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

|r{This_is_the_continuation_of_Brut1.txt.}



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

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



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     če Castel of Rokysburgh. & in če same ¨ere čoru¨t-out al Enge_lond,
     aboute sent Clemcys tyde, in wynter čere arose a suche a
     sprynggynge and wellinge op of wateres |r[f.173v] and floodes, bothe of če
 |r4 see and also of fresshe ryvers & sprynge¨, čat če see brynke wallaes
     & coostes broken vp. Men, bestes, and houses in meny places, &
     namely in lowe cuntres, violently and sodenly were dreynt and
     dryven awey; and če fruyte of če erče, čoru¨ continuance and
 |r8 abundaunce of če see watres, euermore after were turned into more
     saltnes & sournes of sauour.
         The x. ¨ere of King Edwarde, he entred če Scottysshe see
     after Missomere; & to meny of če Scottes he ¨af batayll, and ouer_come 
|r12 him, and meny he treted & bowede vnto his pees, čoru¨ his
     doughtynes. & after Michelmasse čan next folwynge, was če Erl
     of Moryf ytake att Ečiuburgh, & brou¨t into Engelond, & put into
     prisoun.  And in če monečes of Iuyn and Iuull čan next
|r16 folwyng, in the xj. ¨ere of his regne, was seyn and aperede in če
     firmament, a bemyd sterre, če whiche clercus calleč `stella
     comata'; and čat sterre was seyn in diuerce parteis of the firma_ment;
     wherafter anon čer folwyd in Engelond good chepe, and
|r20 wonder grete plente of chaffaree, vitaile and marchaundice, and
     čere a¨ens, honger, scrafte, mischif, and nede of money, in-somuche
     čat a quarter of whete att London was suolde for .ijs., and a good
     fatte oxe at a noble, and v. good dowe briddes for a j d. In
|r24 whiche ¨ere, on Holy Roed ¨eue, deide Sere Iohn of Elham, Erl of
     Cornewaile, King Edwardus bročer, and lithe at Westmynstre.
     
     Hov King Edwarde made a Duchye of če Erldom of Cor[n]waile;
|r28 & also of vj. očere erles čat were newe made; & of če
     ferste Chalangyng of če reaume of Fraunce. Cap=o= CC=mo=.
     xxv=to=.
        |r[f.174r] In če ¨ere of our Lord a M=l=. CCC. xxxvii., and of King
|r32 Edwarde xij., in če moneče of March, durynge če parlement at
     Westminstre in lente tyme, King Edwarde made of the erldome of
     Cornevayle a duchye, če whiche duche he ¨af to Edwarde his
     ferste sone wič če erldome of Chestre. also King Edward made at
     čat tyme vj. očere erles, čat ys forto sey, Sere Henry, če Erl of



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



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     commune prayrs into cursinge, for cause čat the commune peple
     were strongliche ygreued.  also če forsaide Philip of Valeys of
     Fraunce, had gadered to him a grete oste, and destroyede čere in
 |r4 his parteys and kingdome, meny of če Kinge¨ frende¨ of Engelonde,
     with tounes & castellis, and meny očere of hire lordshippe¨; and
     meny harmes, schames, and despite¨ , dede vnto če Quene. wher_fore 
     če King, whan he ha[r]d of čis tydinge, he was stron[g]lyche
 |r8 meued, and čerwič an-anger[d], and sente diuerse letters ouere see
     to če Quene, and to očere čat were his frende¨ , gladyng him, and
     certyfienge čat he wolde be čer |r[f.175r] him-self in al če haste čat he my¨t.
         And anon, after Ester, when he had sped of al čing čat hym
|r12 neded, & come fore, he wente ouere see a¨en; of whos comyng, če
     quene & al his frendis were wonder glad, & maden myche ioye;
     and al čat were his enemys, and a¨ens hym helden, madyn as
     muchel sorwe.  In če same tyme če King, čoru¨ councel of his
|r16 treue leiges, & councell of his lordes čat čere weren present wič
     him, toke če King of Frauuces names and toke & melled če Kinge¨
     armes of Fraunce qwarterly with če armes of Engelond, & com_maunnded 
     forčwič his coigne of gold, vnder descripcioun of the name
|r20 of Engelond and of Fraunce, to be made, če beste čat my¨te be,
     čat ys for to seyn, če floreyn čat was clept če `noble,' of value of
     vj s. & viij d., and če `half-noble' of iij. s. iij. d., & če 'ferčing '
     of value of xx. d.

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



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



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



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



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     of Juyll, at če brigge of Cadomy, manly & orpudly ystrengčed
     and defended wič Normannes, he had čere a stronge batayll, &
     a longe-duryng, čoru¨ which grete multitud of people was
 |r4 slayn.  And čere were take prisoners, če Erl of Ewe, če Lord
     of Tankerwyle, & an C. očer kinge¨ and men of armes, & vj C.
     foote men ynombred; and če toun & če subbarbus vnto če bare
     wallys of al čing čat my¨te be bore & caryed out, was robbid
 |r8 and despoyled.  aftirward če King, passing forče by če cuntre
     aboute če brede of xx. mile, he wastyd alle manere čing čat he
     founde. Whan Philip of Valeys perseuyd al čis, al-čou¨ he were
     faste by with a stronge oste, he wolde nou¨t come no ner, but
|r12 brek al če briggys be¨onde če water of Seyn, fro Roon vnto Paris,
     & him self fledde vnto če same Citee of Pariswič al če hasts
     čat he my¨te.  fforsothe, če noble King Edward, when he come
     to Paris brigge, and founde hit broken, wičinne ij. dayes he lete
|r16 make hit a¨en; & in če morwe after če assumpicioun of oure
     Lady, King Edward passed ouere če water of Seyen, goyng toward
     Cryesce, & distroyed by če way tounes wič če peple duelling
     čerinne. & in če feste of sent Bartolomev, he passid ouere če
|r20 water of Comme owne hurte wič al his oste čer as neuer afore
     honde was eny manere wey in passage werto a M=l= men were
     slayn of hem čat letted hire passage ouer.

     |r[The_Battle_of_Crecy.]
         éerfore, če xxvj. day of auguste, King Edward in a felde
|r24 faste by Creyscy, hauyng iij. bataillis of englisshe men, counttryd
     and mette wič Philip of Valeys, hauyng |r[f.178r] wič him iiij. batailles, of
     če wiche če leste passid gretely če nombre of če Englisshe peple.
     & whan čes ij. ostes metten togedir, čer fil oppon him če King
|r28 of Beme, če Duke of Loroyne and erles also of Flaundres, Dalasoun,
     Bloys, Harecourt, Aumerle, and Nyvers, & meny očer erlis, barouns,
     lordes, Kinge¨, & men of armes, če noumbre of a M=l= V. C. xlij.,
     wičout foet men & očer men in armevre, čat were nočing rekened.
|r32     And for al čis, če same vnglorious Philip wičdrowe him, wič če
     residue of al his peple; wherfore it was seyd in commune among



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     his owne peple `Nostre beall Retret,' that is for to sey, `Our faire
     wičdraweč hym.' éan Kyng Edward & our Englyssh men, čank_yng 
     God for suche a victorye, after hire grete labour, takyng to
 |r4 hem al čyng nedeful for her sustenaunce & sauyng of hire lyf
     ferdred of hire enemys, rested hem čere.  And ful erly in če
     morwe, after če Frensshe men wič an houge passyng oste come
     a¨en for to ¨eue batayll & fi¨te wič če Englisshe men, wič whom
 |r8 metten & countreden če Erles of Warwyk, Norhampton & Norfolk,
     wič hire companye & slowen ij. M=l=, & token meny prisoners of
     če gentils of ham; and če remenaunt of če same oste fled iij.
     mile čens.

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



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



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



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     assaute čat čer were mo čen ij. C. men of armes, and meny očer,
     slayn, & meny fledden; & so, by če grace of God, če victorye fel to
     če Englisshe men.  éan če King toke with him čis Gefferey, čat
 |r4 was fynder of čis trecherye, and also many očer Frenshe prisoners,
     & withyn a while after wente |r[f.181r] a¨en into Engelond.
     
     |r[The_Plague,_or_Black_Death.]
        And in čis same ¨ere, and in če ¨ere afore, & also in če ¨ere aftir,
     was so grete a pestilences of men fro če Est into če west, & namely
 |r8 čoru¨ bocches, čat he čat siked čis day, deid on če iij. day after.
      To če wich men čat so deiden in čis pestilens, čat haddyn
     but litel respyte of lyggyng, če pope Clement, of his goodnes &
     grace, ¨af ham ful remissioun & foryeuyng of all hire synnes čat čey
|r12 were schryven of. & čis pestilence lasted in London fro Michel_masse 
     into Auguste next folowyng almoste an hool ¨ere. & in čes
     dayes was deč wičoute sorwe, weddyng wičoute frendship, wilfull
     penaunce, and derče wičout scarste, and fleyng wičoute refute or
|r16 socour;  ffor meny fledden fro place to place by-cause of če
     pestilens; but čey were enfecte, & my¨t not ascape če deče, after
     če prophete Isaye seith: "ho čat fleeč fro če face of drede, he
     shal fall into če diche; & he čat wyndeč hymself out of če diche,
|r20 he shal be holde and teyd wič a grenne," but whan čis pestilens was
     cesid & endid, as God wolde, vnnečes če x. parte of če peple was
     left alyve, and in če same ¨ere bygan a wonder čing čat al čat euere
     were born after čat pestilens hadden ij. chekteth in her heed lasse
|r24 čan čey had afore.
     
     How King Edward had a grete bataylle of če Spaynardes in
     če see faste by Wynchel-see, & of meny očere činge¨.
     Capitulo CC.mo xxixo.
|r28    And in če xxv. ¨ere of his regne, about sent Johnnes tyde in
     heruest, in če see faste by Wynchelse, King Edward had a grete
     batayll wič men of Spayne, wher čat |r[f.181v] hire shippes & navee ley
     cheyned togider, čat eičere they muste fi¨t or drenche.  And so,
|r32 whan al our worči men of armes on če see coostes fast by Wynchel_see 
     & Romeny were gadred, & ouer navee & shippes al redy to če
     werre, če Englissh men metten manly & stifly with hire enemys,



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



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

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



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



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     ¨ere of his regne če same King Edward at Syndesore, as wel for
     loue of kny¨thood as for his owne worship, & at če reuerence of če
     King of Fraunce & očer lorde¨ čat were čere at čat tyme, he held
 |r4 a wonder rial and costlow feest of sent Gorge, passyng eny čat
     was hold euere afore. wherfor če King of Fraunce, in scornyng,
     sayd čat he saw neuere ne herd such solempne festes ne ryalties
     holden ne done with taylles, wičoute paying of gold or siluer.
     
     |r[The_Marriage_of_Duchess_Blanche.]
 |r8     And in če xxxiiij. ¨ere of his regne, če xiiij. kalend of Iuyll,
     Sere Iohn, Erle of Richemund, Kyng Edwardes sone of Engelond,
     weddid dame Blaunche, duk Herryes dou¨ter of Lancaster, cosyn
     to če same Iohn, by dispensacioun of če Pope. and in če mene
|r12 tyme were |r[f.185r] ordeyned iustes at London iij. dayes of če rogacions,
     čat is forto sey, če Maiere of London, wič his xxiiij=ti= aldermen,
     a¨ens al čat wold come. In whos name and stede če King priuely
     wič his iiij. sones, Edwarde, Leonell, Iohn & Edmund, & očere xix.
|r16 grete lordes, helden če feld wič worshopp.
         And čis same ¨ere (as it was tolde & seyd of ham čat sawe hit)
     čere come out blood of če toumbe of Thomas, sumtyme Erl of
     Lancaster, as ffresshe as čat day čat he was done to če deče. And
|r20 in čat same ¨ere King Edward chose his sepulture & his liggyng at
     Westminster, faste by če shryne of Sent Edward.
     
     |r[Edward_III_goes_again_to_France.]
     And anon after, če xxvij. day of Octobre, he wente ouere see
     to Caleys, makyng protestacioun čat he wold neuere come a¨en
|r24 into Engelond til he had fully endid če werre bytuene Fraunce and
     him.  And so, in če xxxv. yere of his regne, in če wynter tyme,
     King Edward was and trauayled in če Ryne costes; and aboute
     Seynt Hillere tyde he departed his oste, and went to Burgoyne_warde; 
|r28 wič whom čan mette pesibely če Duk of Burgoyne, byhot_yng 
     to hym lxx. M=l= Floreyns čat he shold spare his men & his
     peple. And če King graunted at his request, & dwelled čere vnto
     če xvij. day of March, če wiche day it come to King Edwardes ere
|r32 čat straunge čennes on če see vnder če Erle of Sent Paule, če xv



