Lyuer and also his hert; and so he
     stank, čat vnneč men might come neič him; Wherfore his frendes
     for him were ful sory.  But at če last, as God wolde, čai
     prayede to Seint Thomas of Lancastre, čat he wolde praye to
|r24 Almighty God for čat prisoun~, and bihight to gon~ to Pountfrett
     forto done her pilgrimage. And če goode man sone after slepte
     ful softe, and dremed čat če martre Seynt Thomas come vnto him,
     and enoynted oueral his sike side. And čerwič če gode man
|r28 awoke, and was al hole; and his flesshe was restorede a¨ein, čat
     bifore was rotede and felle away; for whiche miracle če good
     man & his frendes louede God and Seint Thomas euermore after.
      And čis gode man come into Engeland, and toke with him iiij
|r32 felawes, and come to Pountfrett, & come to čat holy martr, and
     dede her pilgrimage; but če gode man čat was sik come čider al



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     naked, saf his breche; and when čai hade done, čai turnede home
     a¨eyne into her contre, and tolde of če miracle wher-so čat čai come.
      And also ij men haue bene helede čere of če morimal, črou¨ helpe
 |r4 of čat holy martre, čou¨ čat euel be holde incurable.
         When če Spensers herde čat God wrou¨t soche miracles for
     his holy martre, and čai wolde nou¨t bileue hit in no maner wise,
     but saide openly |r[f.133r] čat hit was grete heresie, soche vertu of him
 |r8 to bileue.  And when Sir Hugh če Spenser, če sone, saw al
     čis doyng, anone he sent his messagers fram Pountfret čer čat
     he duellede čo, to če Kyng Edward, čat čo was at Grauene atte
     Skipton~, for cause čat če Kyng shulde vndo his pilgrimage.
|r12  And as če rybaude čat was messager come to če Kyng forto
     don~ his message, he come by če hull čere če gode man was done
     vnto deth; and in če same place he made his ordur; and when he
     hade ydon~, he went toward če Kyng; and a stronge flux him come
|r16 oppon~ er he come to żork, and shedde all his bowailles at his
     fundement.
         And when Sir Hugh če Spenser herde čis tydyngus, somdel
     he was adrad, and čou¨t forto vndo če pilgrimage, if he might by
|r20 eny maner way; And to če Kyng went, and saide čat čai shulde
     be in grete sclaundre črou¨-out al Cristendome for the deč of Thomas
     of Lancastre, if čat he soffrede če peple done her pilgrimage at
     Pountfrett. And so he conseilede če Kyng, čat he comandede to
|r24 close če cherche dores of Pountfrett, in če whiche cherch če holy
     martre Seynt Thomas was enterede; and čus čai deden, a¨eyns al
     fraunchise of holy cherche, so čat iiij ¨er after myght no pilgrime
     come vnto čat holy body.  And for enchesoun~ čat monkes
|r28 soffred men come & honour čat holy body of Seynt Thomas če martre,
     črou¨ conseile of Sir Hugh če Spenser če Sone, and črou¨ conseile
     also of Maistre Robert Baldok, a false piled clerk čat was če
     Kynges Chanceller, če Kyng consented that čai shulde be sette |r[f.133v] to
|r32 her wages, and Lete make Wardeynes ouer her owen Godes longe
     tyme.  And črou¨ če commandement of če forsaide Sir Hugh če
     Sepenser, xiiij Gascoignes wel armed kepte če hull ¨er čat če gode



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     Seint Thomas was don vnto his deč and biheuedede, so čat no
     pilgrime might come. By čat way ful wel wende he forto haue
     binome Cristus might and his power, and če grete loos of miracles
 |r4 čat he shewede for his martre Thomas čou¨-out al Cristendome.
         And čat same tyme če Kyng made Robert of Baldok, a
     pilede clerc and a false, črou¨ conseile & praier of Sir Hugh če
     Spenser če sone, Chanceller of Engeland. And in če same tyme
 |r8 was če castel of Wallingford holden a¨eyness če Kyng, črou¨ če
     prisoners čat were wičin če castel, for Seint Thomas querell of
     Lancastre. Wherfore če pep[l]e of če contre come & tok the castel
     oppon če prisoners; wherfore Sire Iohn of Goleinton~, kny¨t, and
|r12 Sir Edmunde of Bech, parson~, and a squyer čat me callede Roger
     of Walton~, wer taken and sent to the Kyng to Pounfrett; and
     ¨ere čai wer done into prison; and če forsaide Roger was sent vnto
     żork, and ¨ere he was draw and honged.
|r16     And aftirward, Sir Roger Mortymer of Wygemore brak out
     of če Toure of London~ in čis maner: če forsaide Sir Roger
     herde čat he shulde bene draw and hongede at London~, in če
     morne after Seint Laurence day; and on če dai bifore, he helde
|r20 a fair fest in če Tour of London~, and čo was Sir Stephen |r[f.134r] Segraue,
     Conestable of London~, and meny grete men wič him.  And
     when čai shulde sopen, če forsaide Stephen sent for alle če officers
     of the Tourre; and čai come and soppede wič him; and when čai
|r24 shulde take her leue of him, a squyer čat me callede Stephen, čat
     was ful priue wič če forsaide Roger, črou¨ heir conseile ¨af ham
     alle soche a drynk, čat če lest of ham alle slepte ij dayes & ij
     nightes; and in če mene-tyme he scapede away by water, čat is to
|r28 seyn, by če Tamise, and went ouer če see, and helde him in
     Fraunce; wherfore če Kyng was sore annoied, and čo put če same
     Stephen out of his Conestablery.
     How če Quene Isabell went into Fraunce forto treten of pees
|r32 bituene her lord, če Kyng of Engeland, & če Kyng of
     Fraunce, her bročer. Capitulo Ducentesimo Secundo.



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     |r<b> He Kyng went čo vnto London, and čere, črou¨ counseil of
        Sir Hugh če Spenser če fader, and of his sone, and of maistre
     Robert of Baldok, a false pilede clerc, his Chanceller, lete seise čo
 |r4 alle če Quenes landes into his owen honde, and also alle če landes
     čat were Sir Edward his sones, and were čo put to her wages,
     a¨eins al maner reson~; and čat was črou¨ če falsenesse of če
     Spensers.  And when če Kyng of Fraunce, čat was če Quene
 |r8 Isabelles bročer, herde of čis falsenesse, he was sore annoyed
     a¨eyns če Kyng of Engeland and his false conseilers; wherfore he
     sent a lettre vnto Kyng Edward, vnder his seal, čat he shulde
     come into Fraunce att a certeyn day forto |r[f.134v] done His homag; and
|r12 čerto he sompnede him; and elles he shulde lese al Gascoigne.
      And so Hit was ordeynede in Engeland, črou¨ če Kyng and his
     Counseil, čat Quene Isabell shulde wende into Fraunce, forto
     trete of pees bituene her lord and her bročer; and čat Olyuer of
|r16 Yngham shulde wende into Gascoigne, and shulde haue wič him
     vij M=l= men and mo of Armes, to bene Senescal and wardein of
     Gascoign~. And so hit was ordeynede čat Quene Isabel went čo
     ouer če see, and come into Fraunce, and wič her went Sir Aymer
|r20 of Valence, Erl of Penbrok, čat was ¨er mordrede sodeynly on a
     priue sege: but čat was črou¨ Godes vengeaunce, for he was on of
     če Iustice¨ čat consentede to Seint Thomas deč of Lancastre, &
     wolde neuer afterward repente him of čat wicked dede.  And at
|r24 čat tyme Sir Olyuer of Yngham went ouer into Gascoigne, and
     dede miche harme to če Kyng of Fraunce, and čo gete a¨ein čat
     Kyng Edward hade loste, & more čerto.
     How Kyng Edward sent Sir Edward his sone, če eldest, into
|r28 Fraunce. Capitulo Ducentesimo Tercio.
     |r <b> THe Quene Isabel nad nou¨t bene but a quarter of a ¨er in
     Fraunce duellyng, čat Sir Edward, his eldest sone, ne
     axede Leue forto wende into Fraunce forto spek wič his moder,
|r32 Isabel če quene. And če Kyng his fader grantede him with
     gode wille, and saide to him, "go, my fair sone, in Godes blessing
     and myn; and čenk forto come a¨ein as hasteli as čow maiste."



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     and he come ouer the see into Fraunce; and če Kyng of
     Fraunce, his Vncle, |r[f.135r] vnderfonge Him wič michel honour, and
     saide to him, "faire sone, ¨e ben welcomen; and for cause čat
 |r4 ¨our fader comeč nou¨t forto done his homage for če Duchee of
     Ghyen, as his auncestres were wont forto done, y ¨eue ¨ow čat
     lordeship, to holde hit of me in heritage as ¨oure auncestre
     deden bifore ¨ow." Wherfore he was callede Duk of Gyene.
 |r8 How Kyng Edward exilede his Quene, and Edward his eldest
     sone. Capitulo CC quarto.
     |r<b> WHen Kyng Edward of Engeland herde telle how the Kyng
        of France hade ¨eue če duche of Gien~e vnto Sire Edward
|r12 his sone, wičouten consent and wille of him, and čat his sone
     hade vnderfonge če Duchie of him, he bicome wonder wroč, and
     sent to his sone bi his lettre, & to his wif also, čat čai shulde
     come into Engeland wič al če haste čat čai might.  The Quene
|r16 Isabell, & Sire Edward her sone, were wonder sory and drade of
     the Kyngus manace and of his wrač, and principally of the false
     traitoures če Spensers, boče of če fader and of the sone, & at his
     commandement čai wolde nou¨t come. Wherfore Kyng Edward
|r20 was ful sore annoiede, and lete make a crie at London čat, if Quene
     Isabell and Edward her sone come nou¨t into Engeland, čat čai
     shulde bene holden as enemys, boče to če reaume & to če
     croune; and for čat čai wolde nou¨t come into Engeland, but boč
|r24 were exilede, če moder and her sone.  Whe[n] Quene Isabell
     herd čis tidingus, she was sore adrad to bene shente črou¨ če
     false coniettyng of če Spensers, and went wič če knyghtes čat wer
     exilede out of Engeland for |r[f.135v] Seint Thomas querell of Lancastre,
|r28 čat is to seine, Sire Roger Mortymore, Sire William Trussell, Sire
     Iohn of Cromwell, & meny očer grete kni¨tes.  Wherfore čai
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     bituene če Duc of Gyene, če Kyngus sone of Engeland, and the
     Erles dou¨ter of Henaud, čat was a noble kny¨t of name, and a
     dou¨ty in his tyme. And if čat čing might be brou¨t about and
 |r4 stand, čai trowede, wič če helpe of God, and wič his helpe, to
     recouere heir heritage in Engeland, wherof ča were put out
     črou¨ the coniettyng of če false Spensers.
      How Kyng Edward, črou¨ conseile of če Spensers, sent to če
 |r8 Du¨sipiers of Fraunce, čat čai shulde helpe čat Quene
     Isabell, and hire sone Sir Edward, weren exilede out of
     Fraunce. Capitulo CC=o= v=to=.
     |r<b> WHen Kyng Edward and če Spensers herde how Quene
|r12    Isabel, and Sir Edward her sone, hade Aliede ham to če
     Erle of Henaud, and to ham čat were exilede out of Engeland for
     encheson~ of Thomas of Lancastre, čey were so sory čat ča nist what
     to done. Wherfore Sir Hugh če Spenser, če sone, saide vnto Sir
|r16 Hugh his fader, in čis maner wise, and saide: "Fader, accursede
     be če tyme & če conseil čat euer če consentede čat Quene Isabel
     shulde gone into Fraunce forto treten of accorde bituene če
     Kyng of Engeland & her bročer če Kyng of Fraunce, for čat was
|r20 ¨our conseile, for at čat tyme for-soče ¨our witte faillede; for Y
     drede me sore lest, črou¨ her & her |r[f.136r] sone, We shul be
     shent, but if we take če better consel."
         Now, fair sires, vnderstondeč how mervaillous folie and
|r24 falsehede če Spensers ymagynede & caste; for priuely čai lete fille
     v barelles ferers wič siluer, -- če somme amontede v M=l= li, -- and čai
     sent čo barelle oue[r] če se priuely by an Alien čat me callede
     Arnolde of Spaign, čat was a brocour of London~, čat he shulde go
|r28 to če Du¨sipiers of France, čat čai shulde procuren and speken
     to če Kyng of Fraunce, čat Quene Isabel and Edward her sone
     were dryue and exilede out of Fraunce, and, amonge al očer
     čingus, čat čai were brou¨ to če deč as priuely as čai might.



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     But Almighty God wolde nou¨t so;  ffor when čis Arnolde was,
     in če hye see, he was taken wič Selanders čat mette him in če see,
     and toke him, & lad him to her Lord, če Erl of Henaud; & miche
 |r4 ioye was made for čat takyng.  And at če laste, čis Arnolde
     priuely stale away fro čens, and come to London~. And of čis
     takyng, and of očer činges, če Erl of Henaude saide to če Quene
     Isabel: "dame, make ¨ow mery and beč of gode chier, for ¨e
 |r8 beč more riche čan ¨e wende forto haue bene; & tak ¨e čise v
     barelles of Siluer čat were sent to če Du¨sepiers of Fraunce forto
     quelle ¨ow & ¨our sone Edward; and čenkeč hastely forto wende
     into Engeland; and tak če wič ¨ow Sir Iohn~ of Henaude, my
|r12 bročer, and v C men of Armes; for meny of ham of Fraunce, in
     whom če haue |r[f.136v] hade grete truste, hade grete deintee čow forto
     scorne: and Almighty God grant ¨ow grace, ¨our enemys forto
     ouercome."  če Quene Isabel sent čo črou¨ Henaud and Flaundres
|r16 for her sodioures, and ordeinede her euery day forto wende into
     Engeland a¨eine; and so she had in her company Sire Edmund of
     Wodestoke, čat was Erl of Kent, čat was Kyng Edwardes bročer
     of Engeland.
|r20 How Kyng Edward lete kepe če costes bi če see, & lete
     trie alle the pris men of Armes & footmen also črou¨ al
     Engeland. Capitulo CC=o= vj=to=.
     |r<b> WHen Kyng Edward herde telle čat če Quene Isabel and
|r24    Edward hir sone wolde come into Engeland wič meny
     Alienus, and wič ham čat were outlawede out of Engeland for her
     rebelnesse, he was sore adrade to bene put adoune and lese his
     kyngdome. Wherfore he ordeynede forto kepe his castelles, in
|r28 Walis as wel as in Engeland, wič vitailles and her apparale, and
     lete kepe his ryuers, and also če see costes, wherof če v Portes
     token to kepe ham, & also če see.  And also he commandede
     ferčermore, & by his lettres ordeynede, čat euery hundred &
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     men of foote, and čat čai shulde bene put in tuentysome and
     in hundredesome; and commandet čat al čo men wer aredy, when
     eny outesse and crie wer made, forto pursue and tak če Aliens čat
 |r4 comen into Engeland forto binime him če land, and forto put him
     out of his kyngdome.  And more-ouer he lete crie, črou¨ his
     patent, |r[f.137r] in euery faire and in euery marcat of Engeland, čat če
     Quene Ysabell, and Sir Edward his eldest sone, and če Erl of Kent,
 |r8 čat čai were take, and safly kepte, wičout eny maner of harme
     vnto ham doyng; and alle očer peple čat come wič ham, anone
     smyte of her heuedes, wičout eny maner raunson~.  And
     what man čat might bryng Rogeres heede, če Mortymer, of
|r12 Wigemore, shulde haue a C~ li of monee for his trauaile. And
     ferčermore he ordeynede by his patent, & commande, to mak a fire
     on euery hye hull bisides če ryuers and in low contres, forto
     make hye bikenes of tymbre, čat if it so were čat če Aliens come
|r16 to če lande by nyght, čat men shulde tende če bikenes, čat če
     contre mi¨t ben warnede, and come and mete her enemys. And
     in če same tyme deide Sir Roger Mortymer, his Vncle, in če
     Toure of London~.
|r20 How Quene Isabell & Sir Edward, Duc of Gyene, her Sone,
     come to land at Herwiche;. and how čai deden.
      Capitulo  Ducentesimo  Septimo.
     |r<b> THe Quene Isabell and Sir Edward hir sone, Duc of Gyene,
|r24    Sir Edmunde of Wodestok, Erl of Kent, and Sir Iohn če
     Erles bročer of Henaud, and her company, drade nou¨t če
     manace of če Kyng ne of his traitoures, for čai truste al in
     Godes grace, & come vnto Herwiche in Southfolc, če x day in če
|r28 mounthe of Ottobr, And in če ¨ere of grace M=l= CCC xxvj.
      And at če same tyme, at London~, čere was Kyng Edward