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     day of Marche, liggyng aweyte oppon če tounes of Hastynge, Rye,
     and očer places & villages on če see coostes, hadden entred as
     enemyes into če toun of Wynchelsee, & slowen al čat euere with_stode 
 |r4 ham and wičseyd her comyng; wherfore če King was |r[f.185v] gretly
     meved and wraithed.  And he turned a¨en to Parys-ward, com_maunded 
     his ost to destroye & slee wič deynt & strengthe of swerd
     hem čat he had byfore hand y sparid. and če xij day of Aprill če
 |r8 King come to Parys; & čere he departed his oost in ix diuerse
     bataylles, with iiijc of kny¨tes newe dubbed, on če to syde of
     hem. And Sere Herry, Duk of Lancastre, vnder pees & trewes
     wente to če ¨ates of če Citee, profryng to hem čats wold abyde a
|r12 batayl in če feld, vnder suche a condicioun, čat yf če King of
     Englonde were ouercome (čere as God forbede hit!), čat čen he
     shold neuere chalange če kingdome of Fraunce.  and whan he
     had of hem but a short & an scornfull answere, he told če King
|r16 & his lordes what he had herd, & wat čey saide. and čan fortwič
     če newe knightes, with meny očere, makyng assaute to če Citee,
     destroyeden hougily če subarbes of če Citee. And while al čese
     thinges were adoyng, če Englissh men made hem aredy to be
|r20 avengid vpon če shame & despit čat was done čat ¨eer at
     Wynchelse, and ordeyneden a nave of ixiij shippes of mennes of
     London & of očer marchauntes, & xiiij M=l= of men of armes &
     archers, & wenten & destroyeden hem, & scymed če see, & manly
|r24 token, & helde če Ile of Caux; wherfore če Frenssh men, čat is for
     to sey, če abbot of Cluyne, če Erle of Tankervile & Sere Bursigand,
     čat than was stiward of Fraunce, wič meny of očer men of če same
     cuntre, by commune assent of če Lord Karoll, čat čo was regent of
|r28 Fraunce, čey hasted hem, & wenten to če King of Engelonde,
     askyng & bysekyng hym stedfast pees, & euerelastyng, vpon
     certeyne condicions čat čer were wreten schewed.  The whiche,
     whan če King and his councell had seen, it plesed ham neuere a
|r32 dele. |r[f.186r] But seč it wolde be non očere, in tyme of betere acorde &
     deliberacioun, če Frenssh men bysily & wič grete instaunce askede
     trewes for her see coostes; & če King graunted hem. and in če



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



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



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     reaume¨, and of hir counceill that čere were čan present, & not
     had yswore byfor, če forsaide oče that they had made, & was
     titled bytwene hem, čey behighten čere to kepe, & all očer coue_nauntes 
 |r4 čat were bytuene ham yordeyned.  And in če same ¨er
     men, bestes, trees, & housyng, wič sodeyn tempest & strong light_nyng 
     were yperisshed; & the deuel appered bodyly in mannis
     liknes to myche peple as they went in diuerses pleces in the
 |r8 cuntre & spake to hem.

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



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

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



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

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

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



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

     |r[A_Danish_Expedition_against_England.]
         This same ¨ere, in če monče of Iuyn, čere come a gret
|r16 companye & navee of če Danes, & gaderyd hem togedir in če Norč
     See, purposyng hem to come into Engelond, to reue & to robbe,
     and also to slee; with |r[f.190r] whom, countreden & metten in če see,
     Maryners and očer orpyd fightyng men of the same cuntre, &
|r20 disparpled hem; & čey, ashamed, went home a¨en into her owne
     cuntre. But amonge al očere was a boystous and a strong vessell
     of her nauie that was ouere-sayled of the Englissh men, & was
     perisshid & dreynt; in če whiche, če stiward & očer worthy &
|r24 grete men of Denm ark, were take prisoners, &, by the Kyng of
     Engelond & his councell, yprisoned. The whiche lordes, če
     I anes afterward comen & soghten al about for to haue had
     her goodes čat čei had lost; and čei, not wel apayed ne plesid of
|r28 če answere čat čei had here, turned homwardes a¨en levyng
     behind hem in her ynnes, pryvyly ywriten, in scrowes and on
     walles, "¨et shull Danos čes Wanes." Than happed čere an
     Englissh writer & wrote a¨ens če Danes in čis manere wyse: Her
|r32 shull Danes fett banes.



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     |r[The_deposed_King_Pedro_of_Spain_appeals_to_the
     |rBlack_Prince_for_help.]
        And in čis tyme, Peirs, Kyng of Spayne, with očer Kynges,
     čat is forto sey, če King of Nauerne, & če King of Malogre,
     beyng menes, wenten bitwene, & prayed counceyl & help of Sere
 |r4 Edwarde, če Prins čone¨, whose counceil, whan he had vnderstond
     her articles & desire čat he was requyred of ij. kinges, lothe he was,
     and ashamed, to sey ' nay, ' & contrarie hem; but nočeles he was
     agast lest it sholde be eny preiudice a¨ens če I,ope. Long he
 |r8 taried hem or he wolde graunte & consente čerto, til he had better
     counceyl & avysement with good deliberacioun of King Edward, his
     geter and his fader.  But whan čat he was with euery dayes
     & continuele bysechynges of so meny noble men yrequired&
|r12 spoken to, & wič meny prayers ysent and made bituene čam,
     Prins Edwarde sent to his fader -- boče by pleynyng lettres, and also
     by confortable, conteynyng al her suggestions and causes, wič al
     če točer Kynges epistles & lettres forto haue |r[f.190v] comfort and helpe
|r16 of če wronges, not only to če Kyng of Spayne ydo, but also for
     such činges čat might fal to očere kynges also, if it ner not če
     sonner holpen & amendid, čurgh če dome & help of knyghthood to
     hem that it asked & desired.  The which lettres, whan če kyng
|r20 and his wys counceyll had seyn & vndirstonden, he had grete
     compassioun & heuynesse of such a kynges spoylyng and robbyng,
     wič myche vermaille; and sent a¨en comfortable letteres to Prins
     Edward, his sone, and to če očere forsaide kynges, & warned hym
|r24 forto arme hym & ordeigne hym a¨ens čat mysdoer, & to wičstond
     hem, by če help of God, that weren such enemyes to kynges.

     |r[The_Black_Prince_undertakes_to_help_the_King_of_Spain.]
         Whan this noble Pryn¨ had resceyued čes letteres, hym-self,
     wič če očere kynges byfor all her counceyll clept togeder or čat he
|r28 wold vndirtake če querell be bonde, & knet sore če King čat was
     deposid wič a grete othe, čat is forto sey, čat he shold euere after
     maynteigne the ry¨t byleue and faith of holi chirche, & holy
     chirche also wič al her mynistres, rightes & libertees, to defende
|r32 from all her enemyes; and all eueles & al čat were čere a¨ens,



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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        This same ¨er about Candelmasse, čere comen & metten
     togider at Brugges, meny noble and worčy men of boče reaumes,
     to treten of pees bituene čo ij. kingdomes. And this tretys
 |r4 lasted twey ¨er, wič grete costes & houge spences of boče
     parties; & at če laste čey went & departed čens wičout eny accorde
     or effecte.
         The next ¨er after, če xlix ¨er of Kyng Edward, če iiij.
 |r8 None of Maii, beyng ¨et void & vacaunt če Erchebisshop of
     Caunterbury, Maister Symound Sudbury, Bysshop of London,
     was made Erchebisshop of Caunterbury; & Maister Will. Cour_teneye,
     čat was Bisshop of Herford, was čan made Bysshop of
|r12 London; & če Bisshiop of Bangor was made Bosship of Herford.
        And in čis same tyme, in a certeyn tretys, & speking of pees,
     trews was take bytwene Fraunce & Engelond, fro Missomere vnto
     Missomere conre a¨en , al on hool ¨er.  And about the bygynnyng
|r16 of Aprill, če Duke of Brytayne, wič meny Erles, barons, and
     noble and worčy men of Engelond, went ouere sees into Brytaigne,
     wher he had al his lust, desire & purpos, ne had če forsaide trws
     be so sone ybrake, če whiche letted hem myche. This same tyme,
|r20 če Ile of Constantyn, wher čat the castell of Sent Sauour is yn, čat
     longe tyme was fought at & byseged of če Frenshe men, was čan
     ¨olden to če Frenshemen, wič al če appurtenaunces, into grete
     harme & hyndryng of če reaume of Engelond.
|r24    And čer same ¨er čere were so |r[f.196v] grete & so passyng hetes, &
     čerewičal a grete pestilens in Engelond, & in očer diuers parties of
     če world, čat it destroyed & slow, violently & strongly, both men
     & wymmen without noumbre.
|r28     This same ¨er deid Sir Edwarde, če lord Spencer, a worthy
     kny¨t and a bolod; & in če Mynstre of Teukesbury worschipfully
     is buried.
        & lastyng this pestilens, če Pope, at če instaunce & prayer of
|r32 a Englissh Cardinall, graunted to al če peple čat deid in Engelond
     čat weren sory and repentaunt for her synnes, & also shryven, ful
     remyssioun, by ij. bulles vnder lede, vj. monthes čan next to last.
        In čis same ¨er če Erl of Penbrook was take & raunsened byr
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     Engelonde oppon Seint Etheldredis day; če whiche Seynt, as hit
     was said, če same Erl oft tymes had offended; & wičin a while
     after, he deide. & in Noumbre next after, čere metten at Brugges
 |r4 če Duke of Lancastre & če Duke of Angeoy, wič meny očer lordes
     & prelates of boče reaumes, forto trete of pees.
     
     Of če deče of prins Edward, & of dame Alys Perers, & Piers
        de la Mare. Capitulo CC xxxviij=o=.
     
     |r[A_Parliament_held_at_Westminster,_A.D._1376._Alice_Ferrers
     |rand_Lord_Latimer.]
 |r8    Not longe after če lj. ¨ere of če regnyng of King Edward, he
     lete ordeyned & holde his parlement at Westminster., če grettest
     čat was sen meny ¨ere afore. In če whiche parlement, he axed of
     Communaltee of če reaume as he had done byfore, a grete subsede
|r12 to be graunted to hem, for defendyng of hem and of his reame;
     but če communes answered čat 'čey were so oft, day be day,
     ygreued & charged wič so meny talyage¨ & subsidies, čat čey my¨te
     no longer suffre non such berčes ne charges;  and čat čey knewyn
|r16 & wisten wel čat če King had ynov for sauyng of hem & of his
     reaume, yf če reaume wher wel and trewly gouerned, but čat |r[f.197r] it
     had be so long euel ygouerned by euel officers, čat the reaume
     my¨t neither be plenteuous of Chaffare and merchaundise, ne
|r20 also wič richesse : & čese činge¨ čey profered hem self, if če
     King wold, certey[n]ly to preue & stonde by. and if it were
     found & proued after, čat če King čan had nede, čey wold čen
     gladly, euery man , after his power and state, hem wold helpe &
|r24 lene.'
         And after čis, čere were publisshed & shewed in če parle_ment 
     meny playntes & defautes of officers of če reaume, & namely
     of če Lorde Latymer, če Kinge¨ Chaumberlayn, of his evel gouer_naunce, 
|r28 boče to če King & eke to če reame; & at če laste also čer
     was tretid & spoken of Dame Alys Pereis, for če grete wronge¨ &
     evel gouernaunce čat was done by her & by her counceyl in če
     reame; če whiche Dame Alys Perers, če King had holde long
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     čurgh če freelte of če wommannys exciting & her streyng, consentid
     to her lewednes & evell counceyll.  The which Dame Alys, &
     also če Lord Latymer, & also očer such čat sterid če King to evel
 |r4 gouernaunce, a¨ens his profite & če reaumes. also al če communalte
     of če reame desired & asked čat čei shold be meved & done awey,
     & in her stedes, wyse men & worčy čat were trewe, & welle assayed
     & proued, and of good gouernaunce, shold be put in her stedes.
 |r8     So amonge all očere, čer was on among če communes čat was a
     wys kny¨t, & a trewe, & an eloquent man, whos name was Piers de
     la Mare; & čis same Piers was chosen to be speker for the com_munes 
     in če parlement. & for čis same Piers told & publissed če
|r12 trewče, & rehersid meny wronges a¨ens če forsaid Dame Alys, &
     očer certeyne persones of če Kinge¨ counceyl, as he was bode by
     če communes, & also trustyng mych forto be supported & mayn_teyned 
     in čis mater by help & fauour of če Pryns, anon as če
|r16 Pryns was dede, at če instaunce and |r[f.197v] request of če forsaid Dame
     Alys, čis Piers de La Mare was iugged to perpetuel prisoun in če
     Castell of Notyngham, in če whiche he was ij. ¨ere. & če vj.
     kalend of Iuyll, lastyng čat same parlement, deid Prens Edwardes
|r20 ferst sone, čat is forto sey, in Trynite Sounday; in če worship of
     whiche feest he was wont euery ¨ere, wher čat euere he were in če
     worlde, to make & hold če moost solempnyte čat he myght.
         Whos name & fortune of kni¨thood, but yf it had bene of
|r24 anočers Ectour, al men, both Christen & hečen, while he leuyd &
     was in good poynt, wondred mych, & dred him wonder sore; whos
     body is worshipfully beryed at Crycherche of Caunterbury.
        And in čis same ¨ere če man & če Erles tenauntes of Warwyk
|r28 arisen maliciously a¨ens če Abbot & če Covent of Euesham & her
     tenauntes, & destroyeden fersly če Abbot & če toun, & wounded &
     bete her men, & slowen of hem meny one, & wenten to her maners
     & places, & dede myche harme, & brekyn doun her parkes & her
|r32 closes, & brenten & slowen her wild bestes, and chaced hem,
     brekyng her fisshepond hedis, & lete če water of her pondes, stewes
     & ryuers, renne out; & token če fissh, & bere it with hem, &
     deden hem al če harme čat čey my¨te.  In so ferforth, čat
|r36 forsoče čey had be distroyed perpetuely, čat abbay, wič all her
     membres & appurtenaunces, but yf če King če sonner had