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     in the Toure at his metee; and a messenger come into če hall,
     |r[f.137v] and saide čat Que[en] Isabell was comen to lande at Herewiche,
     and hade brou¨t in her company Sire Iohn~ of Henaude, and wič
 |r4 him men of armes wičoute nombre. And wič čat worde, Sir
     Hugh če Spenser, če fader, spake & čus to če Kyng saide:
     "my most worshipful Lorde, Kyng of Engeland, now mow ¨e
     make gode chere, for certeinly čai ben al oures."  The Kyng saw
 |r8 čis worde comfortable; ¨itte he was ful sorweful & pensif in hert.
     And če Kyng hade nou¨t ¨itte fulliche eten, čat ¨ere ne come
     into če halle anočer messager, and saide čat če Quene Isabel was
     arryuede at Herewich, bisides Skipwich in Southfolc. Sir Hugh
|r12 če Spenser, če fader, spake to če messager, and saide: "telle če
     soč in goode fay," quod he to če messager, "my faire frende, is
     she comen wič a grete strengč ?"  "Certis, sir, soč forto say,
     she hač in her company but vij C~ men of Armes." And wič čat
|r16 worde, Sire Hughe če Spenser, če fader, criede wič an hye voice,
     and saide: "Allas, Allas! we beč alle bitraiede; for certes wič
     so litil power she nad neuer comen to londe, but folc of čis
     lande were to her consentede." And čerfore, after mete čai
|r20 toke her conseile, and went toward Walys, forto arere če Walshe_men 
     a¨eins Quene Isabell and Edwarde her sone, al forto fight;
     and so čai were in purpos, euerycheon.
     How Maistre Walter of Stapleton~, Bisshop of Excestre, čat
|r24 was če Kyngus Tresorer, was biheuedede at London~.
     Capitulo Ducentesimo Ottauo.
     |r<b> ANd in če same tyme, Kyng Edward was sore adrade leste men
        of London~ wolde ¨elde ham |r[f.138r] vnto če Quene Isabel and to Sir
|r28 Edward her sone. Wherfore he sent maistre Walter of Stapleton~,
     his Tresorer, forto bene wardein and keper of če citee of London~
     wič če Mair. and so he come to če Gildehall of London~, and axede
     če keies of če ¨ates of če citee, črou¨ vertue and strengh of his com_mission
|r32 ~, and wolde haue hade če Kepyng of če citee.  And če
     communes ansurede and saide, čat 'čai wolde kepe če citee to če



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     honour of Kyng Edward, and of Isabel če Quene, and of če Duc,
     če Kyngus sone, wičouten eny mo.'  če Bisshop was čo sore
     annoiede, and suore his oth čat čai alle shulde abie, anone as če
 |r4 Kyng were come out of Walys; and če communers anon~, alle
     of če citee, toke če Bisshope, and lade him amids Chepe; and
     ¨ere čai smyten of his heuede, & sette his heede in his right
     hand; and after, čai biheuedede ij of his Squyers čat helde wič če
 |r8 Bisshope; and one of ham me callede William of Walle, čat was
     če Bisshoppes Nevew; & čat očer me callede Iohn~ of Padyngton~.
     and also čai toke a burgeis of London~, čat me callede Iohn~
     Marchal, čat was Sir Hugh če Spensers aspie, če fader, and smyten
|r12 of his heede also.
         And in čat same tyme čat same Bisshop hade in London~
     a fair Toure in making, in his cloos oppon~ če ryuer of Tamise, čat
     was wičout če Temple-Barr, and him failede stone forto make
|r16 čerof an ende; wherfore he commandede his men forto gone to
     če cherche of če Frere Carmes; and ¨ere čai toke stone and
     made čerwič če tour; and miche sande and morter, and olde
     robons ¨er was lefte.  And for |r[f.138v] če despite čat če Bisshop Hade
|r20 done to holy cherche, he and his if squyers were buriede in čat
     sande, as čau¨ čai hade bene hondes; and ¨ere čai leyen xj wokes
     til čat če Quene Isabel sent her lettres to če communers, and
     praiede ham čat čai wolde soffre and grant čat če Bisshop moste
|r24 bene take out of čat place, & buriede at Excestr, at his owen
     cherche; and so he was; and his ij squyers were buriede at seynt
     Clementis cherche wičout Temple-Barr.
         And Hit was snou¨t ful grete wonder čau¨ čat Bisshop
|r28 deide in euel deč, for he was a couetouse man, and hade wič him
     no mercy, and euel conseilede če Kyng. And sone čereafter was
     Arnold of Spaigne taken, he čat was assentant to haue ladde čo v
     M=l= li of Siluer in v barelles ferers vnto če Dussipiers of Fraunce,
|r32 forto helpe and haste the Quene Isabel to hir deč, & Edward her
     sone also: and čis Arnolde was done vnto če deč wičout če citee
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     How Kyng Edward and Sir Hugh če Spenser were taken, and
     če Erl of Arundel. Capitulo CC=o= ix=o=.
     |r<b> WHen Kyng Edward hade sent Maistre Walter of Staple_ton~,
 |r4 his Tresorer, into London~, forto kepe če citee vnto
     him a¨ein če Quene Isabel his wif, & a¨eyn Edward her sone,
     anon him-self tok wič him Sir Hugh če Spenser če fader, and
     Sir Hugh his sone, & Sir Iohn~, Erl of Arundell, & Maistre Robert
 |r8 Baldok, a false pilede clerc, his Chaunceller, and toke here
     way towarde Bristowe; And ¨ere če Kyng abode a litil |r[f.139r] terme.
     and made Sir Hugh če Spenser če fader, Keper and Conestable
     of če castel. And če Kyng and če očer aboue-saide went into
|r12 shipp, and sailede toward Walys, and toke no leue of če Styward,
     ne of none of če Kynges Householde; and went ouer into Walys
     forto arere če Walshe-men a¨eynes Dame Isabel če Quene, &
     Edward, Duc of Gyene, her sone, & her company.  But če
|r16 Quene, & če Duc her sone, and če Erl of Kent, and Sir Iohn~ of
     Henaude, went and pursuede after ham; and her power come and
     encressede euery day; so at če laste če Kyng was taken oppon~
     an hulle in Walys, and Sir Hugh če Spenser če sone, in čat očer
|r20 side of čat same hull, and če false pilede clerc,  Maistre Robert
     of Baldok, čere fast bisides ham, and were brou¨t a¨eyne into
     Engeland, as Almighty God wolde. And če Kyng him-self was
     in saf kepyng in če castell of Kenyworth; and him kepte Sir
|r24 Henry, čat was Seint Thomas bročer of Lancastre.
        & Sir Hugh če Spenser če fader come and put him vnto če
     Quenes grace, and to Sir Edward her sone, Duc of Gyene.  But
     Sir Hugh če Spenser če sone, after čat he was taken, wolde
|r28 ete no maner mete, ne drynk no maner drynk, for he wist to
     haue no mercy, but onelich he wiste he shulde bene dede. And
     če Quene and her conseil ordeynede čo čat he shulde bene
     done to deč at London; but he was so feble for his michel



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     fastyng, čat he was dede almost for fastyng; and čerfore hit was
     ordeynede čat he shulde haue his iugement at Hereford; and at
     a place of če toune his |r[f.139v] hode was taken fram his heued, and
 |r4 also fro Maistre Robert Baldok, čat was a false pilede clerc,
     & če Kyngus Chanceller. And men sette vppon~ her Heuedes
     chapelettes of sharpe netles, and ij squyers blow in her eres wič
     ij grete bugles hornes, oppon~ čo if prisoners; and men might
 |r8 her čo blowyng out wič hornes, mo čan a čousand and one.
     Symunde of Redyng, bifore ham bar her armes oppon~ a spere
     reuersede, in token čat čai shulde be vndone for euermore.
         And oppon~ če morwe was Sir Hugh če Spenser če sone
|r12 dampnede to deč; and was draw and hongede, biheuedet, & his
     boweiles taken out of his body, and his bowelles brent. And
     after he was quarterede, & his quarteres sent to iiij tounes of
     Engeland, and his heuede sent to London~ Brigge. And čis
|r16 Symond, for encheson~ čat he despisede če Quene Isabel, he was
     draw and hongede on a stage made in mydes če forsaide Sir
     Hughes galwes. And če same day, a litil fro čens, was Sir Iohn~
     of Arundel biheuede; for he was on of Sir Hugh če Spensers
|r20 conseilers. And anone after wa[s] Sir Hug[h] če Spenser draw &
     hongede, & biheuedede at Bristow, and after hongede a¨eyn bi
     če Armes bi ij strong ropes; and če iiij day after, he was hew
     al to peces; & hundes eten him. And for čat enchesoun~ čat če
|r24 Kyng hade ¨euen him če Erldom of Winchestre, his heedes
     was lad čider, and put oppon~ a spere; and če false Baldok was sent
     to London~, & ¨ere he deide in prisone amonges ¨eues, for men
     dede him no more reuerence čan me wolde dos vnto an hunde:
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     God! & |r[f.140r] hit Was no wonder, for črou¨ her conseil th[e] gode Erl
     Thomas of Lancastr was done unto deth and al čat helden with
     Thomas of Lancastre črou¨ čo traitoures were vndon~, and alle
 |r4 her heires disheritede.
     How Kyng Edward was put adoune.  Capitulo  Ducen_tesimo 
      Decimo.
     |r<b> ANon after čis was done, če Quene Isabel, and Edward hir
 |r8    sone, and alle če grete lordes of Engeland, at on assent sent
     to Kyng Edward to če castel of Kenylworč, ¨ere čat če kyng was
     in kepyng vnder če warde of Sir Iohn Hothum, čat was če
     bisshop of Ely, & of Sir Iohn~ of Parcy, a baron~, for enchesoun čat
|r12 he shulde ordein his parlement att a certein place in Engeland,
     forto redresse [and] amende če state of če ream. And Kyng
     Edward ham ansuerede and saide: "Lordes," quod he, "¨e see
     ful wel how hit is. Lo! haueč her my seal. y ¨eues ¨ow my
|r16 power to ordeine a parlement wher ¨e wille." And čai toke her
     leue of him, and come a¨eyne to če barons of Engeland, and
     when čai hade če Kyngus patent of čis čing, and čai shewede hit
     to če lordes, and čo was ordeynede čat če parlement shulde be at
|r20 Westmynstre, at če Vtas of Seint Hillari. And alle če grete lordes
     of Engeland lete ordein for ham ¨ere a¨eins čat tyme čat če parle_ment 
     shulde bene.  And at če whiche day čat če parlement
     was assignede,l če Kyng wolde nou¨t come čere, as he hade sette
|r24 himself and assignede. And nočelesse če barons sent to him, on
     tyme and očer, and he suore by Godes soule, čat he nolde come
     ¨ere on foote. Wherfore hit was ordeynede by al če grete lordes
     of |r[f.140v] Engeland, čat he Shulde no Longer bene Kyng, but bene
|r28 deposede; and saide čat 'čai wolde crone Edward his sone
     Kyng, če eldeste, čat was Duk of Gyene'; and sent so tyd_ynges 
     to če Kyng čere čat he was in ward vnder Sir Iohn, Erl of



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     Gerrein, and Sire Iohn~ of Bothun, čat was Bisshop of Ely, and Sir
     Henry Percy, baroun~, and Sire William Trussell, a kny¨t, čat was
     wič če Erle Sir Thomas of Lancastr, forto ¨elde vp her homages
 |r4 vnto him for all ham of Engeland.  And Sire William Trussel
     saide čise wordes: "Sir Edward! for encheson~ čat če haue traiede
     ¨our peple of Engeland, and haue vndone meny grete Lordes of
     Engeland wičouten eny cause, but now ¨e beč wičstand, čankede 
 |r8 be God! -- and also for če wolde nou¨t come to če parle_ment 
     as če ordeynede at Westmynstre, as in ¨our owen Lettre
     patent is conteinede, forto trete wič ¨our lige men as a Kyng
     shulde; and čerfore, črou¨ all če commune assent of alle če lordes
|r12 of Engeland, y telle vnto ¨ow čise wordes:  ¨e shul vnderstonde,
     Sir, čat če barons of Engeland atte on assent wille čat ¨e bene
     nomore Kyng of Engeland, but vtterly haueč put ¨ow out of
     ¨our realte for euermore."  And če bisshop of Ely saide čo to če
|r16 Kyng, "Sir Edwarde! here y ¨elde vp feautess & homage for alle
     če Erchebisshoppes and Bisshopes of Engeland, and for al če
     clergye."  čo saide Sir Iohn~, Erl of Garrein, "Sir Edward! y
     ¨elde vp her vnto ¨ow feaute and homage, for me, and for al če
|r20 Erles of Engeland."  And Sir Henry |r[f.141r] če Percy ¨af vp also čere
     his homag, for him and for alle če barons of Engeland.  And
     čo saide Sir William Trussel: "y ¨elde vp, Sir, now vnto ¨ow
     my homage, fo[r] me & also for alle če kny¨tes of Engeland, and
|r24 for ham alle čat holden by seriauntrye or by eny očer maner čing
     of ¨ow, so čat fro čis day afterward če shulle nou¨t be cleymede
     Kyng, neičer for Kyng bene holde; but fram čis tyme after_ward 
     ¨e shul benes holde a singuler man of all če peple." And so
|r28 čai went čens vnto London~, ¨ere čat če lordes of Engeland ham
     abode; and sir Edward abode in prysoun vnder gode keping;
     and čat was če day of če Conuersion~ of seynt Poule in če xx
     ¨ere of his regne.
|r32 Prophecie of Merlyn declarede of Kyng Edward, če sone of
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     |r<b> Of čis Kyng Edward, propheciede Merlyn, and saide čat čere
        shulde come a gote out of a car, čat shulde haue hornes of
     siluer and a berde as white as snowe; and a drop shulde come out
 |r4 at his nosečrelles čat shulde bitokne miche harme, hungre, and
     deč of če peple, and gret losse of his lande; and čat in če bigyn_nyng 
     of his regne shulde ben hauntede michel lecherie; and saide
     soič, allas če tyme! ffor Kyng Edward, čat was Kyng Edwardus
 |r8 sone, čat was born in Carnariuan in Walys, for soč he hade
     Hornes as siluer, and a berd as snowe, when he was made Prynce
     of Walys, & to miche he ¨af him vnto realte and folie. And
     soč saide Merlyn in his prophecie |r[f.141v] čat čere shulde come out of
|r12 His nose a drop; ffor in his tyme was grete hunger amonges če
     pore men, and stronge deč amonge če ryche, čat deiden in strange
     lande wič miche sorw, and in Scotland; and afterwarde he loste
     Scotland and Gascoigne; and whiles čat him-self was Kyng, čer
|r16 was miche lecherie hauntede. and also Merlyn tolde and saide
     čat čis goote shulde seche če floure of lif & of deč; ande saide
     soč, for he spousede Isabel, če Kyngus dou¨ter of Fraunce.
         & in his tyme Merlyn saide čat čere shulde be made
|r20 briges of folc oppon diches of če see; and čat was ful wel sein at
     Bannokes-born~ in Scotland, when he was descomfitede čere of če
     Scottes.  And Merlyn tolde also čat stones shulde falle fram
     castelles, and meny tounes shulde be made playn; and he saide
|r24 soč, ffor when Kyng Edward was scomfitede in Scotland, and
     come čo Southward, če Scottes bisegede castelles, and dede ham
     miche ha[r]me, and brent tounes vnto če herde erče.  And
     aftirward Merlyn saide and tolde čat an Egle shulde come out
|r28 of Cornwaile, čat shulde haue fečeres of golde, čat of pride shulde
     haue non pier, and shulde despice Lordes of bloode, and after
     he shulde dye črou¨ a beer at Gauersiche: and čat prophecie was
     ful wel knowe, ffor by če Egle is vnderstonde Sir Piers of
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     čat dispisede če baronage of Engeland; |r[f.142r] but aftirward he was
     biheuede at Gauersiche, črou¨ če Erl of Lancastr and če Erl of
     Warwik.  And Merlyn tolde čat in his tyme it shulde seme
 |r4 čat če bere shulde brenne, & čat a bataile shulde be done oppon~
     an Arme of če See in felde arraiede like a shilde, wher shulde
     dye meny white heuedess: & he saide soč; for, by če brynnyng
     of če bere is bitokenede grete drede črou¨ cotting of suorde.
 |r8 at čat bataile, ordeynede in a felde as a shelde oppon an Arme of
     če see, is bitokenede če bataile of Mitone. ffor čere come če
     Scottes in maner of a shelde, in maner of a wynge, and quellede
     oppon~ Swale, men of Religioun, prestes & seculers; wherfor če
|r12 Scottes callede čat bataile, in despite of Englisshe-men, `če white
     bataile.'
         And after, Merlyn saide čat če forsaide Beer shulde do
     če forsaide goot miche harme, and čat shulde be oppon če
|r16 Southwest, and also oppon his bloode; and saide also čat če goot
     shulde lese miche of his lande, til če time čat shame shulde
     him ouercome; And čan he shulde cloče him in a lyons skyn,
     and shulde wynne a¨eyne čat he hade loste, and miche more, črou¨
|r20 a peple čat shulde come out of če Northwest, čat shulde make him
     bene drade, and him avenge of his enemys, črou¨ conseile of ij
     Oweles, čat ferst shulde be in peril to bene vndone; and čat čo
     ij oweles shulde wende ouer če see into a straunge |r[f.142v] lande, and
|r24 čere čai shulde duelle til a certein time; and after čai shulde
     come into Engeland a¨eyne, and čo ij oweles shulde done miche
     harme vnto meny on~, and čat čai shulde conseile če goot to
     meve werr a¨eynes [če] Bere, and čat goot shulde come, and če
|r28 Oweles, vnto an Arme of če Se at Burton op Trent, and shulde
     wende ouer, and čat for drede če bere shulde flee, wič a swyne in
     his company, vnto Bur, toward če North, črou¨ an vnkynde
     out-puter; and čat če Swyn čan shulde be slay with sorwe;
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     stonde oppon~ Pountfrett, vppon~ wham če sone shal shede his
     beemes, & meny folc him shal seche for če miche vertue. and
     he saide ful soč; ffor če gode Erl Thomas of Lancastr was born
 |r4 in če Northwest, and cosyn to če Kyng, sone of his vncle; and
     by lawe he made če Kyng lese miche lande če whiche he hade
     purchasede wel foliche, til at če laste če Kyng čerof tok shame,
     and him-self fillede wič cruelte; and after he gate a¨eyne čat he
 |r8 hadde lost, and miche more, črou¨ folc čat he lete assemble out of
     če Northwest, čat made him to bene adrade, and avengede him
     of his barons, črou conseile of Sir Hugh če Spenser če fader,
     and of Sir Hugh his sone, čat biforne were outlawede out of
|r12 Engeland for her wickidnesse.  But afterward come a¨eyne into
     Engeland Sir Hughe če Spenser the fader, out of Fraunce, and so
     miche conseilede the |r[f.143r] Kyng čat He Shulde Werr oppon~ Thomas,
     erl of Lancastr, so čat če Kyng and če Spensers, and če Erl of
|r16 Arundel and her power, mete wič Thomas of Lancastr atte Burton~
     op Trent, and him čere descomfitede; and Hunfrai, erl of
     Hereford, was in her company. and after, fledde če forsaide
     Thomas and Hunfray, wič her company at Burbrig, wič sir
|r20 Andrew of Herkela, čat is callede če vnkynde out-putter, and
     also sir Symond Warde, Shirref of żork: čai come and mette wič
     Thomas of Lancastre wič an huge company, and ham čere descom_fitede.
     and in čat Scomfiture če E.l of Hereford was slayn oppon~
|r24 če brige, cowardly, wič a spere, in the fundement; and če Erl
     Thomas was taken & ladde vnto Pountfrett; and čer he was
     biheuedede bisides his owen castel. But aftirward, many a
     man him sou¨t, for miracles čat God dede for him.
|r28     And in čat tyme Merlyn saide for sorwe and harme [shuld
     die] a peple of his land, wherfore meny landes shulde bene on
     him če bolder: and he saide soč, ffor by enchesoun~ of his barouns
     čat were done vnto če deč for Seint Thomas loue of Lancastre,
|r32 peple of meny londes bicome če bolder forto meve werr a¨eyns
     če Kyng, for her bloode was turnede into meny naciouns.



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         And afterward Merlyn tolde and saide čat če forsaide Oweles
     shulde done miche harme vnto če flour of lif & of deč, & čai
     shulde |r[f.143v] bring Her vnto miche disese, so čat she shulde wende
 |r4 ouer če see into Fraunce for to make pees to če flour de lice,
     and čere she shulde abide til a tyme čat her seede shulde come
     & seche her; and čere čai shulde abide til a tyme čat čai shulde
     cločen ham wič grace; and čo ij Oweles she shulde seche, and
 |r8 put ham vnto Spitouse deč, and čat prophecie was wel knowen
     and was ful soč; for, Sir Hugh če Spenser če fader, and sir Hugh
     če sone, dede miche sorwe and persecucion~ vnto če Quene Isabel,
     črou¨ her procurment, to her Lorde če Kyng.  and so čai
|r12 ordeinede amonges ham čat she was put vnto hir wages, čat is to
     seyn, xxs on če day. Wherfore če Kyng of Fraunce, her
     bročer, was wonder sore annoiede, and sent into Engeland by his
     lettres vnto Kyng Edward, čat he shulde come to his parlement
|r16 to Parys in Fraunce; but Kyng Edward was sore adrade forto
     come čere, for he wende to bene arest til čat he hade made Gode
     for če trespasse čat če Spensers hade done, and also grete harme
     čat čai hade done vnto če Quene Isabel, his sostre: Wherfore,
|r20 črou¨ here ordenance & her consent of če Spensers, the Quene Isabel
     went ouer če see into Fraunce, forto make accorde bituene Kyng
     Edward and če Kyng of Fraunce, hir bročer.  And čere
     duellede she in Fraunce til Edward, her Eldeste sone, come her
|r24 to seche; and so čai duelled |r[f.144r] čere boče til čat Aliaunce was
     made bituene Ham and če gentil Erl of Henaud, čat if čai wič his
     helpe mygh[t] destroi and ouercome če venyme and the falsenesse
     of če Spensers, čat Sir Edward shulde spouse Dame Philipp, če
|r28 worshipful lady, če Erles Doughter of Henaud.  wherfore če
     Quene Isabel, and Sir Edward her [son], and Sir Edmund of
     Wodestok, če Kynges bročer of Engeland, and Sir Iohn~ of
     Henaud, and Sir Roger Mortymer of Wygemore, and Sir Thomas
|r32 Rocelyn, and sir Iohn of Cromwel, and Sire William Trussell, and
     meny očere of če Aliaunce of če gentil Erle Thomas of Lancastre,



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     čat wer exilede out of Engeland for his querelle, and wer
     disheritede of her londes, ordeynede ham a grete power, and
     arryuede at Herewiche in Southfolc. and sone after čai
 |r4 pursuede če Spensers til čat čai wer take and put vnto spitouse
     deč, as bifore is saide, and her company, and also for če grete
     falsenesse čat čai deden vnto Kyng Edward & to his peple.
         And Merlyn saide also more, čat če goote shulde bene put
 |r8 into grete disese; & in grete anguisshe & in grete sorwe he shulde
     lede his lif. ande saide soč: for after če tyme čat Kyng
     Edward was tak, he was put into warde til čat če Spensers were
     put vnto deč.  and also, for encheson~ čat he wolde nou¨t come
|r12 vnto his owen parlement at London~, as he had ordeyned and
     assignede him-self, and to his |r[f.144v] Baronage, and also wolde nou¨t
     gouerne ne reule his peple ne his reaume as a kyng shulde done,
     somme of če barons of Engeland come & ¨elden vp her homage
|r16 vnto him, for ham and for alle če očer of če reaume, in če day of
     če Conuersioun~ of Seint Poule, and in če ¨er of his regne xx;
     and čai put him out of his realte for euermore; & euer he leuede
     his lif aftirward in miche sorw and anguisse.
|r20 Of Kyng Edward če čridde after če conquest. Capitulo
      Ducentesimo  Duodecimo.
     |r<b> ANd after čis Kyng Edward of Carnariuan, regnede Sire
        Edward of Wyndesore his sone, če whiche was cronede
|r24 Kyng, and annoyntede, at Westminster, črou¨ consent and wille of
     alle če grete Lordes of če reaume, če Sonday in Candelmasse
     eve of oure Lady, In če čer of grace M=l= CCC xxvi, čat was čat
     tyme of age but xv ¨er. and for enchesoun čat his fader was
|r28 in warde in če castel of Kenylworč, and eke was put doun of his
     realte, če reaume of Engeland was as wičout Kyng, fro če feste of
     Seynt Kateryne in če čer aboue-saide, vnto če fest of Candelmasse;



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     and čo were al maner plee¨ of če Kyngus Benche astent.  And
     čo was commandede to alle če shirreffes of Engeland čoruč write
     to warne če partie¨ defendand¨ črou¨ somp[n]ing a¨ein, and also
 |r4 ferčermore čat alle če prisoners čat were in če Kyngus Gayole čat
     were atachede črou¨ shirrefs shulde |r[f.145r] be Late go quiet.  The Kyng
     Edward, after His coronacioun~, at če prier and biseching of his
     lieges of če reaume, grauntede a chartre of stedefast pees to alle
 |r8 ham čat wolde it axe.  And Sire Iohn~ of Henaude and his
     company toke his leue of če Kyng and of če lordes of his reaume,
     & turnede home to her owen contre a¨eyn; and eueryche of ham
     hade ful riche ¨iftes, euery man as he was of value and of State.
|r12  And čo was Engeland in pees and in rest, & grete loue
     bituene če Kyng and his lordes; and communeliche Englisshe_men 
     saide amongus ham čat če deuel was dede.  But če tresour
     of če Kyng his fader, and of the Spensers, boč of če fader and
|r16 of če sone, and če tresour of če Erl of Arundel, and of Maistre
     Robert Baldok čat was če Kyngus chaunceller, was departede
     after če Quene Isabels ordenaunce, and Sir Roger Mortymer of
     Wigemore, so čat če Kyng hade nočing čerof but at her wille and
|r20 her deliueraunce, neičer of hir landes, as afterward če shul here
     more openly.
     How Kyng Edward went to Stanhop forto mete če Scottes.
      Capitulo  Ducentesimo  xiij.
|r24 |r<b> ANd ¨itte in če same tyme was Kyng Edward in če castel of
        Kenylworth, vnder če kepyng of Sir Henry čat was Erl
     Thomas bročer of Lancastr, čat čo was Erl of [Leycestre; and če
     Kyng grantede him the erldome of] Lancastre čat če Kyng hade
|r28 seisede into his hande, and put out Thomas of Lancastre his
     bročer, and čo was he Erl of Lancastre & |r[f.145v] of Leicestre, and eke
     Stiward of Engeland, as his bročer was in his tyme.  but Sir
     Edward, čat was Kyng Edwardes fader, made sorw wičouten
|r32 ende, for cause čat he might nou¨t speke wič his wif ne wič his
     Sone; wherfor hit was miche meschief; ffor čau¨ hit were so čat



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     he were ladde & reulede črou¨ false conseile, ¨itte he was Kyng
     Edwardus sone, & come of če worčiest bloode of al če worlde;
     and čilk to whom he was wonede forto ¨eue grete ¨iftes and
 |r4 large, were most pryue wič če Kyng, his owen sone; and čai were
     his enemys boče by nyght and by day, and procurede forto make
     debate and contak bituene him and his sone, and Isabel his wif.
     but če ffrer Prechoures to him were gode frendes euermore, and
 |r8 caste and ordeynede, boče nyght and day, how čai might bryng
     him out of prison~.  And amonge her company čat če ffreres
     priueliche hade brou¨t, čere was a ffrere čat me callede Dun_heuede;
     and he hade ordeynede an[d] gaderede a grete company
|r12 of folc forto helpe at čat nede; but če ffrere was take a[nd] put
     into če castel of Pountfrett, and čer he deide in prisone.  And
     Sir Henry, Erl of Lancastr, čat hade če Kyngus fader in
     kepyng, črou¨ commandement of če Kyng, delyuerede Edward,
|r16 če Kingus fader, by endentur vnto Sire Thomas of Berkelee, and to
     Sir Iohn~ Mautrauers; & čai lad him fram če castell of Kenyl_worth 
     vnto če castell of Berkelee, |r[f.146r] and kepte him čere safly.
      And at Este[r] nexte after his coronacioun~, če Kyng ordeynede
|r20 an huge host forto fei¨t a¨eins če Scottes; and Sir Iohn~, če Erles
     bročer of Henaud, from by¨onde če see, come forto helpe Kyng
     Edward, and brou¨t wič him v C men of Armes, and arryuede at
     Douer; and čai hade leue forto gone forth til čat čai come
|r24 vnto żork, čere čat če Kyng abode ham.  And če Scottes
     comen čider vnto če Kyng forto make pees and accorde, but če
     accordement bituene ham laste but a litel while. and at čat tyme
     če Englisshe-men were cloče alle in cotes & hodes, peyntede wič
|r28 lettres & wič floures ful sembli, wič longe berdes; and čerfore
     če Scotes made a bille čat was fastenede oppon~ če cherche dores of
     Seint Peres toward Stangate. & čus saide če Scripture in despite
     of the Englisshe-men  Longe berde hertles, peyntede Hode
|r32 witles, Gay cote graceles, makeč Engl[i]ssheman čriftles.
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     in če citee of żork bytuene če Englisshemen and če Henaudres. and
     in čat debate were quellede of če Erldom of Nichole and Mordrede,
     iiij; and after, čai wer buriede vnder a stone in Seynt Clementis
 |r4 cherche haw in Fossegate. And for enchesoun~ čat če Henaudres
     come forto helpe če Kyng, hir pees was criede, oppon~ payne of
     lif and lime. and in čat očere Half, it was |r[f.146v] fonden by enquest of
     če citee, čat če Englisshe-men biganne če debate.
 |r8 How če Englisshe-men Stoppede če Scottes in če park of
     Stanhope, and How čai turnede a¨eyne into Scotland.
     Capitulo CC xiiij.
     |r<b> ANd at čat tyme če Scottes hade assemblede al her power, and
|r12    come into Engeland, and quellede & robbede alle čat čai
     might tak, and brent and destroiede al če North contre črou¨-out,
     til čai come to če Parke of Stanhope in Wyredale: and čer če
     Scottes helde ham in a busshement.  But whe[n] če Kyng hade
|r16 herde črou¨ certeyne aspie¨ wher če Scottes were, anone right wič
     his host he bisegede če forsaide park, so čat če Scottes wiste neuer
     wher forto gon~ out, but onliche vnto her armes, and čai abiden
     in če parke xv daies; and vitailes ham failede on euery side, so
|r20 čat čai wer gretly empeyrede of her bodyes.  And sič čat Brut
     come ferst into Britaigne, vnto čis tyme, was neuer seyne sečenes
     so fair an host, what of Englisshemen and of Aliens, and of men
     on foot, whiche ordeyned ham forto fei¨t wič če Scottes, črou¨
|r24 egging of Sire Henry, Erl of Lancastr, and of Sir Iohn of
     Henaude, čat wolde haue gone ouer če water of Wythe forto haue
     fou¨t wič če Scottes; but Sir Roger of Mortymer consentede nou¨t
     čerto, for he hade priueliche tak mede of če Scottes, ham forto
|r28 helpe, čat čai myght wende a¨eyne into hir owen contre.  And
     če same Mortymer counseilede miche Thomas of Bročerton, čat
     če Erl Marchal, čat was Kyng Edwardes vncle, čat the |r[f.147r] forsaide
     Thomas shulde nou¨t assemble at čat tyme vnto če Scottes; and
|r32 he assentede; but he wiste nou¨t če doyng bituene če Scottes and
     če forsaide Mortymer. and for enchesoun~ čat he was Marchal of