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



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



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

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



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     maner man had byhold his face, or had dremed of hym, he hoped čat
     day čat all čyng shold hap to hym Ioyfull and lykyng. And
     he gouerned gloriously hys kyngdom into his age. And he was
 |r4 large in yevyng, and wyse in spences. He was fulfilled with all
     honeste of good maners, & vertuous; vnder whom to lyve, hit was
     as for to regne; wherfor his name & his loos sprang so fere čat it
     carne into hethenesse and Barbarye, shewyng and tellyng his
 |r8 worthynesse & manhode in all londes; And čat in no lond vnder
     heven had be brought forth so noble a kyng, so gentill & so
     blessyd, or my¨t reyse such anočer whan he were dede.
        Neuerčelesse, lecchery & mevyng of hys flessh haunted hym
|r12 in his age; wherefor če rather, as it was to suppose, for vnmesur_able 
     fulfillyng of hys lust, his lyff shorted če sonner. And herof
     takeč good hede, lyke as hys dedys byfore bereth wytnesse; for, as
     in hys bygynnyng all čynges were Ioyfull and lykyng to hym &
|r16 to all če peple, And in hys myd age he passed all men in high
     Ioye and worshype and blessydnesse, Ry¨t so, whan he drow in-to
     Age, drawyng downward čurgh lecchorye and očer synnes, litill &
     litill all čo Ioyfull and blyssed čynges, good fortune & prosperite
|r20 decresed and myshapped, And Infortunat čynges, & vnprofytable
     harmes, with many evele, bygan for to sprynge, and, če more
     harme is, conteyned longe tyme after.



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     |r[C]
     |r[FROM_THE_CORONATION_OF_RICHARD_II_(A.D._1377)
     |rTO_THE_CAPTURE_OF_ROUEN_(A.D._1419).]
     
     |r[Cambridge_University_Library_MS._Kk._1._12.]
     
     |r[f.110v] And aftir King Edwarde the thrid, čat was bore at Wyndesore,
        Regned Richard of Burdeux, that was Prynce Edwarde¨
        sone of Walis; which Prince Edwarde was če sone of
 |r4    King Edwarde če iij=de=. Capitulum ccxxxix.
     And aftir the gode King, King Edwarde the iij=de=, čat was born
     at Wyndesore, Regned Richarde če ij, čat was če gode Prince
     Edwarde¨ sone of Walis; which King Richard was born yn če
 |r8 cite of Burdeux yn Gasquoyn, and was crouned at Westminster yn
     če xj yere of his age.  And yn ij yere of his regne fil če
     debate čat was betuene če Lorde Latimer and Syr Raaff Ferers,
     kni¨t, čat were ayens Hawle & Schakele, squiers, for the prysoner
|r12 čat was take yn the botayle of Spayngne by čese ij squyers, če
     which če sayde Lorde Latymer and Ser Raaff Ferrers wolde haue
     had; če which prysoner was če Erle of Deene, čat čay toke yn če
     batayle of Spayngne.  Wherfore čese ij lorde¨ comyn yn-to
|r16 Westminster churche, and founde čis on Squier heryng his messe
     besyde Seint Edwarde¨ schryne; and there čei slow hym čat me
     callyd Hawle; and Schackele was arestid and put yn-to če Tour of
     London; and čere he was long tyme, for he wolde not delyuer če
|r20 Erle of Dene, his presoner, vnto če¨e ij lorde¨ by Ser Aleyn Buxhill,
     Constable of the tour, and be Ser Raaff Ferrers, one of his aduer_saryes,
     tyll če tyme čat če king grawnted hym grace.
         In the iij=de= yere of King Richarde come če galies of Fraunce 
|r24 yn-to Engelonde, vnto dyuers porte¨, and brent, & Robbyd, and
     slow moch pepyll of Engelond, čat is to sey, Wynchilse, Rie,
     Hastynge, Portesmouth, Hampton, Stormore, & Grauysende,
     and dede moche harm, and wente hom ayen.
     
 



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     |r[The_Commons'_Revolt_led_by_Jack_Straw_and_Wat_Tyler.]
        And yn čis same yere was a parlement holden at Westminster;
     and at čat parlement was ordeyned čat euery man, woman &
     childe, čat were at če age of xiiij yere & aboue, čor¨out all če Reme,
 |r4 pore folke & Rich, schulde pay to če talage iiij d; wherfore come
     aftirwarde grete myschiff & moche dese¨e to alle communialte of
     če Reme.  And yn če iiij yere of če regne of King Richarde če
     comynes loked vp, & arysyn vp yn dyuers parte¨ of če Reme,
 |r8 and dede moche harm, če which čei callid "hurlyng tyme." And
     čei of Kent & of Essex madyn hem ij cheveteyne¨ to rewle &
     gouerne če compayne of Kent & of Essex : čat one mecallid
     Jacke Strawe, and čat očer, Watte Tyler; and čai comen and
|r12 assembled ham vpon če Blake-Heth yn Kent. And apon the
     Corpus Christi day and after, čei comen doune yn-to Southwerk,
     and brekyn vp če prison hous, čat is to wite, če Kingis Bench, and
     če Marchalsy, & delyverde out alle če prisoners. And so če same
|r16 day čei comen yn-to London; and čere thay robbyd če peple, and
     slowyn alle alyens čat čay my¨t fynde yn če cyte and aboute če
     cite, and despoiled alle her gode¨, and made havoke.  And on
     the Fridai |r[f.111r] next aftir, čat was on če morowe, thei comyn vn to če
|r20 Tour of London; and the king beyng čere-yn, čei sette out of če
     Tour če Archebishop of Caunturbury, Maistir Symond Sudbery,
     and Ser Robert Hale¨, Pryour of Saint Johnes, and a Whit Frere
     čat was confessour vn to King Richarde, and brou¨t ham vnto če
|r24 Tour Hill; and čere čay smytyn of her hedys, and comyn ayen to
     London, & slowyn mo peple of men of lawe, and očer worthi men
     yn dyuers parteye¨ of če cite. And čanne went čai to the Duke¨
     place of Lancastre, beyonde Saint Mary Stronde, čat was callyd
|r28 Savoy. And čere čei deuoured & destroyed al če gode¨ čat čay
     my¨t fynde, and bare ham away, and brent vp če place. And
     čanne aftir čey went to Seint Johnes without Smythffelde, and
     destroyed če godes, & brent vp čat hous, and went to Westminster,
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     če sayntwarye, alle čat were čere ynne for eny maner of
     gryth.
         And čanne come vnto če Temple, and to alle očer ynne¨ of men
 |r4 of lawe, & dispoyled ham and rebbed ham of her gode¨, and also
     taare hir bokis of law; and čai come to London, and brake vp the
     pryson of Newgate, & droff out alle če prisoners, felons, & očir of
     bothe countres, and alle če peple čat was with-ynne ham, &
 |r8 destroyed alle če bokis of bothe countres; and čus čay contynued
     forth, both Saturday and Sonday, vnto če Monday next folowyng,
     yn alle hir malice & wickydnesse. And čanne, on the Monday,
     King Richard, with his lorde¨ čat were with hym čat tyme, and
|r12 with če Meire of London, William Walworth, če aldermen & če
     commyne¨ of če cite, come yn to Southwerk to here & know
     če entencion of čese rebellis and misgouerned pepil. And čis
     Iak Straw čanne made an oyes in če felde, čat alle če pepyl of
|r16 accorde schulde come nere, & here his clamour and his crye and
     his will, and če lorde¨, and če Mayre and če aldermen, with če
     communialte, hauyng indignacion of his Covetise and Falsnesse,
     and his foule presompcion; and anon William Walworth, čat tyme
|r20 beyng Mayre, drew out his knyff, and slow Iack Straw, and anon
     ry¨t čere dede smy¨t of his hed, and sette it vp apon a spere_schafte;
     and so it was bore črou¨ London, & set on high vp on
     London Brygge.  And anon alle če rysers and mysgouernyd
|r24 men were voyded and vanysched, as hit hadde not byn čay.
         And če king, of his grete godenesse, and by prayer of his lorde¨,
     made čere vj kny¨tis of gode & worthi men of če cite of London,
     čat is, William Walworth -- čat tyme was Mayre and slow Iack
|r28 Straw, -- & ij=de= was Nicholas Brembre, če iij was John Phily_pot,
     the iiij was Nicholas Twyfford, če fyffče was Robert
     Lawnde¨, če vj, Robert Gayton.  And čanne če king, with his
     lorde¨ and his kny¨tes, retourned ayen vnto the Tour of London;
|r32 and čere he restid hym tylle his peple were bettir cecyd, & seet yn



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



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



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     čere oure King welcomed hym, and dede hym reuerence &
     worschip, and commawnded alle his lorde¨ to make hym alle če
     chere čat čay cowthe. and čanne he hesou¨t the King of grace
 |r4 and help, and of his comfort yn his nede, and čat he my¨t he bro¨t
     ayen yn-to his owne kingedom and londe, for če Turke¨ hadde
     deuoured & destroyed moch parte of his londe; and for drede he
     fledde, & come hider for socoure and helpe.  And than če
 |r8 King, hauyng compassion of his gret myschiffe and greuos dese¨e,
     anon he toke his Counsel, and axed what was best to do. and čai
     answered and sayde, `yef it likyd hym to yeue hym eny gode, it
     were welle ydo : and as towchyng his peple, to Trauayle so fer yn-to
|r12 out-londe¨, it were a grete ieparde'; and so če King yaf hym golde
     and seluyr, and many riche¨ and iewellis, and hetau¨t hym to God;
     and so he passed ayen out of Engelond.
         And yn čis same yere King Richarde, with a ryall power, went
|r16 yn-to Scotland for to war ayen če Scottis, for hir Falsnesse and
     destroccion čat čay hadde do ayens če English men yn če
     Marchis. And če Scottis come doun for to trete with hym
     & with his lorde¨ for trewes, as for certeyn yeres; and so our
|r20 Kyng and his Counsel graunted hem trewes certyn yeres vnto
     her axyng, and our King turned hym hom ayen yn-to Engelonde.
         And whanne he was come vnto Yorke, čere he ahoode and
     restyd hym. and čere Ser John Helond, če Erle of Kentis
|r24 bročer, slow če Erlis sone of Staffarde and his heyre with a daggar
     yn če cite of Yorke, wherfor the King was sore amoued and grevid,
     & remevyd fro čenne¨ and come to London; and če Meire and če
     Aldermen and če commyns, with alle če solempnite čat čay
|r28 |r[f.112v] myghte do, rydyn ayens če King, and brou¨t hym ryally throu¨
     the cite, & so forth vnto Westmynstre vnto his owne Palis.
         And yn če ix yere of his regne he hadde a parlement at
     Westminster, & čere he made ij dukes, and a Markques & v. erle¨:



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



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



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     |r[Jousts_in_Smith_field,_A.D._1388.]
         In čis forsaide parlement, and in če xij ¨ere of King
     Richarde¨ regne, he let crye and ordeyne generalle Iusti¨e, čat is
     called a turnement, of lorde¨, kny¨tis and skquiers.  And čese
 |r4 Iustes & turnement were holden at London in Smithfelde, for alle
     maner of strayngers, of what londe & cunctre čei were, and
     čidir čei were ri¨t welcome; and to hem and to alle očer was
     holden opon housholde and grete ffestis; and also grete yftis were
 |r8 yeue to alle maner of straungers. And čay of the kinges syde
     were alle of on sute : her cotis, her armyour, schelde¨, & her
     hors & trapure, alle was white hertis, with crowne¨ ahout her
     nekkis, and cheyne¨ of golde hangyng čere vp-on, and če croune
|r12 hangyng lowe before če hertis body; če which hert was če kinge¨
     lyveray čat he yaf to lorde¨ & ladie¨, kny¨tis and skquiers, for to
     know his housholde from očer peple.  And at čis first comyng to
     her Iustes, xxiiij ladie¨ ladde čese xxiiij lorde¨ of če Garther with
|r16 cheynys of goolde, and alle yn če same sute of hertis as is afore
     sayde, from če Tour on hors hak črou¨ the cite of London yn-to
     Smythfelde, čere če Iustes schulde he do. And čis fest and Iustes
     was holde general, and to alle čo čat wolde come, of what land or
|r20 nacion čat euyr he were; and čis was holde duryng xxiiij
     daye¨, of če kinge¨ owne cost; and čese xxiiij lorde¨ to answere
     to alle maner of pepil čat wolde come čidir. And čedir come če
     Erle of seint Poule of Fraunce, and mony očer worthi kny¨tes with
|r24 hym of diuers parteys, fful welle arayed. And out of Holand &
     Henaude come če Lorde Ostrenaunde, čat was če Duke¨ sone of
     Holande, & mony očer worthi kny¨tes with hym, hothe of Holand
     & Henaude fulle welle arayede. And whenne čese feste and
|r28 Iustes was do and endid, če King čanked čese st[r]ayngers and
     yaf ham mony grete yeftis; and čanne čei token hir leue of če
     King & of očer lorde¨ and ladye¨, and went hom ayen yn-to her
     owne cuntre, with grete loue & moche čanke.
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     batayle ydo yn the Kingis palis at Westmynstre, betwene a skquyer
     of Nauerne čat was with če king, and anočer skquier čat me callid
     John Walsch, of poyntis of treson čat čis Nauerner put vp-on čis
 |r4 Walsch; but čis Nauerner was ouercome, and yelde hym craunt to
     his aduersarye, and anon he was dispoyled of his armyour, and
     draw out of če palis vnto Tyburne, and čere he was hangyd for his
     ffalsnesse.
 |r8     And če xiiij yere of če regne of King Richard, Ser John of
     Gaunt, Duk of Lancastre, went ouyr se yn-to Spayne , -- for to
     chalenge his ry¨t, čat he hadde be his wife¨ tytill, vnto če croune
     of Spayngne, -- with a gret ost of pepil, of men of arme¨ and
|r12 archers. And he had with hym če Duchesse, his wyff, and his
     iij dou¨tre¨, yn-to Sp[a]yne, and čere čay weryn a grete while.
         And at če last, če King of Spayne began to trete with če Duke
     of Lancastre, and čay were accorded to-gadir črou¨ hir boče counsel,
|r16 yn čis maner : čat če King of Spayne schulde wedde če Duke¨
     dou¨ter of Lancastre, čat was če ry¨t heire to Spayne, and
     schulde yeue to če Duk of Lancastre golde and seluyr, čat was
     cast yn-to grete wegge¨, and mony očir iewellis, as mony as viij
|r20 Charietis my¨t carye.  And euery yere aftir, duryng če lyff of če
     Duke of Lancastre and of the Duchesse his wyff, .x. M=l= Marke of
     golde, če which golde auenture and charge¨, čay of Spayne schulde
     auenture and bryng yerley to Baione to če Dukes assygne¨, be
|r24 surete made.  Also če Duk of Lancastre maried anočer of his
     dou¨tres vnto če King of Portingale če same tyme. And whanne
     he hadde do čis, he come hom ayen yn-to Engelond, and če gode
     lady his wyff also; but mony a worthi man yn čat viage deid vpon
|r28 če Flix.
         And yn če xv yere of King Richarde¨ regne, he hilde
     his Cristismasse yn če Maner of Wodestoke; and there če Erle of
     Penbroke, a yong lorde, & tendir of age, wolde lerne to Iuste
|r32 with a kni¨t me callid Ser Iohn Saint-Iohn, & redyn to gadir yn
     če park of Wodestoke; and čere čis worthi Erle of Pembroke was
     slayn with čat očer knightes spere, as he cast hit fro hym whanne



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     he had cowped; and čus čis gode Erle made čere his ende; for
     whose dethe če King and the Quene made moche sorow.
         And yn če xvj yere of Kyng Richard his regne, Iohn Hende
 |r4 beyng čat tyme Maire of London, and Iohn Walworth & Henry
     Vannere beyng scherreffes of London, čat tyme a bakers man bare
     a basket of horsbred yn to Flet-strete, toward an ostrye hous; and
     čere come a yemon of če Bischoppis of Salysbury, čat was callyd
 |r8 Romayn, and he tok an horsloff out of če basket of če baker; and
     he askyd hym `whi he dede so.' And čis Romayn turned ayen, and
     brak če bakers hedde; and neyhoure¨ come out, and wolde haue
     restid čis Romayne; and he brak from ham and fledde yn-to če
|r12 lorde¨ place. and če counstablis wolde haue hadde hym out; but če
     Bischoppe¨ men schitte če ¨atis fast, and kept če place čat no man
     my¨te entre. And čanne moch more pepil gadryd čedir, & saide
     čat `čai wolde haue hym out, or ellis čei wolde brenne vp če place,
|r16 and alle |r[f.114r] that were with-ynne.'  And čanne come če Maire and
     Schereffe¨, with očir myche pepill, and cecid če malice of če
     comyne¨, and made euery man go hom to his hous, and kepe če
     pee¨.  Thanne če¨ Romaynes lorde, če Bischop of Salusbery, Ser
|r20 Iohn Waltam (čat was čat tyme treserer of Engelond) went to Ser
     Thomas Arundel, Archehischop of York, and also Chaun[ce]ler of
     Engelonde, and to hym made his complaynt vpon če peple of če
     cite of London.  And čanne če¨e ij Bischope¨, of grete malice
|r24 and vengeaunce, comyn vnto the King to Wyndesore, and made a
     grete complaynte vpon the Maire and the Schereffes; and anon
     aftirward alle če cite was before če King and his consel, and čai
     cast vn-to ham a greuous herte, and wondir grete malice.  And
|r28 anon sodenly če King sent for če Maire of London & for če ij
     scherreffe¨; and čai cam to hym to če Castell of Wyndesore.
     And če King rebukyd če Maire and če scherreves fulle foule, for če
     offens čat čai hadde do ayens hym & his officers, yn his chaumbir
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     London and če ij Scherreve¨; and čis was don xiiij daye¨
     afore če Fest of samt Iohn the Baptist.  And čanne če King
     callyd to hym a kni¨t čat me called Ser Edward Valyngrigge, and
 |r4 made hym warden and gouernoure of če cite, & Chaumbyr of
     London, and ouyr alle his pepil čereynne; and so he kept čat office
     but iiij wokis, because he was so tendir and gentill vn-to če cete¨ens
     of London; wherfore če King deposyd hym, and made Ser Bawde
 |r8 wyn Radyngton, kny¨t, čat was Countroller of če Kingis Hous_holde,
     wardeyne and gouernoure of his chaumbyr, and of his peple
     čerynne; and chese vnto hym to worthi men of če cite to be
     Scherevi¨ with hym, for to gouerne & kepe če kinge¨ lawe¨ yn the
|r12 cite; & on me called Gylbert Maghfelde, and čat očer, Thomas
     Newenton, And če¨e iij gode men hadde če gouernaunce of če cite
     vn-to če tyme of če Maires eleccion čanne next, čat was called
     William Stawnden; And čis Gilbert Maghfelde & Thomas
|r16 Newneton, schereff.  And čanne če Mayre & če ij schirreve¨,
     and alle če aldermen, with alle če worthi craftis of London, went
     on fote vn to če Tour; and čere came out če Counstable of če
     Tour, and yaff če Maire and če Schereve¨ her othe, and charge,
|r20 as čay scholde haue take yn the Chequer at Westmynstre yn
     če Kinge¨ Court of his Iusti¨es & Barons of the sayde Cheker;
     and čanne went thay whom ayenne.
         And čanne če King and his Counsel, for grete malice of če
|r24 Cite of London, and despite, remevid alle his Courte¨ fro West_mynstre 
     vn-to če cete of Yorke, čat is to say, če Chauncerie, če
     Cheker, če Kinge¨ Bench, and also če Comyn Place, and čere čay
     hilde alle her Courtis of Law fro mydsomer vn-to če fest of
|r28 Cristismesse next comyng.  And čanne če King & his counsel
     sawe it not so profitable čere, as it was at London; čanne anon he
     |r[f.114v] removid hit ayen to London, and so to Westmynstre, for gret
     ese of his officers and avauntage of če King and of alle če
|r32 comyns of če Reme.
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     courtis were come ayen, and če King and his peple also, čanne če
     Maire and če Aldermen, with če Cheff comyns, let gadir a grete
     summe of goolde of alle če comyns of the cite, & ordeyned & made
 |r4 grete rialte ayens his comyng to London, for to haue his grace
     and gode lordeschip, and also her liberteis and Fraunche¨es
     graunted vnto ham ayen as čai afore tyme hadde. And čann, by
     grete instaunce and praier of Quene Anne, and of očer lorde¨ and
 |r8 lade¨, če King graunted hem grace: and čis was do at Schene yn
     Sothereye.  And čan če King with-ynne ij daye¨ aftir, com to
     London; and če Maire of London, schereue¨, aldremen, and alle
     če worthi cite aftirward, redyn ayens če King yn gode araye vnto
|r12 če heth on čis syde če maner of Schene, submittyng humyly hem
     self, and mekely, with almaner of obeysaunce¨ vn-to hym, as
     čay owed to do. And čus čai brou¨t če King and če Quene to
     London.  And whanne če King come to če gate of če Brygge of
|r16 London, čere čay presentid hym with a mylke-white stede, sadelled
     and brydilled, & trapped with white cloth of golde and red parted
     togadir, and če Quene a palfraye alle white, trappid yn če same
     aray with white and rede, and če condite¨ of London Ronnen
|r20 white wyne and rede, for al maner pepill to drynke of.  And
     betuene Seint Poule¨ and the Cros yn Chepe, čere was made a
     stage, a ryalle, stondyng vpon hygh; a[n]d čerynne were mony
     angelis, with dyuers melodie¨ and songe; and an aungell come
|r24 doun fro če stage on high, by a vice, and sette a croune of golde
     & precious stone¨ & perles apon če Kinge¨ hed, and anočer on the
     Quene¨ hed; and so the citezenys brought če King and če Quene
     vnto Westmynstre, yn-to his palice at Westmynstre, & presentyd
|r28 hym with ij basyns of syluyr, & ovirgilte, fulle of coyned golde,
     the summa of xx M=l= li, prayng hym, of his mercy and lordschip
     and specialle grace, čat čay my¨t haue his gode loue, and libertee¨
     & Fraunche¨es like as čay hadde before tyme¨, and by his lettre¨



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



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     forwarde¨, with če composicion čat were ordeyned and made on
     bothe parteys, schulde be trewly kept and holde betwene hem;
     and čai sayde "ye "; & čere čay sworon and token hir charge
 |r4 apon a boke, and toke hir oth welle and trewli it to holde yn alle
     maner poyntis and couenauntes, without contradiccion or delay yn
     euery maner wyse. And čanne was sche brou¨t to Seint Nicholas
     chirch yn Calis; and čere sche was worthili weddyd, with če
 |r8 moste solempnite čat eny king or quene my¨t haue, with arche_bischoppes 
     and Bischope¨, and alle mynystre¨ of holy churche.
         And čanne were čai brou¨t hom vnto če Castell, and set
     to mete, and čere were serued with alle maner of delicace¨ of alle
|r12 riall metis and drynkis plenteuously, to alle maner of strayngoure¨
     and al očer. And no creature warned čat Fest, but alle were
     welcome; for čere were grete halys & tentis sette vp on če grene
     without če castell, for to resceyue alle maner of peple, and euery
|r16 office redy to serue ham alle; and čus čis worthi mariage was
     solemli do and ended with alle ryalte.
         Thanne čese ij Dukys of Fraunce, with hir peple, tokon hir
     leue of če King and Quene, and went ayen to Grauenyng watir;
|r20 and čere če Frensch lorde¨, čat is to say, če ij Dukis & hir meyne,
     were comen ovir če watir of Grauenyng, & čere čay mette, &
     euerych toke leue of očer; and so čai departed , and our lorde¨
     come ayen to Caleys, and če Frensch lorde¨ went hom ayen yn-to
|r24 Fraunce.
        And anon aftir, če King made hym redy with če Quene and
     alle his lorde¨ and očer pepil with ham, & comyn ouyr če see
     yn-to Engelond, and so to London, and če Maire and če Schereve¨,
|r28 with al če aldermen and worthi comyne¨, ryden ayens ham vnto če
     Blacke-Heč yn Kent; & čere čay mettyn with če King and če
     Quene, and welcomyd ham, and čat yn gode aray, and euery man
     in his cločing of his crafte, and her mynstrelles to-fore ham; and
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     hy tokyn hir leue, and če King and če Quene redyn to Kenyng_ton;
     and čanne če peple of London turned hom ayen. And yn
     turnyng ayen to London brygge, čere was so moche prees both on
 |r4 fote & on hors, čat čere were ded on če brygge a xj persone¨ of
     men, wymmen & chyldryn: on whose soule¨ God haue mercy!
     amen!  And čanne aftirward če Quene was brou¨t to the Tour
     of London, and čere sche was al ny¨t. And on če morowe sche
 |r8 was brou¨t črou¨ če Cete of London, and so forth to West_mynstre,
     & čere sche was crouned Quene of Engelonde. čan was
     sche brou¨t ayen yn-to the Kingis Palis, and čere was holde
     an opon & a ryall Fest after hir coronacion, for al maner peple
|r12 čat čedir come: and čus was do če Sonday afftir če Fest of seint
     Clement, in če xx yere of King Richarde¨ regne.
        And čan, če xxv day of august next folouyng, be euyl excita_cion 
     & ffals counsel, & for grete wrathe |r[f.116r] and malice čat he had of
|r16 olde tyme vnto his vncle, če gode Duke of Gloucester, and to če
     Erle of Arundel, & to če Erle of Warwic,  The King, by is
     euylle counsell, late yn the Euenyng on če same day aboue saide,
     made hym redy with his streynthe, and rode yn-to Essex vnto če
|r20 toune of Chelmesforde, and so come to Plassche sodenly, čere Ser
     Thomas of Wodestoke, če gode Duk of Gloucestre, lay. And če
     gode Duk come anon to welcome če King; and če King hym self
     arestid če gode Duke; and so he was ladde doun to če water,
|r24 and anon put yn to a schippe, and had vnto Caleis, and brou¨t
     vnto capteynys warde, to be kept yn holde be če Kinges com_maundement 
     of Engelond:  And čat tyme če Erle Marchal of
     Engelond was capten of Caleis.  And anon aftir, be com_maundement 
|r28 of če King and of his fals Counsel, commaunded če
     capten to put hym to deth.  And anon certeyn yemen čat had
     če gode Duk yn kepyng, tooke her counsel how čei wolde put
     hym to deth; and čis was her poyntment: čat čai schulde come
|r32 vpon hym whanne he were yn bedde, and aslepe on a Fetherbed.
     And anon čei bonde hym honde and foot, & chargid hym to ly



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     stylle; and whanne čai hadde čis do, če tokyn ij smale tewellys,
     and made on ham rydyng knottis, and caste če tewellys aboute če
     Dukis nek: and čanne čei token če fetherbed čat lay vnder hym,
 |r4 and cast hit aboue hym; and čan čei drowen her towellis eche
     waye¨; and sum lay vpon če fethir bed apon hym, vnto če tyme
     čat he were ded, because čat he schulde make non noyse. And
     čus čei strangled čis worthi Duk vn[to] the deth, on whose soule
 |r8 God, for his pite, haue merci! Amen!  And whenne če King
     hadde arestid čis worthi Duke, and his owne vncle, and sent hym
     to Caleis, he come ayen to London yn alle hast, with a wondir grete
     peple. And as he was come, he sent for the Erle of Arundel and
|r12 for the gode Erle of Warwic; and anon as čay cam, he arestid
     ham his owne self. Sir Iohn Cobham & Ser Iohn Cheyny,
     kny¨tis, he arestid also yn če same wyse, til he made his parle_ment;
     & anon čei were put ynto holde. But če Erle of Arundel
|r16 went at large vnto če parlement tyme, for he founde sufficient
     surete to abyde če lawe, & al maner of answere at če poynte¨ čat
     če King & his Counsel wolde put vp on hym.
     
     Off če grete parlement, and of če deth of če Erle of Arundell;
|r20    and how če Erle of Derby and očer were exiled, and če
        sayde Erle come ayen ynto čis londe; and how King
        Richarde went ynto Irelond, and how he deide. Capitulum
        ccxlij.
|r24    And yn the xxj yere of King Richarde¨ regne, he ordend a par_lement 
     at Westmynstre, če which was clepid `če Grete Parlement';
     and this parlement was made for to iugge čese iij worthi lorde¨
     and očer moo, as ham lust at čat tyme.  And for čat iugement
|r28 če king let make in alle hast a long and a large hous of tymbir,
     The which was called an hale, and couered with tyle¨ ouyr; and it
     was opun al ahoute on bothe syde¨, and at če endis, čat al maner
     of men my¨t se črou¨out; and čere če dome was holden |r[f.116v] vpon
|r32 čese forsaide lorde¨, and Iugement yeue at this forsaide parlement.
         And for to come to čis parlement če King sent his writtis vnto



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



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



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



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



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

     |r[The_Return_of_Bolingbroke.]
         While čat King Richard was čus yn Irelonde, Ser Henry of
     Bolingbroke, Erle of Derby, čat če king hadde made before Duk
|r12 of Herforde -- če which Duk, če King had exiled out of čis lande -- was 
     come ayen yn-to Engelond, for to chalange če Duchery of
     Lancastre as for ri¨t & trewe heritage.  And he come doun out
     of Fraunce by londe to Calis, and čere mette hym Ser Thomas of
|r16 Arundel, čat was Archebischop of Caunturbury, čat was exiled out
     of Engelond; and with hym come če Erle of Arundell sone, & his
     heire, če which was yn warde and yn kepyng of Ser Iohn Selly,
     kni¨t, sum tyme with če Erle of Huntyngton, and with če Duk of
|r20 Excestre, če which was yn the Castell of Rygate yn Suthsex; and
     čere he stale away from Shelly, & come to Caleys; & čere he was
     kept welle and worthily til čis očer ij lorde¨ were come to Caleys.
         And čan čis worthi Duk, & če Archebischop of Caunturbury,
|r24 Arundel, schippid yn če hauene of Caleis, and drow his cours
     Norčewarde, and arryued yn Yorkschyre, Rauensporne, fast by
     Brydlyngton; and čere he come, and entrid če londe, & čese ij
     lorde¨ with hym, and hir meyne. And čanne moche pepil of the
|r28 Reme, čat wist of his comyng and where he was, anon drowyn
     to hym, and welcomyd čese lorde¨, and socurred hym yn alle
     maner čyngis, and passed forth yn the londe, and gadryd myche
     peple.
|r32     And whanne King Richard wist of čis, & herdečat čese ij
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     če King left alle his ordynaunce yn Irelonde, and come yn-to
     Engelondewarde yn alle če hast čat he my¨te, & come yn-to če
     Castell of Flynt; and čere he abode for to take his counsell, and
 |r4 what myght best be do; but to hym com non.  And čanne Ser
     Thomas Percy, Erle of Worcestre, čat was če Kingis Steward,
     when he wist and knew čis, anon he com yn-to the halle among
     alle če pepil, and čere he brake če yerd of če Rial Kingis hous.
 |r8 holde; and euery man went his way, and forsoke his maistir &
     souereyne lorde, and left hym alone: and čus was King Richard
     brou¨t adoun and destroyed, and stode alle alone, without
     counsel, confort & socour of eny man. Allas! for pite of čis ryal
|r12 King!
         And anon come tydynge¨ čat Harry of Bolyngbroke was vp
     with a strong power of pepill, and čat alle če Schyreve¨ of
     Engelond reysed vp če Schires yn streyngthing of hym ayens
|r16 King Richard; and čus sone he was come out of če Northcuntre
     to Bristow, and čere he mette with Ser William Scrope, Erle of
     Wilschire and Tresorer of Engelond, and with Ser Iohn Busch
     and Ser Henry Grene, and Iohn Bagot, but he ascapyd from hym,
|r20 and went ouer če see In-to Irelonde; & če¨e očer ij kny¨te¨ were
     take, and her hedis smytyn of; & čus čei deied for her fals
     coueti¨e.
         And čanne was King Richard y take, & brou¨t vnto če
|r24 Duk; and anon če Duk put hym y[n] saff warde and strong
     holde, vnto his comyng to London.  And čanne was čere a
     Rumore yn London, |r[f.118v] and a strong noyse, čat King Richarde was
     come to Westmynstre; and the pepil of London ranne čider, and
|r28 wolde haue don moche harm and scathe yn hir wodnesse, ne hadde
     če Mayre and če aldermen, and očer worthi men, cecid ham with
     faire wordes, and turned hem hom ayen vnto London.  And
     čere was Ser Iohn Slake, Dene of the Kinge¨ chapel of West_mynstre, 
|r32 take, and brou¨t to London, and put yn Ludgate; and
     Bagot was take yn Irelonde, and brou¨t to London, & put yn
     prisone yn Newgate, čere to be kept and abide his answere.



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



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



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     ny¨t to London priuili, yn alle če hast čat he my¨te, to gete hym
     helpe, socoure, comfort & counsel. And anon če¨e očer, čat
     wolde haue do če King to deth, ffleddyn yn alle če haste čat čei
 |r4 m¨ghte, for čei knewen welle čat her counsel was bewrayed.
         And čanne fled če Duke of Surrey, and če Erle of Salusberye
     with alle hir meyne, vnto če toun of Siscetre; and čere če pepil
     of če toun wolde haue arestid ham; and čey wolde not stonde to
 |r8 her arest, but stodyn at her defence, & fau¨t manly; but at če
     laste čey were ouercome and take; and čere čei smote of če
     Dukes hed of Surrey, and če Erle¨ hed of Salusbury, & mony očer
     moo; & čere čay putte če quarters in sackys, and her hede¨ on
|r12 pole¨ horn on hy, and so čei were brou¨t črou¨ če cite of London
     vnto London brygge; and čere her hede¨ were sette vp an hy, &
     her quarters were sent to očer gode toune¨ and cite¨, and set vp
     čere.
|r16     At Oxynforde were take Ser Thomas Blount, kny¨t,
     Benet Sely, kny¨t, and Thomas Wyntirsell, squyer; and čese were
     behedid & quarterd; & the kny¨tes hedis were sette on pole¨ &
     brou¨t to London, & sette on London brygge, and če quarters sent
|r20 forth to očer place¨ & toune¨.  And yn če same yere at Pritwelle
     yn Essex, was take Ser Iohn Holond, če Duk of Excestre, with
     če comyne¨ of če cuntreye; and čay brou¨t hym fro če mille
     vnto Plasche; and to če same place čere King Richard hadde
|r24 arestid Ser Thomas of Wodstoke, če Duk of Glowcestre. And
     ri¨t čere, yn če same place, čei smytyn of če Duk of Excestre¨
     hed, & brou¨t it to London vpon a poole; and it was sette on
     London Brygge.  And yn če same yere, at Bristow, was take če
|r28 Lorde Spenser, čat King Richard hadde made Erle of Glowcestre;
     & če comyne¨ of the toune of Bristow |r[f.119v] toke hym, and brou¨t hym
     in to če Market place of the Toun; & ther thay smyte of his hed
     and sent hit to London, and hit was sette on London brygge.
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     arestid, & put yn-to če Tour of London; and Ser Iohn Selley,
     kni¨t, & Ser Iohn Mawdeleyne & Ser William Fereby, persons of
     King Richarde¨, were arestid and put yn-to če Tour of London.
 |r4 and čedir come če Kinge¨ Iustice¨, and saat vpon hem yn the
     Toure; and čere were dampned alle iiij vnto če deth. And the
     dome was yeue vnto Ser Bernarde Brokeys, čat he shulde go on
     fote fro the Tour črou¨ če toun of London vnto Tyburne, and
 |r8 čere to be hangyd, & aftir his hed to ben smyten of & sett on
     London Brigge, & Ser Iohn Selley, kny¨t, and Ser Iohn Maudeleyn
     & Sir William Feriby, persons, weir draw črou¨out London to
     Tyburne, & čere hanged.
|r12     And yn če same yere King Henry sent Quene Isabell, čat
     was King Richarde¨ wiff, hom ayen yn-to Fraunce, and yaff hir
     Golde & siluer and mony očer Iewelle¨; and so sche was
     discharged of alle hir dower, & sent out of Engelond.
|r16     And yn če secunde yere of King Henri če iiijth, was Ser
     Rogger of Claryngdon, kni¨t, & ij of his men, & če Priour of
     Launde, & viij frere Menoures, and sum Maistres of diuinite, &
     očer, for treson čat čay wrou¨t ayens the King, were drawe &
|r20 hangyd at Tyborne, alle xij presoners & persone¨.
         Than beganne če discencion & debate yn če cuntre of
     Walis betwene če Lorde Grey Rithyn & Oweyn of Glyndore,
     Squier of Walis. And čis Oweyn rerid a nownbyr of Walschemen,
|r24 and kept čat cuntrey about ry¨t strong, & dede myche harme, and
     destroyed če Kingis toune¨ and lorschippe¨ črou¨out Walis, &
     robbyd & slowgh če Kingis pepil, both Englisch and Walsch; and
     čus he endured xij yere large. And he toke če Lorde Gray of
|r28 Rithyn presoner, and kept hym fast yn holde tylle he was
     raunsonde of prysoners of če March, and kept hym long tyme yn
     holde; and at če last he made hym wedde on of his dou¨tris,
     and kep[t]e hym stylle čere with his wiff, and sone after he deyed.