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     Engeland, and to him perteynede euer če vauntward. he sent
     hastely to če Erl of Lancastre and to Sire Iohn~ of Henaude, čat
     čai shulde nou¨t fei¨t oppon~ če Scottes, in preiudice and in harm_yng 
 |r4 of him and his fee, and if čai dede, čat čai shulde stande to
     her owen peril. and če forsaide Erl Marchal was al aredy wič
     his bataile at če redose of če Erl of Lancastre forto haue fou¨ten
     wič him and wič his folc, if he hade meuede forto fei¨t wič če
 |r8 Scottes. and in čis maner he was desceyuede, and wiste no
     maner činge of čis tresoun~; and čus was če Kyng Principaly
     desceyuede.
         And when it was ny¨t, Mortymer, čat hade če wacche forto
|r12 kepe of če host, čat nyght destourblede če wacche čat nočing most
     be done. and in če meny-while če Scottes stele by ny¨t
     toward her owen contre, as fast as čai myght; and so was če Kyng
     falsely desceyuede & bitraiede, čat wende čat alle če traitoures
|r16 of his land had bene brou¨t vnto an ende, as it was saide bifore.
      Now here, če lordes, how traterousely Kyng Edward was
     desceyuede, and how mervailously and boldely če Scottes dede of
     werr; ffor če same nygh[t] Iames Douglas, wič CC men of Armes,
|r20 ryden črou¨-out če host |r[f.147v] of Kyng Edward, če same nyght čat če
     Scottes were scapede toward her owen contre, as is aboue [said], til
     čat čai comen to če Kyngus Pauylon~, and quellede čere men in
     her beddes; and criede somme "Noward, Noward!" and anočere
|r24 tyme, "A Douglas, A Douglas!" wherfore the Kyng, čat was in
     his pauyloun~, and miche očer folc, were wonder sore afraiede; but,
     -- blessede be Almyghty God! -- če Kyng was nou¨t taken; and in
     grete perile was čo če reaume of Engeland.  And čat nyght the
|r28 mone shone ful clere and bri¨t; and for al če Kyngus men, če
     Scottes ascapede harmeles. and in če morwe, when če Kyng wist
     čat če Scottes were ascapede, he was wonder sory, and ful hertly
     wepte wič his ¨onge eyne; and ¨itt wist he nou¨t who had
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     while after, as če story telleč.  The Kyng Edward come čo
     a¨eyne vnto żork, ful sorweful, and his hoste departede, and euery
     man went into his owen contre wič ful heuy and mornyng sem_blant
 |r4 . and če Henaude toke her leue, and went into her owen
     contre; and če Kyng, for her trauaile, hugely ham rewarded, and
     for enchesoun~ of čat viage, če Kyng had despended miche of his
     tresour, and wastede.
 |r8     And in čat tyme wer seyne ij mones in če firmament: čat on
     was clere, and čat očer was derc, čat men my¨t hit čo see č[r]ou¨_out 
     al če worlde. and Grete debate was čat same tyme a¨eyn
     |r[f.148r] če Pope Iohn~ če xxij after čat Seynt Petre was Pope, and če
|r12 Emperoure of Almaigne, čat made him Emperour a¨eins če Popes
     wille, čat čo helde his see at Avy[n]oun; wherfore če Emperour
     made his crie at Rome, and ordeynede anočer Pope čat hight
     Nicholas, čat was a ffrer menour; and čat was a¨eynes če right
|r16 of holy cherch, wherfore he was cursede; and če power of čat
     očer Pope sone was laide; and for encheson~ čat soche mervailes
     were seyne, men saide čat če wor[l]de was nei¨ at an ende.
     Of če deč of Kvng Edward of Carnaruan, sometyme Kyng of
|r20 Engeland. Capitulo Ducentesimo Quintodecimo.
     |r<b> ANd now [go] we a¨eyne vnto Sir Edward of Carnaruan, čat
        was some-tyme Kyng of Engeland, and was put adoune
     of his dignite. allas for his tribulacioun~! and sorwe him bifelle
|r24 črou¨ false consel čat he leuede, & truste oppon ham to miche, čat
     afterward was destroyede črou¨ her falsenesse, as God wolde.
      And čis Edward of Carnaryuan was in če castel of Berkele, vnder
     če kepyng of Sir Morice of Berkeley and of Sire Iohn~ of Mau_trauers
|r28 . and to ham he made his compleynt of his sorwe and of
     his disese; and oftetymes he axede of his wardeyns what he hade
     tressepassede a¨eins Dame Isabel his wif, and Sir Edward his sone,
     čat was new made Kyng, čat čai wolde nou¨t visite him.  [čo
|r32 ansuerede one of his wardenes]  "My worči lord, displese ¨ow
     nou¨t čat y shal ¨ow telle; če enchesoun is, for it is done ham to
     vnderstonde čat, if my Lady ¨our wif come eny čing nei¨ ¨ow, čat ¨e



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     wolde |r[f.148v] her strangle and quelle, and al so čat če Wolde do to my
     Lord ¨our Sone."  čo ansuerede he wič simple chere, and saide:
     "allas, allas! am y nou¨t in prisoun~, and all at ¨our owen wille ?
 |r4 Now God it wote, y čou¨t it neuer; and now y wolde čat y were
     dede! so wolde God čat y were! for čan were al my sorwe
     passede."  Hit was nou¨t longe after čat če Kyng, črou¨ conseil
     of če Mortymer, grantede če ward and če kepyng of Sire Edward
 |r8 his fader, to Sire Tllomas Toiourneye and to če forsaide Sir Iohn~
     Mautrauers, črou¨ če Kyngus lettre, and put out holliche če for_saide 
     Sir Morice, of če warde of če Kyng. and čai tok and lad
     him to če castel of Corf, če whiche castel če Kyng hatede as
|r12 eny deč; and čai kepte him čere safly til čat it come to Seint
     Matheus day in Septembre, in če ¨ere of Grace M=l= CCC xxvij, čat
     če forsaide Sir Roger Mortymer sent če maner of če deč, how
     and in what maner he shulde be done to deč.  And anone as če
|r16 forsaide Thomas and Iohn Hade seyne če lettre and če commande_ment, 
     čalladen Kyng Edward of Carnaruan gode chere and gode
     solace, as ča myght atte čat soper; and nočing če Kyng wiste of
     her traitoure¨.  And when tyme was forto gone to bed, če
|r20 Kyng went vnto his bed, and laye, and slepte faste. And as če
     Kyng lay and slepte, če traitoures, false forsuorne a¨eins her
     homage and her feaute, come priueliche into če Kyngus
     chaumbre, and her company |r[f.149r] wič Ham, and Laiden an Huge
|r24 table opponis Wombe, and wič men pressede and helde fast
     adoune če iiij corners of če table oppon his body: wherwič če gode
     man awoke, and was wonder sore adrade to bene dede čere, and
     slayn, and turnede his body opsadoun~.  če tok če false
|r28 tiraunt¨, and as wode traitoures, an horne, and put hit into
     his fundement as depe as čai might, and toke a spete of Copur
     brennyng, & put hit črou¨ če horne into his body, and ofte_tymes 
     rollede čerwič his bowailes; and so čai quellede here
|r32 Lorde, čat nočing was perceyuede; and after, he was enterede at
     Gloucestr.



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     How Kyng Edward spousede Philippe, če Erles doughter of
     Henaude, at żork. Capitulo Ducentesimo xvj=to=.
     |r<b> ANd after cristes-masse čo next sewyng, sir Iohn of Henaude
 |r4    brou¨t wič him Philipp, his bročere¨ Dou¨ter, čat was
     Erl of Henaud, his nece, into Engeland; and Kyng Edward
     spousede her at żork wič michel honour; and Sir Iohn~ of
     Hothum, Bisshop of Ely, and Sir William of Melton~, Erche_bisshop 
 |r8 of żork, songe čo če masse, če Sonday in če Eve of če
     Conuersion~s of Seynt Poule, in če ¨er of grace M=l= CCC xxvij.
      but for enchesoun~ čat če kyng was but ¨onge and tender of age
     when he was cronede, and meny wrongus were Done whiles his
|r12 fader leuede, for enchesoun~ čat he trowede če counseilers čat
     were false aboute him, čat conseilede him to done očerwise čan
     resoun~ wolde, wherfore grete harme was čo vnto the |r[f.149v] reaume
     and to če Kyng, and al men directede če Kyngus dede, and
|r16 hit was nou¨t-so Almyghty God hit wote, -- wherfor it was
     ordeynede att če Kyngus crounyng, čat če Kyng, for tendre of
     his age, shulde be gouernede be tuelf grete Lordes of Engeland,
     wičouten če whiche nočing shulde be done, čat is forto seyne,
|r20 če Erchebisshoppe of Kanterbery, če Erchebisshop of żork, če
     Bisshopp of Wynchestre and če Bisshop of Hereford, And če
     Erl of Lancastre, and če Erl Marchal, and če Erl of Kent, čat
     were če Kyngus vncles, and če Erl of Gerreint, Sir Thomas
|r24 Wake, Sir Henry of Parcy, Sire Olyuer of Yngham, and Iohn~ of
     Roos, barons.  Alle čise were suore treweliche forto conseil
     če Kyng, and čai shulde ansuere euery ¨ere in če parlement of
     čat shulde be done in če tyme of čat gouernaile.  But čat
|r28 ordenance was sone vndone, and čat was miche slosse and
     harme to al Engeland; ffor če Kyng and alle če lordes čat
     shulde gouerne him, were gouernede & reulede after če Kyngus
     moder, Dame Isabel, and by r Roger če Mortymer; and as
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     čai toke vnto ham castelles, tounes, Landes and rent¨, in grete
     harme and losse vnto the croune, and of če Kyngus state also, out
     of mesur.
 |r4 How če pees was made bituene če Englisshemen and če Scottes;
     & also ofs če iustifiyng of Troilebaston~. Capitulo  Du_centesimo 
      Septuadecimo.
     |r[f.150r] |r<b> THe Kyng Edward, at Whitsontide, če secunde ¨ere of his
 |r8    regne, črou¨ conseile of his moder and of Sir Roger Mor_tymer, 
     ordeynede a parlement at Nor[t]hampton~; at če whiche
     parlement če Kyng -- , črou¨ her conseil and none očere of če land
     wičin age, grantede to bene accordede wič če Scottes in čis
|r12 maner, čat al če feautes and homages čat če Scottes shulde done
     to če croune of Engeland, for¨af ham vnto the Scottes for euer_more, 
     by his chartre ensealede.  and ferčermore an endenture
     was made of če Scottes vnto Kyng Edward, čat was Kyng
|r16 Henries sone, whiche endenture čai callede his Ragemain, in the
     whiche were contenede alle če homages and feautes, ferst of če
     Kyng of Scotland, and of alle če prelates, Erles and barons of
     all če reaume of Scotland, wič her seals sette čeron, and očer
|r20 chartres and remembrance¨ čat Kyng Edward and his barons had
     of her right in če reaume of Scotland, hit was for¨eue ham a¨ein
     holliche, and also wič če blac crois of Scotland, če whiche če
     gode Kyng Edward conquerede in Scotland, and brou¨t hit out of
|r24 če Abbay of Scone, čat is a ful preciouse relique.  And also
     ferčermore he relessede and for¨af alle če landes čat če barons of
     Engeland had in Scotland by olde conqueste. and čis pees forto
     halde and laste, če Scottes were bonden to če Kyng in xxx M=l=
|r28 li of siluer, to ben paiede wičin iij ¨ere, čat is to seyne, euery
     ¨ere x M=l= li, by even porcion~s. |r[f.150v]  And ferčermore, ouer al čis,
     čai spake bituene če Par[t]ies [a]boue-saide, čat Dauid Drito_nanter, 
     čat was Robert Brus sone, -- če false tirant and traitour,
|r32 and false forsuorne a¨eynes his oth, čat aroos a¨eynes his liege
     Lord, če noble Kyng Edward, and falseliche made him Kyng



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     of Scotland, as is saide bifore, -- & his sone shuld be Kyng of Scot_land, 
     čat was of age but v ¨ere.  & so, črou¨ hir cursede
     conseil, čis Dauid spousede at Berewik Dame Iohn~e of če
 |r4 Toure, čat wač Kyng Edwardusč sustre, as če geste telleč, oppon
     Marie Magdalein day In če ¨er of grace M=l= CCC xxviij, to
     grete harme and enpeiryng to al če Kyng-us bloode, Wherof čat
     gentil lady come, Allas če time! for wonder miche was čat fair
 |r8 Dan ysell disparage, sič čat she was mar ede wičout če commune
     assent of alle če lordes of Engeland.  And fro če tyme čat
     Brut hadde conquerede Albyon~, and nempnede če land after his
     owen name Brytayngn, čat now is callede Engeland, after če name
|r12 of Engist; and so was če reaume of Scotland holden of če
     reaume of Engeland, and of če croune, by feaute and homage.
     For Brut conquerede čat lande, and ¨af it to Albanac, his
     secunde sone; and he callede če land Albany after his name, so
|r16 čat če heires čat comen after him helde of Brut, and of his helres,
     če Kyngus of Britaign~, by feaute and homage; and fro čat tyme
     vnto čis Kyng Edward,  če reaun e of Sčotland was holden
     |r[f.151r] of če reaume of Engelond by feaute and by seruices aboue_saide,
|r20 as če cronicles of Engeland and of Scotland bereč witnesse
     more plenerly. and acursede be če tyme čat čis parlement was
     ordeynede at Northamton~! for čere, črou¨ false conseile, če Kyng
     was čere falsely disherited; and ¨itt he was wičin age.  And
|r24 ¨ette, when Kyng Edward was put doune of his realte of
     Engeland, ¨itte men put him nou¨t out of če feautes and seruises
     of če reaume of Scotland, and of če Fraunchises Disheritede for
     euermore.  And nočeles če grete lordes of Engeland were a¨eins
|r28 to conferme če pees & the trewes abouesaide, saf oneliche če
     Quene Isačel, čat was če Kynges moder Edwardč, and če Bisshop
     of Ely, and če Lorde Mortymer.  But resoun~ and law wolde
     nou¨t čat a final pees shulde be made bituene ham, wičoutčn
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     Of the debate čat was bituene Qčene i čsabell and Sire Henry,
     Erl of Lancastre and of Leyčestre; and of the ryding of
     Bedford. Capitulo Dučentesimo xviij=o=.
 |r4 |r<b> WHen če forsaide Dauid hade spousede Dame Iohne of če
        Tour in če toune of Berwik, as bifore is saide, če Scottes,
     in despite of če Englissče-men, callede Dame Iohn~ če Countesse
     'make pees,' for če cowardise pees forto ordeyne; but če Kyngus
 |r8 person bare če wite & če blame, wič wrong, of če makyng
     of če accorde; and al was done črou¨ če Quene & Roger
     če Mortymer.  And hit was nou¨t longe after, čat če quene
     Isabel |r[f.151v] ne toke into Her Honde al če Lordeshipp of Pountfrett,
|r12 and almost al če landes čat were of value, čat perteynede vnto
     če croune of Engeland, so čat če Kyng had nou¨t forto dispende,
     but of his Vsues and of his escheker; ffor če Quene Isačel and
     če Mortymer had a grete manie of her retenue, čat folwede
|r16 euermore če Kyngus courte, and went and tok če Kyngus prises
     for čer penyworthes at gode chepe; wherfore če contre čat čai
     comen in were ful sore adrade, and almost destroiede.  čo
     bigan če coččimunite of Engeland forto hate Isačel če Quene,
|r20 čat so miche louede her when she come a¨ein forto pursue the false
     traitoures če Spensers fro Fraunce, čat same tyme če false traitour
     Robert of Holand čat bičraede his lorde Thomas of Lancastre was
     čo deliuerede out of prison, and was wonder pryue wič če Quene
|r24 Isabell and also wič če Mortymer; but čat availede him but litel,
     for he was tak at Michelmasse čat next come after, as he rode
     toward če Quene Isačel to London~; and Sir Thomas Whither
     smote of his heede bisides če toune of Seynt Albanus. and čis
|r28 Sir Thomas duellede čo wič Sir Henry, Erl of Lancastre; and he
     put him in hidyng for drede of če Quene, for she louede him
     wonder miche, and praiede vnto če Kyng for him, čat če same
     Thomas most ben exilede out of Engeland.
|r32     And če noble Erl, Sir Henry of La[n]castr, had ofte-tymes
     |r[f.152r] Herde če cočnmune clamour of če Englisshe-men, of če michel
     disese čat were done in Engeland, and also for diuerse wronges