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         And čanne če King, knowyng čis myschef, destruccion and
     treson, čat čis Oweyn hade y wrou¨t, čen anon he ordeyned a
     strong power of men of arme¨ and of archers, & moche očer stuffe
 |r4 čat longid to warre, for to abate & destroye če malice of če fals
     Walschemen. And čanne če King come yn-to Walys with his
     power, for to destroy čis Owen and očer rebellis, fals Walschmen.
     And anon čei fledden yn-to če mountayne¨; and čere my¨te če
 |r8 Kinge do hem non harme yn no maner of wyse; but ofte čei
     toke če Kingis cariage, and euery day destroyed his peple. But
     Oweyn and his men, če moste parte, ascapid harmele¨; ffor če
     King ne his meyne my¨t not come to hem yn no maner of wise
|r12 for če mountayne¨; and so the King come to Engelond ayen, for
     lesyng of moo of his peple, and čus he spedde not čere.
         In čis same yere was gret scarsite of whete yn Engelond, for
     a quarter of whete was at xvjs.; and merchaunthes were sent out
|r16 of Engelond ouyr see ynto Spruce for whete. anon čay hadde
     lade & freight shippe¨ ynow, & came hoom yn saafte, blessid be
     God of alle his yeftis!
         And yn the iij=de= |r[f.120r] yere of King Harrye¨ regne, ther was a
|r20 sterre seyne in če firmament, čat schewed hym-self črou¨ alle če
     worlde, for dyuers tokenns čat schulde befalle sone after; če
     which sterre was named & called be clergie `Stella comata.'
     And on Seint Marye Magdaleyne day, next aftir, yn če same
|r24 yere, was če Batayle of Schrouysbury; and čedir come Ser Henry
     Percy, če Erle¨ sone of Northombirlonde, with a grete multitude of
     men of armes & archers, and yaf batayle to King Harry če iiijthe,
     črou¨ fals counsel and wicked reede of Ser Thomas Percy, is vncle,
|r28 Erle of Worcestre; and čere was Ser Harry Percy slayn, and če
     most parte of his mayne, yn the feelde, and Ser Thomas Percy
     take, and kept yn holde ij daye¨ tylle če King hadde sette rest
     among his peple on both sydes. And čanne Ser Thomas Percy
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     smyte of for his fals treson at Schrowesbery, & his hed brou¨t to
     London & set on London-is Brygge. And al očer peple čat
     were slayne čere, on če Kinge¨ syde and yn boče parteys, če
 |r4 King let bury: and čere was slayn on če Kingy¨ syde yn the
     batayle, če Erle of Staffarde, and Ser Water Blount yn če Kingys
     kote armyour, vndir če Kinge¨ baner, and mony mo worthi men;
     on whose soule God haue mercy! amen!
 |r8     And yn če iiijthe yere of King Harrye¨ regne, come če
     Emp[er]oure of Constantynoble, with mony grete lorde¨ and
     kny¨tes and moch očer peple of his cuntre, in to Engelonde, to
     King Harry, with hym to speke and to disporte hym, and see
|r12 če gode gouernaunce & če condicione¨ of our peple, and know če
     commodite¨ of Engelond. And our King, with alle his worthi
     lorde¨, godely and worschepfully hym resceyved, and welcomed
     hym and alle his mayne čat come with hym, and dede hym alle
|r16 če reuerence & worschip čat čay cowthe and my¨te. And anon če
     King commawnded al maner officers čat he schulde he serued as
     worthily & as ryaly as it longith to such a worthi lorde &
     Emperour, on his owne cost, as long as če Emperour was yn
|r20 Engelond, and alle his men čat comyn with hym.
         And yn čis same yere came dame Iohane, če Duchasse of
     Bryttayne, yn-to Engelonde, and landed at Falemouth yn Corne_wayle;
     & fro čenne¨ she was brou¨t to če cite of Wynchestre, and
|r24 čere sche was weddyd vnto King Harry če iiijthe yn the Abbey of
     Saynt Swythens of Wynchestre, with alle če solempnite čat my¨t
     be do and made.  And sone after, sche was brou¨t fro čenne¨ to
     London; and če meyre, with če aldermen and če comyns of če
|r28 cite of London, rydyn ayens hir, and hir welcomed, and brou¨t
     hir throu¨ če cite of London vnto Westmynstre; and čere sche
     was crouned & made Quene of Engelond; and čere če king made
     a ryalle and a solempne fest for hir, and for al maner men čat
|r32 čedir wolde come.
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     King Harry če iiijthe, was y sent ouyr see with če Erle of
     Somersete, hir vncle, and with Maister Richarde Clyfforde, čanne
     |r[f.120v] Bischop of Worcestre, and with mony očer lorde¨ and worthi
 |r4 kny¨tis, ladie¨, and Squyers, as longed to such a worthi lady, and
     come vnto Coleyne. And čedir come če Duke¨ sone of Barrey,
     with a faire mayne, and resceyved čis worthi lady, and čere the
     Bischop of Worcestre wedded & sacred ham to-gedir, as holy
 |r8 churche it wolde; & čere was made a ryalle feest and a grete Iusti¨e,
     yn reverence and worschip of ham, and to alle peple čat čedir
     come.  And whanne čis maryage and fest was do, če Erle and
     če Bischop, with alle hir meyne, token her leve of lorde¨ and
|r12 ladie¨ and come home ayen yn-to Engelond in saafte, y čankyd he
     God!
         And yn če .v. yere of King Harrye¨ regne, če Lorde Thomas,
     King Harrye¨ sone če iiijthe, and če Erle of Kent went ouyr see,
|r16 and mony očer lorde¨ and kni¨tes, and men of armys & archers,
     and went to če se to chastise če rebellis čat afore hadde do moch
     harme to our Englisch Marchaunte¨ & to mony tounes and portis
     yn Engelond vpon če se costis.  And če Lorde Thomas, če
|r20 Kingis son, cam yn-to Flaundres, toffore a toun čat is callid če
     Scluse, among alle če schippe¨ of dyuers nacyons čat were čere;
     and after, čai rydyn with her schippe¨ among ham, and went
     alonde, & sported ham čere ij. daie¨, and cam ayen to hir schippe¨,
|r24 & token če brode se, & čere čay mettyn with iij carrake¨ of Iene,
     čat were lade with dyuers Marchaundi¨e, and welle y manned;
     and čere čay fou¨tyn to-gadry¨e longe; but če Englischmen hadde
     če victorye, and brou¨t če Carrake¨ yn-to če camere before
|r28 Wynchylse; and čere čay cantid čes gode¨, and on of če¨e Carreke¨
     was sodenly čere brent, & če lorde¨ and hir peple turned hom
     ayen, and went no firthir at čat tyme.
         And yn that same yere, Serle, yoman of King Richarde¨
|r32 Robys, come yn-to Engelond out of Scotland, and saide to diuers
     peple čat `King Richard was alyve yn Scotlond'; and so, moch of



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



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



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     čese worthi lorde¨, and dede ham moche reuerence & gret worschip.
         And čanne čei were brou¨t to a toun čat is callid London yn
     Denmark, and čere was this lady weddid and sacryd to če King of
 |r4 Denmark with moche solempnite; and čere was sche crouned
     Quene of Denmark, Norwey and Swethyn; & čere was made a
     rialle fest.  And whanne čis Fest and mariag was do & endid,
     če¨e lorde¨ |r[f.121v] and ladie¨ tokyn her leve of the King and Quene,
 |r8 and comyn home ayen yn-to Engelonde yn hast, čanked be Ihesu!
         And yn the viij ¨ere of King Harrye¨ regne, čer was a man
     čat was clepid `če walsch clerke,' and apelyd a kny¨t čat me
     callyd Ser Perciuale Sowdon, of treson; and čere čey were ioyned
|r12 to fi¨t vnto če deth, within če liste¨, & če day, tyme and place
     assigned and lymytid to be do and ende, yn Smythfelde. At če
     which day če ij persone¨ comyn yn to če felde, and fou¨tyn soore
     and my¨tili togadris; but at če last če kny¨t ouercame če clerke,
|r16 and made hym yeldes creaunde of his fals plechement čat he sayde
     on hym; and čan was he dispoyled of his armeour and drawe out
     of če ffelde to Tyburne; & čere was he hangyd, and če kni¨t take
     to grace, and was a gode man.
|r20     And yn čis same yere, Ser Henry, erle of Northomhirlande,
     & če Lorde Bardolf, comyn out of Scotlande, yn preiudice &
     destruccion of King Harry; wherfore čay of the Northcuntre
     arysyn vp, and smytyn of her hedis, and sent če hed of the
|r24 Erle, and če quarter of če lorde Bardolfe, to London; and čere
     čey were set vp on če brygge, for fals treson čat čay had purposed
     ayens če Kinge.
         And yn če ix yere of King Harre¨ regne, was Ser Edmu[n]de
|r28 Holonde, Erle of Kent, made Amerel of Engelonde, for to kepe
     če see. And he went to če see with mony ryalle schippis, čat
     were full well arayed and enarmyd with mony a gode man of
     arme¨ & of archers, and of gode defence of warre yn če Kinges
|r32 name of Engelonde; and so he londit at če laste yn če costes of



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



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



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     helpyng & streyngthyng of the Duke of Orlyaunce.  And čese
     worthi lorde¨, with alle his retynu, schippyd at Hampton, and
     sayled ouyr yn-to Normandy, and landed at Hogge¨. And čere
 |r4 mette with ham če lorde Hamhe, at hir londyng, with vij M=l= men
     of arme¨ of Frenschmen; and alle were put to fly¨t, and takyn of
     hem vij C men of armes & iiij C hors, with-out čo čat were slayn
     yn the felde. And so čei ryden forth črou¨out Fraunce, and token
 |r8 Castell & toune¨, & slow¨ mych pepil of Frenschmen čat with-stode
     ham, and tokyn meny prysoners as čay roode; and so čai passyd
     forth til čay comyn to Burdeux; and čere čay restid ham a while,
     and sette če cuntre yn pees & rest tylle če vyntage were redy to
|r12 sayle; and čanne če Duk with his mayne com hom yn-to Engelond
     yn saafte, čankyd he God!  And yn če same yere was če Kingis
     coyne chaynged črou¨-out Engelond, by če King and his counsel,
     čat is to say, če noble, half noble, & ferthyng of goolde.
|r16     And če |r[f.123r] xiiij yere of King Harrye¨ regne če iiijthe, he lete
     make galaie¨ of warre, for he hadde hopid to haue past če grete se,
     and so forth to Ierusalem, and čere to haue endid his lyf. but God
     vised hym sone aftir with Infirmytee¨ and grete sekenesse¨, čat he
|r20 my¨t not wel endure no while, so feruentli he was y tak. And he
     was yn Bedde at Westmynstre yn a faire Chaumbre; and as he
     lay abedde, he axed his Chaumbirleyn what he callyd that
     Chaumbyr čat he lay-ynne: he answarde and sayde `Ierusalem.'
|r24 čanne he sayde, his prophecie sayde `he schulde make an ende
     and deye yn Ierusalem.' and čan he made hym redy vnto God, &
     disposed alle his wille, and sone aftir he deyed, and was caryed be
     water fro Westmynstre yn a barge to Feueresham, and fro čennes
|r28 to Caunturburye be londe, with moche torchely¨t brennyng, yn-to
     če Priorie of Crichirch, and čere he was worthili entered & beried
     besyde saint Thomas shryne of Cawnturburye. And čus endid
     čis worthi King Henry abowte myd Lent Sonday, in če yere of
|r32 our Lorde Ihesu Crist, M=l=CCCCxiij, on whos soule God haue
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     And aftir čis King Henri, regnyd his sone Henry, če vthe
        aftir če conquest. Capitulum CC.xliiij.
        And aftir če deth of King Harry če iiijthe, regnid King Harry
 |r4 his sone, čat was born at Munmoth yn Walis, čat was a worthi
     King, and a gracious man, and a gret conquerour.  And yn če
     firste yere of his regne, for gret loue & gedenesse, he sent to če
     ffreris of Langeley, čere as his Fadir hadde do burye King Richard
 |r8 če ijde, & let take vp his body ayen out of the erthe, and dede
     bring hym to Westmynstre, yn a ryal chare couert with blak
     veluet, & baners of diuers arme¨ alle aboute. & al če horsses
     drawyng če chare were trappid yn black, & hete with diuers arme¨,
|r12 and mony a torch brennyng, by alle če wey, til he come to
     Westmystre. And čere he lette make for hym a ryalle & a
     solempne terement, and buried hym be Quene Anne his wiff, as
     his owne desire was, on če firther syde of Seynt Edwarde¨ schryne,
|r16 yn the Abbey of Saint Petris of Westmynstre: on whose soule God
     haue mercy! Amen!
         And yn čis same yere weren certeyne of Lollarde¨ and fals
     heritikis takine, čat hadde lu[r]sued, črou¨ fals treson, to haue
|r20 slayn če King, and for to haue destroyed alle če clergy of čis
     Reme. & čai my¨t haue hadde her fals purpos, but oure Lorde God
     wolde not suffre it; for yn hast če King hadde warnyng čerof,& of alle
     hir fals ordinaunce & worchyng, and come sodenly with his power
|r24 to Saint Johnes-without-Smythfelde; and anon čei tokyn a certeyn
     of če Lollarde¨ & fals heritike¨, and brou¨t hem vnto če Kingis
     presens, & čere čei tolde all her fals purpos & ordinaunce, how čey
     wolde haue do & wro¨t, & čay my¨t haue regned & hadde her
|r28 wylle, and čere čei tolde which were her captens & her gouernours.
     & čan če King commaunded ham to če Tour of London; & čanne
     čey took moo of ham, boče within če cite & without, |r[f.123v] and sent ham
     to Newgate and to bothe Countie¨. And čan čere were [čei]
|r32 brou¨t yn examynacion before če clergy and če Kingis Iustice¨;
     & čere čei were conuicte of hir fals heresye, & dampned before če
     Iustice¨ for hir fals treson: & čus was her Iugement, čat čay



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



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



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



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



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

     |r[The_Battle_of_Agincourt.]
|r16     The morow aros, če day gan spryng, and če King, be gode
     avis, lette arme his bataile and wynge¨, and charged euery man
     to kepe hym hoole togadir, & prayed hem al to be of gode chere.
     And whanne čay were redy, he askid what tyme of če day it was,
|r20 & čay sayde `pryme.'  "Thanne," said our King, "nowe is gode
     tyme, for alle Engelond prayeth for vs; and čerfore be of gode
     chere, & lette vs go to our iorney." And čanne he sayde with an
     hygh voyce:  "In če name of Almy¨ti God and Saynt George,
|r24 avaunt banarer! and Saynt George, čis day čyn help!"
         And čanne če¨e Frenschmen come prikkyng doun as čei
     wolde haue ouyr-rydyn alle oure meyne; but God and our archers
     made hem sone to stomble; for our archers schet neuyr arowe amys,
|r28 but it perisched and brou¨t to grounde man and hors; for čey
     schet čat day for a wager; and our stake¨ made hem top ouyr
     terve, eche on očer, čat čay lay on hepis ij spere lengthe of heighthe.
     And our King, with his meyne and with men of arme¨, evir



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



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     očer worthi lorde¨ were take yn čis batayle of Agyncourt, and
     brou¨t vnto če toun of Caleys, and so ouyr se with če King yn-to
     Engelond, and londid at Douer, yn Kent, with alle his prisoners in
 |r4 saafte, -- čankid be Ihesu! -- and so cam to Caunturbury, and offred
     at Saint Thomas Schryne; and so roode forth črou¨ Kent če next
     way to Eltham, & čere he restid hym tylle he wolde come to
     London.  And čan če Meire of London and če Aldermen and če
 |r8 Schereffe¨, with alle če worči Comeners and craftis, comyn to če
     Blake-Heth, welle and worthilye arayed to welcome our Kyng
     with dyuers melodye, and čanke Allemy¨ty god of his gracious
     victory čat he hadde schewed to hym.

     |r[Henry_V's_Reception_in_London.]
|r12     And so če King and his prysoners passyd forth by ham, til
     he com vnto Seint Thomas watryng; and čere mette with hym
     alle če Religious with precession, and welcomyd hym; and so če
     King come ridynge with his prysoners črou¨ če cite of London,
|r16 where čere was schewyd mony a faire sy¨t at alle če Condite¨ and
     at če Cros yn Chepe, as yn heuynly aray, angelis, archaungelis,
     Patriarchus, prophetis, and virginis with dyuers melodie¨, sensyng
     and syngyng to welcome our King, and alle conditus rennyng
|r20 wyne. And če King passyd forthe vnto Saint Paule¨; and čere
     met with hym xiiij Bischope¨, reuersed and mitryd, with Censers
     to welcome če King, and sungun for his gracious victori Te deum
     laudamus. And čere če King offred, & roode forth to West_mynstre; 
|r24 and če Maire toke leue of če King, and rode hoom
     ayen.
         And yn če thrydde yere of King Henrye¨ regne če vthe, Came
     če Emperour of Almayne, King of Rome & of Hungary, yn-to
|r28 Engelonde, and so to če cite of London. And če Maire, aldermen,
     and scherevi¨, with če worthi craftis of London, be če Kingi¨
     commaundement, met with hym on the Blake-Heth yn če best aray
     čat čay cowthe, on hors bak; & čere čay welcomyd hym, and
|r32 brou¨t hym to London with moche honour and grete reuerence.



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



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

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



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         And čanne če King, hering of mony enymys vpon če see, čat is
     to sey, ix grete Carylis, hulkys, Galeye¨ & schippi¨, that were come
     to destroye his Nauey, anon he commaunded če Erle of the
 |r4 March to be chyff Capteyne, and mony worthi lor[d]e¨ with hym,
     with men of armys and archers, to go to the see, čat non enmyes
     defouled his Nauye ne entred his londe yn no maner party for to
     destrowble his viage ne corneye.  And anon če erle toke his
 |r8 meyne, and went to schyppe, and skimmed the see, and kepte če
     see-coste¨, čat no maner enymys durste rowte vpon če see.
         And anon če Kinge sent his heroudes vnto če Capten of Towke,
     & chargyd hym to delyuer is Castell and his toun, & ellis he
|r12 schulde leve neyčer man ne child a lyve. And anon če Captene
     & iiij očer burge¨ brou¨t the keye¨ vnto če King, and besou¨t hym
     of grace; and če Kinge delyuerd to Ser Iohn Kighley če keie¨,
     and made hym Capteyn, & commawnded hym to put out alle če
|r16 Frenschmen, bothe of če Castell and of the toun.  And čere
     besyde was če Castell of Louers; and čedir če King sent če Erle
     Marchall, with a faire mayne, and sawted če toun; and anon it
     was yelded vp vnto če Erle, & brou¨t hym če keye¨, & he
|r20 brou¨t če keye¨ to če King; & če King toke to hym če keye¨, and
     made hym Capteyn of the Castell of Louers & of alle čat longed
     čerto, and charged him to delyuer oute alle če F[r]enschmen.
         And čan če King hilde forth his way to Cane, čat was a
|r24 strong toune and a faire, and a ryalle Castell čerynne. And anon
     he sent his herodde¨ vnto če Capteyn, and Chargyd hym to delyuer
     če toun and his Castel, or ellis he wolde hit gete with streynth of
     hond.
|r28     And čai answerd and sayd to him, `non of hym he toke, ne
     non čey wolde delyuer vnto hym.'  And čanne anon he
     leyde his sege to če toun, and layde gunne¨ on euery syde, and bete
     adoun both walle¨ & toure¨, and slow myche pepil yn hir howse¨
|r32 & eke yn stretes.  And če gode Duk of Clarens, he layde doun



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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     |rAPPENDIX_C.
     
     |rFULLER_VERSION_OF_THE_TIME_FROM_1399-1401.
     |rCompare_p._361,l.16_ff.
     
     |r[MS._Rawlinson,_B._173.]
     
        |r[f.213r] And at Oxonford were take Sir Thomas Blounte, kni¨t, and
     Benet Cely, knight, & Thomas Wyntershill, Squier.  And these
     were be-hedyd and quarterd; And the knightes hedes were set on
 |r4 poles, and brought to London, and set on London Brygge; And
     the quarters sent forth to other places and townes. And in the
     same yere, at Pritewell, in a Mille in Essex, there was Sir Iohn
     Holand, the Duke of Excestre, take with the commons of the
 |r8 Contre.  And they brought him from that Mille vnto Plassh,
     And to the same place čere as King Richard Arested Sir Thomas
     of Wodestocke, Duke of Gloucestre.  And right there, in the
     same place, they smote of the Duke of Excestres hede, and brought
|r12 hit to London vppon a pole, And hit was sett on London Brigge.
     And in the same yere, at Bristowe, was take the Lorde Spencer čat
     King Richard hadde made Erle of Gloucestre.  And the commons
     of the towne of Bristowe toke and brought him into the Market_place 
|r16 of the towne; And there čey smote of his hede, and sent hit
     to London, & hit was set on London Brigge.  And in the same
     yere was Sir Barnard Brokeys, knight, take and Arested, & putte
     into the Toure of London, And Sir Iohn Shelley, |r[f.213v] knight, and Sir
|r20 Iohn Magdaleyn, And William Ferhy, persons of King Richard;
     And čey were arested and put into the Toure of London. And
     there come the Kinges Iustices, and satte vpon them in the Toure;
     And čere they were dampned all iiij vnto deth. And če dome yeue
|r24 to Sir Barnard Brokeis, that he shulde come on fote from the
     Toure, črough London, vnto Tyborne, And there to be hanged, and
     his hede smetyn of. And Sir Iohn Shelley, knight, Sir Iohn
     Magdaleyn & Sir William Ferby, persons, were drawe črough-oute
|r28 London to Tyborne, And there honged, and her hedes smetyn of,
     & set on London Brige.
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     home ayene into Fraunce, the which was King Richardes wedid
     wiffe, And yaff her golde and siluer And many other Iuellys;
     And so she was discharged of all her doure in Englonde. And in
 |r4 the ij yere of King Henry the iiijth, was Sir Roger of Claryndon,
     kni¨t, and ij of his men, and the Prioure of Launde, and vij
     freris Minours, and somme maistres of Diuinite, and other, for
     treson čat čey wrought a-yenst če King, were drawe and hanged at
 |r8 Tyborne, all xij persones to-gedyr. And čus was here ende there
     for her treson.
        And in the same yere bigan a discencion and a debate in the
     Contre of Walys, bitwene če Lorde Grey Riffyn and Owen Glen_dore, 
|r12 |r[f.214r] Squier of Wales. And this Owen arered a nombre of
     Walshe-men, And kept all the Contre Aboute right strong, and did
     moche harme, & distroyed the Kinges townes and lordshjppis
     čroughoute Wales, and robbed and slewe the Kingys peple, both
|r16 Englissh-men and Walshe-men: And thus he endured xij yere
     large.  And he toke če Lorde Grey Ryffyn prisoner, And kept
     him ffast in holde tyll he was Raunsomed.  And in the iij yere
     of King Henry, Owen brent a towne of the Erles of March in
|r20 Walys, čat hight Kinghton.  And on the morowe after Seint
     Albones day, was the batayle bitwene Sir Edmond Mortymere and
     Owen; And čis bataile was on the blacke hyll beside Pymaren.
     And čer Owen toke Sir Edmond Mortymer, če Erles brother of the
|r24 Marche, prisoner, and kepte him long tyme in holde; And at the
     laste he made him wedde one of his doughters, and kept him there
     styll with his wiffe; and sone after he died. And čan the King,
     hering And knowyng that myscheffe, distruxion & treson that čis
|r28 Owen wrought,  Than anone he ordeyned him a strong power of
     men of Armes & Archers, And moche other stuffe čat longeth to
     werre, for-to abate and destroye če malice of these false Walshmen.
     And whan |r[f.214v] the King come into Wales for-to destroye thys Owen
|r32 and other rebelles, false Walshmen, Anone they fledden into the
     Mounteyns; And there might no man do hem harme In no maner
     wise; but often-tymes they toke the Kinges Cariage, and euery day
     destroyed his peple; but Owen and his men for the most party
|r36 scaped harmeles, For the King ne his meyne might not come by
     him in no maner wise, for the Mounteynes. And so the King
     come into Englond a-yene, for lesing of mo of his peple; and čus
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     |r[D]
     
     |rCONTINUATION_OF_THE_BRUT_CONTAINING_JOHN_PAGE'S
     |rPOEM_ON_THE_SIEGE_OF_ROUEN.
     |rFROM_THE_SIEGE_OF_ROUEN_[1418]_TO_A.D._1430.
     
     |r[Galba_E._VIII.]
     
     |r[f.137r] How kynge henry the v. leide sege to the Cite of Rone,
        and how he gate the Cite with strengthe and manhode
        well and worthily.
 |r4    And in the vi. yere of Kynge Henryis Regne the v; the
     Kynge sent his vncle Sir Thomas Beauford, Duke of Exeter, with
     othir lordis and knyghtis, men of armys and archeris, to the Cite
     of Rone, and there displayid her baneris opynly byfore the cite of
 |r8 Rone, and sent herodis to hem that were withynne the Cite, and
     bade hem yolde vp the cite in alle haste, that was the kyngis
     righte, or ellis thei shuld deie an harde and sharpe dethe, and
     withoute eny mercy or grace.
|r12    And there he be-hild the g[r]ounde aboute the Cite, how thei
     myght beste sette her sege to gete that Cite.
         And ansuere wold thei none yeue, but menyd with her
     hondis ouyr the wallis, as who seyth `voydith the grounte and the
|r16 place that ye ben on'; and shotte tho many gunnys to hem. And
     thanne there Issewid out of the Cite many men of armys, of
     Frensshe men on hors bakke, and countrid with oure Engelisshe
     men, and ffaughten manlyche. And there were sleyne and take of
|r20 the Frensshe men a grete hepe; and the remanent fledden ayen
     into the Cite.
         And thanne the Duke of Exetir turnyd ayen with his pepull,
     and come to Pountlarge; and there he met with the Kynge, and
|r24 told hym alle how he had spede and don in his message.
         And now for to telle how thei that weren withynne the cite
     of Rone, had deuowrid and distroyid alle the subarbis rounde aboute
     the Cite, into the bare grounde, for the Kynge shuld no refute
|r28 haue, ne non refressynge haue there at his comynge; and how thei
     had strongly newe dichid, with many othir dispiteffull and cruell
     ordynauncis that thei coude deuyse and ordeyne, with alle the



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



|p402


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



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



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



|p405-421_omitted.