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     čat were done amonges če commune peple, of whiche če Kyng
     bare če blame wič wrong, for he nas but ful ¨onge and tendre of
     age, and čou¨t, as a gode man, forto done away.and slake če
 |r4 slaundre of če Kyngus persone, if čat he might in eny maner_wise, 
     so as če Kyng was čerof nočing gulti, wherfore he was in
     perel of lif and lyme.  And so he assemblede al his retynance,
     and went & spake vnto ham of če Kyngus honour, and also forto
 |r8 amende his estate. and Sir Thomas of Bročerton, Erl Marchal,
     and Sir Edmunde of Wodestok, čat were če Kyngus vncles, and
     also men of London~, maden her oth, him forto mayntene in čat
     same querele.  And her cause was čis, čat če Kyng shulde holde
|r12 his householde and his many as perteynede a Kyng forto done,
     and haue alsois realte; and čat če Quene Isabel shulde delyuer
     out of her honde, into če Kyngus honde, al maner lorde_shippe,
     rentes, tounes, and castelles čat perteynede to če
|r16 croune of Engeland, and čat she shulde leue wič če čridde part of
     če rentes of Engeland, as očere Quenes hade done or čis tyme,
     and wič none očer čing.  And also čat Sir Roger Mortymer
     shulde duelle oppon~ his owen Londes, for če whiche landes he
|r20 hade holpen disherite miche peple, so čat če commune peple were
     nou¨t destroiede črou¨ hir |r[f.152v] wrongeful takyng.  And also to
     enquere How, and by whome, če Kyng was bitraiede and falsely
     deseyuede at Stanhope, and črou¨ whos conseil čat če Scottes
|r24 went away by nyght fram če Kyng.  And also how, and črou¨
     whos conseil, če ordenance čat were made at če coronacion~ of
     Kyng Edward wer put adoun, čat is to seyne, čat če Kyng, for
     helpyng and amendement of če reaume, and in honour of him,
|r28 shulde be gouernede and reulede by xij, če grettest & wiseste
     Lordes of če reaume; and wičouten ham shulde nočing be
     grauntede ne done, as bifore is saide; the whiche gouernances
     maliciou[s]ly were put adoun~ fro če Kyng; wherfor me[ny]
|r32 harmes, shames and reprofes haue falle vnto če Kyng and to his



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     reaume. And čat is to vnderstonde, for-asmiche as Kyng
     Edward, some-tyme Kyng of Engeland, was ordeynede, by assent
     of če communite in plein parlement, forto bene vnder če warde
 |r4 and Gouernance of Henry, Erl of Lancastre, his cosyn, f r_saluacion
     ~ of his body he was taken out of če castel of Kenyl_worth, 
     čere čat he was in ward, and črou¨ colour of če Quene
     Isabel and of če Mortymer, wičout consent of eny parlement,
 |r8 čai tok and lad him čer čat never after none of his Kynrede
     my¨t wič him speke ne see, and after traiterously toke and
     mordrede him; for whos deč a foule sclandre a.oos črou¨-out all
     Cristendome, when hit was done.  And also al če tresoure čat
|r12 Sir Edward of Carnaryuan hade lefte |r[f.153r] in meny places of
     Engelond and in Walys, were wastede and born away wičouten
     če wille of Kyng Edward his sone, in destruccioun~ of him and of
     his folc.  Also, črou¨ whos conseile čat če Kyng ¨af vp če
|r16 Kyngdome of Scotland, for če whiche reaume če Kyngus ancestres
     hade ful sore trauaile and so dede meny a nobleman for her
     ryght; and was diliuerede al če right vnto Dauid, čat was
     Robert le Brus sone, čat no right hade vnto čat reaume, as al če
|r20 worlde hit wiste.  And also, by whom če chartres & remem_brances 
     čat čai hade of če right of Scotland were take out of če
     tresorie, and taken to če Scottes, če Kyngus enemys, to disheriteson~
     of him and of his successoures, and to grete harme to his lieges,
|r24 & grete reprofe to alle Englisshe-men for euermore.  Also,
     wherfore Dame Iohn~ of če Toure, če Kyngus sustre Edward, was
     disparaged and mariede vnto Dauid, čat was Robert če Brus
     sone, čat was a traitour and enemy vnto Engeland; and črou¨
|r28 whos conseil she was tak into our enemys Hondes, out of
     Engelond.
         And in če mene-tyme, while the Gode Erl Henry of
     Lancastr and his company tok conseile how čise poynte[s] aboue_saide 
|r32 might bene amendede vnto če worshipp of če Kyng, and
     to his profite, and to če profite also of his lieges, če Quene Isabel,



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     črou¨ conietting and sotelte of če Mortymer, Lete ordein a
     parlement at Salesbury; and at če same Parlement če Mortymer
     was made Erl of Marche, a¨eins alle če barons wille of Engeland,
 |r4 in preiudice of če Kyng and of his croune; & |r[f.153v] Sir Iohn~ of Eltham,
     če Kynge.s bročer, was gert wič a suerd of Cornwail, and čo
     was callede Erle of Cornwaile; and euermore če Quene Isabel so
     miche procurede a¨ein¨ hir sone če Kyng, čat she hade če warde
 |r8 of če forsaid Sir Edward and of his Landes.  And at čat
     parlement če Erl of Lancastre wolde nou¨t come, but ordeyned al
     his power a¨eins če Quene Isabel and the Mortymer; and men
     of London~ ordeynedeam wič vj C men of armes him forto
|r12 helpe.
         When če Quene Isabell wist of the Doyng, she suore by
     God and by his names ful angrely, čat in euel tyme he čou¨[t]
     on čo poyntes.  Tho sent če Quene Isabel and če Mortymer
|r16 after her retenue, and after če Kyngus retenue, so čat čai hade
     ordeynede amongus ham an huge ost; and čai conseilede če
     Kyng so čat oppon a nyght čai ryden xxiiij [myle] toward
     Bedford, čere čat če Erl of Lancastr was wič his company, and
|r20 čou¨t haue him destroiede. and čat night she rode biside the
     Kyng her sone, as a kny¨t armede, for drede of Deč.  And hit
     was done če Kyng Edward to vnderstond, čat če Erl Henry of
     Lancastre & his company wolde haue destroiede če Kyng and his
|r24 conseil for euermore, wherfor če Kyng was somedel towardes
     him heuy & annoiede.  When če Erl Marchal and če Erl of
     Kent, če Kyngus bročer, herde of čis čing, čai ryden so in message
     bituene ham, čat če Kyng grantede him his pees to če Erl Henry
|r28 of Lancastre for a certeyn raunson of xj M=l= li; but čat was
     neuer |r[f.154r] paiede afterward.  And čise were če Lordes čat Helde
     wič Sir Henry of Lancastre: Sir Henry Beaumond, Sir Fouk
     fit¨ -- Warein, Sir Thomas Rooselyn, Sir William Trussel, Sir
|r32 Thomas Wyther, and about an C of kny¨te¨ mo, čat were to
     ham consenting; and alle čo were exilede črou conseile of Quene
     Isabel & of če Mortymer, for če Mortymer couetede forto haue



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     her londes, if he might črou¨ eny maner coniettyng; for he was
     so couetous, and hade to miche his wille, and čat was Grete pitee.
     How Kyng Edward went ouer če see forto Don his homage vnto
 |r4 če Kyng of France for če Duchee of Gyene.  Capitulo
     Ducentesimo Decimo nono.
     |r<b> HIt was nou¨t longes after, čat če Kyng of France, črou¨
        conseile of his Dus¨epirs, sent to Kyng Edward of
 |r8 Engeland, čat he shulde conle to Parys, and do his homage, as
     resoun~ hit wolde, for če Duchee of Gyene.  And so, črou¨
     consent of če lordes of Engeland, Kyng Edward went ouer če
     see; [and] at Ascencioun he come vnto Parys če iij ¨ere of his
|r12 regne, forto done his homage vnto če Kyng of Fraunce. and če
     Kyng vnderfonge his homage] and made michel ioye and
     worship. But or Kyng Edward hade made his homage vnto če
     Kyng of France, hastely he was sent a¨eyne into Engeland
|r16 črou¨ če Quene Isabel his moder; and anone hastely he come
     a¨eyne into Engeland oppon Whitsonday, wičout eny takyng
     leue of če Kyng of Fraunce; wherfore he was wonder worč
     [ = wroth].
|r20 How Sir Roger Mortymer bare him so proudely & hie.
     Capitulo CC xx.
     |r[f.154v] |r<b> ANd now shul ¨e hure How sir Roger če Mortymer of
        Wygemore, čat desirede and couetede to bene at an hye
|r24 state, so čat če Kyng grantede him to bene callede če Erl of
     Marche črou¨-out al his Lordeship.  And he bicome čo so
     prout, čat he wolde lese and forsake če name čat his Ancestre
     haden euer bifore; And for čat enchesoun~ he lete him calle Erl
|r28 of Marche; And none of če communes of Engeland derste calle
     him by none očer name, for he was callede so, črou¨ če Kyngus
     crie čat men shulde calle him če Erl of Marche.  And če
     Mortymer čo bare him so hauten and so proude, čat wonder hit
|r32 was to wete; and also disgisede him wič wonder ryche cločes
     oute of al maner resoun~, boče of shaping and of wering; Wherof



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     the Englisshe-men hade grete wonder, how and in what maner
     he might contreue or fynde soche maner pride; and čai saide
     amonges ham alle communeliche, čat his pride shulde nou¨t
 |r4 longe endure.  And če same tyme, Sire Geffray če Mortymer
     če ¨onge, čat was če Mortymers sone, lete him calle Kynge of
     Folye; and so hit bifelle aftirward indede, ffor he was so ful of
     pride and of wrecchednesse, čate helde a rounde table in Walys
 |r8 to alle men čat čider wolde come, and countrefetede če maner
     & doyng of Kyng Arthure¨ table; but openly he failede, ffor če
     noble Kny¨t Arthure was če moste worči lord of renoun čat
     was in al če worlde in his tyme, and |r[f.155r] ¨itte come neuer non soche
|r12 after him, for alle če noble kny¨tes č[r]ou¨ Cristendome of dede
     of Armes alosede, du[e]llede wič Kyng Arthure, and helde.him for
     her lord; and čat was wel sene, for he conquerede a Romayn čat
     me callede Frolle, & gete of him če reaume of France, and quellede
|r16 im wič his owen hande.  And also he fau¨t wič a Geaunt
     čat me callede Dynabus and quellede him, čat hade rauisshede
     Elyne, čat was Kyllg Hoeles nece, Kyng of Litil Britaign~; and
     afterward he quellede in bataile če Emperour of Rome, čat me
|r20 callede Lucye, čat had assemblede a¨eyns Kyng Arthur forto fei¨t
     wič him so miche peple of Romayns and of Pei¨tes and of
     Sarasynus, čat no man couč ham nombre; and he descomfitede
     ham alle, as če story of him more pleynloker telleč.  And in
|r24 če same tylne, commune loos sprong in Engeland, črou¨ conietting
     and ordenaunce of če ffrere Prechoures, čat Sir Edward of Car_naryuan, 
     čat was Kyng Edwardus fader, of whom če geest telles,
     saide čat he was alif in the castel of Corf; wherfore alle če
|r28 commune[s] almost of Engeland were in sorwe and drede
     whečer hit were so or nouč; čai wist neuer how če Mortymer
     traiterousely hade done him mordre.



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     How Edmunde of Wodestok, čat was Erl of Kent, and če
     Kyngus bročer, Edward of Carnaryuan, was biheuedede
     at Wynchestr, Capitulo CC=o= xxi=o=.
 |r4 |r<b> ANd oppon a tyme hit was so, čat Sir Edmunde of Wodestok,
        A Erl of Kent, spake vnto če Pope Iohn~ če xxij at Auy[n]on,
     and said čat Almyghty God hade meny tymes done, for Tl omas
     loue of Lancastre, meny Gret miracles to meny men and |r[f.155v] wymen
 |r8 čat Were črou¨ diuerse sikenesse vndon~ as to the world, and
     črou¨ his praier ča were brou¨t vnto her hele.  And so Sir
     Edmund pra ede če Popeertly čat he wolde graunt him grace
     čat če forsaide Thomas might bene translated; but če Pope
|r12 saide, `nay, he shulde nou¨t bene translatede, če same Thomas,
     Erl of La[n]castre, vnto če tyme čat he were bettre certefied of če
     clergie of Engeland, and seyne by hir obediens what čing God
     had done for če loue of Thomas of Lancastre, after če suggestion~
|r16 čat če forsaide Edmunde of Wodestoke, Erl of Kent, had vnto
     him made.'  And when čis Edmund saw čat he mi¨t nou¨t
     spede of his purpos as tochyng če translacioun~, He praiede him čo
     of his conseile as toching Sir Edward of Carnaryuan, his bročer,
|r20 O a d saide nou¨t longe gon čat he was Kyng of [England], what
     čing mygh[t] beste bene done as tochyng his delyuerance, sič čat
     a commune fame is črou¨-out al Engeland čat he was alif, and
     llole and saf.  When če Pope herde him telle čat Sir Edward
|r24 was alif, he commanded če Erl, oppon~ his benison~, čat he shulde
     helpe, wič al če power čat he might, čat he were delyuerede out
     of prlson, and saf his body in al maner čat he myght; and, forto
     bryng čis čing vnto an ende, he assoilede him and his company a
|r28 pena & a culpa, and alle čo čat halpen to his delyuerance.
         Tho tok Edmund of Wodestoke, Erl of Kent, his leue of
     če Pope, and comme a¨eyn into Engeland. And when Edmunde
     was comen somme of če ffrere prechoures come and saide čat Sir
|r32 Edward his bročer ¨itte was alyf in če |r[f.156r] Castel of Corf, vnder the
     kepyng of Sir Thomas če Gurnay.  čo spede him če forsaide



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     Edmund, asi faste as he might, til čat he come to če castel of
     Corf, and acqueyntede him, and spake so faire wič Sir Iohn~
     Daueril, čat was conestable of če forsaide castel, and ¨af him riche
 |r4 ¨iftes forto haue acqueyntance of him, and forto know of his
     conseil. and čus hit bifelle, čat če forsaide Sir Edmund praiede
     specialy forto telle him priuely of his lorde his bročer, Sir Edward,
     if čat he leuede or were dede. if čat he were on lif, he
 |r8 praiede of him ones to haue a sight.  And čis Sir Iohn~
     Daueril was an hye-hertede man, & ful of corage, and ansurede
     shortely vnto Sir Edmund, and saide, čat Sir Edward his bročer
     was in hele & vnder his kepyng,  and derst shew him vnto no
|r12 man, sič it was defendede him in the Kyngus half, Edward, čat was
     Edward sone of Carnauan, and also črou¨ commandement of če
     Quene Isabel, če Kyngus moder, and of Sir Roger če Mortymer,
     čat he shulde shew his body to no man of če worlde, saf
|r16 onely vnto ham, oppon~ peyne of lif and lyme, and to disherite_soun 
     of his heires for euermore. but če false traitour falsely liede,
     for he was nou¨t in his ward, but he was tak čens, and lade to
     če castel of Berkelee črou¨ Sir Thomas Gurnay, črou¨ commande_ment 
|r20 of če Mortymer, til čat he was dede, as bifore is saide more
     plenerly.  But Sir Edmund of Wodestok wist nočing čat his
     bročer was dede. Wheroppon he toke a lettre vnto če forsaide
     Sir Iohn~, and praiede him hertly čat |r[f.156v] he wolde take hit to Kyng
|r24 Edward his bročer, as to His worči Lorde; and he toke če lettre
     of him, and bihight to him forto done his message wič-outen
     eny maner faile. and wič čat, Sir Edmund to[k] of him his
     leue, čat is to seyne, of če forsaide Iohn~, and went čo into his
|r28 owen contre and Lordeship in Kent, čat he hade čer.  And
     anon as čis same Iohn wist čat Sir Edmund of Wodestoke was
     Gone into Kent, his owen Lordeship, anone he went in al the
     haste čat he might fro če castel of Corf, and come to Sir Roger
|r32 Mortymer, and toke him če lettre čat Sir Edmund of Wodestoke,
     Erl of Kent, hade take him closede, & enselede wič his owen seal.



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      And when Sir Roger hade vnderfonge če lettre, he vnclosede
     če lettre, and saw what was conteynede čerin, and gan Hit
     forto rede;  Wherof če bigynning was čis:
 |r4    "Worshippis and reuerence, wič bročeres liegeance and sub_ieccioun.
     Sir knyght, worshipful and dere bročer! if it ¨ow
     plese, y pray hertly čat če bene of gode comfort, ffor y shal so
     ordeyne for ¨ow, čat sone ¨e shul come out of prisoun~, and bene
 |r8 deliuerede of that disese čat ¨e beč in. and vnderstondeč of ¨our
     Grete lordeshipe, čat y haue vnto me assentant almoste al če grete
     [lordes] of Engeland, wič al her apparail, čat is to seyne, wič
     Armure, wič tresour wičout nombre, forto mayntene and helpe
|r12 ¨our querell so ferfourth that ¨e shul ben Kyng a¨ein as ¨e were
     biforne; and čat čai alle haue suorne to me oppon~ a boke, and
     alsewel prelates as Erles & baron~s."
         when Sir Roger če Mortymer saw and vnderstode če myght
|r16 and the |r[f.157r] strengč of the Lettre, anone for wrač his hert gan bolne,
     and euel hert bare toward Sir Edmund of Wodestok čat was Erl
     of Kent.  and so, wič al če haste čet he might, he went vnto
     Dame Isabel če Quene, čat was če Kyngus moder, and shewede
|r20 her Sir Edmundus Lettr, Erl of Kent, and his wille and his
     purpos, and how he hade coniettede & ordeynede to put adoun~
     Kyng Edward of Wyndesore, hire sone, of his realte and of his
     Kyngdome.  "Now certes, sir Roger," quod she, "hač Edmund
|r24 done so ? be my faderes soule," quod she, "y wil bene čerof
     avengede, if čat God graunt me my lyf, and čat in a shorte
     tyme."  And anone wič čat, če Quene Isabet went vnto Kyng
     Edward here sone, čere čat he was at če parlement at Wynchestre
|r28 forto haue amendede če wronges & trespasses čat were done
     amongus če peple in his reaume.  And čo toke she and
     shewede him če lettre čat Sir Edmund of Wodestok, Erl of
     Kent, hade made, and ensealede it wič his seal, and bade him.
|r32 oppon~ her benyson~, čat he shulde avel gede bene oppon~ him, as
     oppon~ his dedeliche enemy.  Tho was če quene so wroč toward
     Sir Edmund, Erl of Kent, and cessede neuer to pray vnto her



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     sone čat he shulde sende in haste after him. and oppon čat, če
     Kyng sent by his lettres after Sir Edmunde of Wodestok, čat he
     shulde come & speke wič him at Wynchestre, alle maner činges
 |r4 lafte.  And when Sir Edmund saw čat če Kyng sent after him
     wič his lettre enselede, he hastede him in all če hast čat he
     myght, til čat he come to Wynchestre.  But |r[f.157v] čo če Quene
     Wist čat Edmund was come vnto Wynchestre, and anone she
 |r8 praiede so faste vnto Edward her sone, čat če gode Erl was
     arrestede anone, & ladde vnto the barr bifore Robert of Hamond,
     čat was crouner of če Kyngus Household; and he associede
     vnto him Sir Roger če Mortymer. and čo spake če forsaide
|r12 Iohn vnto him and saide: " Sir Edmund, Erl of Kent, ¨e shul
     vnderstond čat it is done vs to wete, and principalli vnto oure
     liege lord, Sir Edward, Kyng of Engeland -- čat Almyghty God
     saue and kepe! -- čat ¨e beče his dedely enemy & his traitour,
|r16 and also a commune enemy vnto če reaume; and čat ¨e haue
     bene about meny a day forto make priuelichel deliuerance of Sir
     Edward, some-tyme Kyng of Engeland, ¨our bročer, če whiche
     was put adoune of his realte by commune assent of alle če lordes
|r20 of Engeland, in enpeiring of our Lord če Kyngus Estate, and also
     of his reaume."  čo ansuerede če gode man and saide: "For-soč,
     Sir, vnderstandeč wel čat y was neuer assenting forto enpeir če
     state of our Lorde če Kyng, ne of his croune, and čat y put me
|r24 to ben demede oppon my pires."  And wič čat word, Sir
     Roger če Mortymer shewede him če Erles lettre & his seal, and
     saide čo: "Sir Edmun~de, knowe ¨e nou¨t če prynt of čis lettre
     čat he hade take vnto Sir Iohn~ Daueryll?" and he saw če
|r28 print of his seal, but he saw nou¨t what was contenede čerin;
     and če Erl him-self wende čat hit hade bene on of his lettres čat
     hade bene of no [charge]. |r[f.158r]  čo saide če Erl to Sir Roger
     Mortymer, čat He wolde nou¨t fo[r]sake če lettre, and čat was
|r32 če prynt of his seal, and anone wič čat word, če wile and false



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     Mortymer bygan to vndo če lettre, and gan hit forto rede in
     audience of al če court.  And čo saide Sire Robert of Hamull,
     "Sir Edmunde," quod he, "sič čat ¨e haue made knowyng openly
 |r4 in čis court čat čis is ¨our lettre ensealede wič ¨our seal, and če
     tenour of če lettre seič čat ¨e wolde haue bene aboute forto haue
     delyuerede če body of čat worshipful kny¨t Sir Edward, some_tyme 
     Kyng of Engeland, ¨our bročer, and forto helpe him čat he
 |r8 shulde haue bene Kyng a¨eyne, and gouerne his peple as he
     was wont bifore tymes, in empeiring of our liege lorde če Kyngus
     state, čat is now, -- wham God kepe fram alle desese! --  And
     čis court wil čat ¨e bene vndone of lif and lyme, and čat ¨our heires
|r12 bene disheritede for euermore, Saf če grace of our lorde če Kyng."
     čo was če Erl, Sir Edmund of Wodestok, put a¨eyne into prisoun~,
     vnto ful saf ward til oppon~ če morwe; and čo come če Mortymere
     vnto če Kyng, čere čat he satte at his mete, and tolde him how
|r16 če Erl was Dampnede by wai of lawe, and also of lyf and lyme,
     and his heires disheritede for euermore, črou¨ oppen knowe_liching 
     in plein court; wherfore him čou¨t hit were gode čat če
     forsaide Erl were hastely quellede, wičouten wetyng of če Kyng;
|r20 for elle¨ |r[f.158v] the Kyng wolde for¨eue him his deč, and čat shu[l]de
     turne ham vnto miche sorwe so as he was enpechede.  Anone
     če Quene Isabet, črou¨ conseile of če Mortymer, and wičout eny
     očere conseile, sent in haste to če baliffys of Wynchestr, čat čai
|r24 shulde smyte of Sir Edmundes heede of Wodestok, Erl of Kent,
     wičout eny maner abidyng or respite oppon~ peyne of lif and
     lyme.  čo tok če bailliffes Sir Edmund of Wodestok out
     of prisoun~, and lade him bisides the castell att Wynchestr, and
|r28 čere čai made a gonge-fermer smyte of his heuede for none očer
     man derst hit done; & so deide he čere-allas the tyme! -- čat is
     to seyne, the x Day of Ottobre, če čridde čer of Kyng Edwardes
     regne. And when če Kyng wist čerof, he was wonder sory, and
|r32 lete entere him at če ffrere menoures at Wynchestre.



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     Of the Deč of Sir Roger Mortymer, Erl of če Marche.  Capitulo
      Ducentesimo  Vicesimo  Secundo.
     |r<b> ANd so hit bifelle at čat tyme, čat Sir Roger the Mortyn er, Erl
 |r4    of the Marche, was so prout & so hauten, čat he helde no
     lorde of the reaume his pier; and čo bicome he so couetouse, čat
     he folwede Dame Isabell če Quenes court, če Kyngus moder
     Edward, and bisette his penyworthe wič če officers of če Quenes
 |r8 househalde in če same maner as če Kyngus officeres deden; & so
     he made his takyngus as tochyng vitailes, and also of cariages;
     and al he dede for enchesoun~ of Spenses, and forto gadre tresoure;
     and so he dede wičout nombre in al čat he myght.  Tho made
|r12 he him wonder priuee |r[f.159r] with če Quene Isabell; and so miche
     Lordeshippe And retenue hade, so čat alle če grete Lordes of
     Engeland of him wer adrade. wherfore če Kyng and his Conseile
     towarde him wer agreuede, and ordeynede amongus ham forto
|r16 vndo him be pure resoun~ and lawe, ffor enchesoun čat Kyng
     Edward, čat was če Kyngus fader, traterousely črou¨ him was
     mordred in the castel of Berkelee, as bifore is saide more plenerly,
     in the CC and xvij Chapiter of čis book.  And somme čat were
|r20 of če Kyngus Conseil louede če Mortymer, and tolde him in
     priuetee how čat če Kyng and his conseil wer about fram day
     to day hym forto shende and vndo; Wherfore če Mortymer was
     sore annoiede, and angry as če Deuel a¨eynes ham čat wer of če
|r24 Kyngus Conseil, and saide čat he wolde on ham bene avengede,
     how-se-euer he toke on.  Hit was nou¨t longe afterward, čati
     Kyng Edward and Dame Philipp his wif, and Dame Isabell če
     Kynges moder, and Sir Roger Mortymer ne went vnto Notyngham,
|r28 čere forto soiourne.  and so hit bifell, čat če Quene Isabell,
     črou¨ conseile of the Mortymer, toke to her če keyes of če ¨ate
     of če castelle of Notillgham, so čat no man might come nečer in
     ne out by ničt, but črou¨ če commandement of če Mortyn er, ne
|r32 če Kyng, ne none of his Conseil.  And čat tyme Hit felle so
     čat če Mortyme[r], as a Deuel for wrač, bolnede for wrač čat



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     he hade toward the Kynges men Edward, and principally a¨eins
     ham čat hade hims accusede to če Kyng of če deč of Sire Edward
     his fader.  And priueliche a conseile |r[f.159v] was taken bituene
 |r4 Quene Isabel and the Mortymer, and če Bisshop of Lincolne,
     and Sir Symond of Bereford and Sir Hughe of Trompeton~, and
     očer priue of hir conseile, forto vndo ham alle čat hade accusede
     če Mortymer vnto the Kyng of his fadres deč, Sir Edward, of
 |r8 tresoun~ and of ffelonye. Wherfore alle čo čat were of the Kynges
     Conseile, when čai wlst of the Mortymeres castyng pryuely, comen
     to če Kyng Edward, and saide čat če Mortymer wolde ham
     destroie, for cause čat čai had accusede him of Kyng Edwardus
|r12 Deč, his fader, & praiede him čat he wolde maintene ham in her
     trew querell; and če Kyng granted ham hir bone, and saide čat
     he wolde maintene ham in hir right.  And čise were če lordes
     čat pursuede čis querell: Sire William Montagu, Sire Hunfray
|r16 de Boungh, Sire William his bročer, Sire Rauf of Stafford, Sire
     Robert of Hufford, Sir William of Clynton~, Sir Iohn~ Neuyl of
     Horneby, and meny očere of her consent; and alle čise suorne
     oppon a bok to mayntene če querell in-asmiche as thei
|r20 might.
         And hit bifelle so after, čat Sir William Mountagu ne none
     of če Kynges frendes moste nou¨t bene herburghede in the
     castel, for the Mortymer, but went & toke her herbugage in
|r24 diuerse places in the toune of Notingham; and čo were čai sore
     adrade leste če Mortymer shulde ham destroie.  And in haste
     čere come vnto Kyng Edward, Sir William Mountagu čere čat he
     was in his castel, |r[f.160r] and priuely tolde him čat he ne none of his
|r28 company shulde nou¨t take če Morty ner wičout conseil & helpe of
     William of Eland, Conestable of če same castell.  "Now certes,"
     quod če Kyng, "y leue ¨ow ful wel; and čerfore y conseile ¨ow čat
     ¨e go to če forsaide conestable, and commande him in my name
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     čing lafte, oppon~ peril oflyf and lyme." "Sir," quod Mountagn,
     "Sir, my lord, graunt mercy!"  Tho went forth the forsaide
     Mountagu, and come to če conestable of če castell, and tolde him če
 |r4 Kyngus wille. and he ansuerede and saide če Kynges wille shulde
     be done, in-asmichel as he might, and wolde nou¨t spare for no
     maner deč; and so he suore and made his oth.  čo saide Sir
     William of Mountagu to če conestable, in hering of alle ham
 |r8 čat were Helpyng to če same querell: "Now certes, dere
     frende, vs bihoueč forto werche and done by ¨our queyntise, to
     take če Mortymer, sič čat ¨e bene keper of če castell, and haueč
     če keyes in ¨our [warde]."  "Sir," quod če conestable, "wil
|r12 ¨e vnderstonde čat če gates of če castel beč loked wič če lokes
     čat Dame Isabel sent hider; and by nyght she hač če keyes čerof,
     and leič ham vnder če cheuesel of her bede vnto the morne; and
     so y may nou¨t come into če castel by če ¨ates in no maner wise;
|r16 but y know a Alie čat stracches out of the ward, vnder erče,
     vnto the castel, čat goče into če weste, the whiche alie Dame
     Isabel |r[f.160v] če Quene, ne none of her men, neče Mortymer, ne
     none of his company knoweč hit nou¨t; and so y shal lede ¨ow
|r20 črou¨ čat Alie; and so ¨e shul come into če castel wičout aspies
     of eny man čat beč ¨our enemys."
         And čat same nyght Sir William Mountagu, & alle the
     lordes of če querell, and če same Conestable also, went ham to
|r24 horse, and madesl semblant as hit wer forto wende out of če
     Mortymeres sight; but ano le as če Mortymer herde čis tydyngus,
     he wende čat čai wolde haue gone ouer če see for drede of him;
     & anone he and his company toke conseile amonges ham forto lette
|r28 hir passage, and sent lettres anone vnto the portes, so čat none of
     the grete lordes shulde wende ham home into her owen contre,
     but if he were areste & taken.  And amonge očere čingus,
     William Eland, Conestable of če forsaide castel, priueliche lade
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     the erč, so til čat čai comen into the castel, and went vp into
     the Toure čere čat če Mortymer was in. But Sir Hnghe of
     Trompiton~ ham ascriede hidously, and saide, "A, traitoures! hit
 |r4 is al for nou¨t čat ¨e beč comen into čis castel. ¨e shul dye
     ¨itte in euel deč euerychon~." And anone on of ham čat was in
     the Mountagues company, vp wič a mace, and smote the same
     Hughe oppon~ če heuede, čat če bray[n] barst out and felle on
 |r8 če Ground; and so was he dede in euel deč.  Tho toke čai če
     Mortymer, as he Armede him atte če toures |r[f.161r] dore, When he
     herde če noise of ham for drede. And When Quene Isabell saw
     čat če Mortymer was taken, she made miche sorwe in hert, and
|r12 čise wordes vnto ham saide:  "Now, fair sires, y ¨ow praye čat
     ¨e done non harme vnto his body; a worči kny¨t, our wel
     bilouede frende and our dere cosyn."  Tho went čai čens, and
     come & brou¨t the Mortymer, and presentede him vnto Kyng
|r16 Edward, and commaundede to brynge him into sauf ward.
      But anone as čai čat were consent vnto če Mortymeres doyng
     herde telle čat he was taken, čai went and hid ham, and
     priueliche by ni¨t went out of the toune, eueryche on
|r20 his side, wič heuy hert and mornyng, & leuede oppon~ her
     owen~ londes as wel as čai myght.  And so če same ¨er čat
     če Mortymer was taken, he hade at his retynu x knyghtč,
     wičouten squyers & serieant¨ of Armes and footmen. And čo
|r24 was če Mortymer lade to London, and Sir Symond of Bereford
     was lad wič him, and was take to če conestable to kepe,  But
     afterward was če Mortymers lif examynede at Westminster bifore
     če Kyng & bifore alle če grete Lordes of Engeland for peril čat
|r28 might falle to če reaume, & fortos enquer also whiche wer assent_yng 
     vnto Sir Edwardes deč, če Kyngus fader, and also črou¨
     whom če Scottes askaped at Stanhope into Scotland wičout če
     wille of Kyng Edward;  And also how the chartre of Ragaman
|r32 was delyuerede vnto če Scottes, wherin |r[f.161v] če Homages and feautees



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     of Scotland were contened, čat če Scottes shulde do euermore
     to če Kyngus of Engeland for če reaume of Scotland. Wherfore
     in his absence he was dampnede to bene honget & draw for
 |r4 his tresoun~. And čis meschief come to him on Seint Andrewes
     eve, In če čere of če incarnacion~ of our Lord Ihesu Criste, M=l=
     CCCC xxx.
     How Kyng Edward gete a¨eyn into his hondes graciouseliche
 |r8 če feautes and če homages of Scotland, wherof he was
     put out črou¨ če false conseil of Isabell his moder, & of
     Sir Rogere Mortymer čat was made Erl of če Marche.
     Capitulo Ducentesimo xxiij=to=.
|r12 |r<b> NOw ¨e haue [herde] Lordes, how Sir Iohn of Bailoil, in
        tyme of pees, was chosen to bene Kyng of Scotland, for
     encheson čat he come of če eldest dou¨ter of če Erl Dauid of
     Huntingdon~, čat was Kyng Alisaundres bročer of Scotland, čat
|r16 deide wičouten heir of his body bigeten;ls and how čis Iohn~ made
     feaute & homage to Kyng Edward, čat was Kyng Henries sone če
     črid, for his landes of Scotland; and how he afterward wičsaide
     his homages, črou¨ conseile of če Scottes, In če ¨ere of the
|r20 Incarnacion M=l= cclxxij=o=, and sende vnto če pope, črou¨ false
     suggestion~ čat he made his oth vnto če forsaid sir Edward, ouer
     his estate and his wille, of če whiche oth če Pop assoilede
     him, črou¨ his bulles to him sent.  And anone as Kynge
|r24 Edward wiste čerof, he ordeynede anone his |r[f.162r] barons, and come
     Vnto Berewike, and conquerede če toune; at če whiche conqueste
     čere were slayn xxv M=l= & vijc. and Bailoil, čat was Kyng of
     Scotland, come & ¨elde him vnto Kyng Edward; and če Kyng
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     grete lorde[s] of Scotland wič him,čat were taken at Berwike,
     and ¨af ham sauf condit to gon~ into Scotland. And the Scottes
     sečenes, črou¨ her falsenesse, werrede oppon Kyng Edward.
 |r4  And when Sir Iohn~ Bailoile, Kyng of Scotland, saw al čis, he
     went & put him ouer če see vnto Dompier, and leuede čere
     oppon~ his owen landes as wel as he might, til čat če Scottis wolde
     amende ham of hir misdedes & trespasse¨, and lad with him Sir
 |r8 Edward, his sone. Wherfore če Scottes, in despite of him, callede
     him "Sir Iohn~ Turnetabard," for cause čat he wolde nou¨t
     offende ne trespasse a¨eynes Kyng Edward of Engeland; and so
     he forsoke his reaume of Scotland, and sette čerof but litil pris.
|r12  And čis Sir Iohn, Longe duellede in Fraunce, til čat he deide čere;
     and Sir Edward his sone vnderfonge his heritage, and dede
     homage vnto če Kyng of France for his landes of Dunpier.
         And so hit felle afterward čat Edwarde, čat was Iohn
|r16 Bailoilles sone, hads wič him a squyer of Engeland čat was born
     in żork-shire, čat men callede Iohn~ of Barnaby; and čis Edward
     Bailoil louede him miche, & was nei¨ him, and wič him ful
     pryuee. |r[f.162v]  And so čis Iohn~ of Bernaby was in debate with a
|r20 Frenche-man in če toune of Dounpier; and so he quellede him,
     and went in his way, in al the haste čat he might, into če castel
     fortill haue socoure and helpe of his lord.  And anone come če
     Officeres of če toune forto take Iohn~ of Barnaby as a feloun~.
|r24 and Sir Edward, his lorde, halpe him, and rescuede him, and by
     ny¨t made him wende out of the castel; and so he went his way,
     and come into Engeland with-oute eny harme.  And when
     če Kyng of Fraunce saw čat Sir Edward had rescuede his
|r28 feloun~, he bicome wonder wroč a¨eyns Sir Edward, and anon~
     lete him bene arest, and toke into his hande alle his landes.
      Tho duellede Sir Edward in prison vnto če tyme čat Sir Henry
     Beaumond come into Fraunce; če whiche Henry some-tyme
|r32 was Erl of Angos in Scotland, črou¨ his wif, and was put
     out of če forsaide Erldome when če accord was made bituene
     Engeland & Scotland, črou¨ če Quene Isabell & Sir Rogere če



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     Mortymer & her companye, for če mariage čat she made bituene
     Dauid, čat was Robert če Brus sone, and Dame Iohn of če toure,
     Kyng Edwardus sustre of Engeland, and wel vnderstode čis, čat
 |r4 at the ende he shulde con e to his ryght, but if [it] were črou¨ če
     Edward Bailloill, čat was right heir of the reaume of Scotland.
      And če Kyng of Fraunce, Lowys, louede wel čis Sir Henry,
     and was wič hirn ful priuee, and |r[f.163r] čou¨t forto make delyuerance
 |r8 of Sir Edward Bailoiles body, if he might in eny maner.  Tho
     praiede he če Kyng, čat he wolde graunt him of his grace Sir
     Edward Bailoilles body vnto če next parlement, čat he mi¨t leue
     wič his owen rentes in če mene-tyme, and čat he ny¨t stande to
|r12 bene Iugede by his pieris at the parlement.  the Kyng
     grantede him his praleres, and made če forsaide Sir Edward ben
     delyuerede out of prisoun in the maner aboue-saide. and a one
     as he was out of prisoun~, Sir Henry toke him forth wič him, & lad
|r16 him into Engeland and made him duelle priueliche in the
     Maner of Sandhal oppon~ Owes in ¨orke-shire, wič če Lady Vescy_and 
     so he ordeynede him čere an Huge retenance of peple of
     Englisshemen, and also of Aliens, forto conquere a¨eyne his
|r20 heritage.  And so he ¨af miche siluer v to soudeoures and to
     Alienes forto helpe him; and čai bihight him forto helpe in al
     čat čai might, but čai failede him at his most nede.
        And at čat tyme Donalde, Erl of Morref, herde telle how čat
|r24 Sir Edward was comen nto Engeland, and come to him, and
     made wič him grete ioye of his commyng a¨eyne, and saide to
     him, and bihigh[t] čat alle grete lordes of Scotland shulde
     bene to him entendant, and holde him for hir Kyng, as right
|r28 heir of Scotland. and so miche čai wolde done, čat he shulde
     be crounede Kyng of čat lande, and to him dede feaute &
     Homage. |r[f.163v] čo come Sir Henry of Beaumond to Kyng Edward of
     Engeland, and praiede him, in way of charite, čat he wolde grant



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     of his grace vnto Sir Edwarde Bailoil, čat he moste safliche gone
     bi land frams Sandllall vnto Scotland, forto conquere his ri¨t
     heritage in Scotland.  the Kyng Edward ansuerede and saide
 |r4 vnto him: "yf čat y soffre če Bailoil wende črou¨ my londe
     toward Scotland, čan če peple wolde say čat y were assenting
     to če company."  "Now, Sir, y praie ¨ow čat če wolde grant
     him leue to take vnto [him] soudeoures of Englisshe-men, čat čai
 |r8 my¨t safly lede him črou¨ ¨our land vnto Scotland; and, Sir,
     oppon~ čis couena[n]t, čat if it so bifalle-čat God hit forbede! -- čat
     čai bene descomfited in bataile črou¨ če Scottes, čat y and alle če
     lordes čat holden with Bailoil ben for euermore put out of oure
|r12 rent¨ čat we haueč in Engeland."  and če Kyng, oppon čis
     couenant, grantede hir bone, as toching him and čo čat were of
     če same querell, če whiche cleimede forto haue londes & rent¨
     in če reaume of Scotland.  And čise were če names of če same
|r16 Lordes čat pursuede čis mater, čat is to seyn, Sir Edward
     Bailoil, čat chalangede če reau-me of Scotland; Sir Henry
     Beaumond, Erl of Angos; Sir Dauid of Stroboly, Erle of Atheles;
     Sire Geffl-ay of Mountbray, Walter Comyn, and nleny očere čat
|r20 were put out of hir heritage in Scotland when če pees was
     |r[f.164r] made bituene Engeland and Scotland, as bifore is saide.
         And ¨e shal vnderstond čat čise lordes toke wič ham v C
     men of Armes and ij M=l= Archires of footmen, and čo went vnto
|r24 ship atte Rauenesere, and sailede by če see til čat čai conle vnto
     Scotland, and come to lande at Kynkecorne, xij mile fro Seint
     Iohnes toune, and sende oute hier shippes a¨eine, for čai shulde
     nou¨t ben hurt ne apairede, neičer čat no man shulde gone into
|r28 shippe a¨eyne, čou¨ čat čai hade nede, but abide at al periles, and
     nou¨t flee, but stande, and račer soffre deč čan flee, to mayntene
     hir trew querelle.  when če Erl of Fif, a fers man and a sterne,
     herde telle čat če Bailoil was comen forto take če lande of
|r32 Scotland,e come in haste vnto Kynkecorn wič x M=l= Scottes,
     forto destourblc him, čat he shulde nou¨t come to land.  But
     Sir Edward Bailoil and his conlpany had taken če land, maugre



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     him and his company, and him descomfitede; at če whiche
     scomfiture Sir Alisandre of Seton~ was čer quellede, and meny
     očer.  The Erl of Fif. was čo wonder sory, and ful euel
 |r4 shamede čat so litil company hade him descomfitede, and shame_fulliche 
     put him & alle his company čat was alif forto flee.
     čo come Sir Edward the Bailoil, and toke če contre al about him,
     til čat he come to če Abbay of Dunfermelyn; and čere he fonde
 |r8 vitailes for him and |r[f.164v] for his men. and amonge all očer činges,
     He fonde in a chambre aboue v C of grete stafes of fyne oke,
     with longe pikes of yren and of stele: he fok and delyuerede
     ham to če most strongeste of his company.  And anone after
|r12 he went fro čens, and loggede him in a felde ij nile fro Seint
     Iohn~ toune. and when če burgeys of če toune herde how če Erl
     was descomfitede črou¨ Sir Edward Bailloile, čai were sore
     adrade, and broken če brigge¨ čat čai had made ouer če water of
|r16 Erne, so čat če Bailoil might nou¨t gon~ ouer; Wherfore he
     loggede him čere al čat nyght, but litel hede he toke to reste, and
     saide vnto his peple,  "Now, dere lordes, ¨e knowe ful wel čat
     we bene now loggede bltuene oure enemys; and if čai mow vs
|r20 hampre, čere nys but litil deč; whe[r]fore if we abide here all
     čis nyght stille, y leue čat hit shal turne vs to miche harme; for če
     power of Scotland may euery day wax and encresce, and we may
     nou¨t so; and we bene ful litel peple as a¨eins ham. whefore y
|r24 praye ¨ow, for the loue of Almyghty God, make we vs bolde and
     hardy, and čat we mow mightely fake če Scottes čis nyght, and
     boldely werr oppon~ ham; and late vs pu[r]sue ham čis ni¨t; and
     if čai bene trauailede črou¨ vs, and čai see oure hardynesse, so
|r28 čat očere Scottis čat comen, and mete ham & see ham so trauailede
     and wery, če sorer wil bene adrade wič vs forto fei¨ten; and
     fressheliche čan we shullen |r[f.165r] fei¨t, and oppon~ Ham pursue, so
     čat, črou¨ the grace of Almighty God, al the worlde shal speke of
|r32 če dou¨tynesse of our chaiualry."  And, sires, vnderstondečs



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     wel čat all the company čat come with Sir Edward Bailoile
     grauntede wel vnto čis conseil, and were čerof glade, and anone
     pursuede oppon če Scottes čat wer bicomen wonder wery. and
 |r4 če Bailoile and his company sore folwede ham, and dede l,am
     miche sorwe črou¨ her assaut, so čat čai myght nou¨t, for feble,
     ham helpe, and for litel peple.  But čo saide an ongus ham:
     "what is vs now bifalle, čat so litel peple as če Bailoil hač in
 |r8 wenge, done vs so miche trauaile and sorwe? now certes hit
     semeč vs čat he werches by grace, for he is wonder graciouse in
     his querelle, and al we certes shul bene dede er čat we may
     come to him, vs forto ¨elde, sič čat his fader sette of vs no pris."
|r12     And amonge alle očere čengus, če Bailoil & his peple passede
     če watere of Erne, so čat Sir Roger of Suynerton~, če sone, was
     fers and angri, and went forth; and čai saw miche peple of men
     of armes ful wel arraiede; and forč ča went vnto ham, and wič
|r16 hanl fou¨ten, and quellede as meny as wolde abide, and toke;
     and nočelesse at čat assaut čai wende čat hit hade bene če grete
     host of Scotland. and when hit come to če morlle, čai gadrede
     ham and restede a while.  But če while čat če Englisshe_men 
|r20 restede, če noble Baron~ Thomas of Vescy, and če noble
     baron~ of Stafford, prekeden hir |r[f.165v] horse vp and doun by če hulles,
     forto Kepe če estres of če contreye.  and as čai prekeden vp
     and doun, čai saw a grete hoste of gode arraye, ordeynede in iij
|r24 wenges, wič helmes and shelde shynyng, comyng oppon ham,
     and čo come čo ij lordes a¨eyne vnto če Bailoiles folc, and saide,
     "Now, for the loue of Almyghty God, beč of gode con fort, for ¨e
     shul haue bataile anone right!"  And čo spake Sir Fouk, če
|r28 sone of Gerrein, a baroun~ of grete renoun~ and of dede of Armes:
     "Sires lordynges, vnderstondeč [č]at y wil saien y haue seyne
     meny diuerse wenges, as wel amonges Sarasynus and Gewes as
     amonge če Scottes; and ¨itt see y neuer če ferčes part of če
|r32 wenge fei¨ten. and čerfor, ands we wil abide our enemys, we beč



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     ynow forto fei¨t a¨eynes ham; but if we be nou¨t of gode hert
     and of gode wille forto fei¨t wič ham, for certes we ben ful
     fewe a¨eyns čis company.  And čerfore, for the loue of God,
 |r4 take we vnto vs gode hert, and lete vs bene bolde; and čenke we
     neičer oppon~ oure wifes ne oppon~ our cheldren, but oneliche to
     conquer ham in bataile; and, črou¨ če helpe of our Lord God,
     oure enemys.we shul ouercome."
 |r8     And with čat, come če hoste of če Scottes toward ham ful
     sorely, & a¨eins Sir Edward of Bailoile, in iij baitailes wel
     aralede in Armure;.and wonder fressheliche čai comen toward
     če Bailoiles men. But when Sir Donalde, Erl of Marcile, saw al
|r12 |r[f.166r] čis, he saide to Robert če Brus, če sone of Robert če Brus,
     čise wordes: "Sir Robert," quod he, "ful sore me forčenkeč at myn
     hert čat čis folc, čat če Bailoile hač brou¨t wič him, shulde dye
     wič dent of Scottisshe mene¨ suorde, sič čat čai bene Cristen
|r16 men as wel as we bene; and čerfore me čenke čat hit were
     grete charite to sende vnto ham forto ¨elde ham vnto our mercy
     and grace, and raunsoun ham črou¨ greuous raunson~s, forasmiche
     as čai haue take our land and done ille."  "Now, certes,"
|r20 quod Sir Roberts Danolde, "y haue wel perceyuede čat ¨ow art
     an enemy and traitour vnto Scotland, sič čat ¨ow wils consent to
     saue oure dedely enemys čat haue done vs miche sorwe and
     shame; and nowe hit semeč wel čat ¨e beč of her assent."
|r24  "Certes, Robert," quod Sir Donald, "falseliche ¨e lye! y am
     nou¨t of her company ne of her consent; and čat hastely ¨e shul
     see, for y wil fei¨t wič ham račer čan eny of čiss company." "And
     certes," Sir Robert saide, "y shal, magre čin heede, assaile ham
|r28 or ¨ow."  And wič čat čai prekedel her stedes ferselyss oppon~
     Caskemore, and her wenges ham folewede on a renge. and čo
     come čai, and mette če Bailloil and his company at an hongen
     bou¨t of če more i a streite passage. and so faste čai hastede ham
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     oppon~ očer, into on hepe, boče horse and man.  The Bailoil
     and his men čo |r[f.166v] mighghtely stoden a¨eynes Ham, and faste
     quellede če Scottis vnto če grounde, & meny sore woundede, so longe
 |r4 til čat čai stoden oppon~ ham, and foynede ham witl her suordes
     & speres črou¨-out here bodyes; and so sore traua lede oppon~ ham
     til čai bicome ful wery, and wist nou¨t what to done. and če
     Scottes čat were lafte alif fledden to saue ham-self, in the best
 |r8 maner čat čai myght.  And čo pursuede Edward Bailoile & his
     men, and quellede of ham til čat hit was nyght. and fro čens čai
     went vnto Seint Iohn~es Toune, and toke hit, and helde ham čere
     and vitailede ham-self atte her owen wille, for čai fonden ynou¨
|r12 wherwith to make ham mery.  čo made če Bailoile his men čat
     wer wou dede gone to shippe forto wende into Engeland, forto
     hele her woundes.
        And in čat same tyme čere was a Flemyng in če see, a strong
|r16 čef robour čat me callede 'Crab'; and čis Flemyng was dryuen
     out of Flaundres for his wickednesse; and čerfore he come into
     Scotland, and helde him wič če Scottis, and dede as miche
     harme vnto the Ellglisshe-men as he myght.  And čis Crab
|r20 mette in če see čis Bailoiles men čat wer wondede in bataile,
     čat were sent a¨eyn il to Engeland forto hele her woundes. and
     čis Crab ¨af vnto ham a grete assaut, and wolde haue quellede
     ham euerychon~; but če Englisshe-men defendet ham wel and
|r24 manliche, |r[f.167r] and descomfitede Crab and his company; and čo gan
     he forto flee into Scotland.  And as he come towarde Seint
     Iohnes toune, he fonde a grete company of Scottis, čat were comen
     a¨eyn to-geder after če scomfiture of Gaskemore, če whe[ch]
|r28 bisegede Bailoil and his men in če same toune of Seint Iohn~; and
     anone tolde to če Scottis how čat he descomfitede of če
     Englisshe-men čat weie sore wondet at Gaskemore, & went
     toward Engeland forto hele her wonde; and saide vnto če
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     Bailoile, for enchesoun~ čat he had scomfitede & empairede al the
     chiualrye of Scotland wič an handeful of men, as to acount a¨eins
     če Scottis čat wer slayn. Wherfore he conseilede ham to remeve
 |r4 če sege fram Seynt Iohnes toune, and kepe ham in če best
     maner čat čai couče or myght.  The Scottes vnderstode čat
     Crab saide ham soč, and forsoke če sege and went čens by nyght,
     and halpe ham-self in the beste maner čat čai might.
 |r8     When čis tidyng was know črou¨ Scotland, how čat če
     lordes and knyghtes were scomfitede at Gaskemore of Scotland
     črou¨ Sir Edward Bailoil, ¨e shullen vnderstonde čat the Lordes
     and ladies & gentiles of Scotland comen wonder faste vnto Seynt
|r12 Iohnes toune, and ¨elde ham v to Baloile, and to ham dede
     feaute and homage for hir londes, and ¨elden ham vnto his pees,
     [a d helde him for heir lord. and he vnderfonge of ham heir
     homages, and grauntede ham his pees; and fro čens he went to če
|r16 Abbay of Scone, and čere he was cronede Kyng of Scotland. and
     after, he lete crie his pees] črou¨-*out |r[f.167v] če Land. and at čat same
     tyme Hit bifelle čat Kyng Edward of Engeland helde his parle_ment 
     amongus his Lieges at če Newe-Castell oppon Tyne, forto
|r20 amende če trespasses and če wronges čat had ben done in his
     land. and Sir Edward če Bailoil, Kyng of Scotland, come to him
     čider, and dede vnto hiln feaute and homage for če reaume
     of Scotland.  And in čis maner Kyng Edward of Engeland
|r24 gaderede a¨eyn če homages and feautes of Scotland, wherof he was
     put out čoru¨ conseil and assent of Dame Isabell his moder, and of
     Sire Rogere Mortymer, Erl of če Marche.
         Tho toke Sir Edward Bailoil, Kyng of Scotland, his leue of
|r28 Kyng Edward of Engeland, and went čens into his owen lande of
     Scotland, and sette but litil be ham čat hade conseilede him and
     holpen him in his querell; wherfore čai went from him, and went
     & leuede by her owen londes and rent¨ in Scotland.  And so
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     remevede and come to če toune of Anand, and čere toke his
     duelyng. and čider come to him a company of kny¨tes, stronge
     men and worthy, & ¨elde ham vnto če kyng, and bare ham so
 |r4 faire in dede, and in contynaunce so čat he trust miche oppon
     ham. [and anone as če traitoures sawe čat he trust miche oppon
     ham], ča ordeynede amongus ham l. in o company, and wolde
     haue slayn her Kyng; but, črou¨ če grace of Almyghty God he
 |r8 brake out črou¨ a walle [by] |r[f.168r] an Hole in his chambre; and, as
     God wolde, scaped her traitery. and alle his men wer
     quellede; and he ascapede wič miche drede to če Toune of
     Cardoile, and čere helde him, sore a noiede: and čis bifelle on
|r12 oure Ladyes eve če Concepcloun~.
         Tho sent Kyng Edward Bailoil to Kyng Edward of
     Engeland, how falsely and traiterousely he was in litel while put
     vnto shame and sorwe, črou¨ his lige men, oppon~ whom he truste
|r16 wonder miche and praiede him, for če loue of Almyghty God
     čat he wolde mayntene him and helpe [hiln] a¨eyns his enemys.
      the Kyng of Engeland hade of him čo grete pite, & bihight
     him helpe and socour, and sent him worde čat he shulde halde
|r20 him in pees stille in the citee of Cardoile, til čat he hade gaderede
     his power.  Tho ordeynede Kyng Edward of Engeland a conseil
     at London~, and lete gader his men in diuerses shires of Engeland,
     and when he was redy, he went toward če toune of Berwik-vp_Twyde;
|r24 and čider come to him Kyng Edward of Scotland, wič
     his power, and bisegede the toune, and made wičout če toune a
     fair toune of pauylouns, and dikede ham wel al aboute, so čat čai
     hade non drede of če Scottes; & made meny assautes wič gonnes
|r28 and wič očere engynes to če toune, wherwič čal destroiede meny
     a fair hous; and cherches also were beten adoune |r[f.168v] vnto the
     erče, wič gret stones, and spitouse comyng out of gonnes and
     of očere gynnes. and nočeles če Scottes kepte wel če toune, čat čo
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     Kynges abiden čere so longe, til čo čat were in če toune faillede
     vitailes; and also ča were so wery of wakyng čat ča wiste nou¨t
     what to Done.  And ¨e shulle vnderstonde čat čo čat wer in
 |r4 the toune of Berwik, črou¨ hir comune conseile and her assent, lete
     cr e oppon če walles čat ča mi¨t haue pees of če Englisshe-men;
     and čerof ča pralede če Kyng, and of his grace, and pralede him
     of trewes for viij dales, oppon čis couenant, čat, if čai were nought
 |r8 rescuede in čat side of če toune toward Scotland, of če Scottis,
     wičin viij daie¨, čat ča wolde ¨elde han vnto the Kyng, and če
     toune also. and to holde čise couenaunt¨, čal profurede to če
     Kyng xij hostages oute of če toune of Berwik.  When the
|r12 hostages wer delyuerede vnto če Kyngus, anone čo of če toune
     sent vnto če Scottes, and tolde ham of hir sorwe & meschief. and
     če Scottes comen čo pryueliche ouer če water of Twyde, to če
     bou¨t of če Abbay; and Sir William Dikett, čat was če Styward
|r16 of Scotland, and meny očer čat comen wič him, put ham ¨erein
     grete perile of hamself att čat tyme of hir lif; for ča comen ouer
     a bruge čat |r[f.169r] was to-broken, and če stones away. and meny of
     hir company were čere drenchede; but če forsaide William we t
|r20 ouer, and očere of his company, and come by če Englisshe
     shippis, and quellede in a barge of Hulle xvj men; and after čai
     went nto the toune of Berwik by the water side; Wherfore če
     Scottis helde čo če toun~ rescuede, and axede hir hostages a¨eyne of
|r24 če Kyng of Engeland.  And če Kyng se t ham worde a¨eyne čat
     ča askede the hostages wič wronge, sič čat ča comen nto the
     toune by Engeland syde; for couenaunt was bituene ham čat če
     toune shulde be rescuede by the half of Scotland. anon Kyng
|r28 Edward čo commanded ham to ¨elde če toune or he wolde haue
     če hostages. and če Scottis saide čat če toune was rescuede wel
     ynow, and čerto ča woldellolde ham.  When Kyng Edward saw
     če Scottis breke her couenaunt¨ čat ča made, he was wonder wrothe,
|r32 and anone lete take Sire Thomas fit¨ and Sire Alisaundre of Seton,
     Wardeyne of Berwik, -- the whiche Thomas was person~ of Dun_barr,
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     enchesoun čat Sir Alisaundres fader was keper of če toune. and
     če Kyng commandede euery day forto take sij hostages of če
     toune til čat ča were alle done, vnto če deč, but if čai wolde
 |r4 ¨elde če toun~; and so he wolde teche ham to breke her coue_naunt
     ¨.  And when čo of če toune hel-de čis tydynges, čai bicome
     wonder sory, and sent to če Kyng of Engeland, čat he |r[f.169v] wolde
     graunt ham očer viij dayes of respite, so čat bituene CC men of
 |r8 Armes and xx=ti= men of Armes mygh[t] by strengč gon~
     bituene ham vnto če toune of Berwik, ham forto vitaile, so čat če
     toune moste be holde for rescuede.  And if it so were čat xxj
     or xxij or mo were slayn of čo CC biforesaide, čat če toune shulde
|r12 nou¨t beni halde for rescuede. & čis couenaunt forto holde, čai
     sent to him očere xij of če toune in hostage¨.  The Kyng of
     Engeland grantede ham her praier, and tok če hostages. on Seynt
     Margaretes eve, In the ¨er of grace M=l= CCC xxxij, če Scottis
|r16 comen ferseliche in iiij wengus wel arraiede in Armes, forto mete
     Kyng Edward of Engeland and Edward če Kyng of Scotland, &
     wič hir power, and come fast and sharpely a¨eynes evesong tyme.
     and če same tyme was flode at Berwik, in the water of Twede, čat
|r20 no man myght wende ouer, on horse neičer on foote, and če water
     was bituene čo ij kyngus and če reame of Engeland: and čat tyme
     abyden the Scottis ln čat očer side, for enchesoun~ čat če E glisshe_men 
     shulde haue bene drenchede or slayn~.
|r24 |r<b> THis was če arraie of the Scottis as čai comen in bataile
        a¨eynes če ij Kyngus of Engeland & of Scotland: In če
     vant-ward of Scotland were čise Lordes:--
      The Erl of Morrif, Iames Frisell, Symond Frisell, Walter
|r28 Stiward, Raynolde Cheyne, Patrik of Graham, Iohn le Graunt,
     Iames of Cardoile, |r[f.170r] Patrik Parkeres, Robert Caldecotes, Philip
     of Meldrum, Thomas Gilbert, Wiseman, Adam Gurdoun, Iamys
     Gramat, Robert Boyde, Huglle Park, wič xl kny¨tes newe dobbede,
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     In če ferst partie of če halfe bataile of Scotland wer čise
        lordes:--
      The styward of Scotland, če Erl of Moneteth, Iames his
 |r4 Vncle, William Douglas, Dauid of Lyndeseye, Maucolyn Flemyng,
     William of Keth, Dunkan Kambok, wič xxx bachilers new
     dobbede.
     In če secunde part of če half Lien-warde of the bataile of
 |r8    Scotland, were čise lordes:
      Iames Stiward of Colden~, Aleyne Styward, William Abbre_hyn, 
     William Morice, Iohn~ fit¨ William, Adam le Mose, Walter
     fit¨ Gilbert, Iohn~ of Cherlton, Robert Walham, wič vlj C men
|r12 of armes, & xvij M=l= of communes.
     In če čridde ward of če bataile of Scotland were čise
        Lordes:
      The Erl of Marr, če Erl of Roff, če Erl of Straherne, če Erle
|r16 of Sotherland, William Kirkeleye, Iohn~ Cambron, Gilbert de
     Haye, William of Ralneseye, William Proudegest, Kirstyn Hard,
     William Gurdon, Arnolde Garde, Thomas Dolfyn, wič xl knyghtes
     new dobbede, x C men of Armes, and xv [M=l= of] communes.
|r20 In če ferč warde of če bataile of Scotland were čise lordes:
      Archebald Douglas, Erl of Leneux, Alisaunder le Brus, Erl
     of Fiff, Iohn~ Cambel, Erl of Atheles, Robert Lawether, William
     Vipount, William of Lonston~, Iohn~ de Labelles, Gros de She_|r[
|r24 |r_f.170v] renlowe, Iohn~ of Lyndescye, Alisaunder de Gray, Ingam De
     Vmfreuil, Patrik de Pollesworth, Dauid de Wymes, Michel Scott,
     William Landy, Thomas de Boys, Rogere de Mortymer, with xxx
     bachilers, x C men of Armes, and xviij M=l= communes.ls
|r28 [In č=e= v=te= warde of č=e= bataile of Scotlond were these lordis: --]
         The Erl of Dunbarre, keper of če castel of Berwik, halpe če
     Scottis wič l. men of Armes. And Sir Alisaundre of Seton~, keper
     of če toune of Berwik, wič C men of Armes, [and the comon~s of
|r32 če toun with CCCC men of armes],  and x M=l= & viij C of fote_mell:
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     bachileres newe dobbede amounteč C and xl; če some of men
     of Armes amounteč iij M=l= vj C & l; če [som of če comon~samounteč 
     amountith lxiiij M=l= & CC, The]s somme of commune peple aboue_saide
 |r4 lxviij M=l= & xlv.  And čise lv grete Lordes
     ladden alle če o¨ere lordes aboue-saide in iiij batailes, as
     tolde bifore, alle on foote.
         And če Kyng Edward of Engeland and Edward, Kyng of
 |r8 Scotland, hade wel apparalede her folc in iiij batailes, forto fei¨t
     on foot a¨eynes her Enemys. And če Englisshe mynstralles
     blow her trompis  and hir p pes, and hidousely ascrlede če
     Scottis. and čo hade euery Englisshe bataile ij we ges of pris
|r12 Archiers, če whiche at čat bataile shotten Arwes so faste and sore
     čat če Scottis myght nou¨t helpe hamself; and so čai smyten [če]
     Scottis, čousandes to če grounde; and čai gon~ forto fle fro če
     Englisshe-men forto saue hamselfe.  And when če English
|r16 knafes saw če scomfifure, |r[f.171r] and če Scottis falle faste to the
     ground, čai prikeden hir maistres hors wič če Spores forto kepe
     ham fro perile, and sette her maistres at no force.  And when
     če Englisshe-men saw čat, ča lopte on her hors, and fast pursuede
|r20 če Scottis; and alle čat abiden, čai quellede doune ryght. čere
     might men see če dou¨tynesse of če noble Kyng Edward and of
     his men, how manliche ča pursuede če Scottis, čat flowen for
     drede.  And čere might men see meny a Scottisshe-man caste
|r24 doun vnto če erthe dede, and hir baneres displaiede, & hackede
     into pices, and meny a gode habrlgoun~s of stele in hir blode
     bačede; and meny a tyme če Scottes were gadrede in companyes,
     but euern ore čai were descomfitede.  And čus hit bifelle, as
|r28 God wolde, čat če Scottis hades čat day no more foisoun~ ne
     myght a¨eynes če Englisshe-men, čan xx shepe shulde haue a¨eyns
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     Scottes men had v men a¨eyns on Englisshe-man. And čat
     bataile was done at Halydounhill bisides če toune of Berwik: at
     če whiche bataile were slayn of če Scottis xxxv M=l= &s vij=o= & xif,
 |r4 and of Englisshemen but vij oneliche, & čo were footemen. & čis
     Victorie bifelle to če Englisshe-men on Seynt Margaretes eve,
     In če ¨er of our lord Ihesu Crist M=l= CCC xxxij. And while
     čis doyng laste, če English knafes tok če pilfre of če Scottes
 |r8 čat were quellede, euery man čat he myght take, wičout eny
     chalange of eny man. Deo gracias!