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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

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



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     he was convicte in heresie; and aftir, by Temporall lawe he was
     brought into Smythfelde, & there was he brent for his heresie.
        And in čis same yere, če XVII day of Auguste, was done the
 |r4 bataill of Vernoun in Perche, betwene the Duk of Bedforde, čan
     Regent of Fraunce, & če Armenakkis with Scottes; but, thanked
     be God! the victorie fell to če Englishmen, for čer were slain of our
     aduersaries the Erle of Bougham, če Erle Douglas, če Erle of Morre,
 |r8 če Erle of Tounare, če Erle of Vendoun, the Vicounte of Narbone
     (čat traiterously slough the Duke of Burgoine knelyng he-fore the
     Dolphyn of Fraunce at če towne of Monstrall,) & mony moo, če
     nombre of X M moo. But če moste vengeance fell vpon če
|r12 proude Scottes, for thei went to Dog-wash the same day, mo than
     XVIIc of cote Armoures of these proude Scottes; So that they
     may say wele " In the croke of če mone went thei thidre warde,
     And in the wilde wanyende come čei homewarde."
|r16    William Crownes, M[ayor] Nicholaus James    Ař II. [A.D.
                                 Thomas Wandefford  1423-4.]
        And in this same tyme the Kynge |r[Ben. VI], of two Erles
     made two Dukes: če Erle of Cambrige he made the Duke of
|r20 Yorke, & če Erle Marshall Henaud, če Duke of Northefolke.
        And in čis same yere was Shedeswik draw and hangede &
     quartered at Tihorne, & his hede smyten of & sett vpon London
     Brigge, & his quartires vnto dyuers yatis of London, for his treason.
|r24    And whilles če Duke of Bedforde was here in Englande, če Erle
     of Warrewik was made Lieutenant of Fraunce & Normandye, for
     to kepe & garde both in werre and peace vn-to če comyng of če
     Duke of Bedforde again oute of England in-to Fraunce.
|r28    Johannnes Reynowell, Robertus Arnold        Ař Vt=to=. [A.D.
        M[ayor]            Johannnes Hyngham.     1426-7.]
        And če Duke of Bedforde & če Duchesse his wife went vp to
     Paris, And so to other dyuers partees of Fraunce čer as hym list
|r32 best to abide; And čan če Erle of Warrewik come In-to Englande
     again.
     
     Off the takyng off Will Wawe; And how he was done to
        dethe.
|r36    And in this same yere was Will Wawe take for an [a]rannt
     čeef, and was brought to London to če Kynges Bench, & so
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     če dethe. And so he was brought again from Westmynster to
     Suthwerk, & čen he was put in a carte, stanndyng, & faste hounde;
     & so he was cariede thorugh če Cite to Tiborne, that all men myght
 |r4 see hym & knowe hym, And so he was caried the thirde day of 
     Juyll, And there hangede for his trespass.
                                Robertus Oteley vic' Ař VI.
        Johannes Gedney M[ayor] Henricus Frowik [A.D.1427-8.]
     
 |r8 How that there ffill grete habundaunce off Rayn; And how
        dyuers sowdiourz went ouer the see.
        And in this same yere, & in če yere of grace M=l= IIIIc XXVII,
     from če begynnyng of če moneth of Aprile vnto the feste of All
|r12 Halowen, was so abundaunce of Rayn that, not only hay was 
     distroied, but Also all maner of Cornes; for it Raynede all-moste
     euery day, more or lesse, duryng this terme a-for-said.
        And anone aftir, as če Erle of Warrewik, ser Thomas Beau_champe, 
|r16 was sennd oute of Fraunce from če Duke of Bedforde
     by all the worthy & discrete counsaill of Englande, he was made
     maister & gouernoure vn-to the Kynge duryng his non-age, & hym
     to goueren, teche & norish, as oweth to be done to such a worthy
|r20 prince, to his lernyng of all maner worthynesse to good gouernance, 
     discretion and reason.
     
        And in čis same yere, an old man, a girdeler of Norwiche,
     which counterfetede the Kynges grete seale, And esealled charters
|r24 & protections with čat counterfeit seall, in disseit & preiudice of če 
     Kynge & of his liege peple, was iugede to če deth, to be drawe
     thorugh the Citee of London vnto Tiborne, and čer hangede; & čus
     he died for his treason.
     
|r28 How that A Breton had mordrede a widdow without Algat.
        Ca IIc LXII.
        And in če same yere, a fals Breton, betwen Ester and Witson_tyde,
     mordrede a good wedowe in hir bedde, the which hadde
|r32 found hym, for Almesse, withoute Algate, In the suhurhes of
     London; & he bar a-way all that sche hadde, And after toke girth of
     holy churche at Saint Geo.ges in Suthwerk; but at če last he toke
     the Crosse, & for-suore če Kyng land. And as he went his way, it



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



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



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        In čat yere was a womman brent at Cotehyll for sleying of hyr
     husband.
        And in čat yere oure Kyng and Dame Kateryne hys wyfe come
 |r4 from Parise in-to Englond, and so forth to London; And čer were
     čai ressaued wurshypfully with če Maire & če Aldermen, and all če
     Citezins of London.
        And vppon če xij day of Feuer yere, čat fell vppon a Sonday in
 |r8 Lente, Dame Kateryne was crounned Quene at Westmynstre. And
     whene če Solempnite was done in če chyrche, sho was broght full
     solemply črogh če Paleis in-to the grete hall, where če fest was
     holdyn Off če Coronacion of Quene Katerine.
     
|r12 Off če statis at če Coronacion of Kateryne, če Quene of Englond,
        And of če seruyce čat was done in če same fest.
        Fyrst, če Quene Sate in hyr estate;
        The Archbysshop of Cannctbury, The |r[f.112r] Bysshop of Wynchestre,
|r16 vppon če ryght syde of the Quene; And čai were serued next če
     Quene, couerd at euery course;
        The Kyng of Scotland in hys estate, vppon the left syde of če
     Quene, whech at euery course was serued next aftre čat če Quene
|r20 and the bysshoppes were serued.
        The Duchesse of York, The Countesse of Hunttyngdon, The
     Duke of Gloucestre, vppon the same syde;
        The Erle of Marche knelyng vppon če desse on če ryght syde
|r24 če Quene, And held up a septre of the Quenes;
        The Erle of Stafford, knelyng vppon če left syde of the Quene
     vppon če desse, and held a-nočer Septre of the Quenes;
        The Countesse of Kent was syttyng at the ryght fote vndur the
|r28 table;
        Syr Ritchard Nevyle, keruere before če Quene;
        The Erles bročer of Southfolk, Copp-herrer;
        Syr Iohn Steward, sewerer to the Quene;
|r32    The lord Clyfford, Panter, in the stede of Werwyke;
        The Lord Wylloghby botelere, in če stede of če Erle of
     Arundall, The Lord Grey Ryffyn, Napperer;
        The Lord Audeley, Aumerer, In the stede of če Erle of Caum_bryge;
|r36 bryge;
        The Erle of Warwyke, Steward of Englond, in če stede of če
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        The Erle of Worcestre, Marchall of Englond, in če stede of če
     Erle Marchall.
     The nounbre and sittyng in če hall fyrst at če tables:
 |r4    The Barons of the .v. Portes begone če table in če hall on če
     ryght hand Of the Quene; And he-neyth čaim, at če same table,
     setten če Bonchers of če Chauncery;
        The Maire of London And hys Aldermen begone če table in
 |r8 če hall on če left syde of če Quene, with očer commynners of
     the cete;
        And beneth čaim at the same table, in če myddyst of the hall,
     next če table of če .v. portys, vppon the ryght hand of the Quene,
|r12 The Bysshop of London satt withyn če table, The Bysshopp of
     Bath, The Bysshop of Excester before hym, The Bysshop of
     Norwych, The Bysshopp of Salesbury, The Bysshopp of Saynt
     Dauid, The Bysshopp of Bangore be fore hym.
|r16    The bysshop of Lyncolne, The Ahhot of Waltham, The
     bysshop of Carlyle before čaim.
        And čen next čaim, at the same table syttyng, če Iustices;
     And afftre če Iustices at če same table Satt Wurshyppfull knyght
|r20 and Sqwyers;
        And če ladys heyone če tables in če myddys of če hall, ffor
     agayns če Maire and če Aldermen of Londone, The Countesse of
     Stafforde, Doghtter of Sere Thomas, som tyme Duke of Gloucestre;
|r24 The Countesse of Marche, hyre doghtter; The Countesse of Arun_dell,
     |r[f.112v] The Countesse of Westmerland, The Countesse of North_umberland,
     hyr doghtter; The Countesse of Oxenford; The
     lady Nevell, some tyme če Lordys wyfe Nevell, doghtter of the
|r28 Erle of Somersette; Dame Margarete, če Dukes dog.hter of
     Northfolk; The Lady Clyfford, Suster of the Erle of Northumher_lande;
     The lady Burgeyne; The lady Talbot; The lady Wyl_loghby;
     The lady Manley; The wyfe of Syr Richard Nevyle,
|r32 doghtter of the Erle of Salesbury, and no mo ladys of estate. And
     čat table was ocupied with ladis and damesels, and a quarter of the
     bysshoppis table also.
        There lordys sewying were assigne to do če ryall seruyce to the
     Quene:
        The Erle of Northumherland     The Erle of Westmerland.
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        The Lord Feris of Grohy....... The Lord Gray of Wyltton.
        The Lord Poynynges............ The Lord Haryngton.
        The Lord Darcy................ The Lord Dacrys.
 |r4    The Lord Delaware.
     
     The seruyce of če ffyrst course.
        Brawne wyth mustard........... Dedelys in Burueux.
        ffirment with Baleyne......... Pyke.
 |r8    Lamprey Poudered.............. Troute.
        Codlyng....................... Plays.
        Merlyng ffryed................ Grete Crabys.
        Leych lumhard................. A bake mete in past.
|r12    Tartis                 A Sodelte.
     
     The seruyce of the secund course.
        Gele                           Blaundesore.
        Breme......................... Cungre.
|r16    Soles......................... Millet.
        Chevan........................ Barhell.
        Roche......................... ffreche Samon.
        Halyhut....................... Gurnard rosted.
|r20    Roget broyled................. Smelt ffryed.
        Lopsters...................... Leyche Damask.
        Laumpray in past.............. fflampaun ryall.
     
     A Sotelte.
|r24    |r[f.113r] A Panter and a damessell before The seruyce of če čryde course.
        Dates in Composte............. Grene motteley.
        Carpe dere.................... Turhutt.
        Tenche........................ Perche.
|r28    Gogenos [Gudgeons]............ Sturgeon frech and powderd.
        Welkys........................ Porpas rosted.
        Munse fryde................... Crevis douse.
        Grete Scrymppys............... Elys and lampryns rosted.
|r32    A leyche called 'whyte leyche' A bake mete in past, with iiij
                                     Angels.
        A Sotelte: a tyger, and Saynt George ledyng it.
        And in če Ester weke foloyng, če Duke of Clarence was slayne
|r36 in Fraunce, fast by the water of Leyre, wyth Scottes, Frenche men,
     Armynakkys, be-cause he wold not he gouerned, and haue take hys



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



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



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     Kyng, And so rode forth with hym to če Toure The Seterday
     next aftre; wher-of were če Erle of Denshyre, če Lord Spencer
     sone, the Erle of Warwyk, če Lord Beamounde. And aftre none,
 |r4 če Kyng, in a riall araye, with all hys lordys Ryally a-rayed in
     cloth of gold for če most part, with the said xxiiij newe knyghtes
     all in blew, the prestes rode a-fore če Kyng ij and ij, from če
     Toure to Westmynstre. And če Maire and če Aldermen, all in
 |r8 Scarlet, rode also, and broght če Kyng to Westmynstre. And at
     London Bryge was made a toure full of Angels And če grete Con_dyte 
     and če lytill Condite in če Chepe, rially arayed, rynnyng
     bothe rede wyne and whyte. And at the Crosse in če Chepe was
|r12 made a riall castell, And čerin was grete Wurshyp shewed to če
     Kyng.
        On če morne, če Sonday, če vj day of Nouemher, če Kyng was
     crowned at Westmynstre full rially. And all Bysshoppys and
|r16 Abbotes Copitt and mytred ryally; And all temperall lordys rode
     in čaire estate; And all očer knyghtes (for most perty) all in clotn
     of gold rially. And Henri of Wynchestre, Cardinale, as a Carde_nall 
     sate in a sete by če ryght hand of the Kyng. And čer was
|r20 Quene Kateryne, moder of the Kyng, And a grete noumbre of ladis
     and gentill-wemmen rially arayed. And also čer come sodanly to
     če coronacion one of če kinges sones of Porttyngale, And he was
     Wurshypfully resceyved. And čat day was a fare day and a clere,
|r24 blessed be God!
        Also čat yere če perlement was eniourned till aftre Crystyn_masse.
     Also če Fryday, če xx day of Ianuuere, Richard Hunden,
     wolpakker, was brent at če Toure-hyll for hys Lollardy and berysye.
|r28    The Tuysday next aftre, Iohn Vpton, če appellaunte, and Iohn
     Downe of Feueressham, defendaunt, Armed, faght with-yn lystis in
     Smythfelde nyghe an oure. And čen če Kyng toke it in-to hys
     awne hand; And če Seterday aftre, at Kenyngton, če Kyng made
|r32 an ende he-twene čaim bothe; And so čai rode at large.
        The perlement began agayn če Monday aftre, če xij day. And
     in če meyne tyme The Cardinall went ouer če see on če Kynges
     message.
|r36    And also če same yere, in Estre Weke, če Kyng went to Caleis,
     And so to Roon, with the substance of all če lordes and gentyls of
     Englond, And left čer če Duke of Glaucestre, Leuetenaunte.
                        Nicholas Watton maior.



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     |rAPPENDIX_E.
     
     |rANOTHER_VERSION_OF_THE_TIME_FROM_1422-31.
     
     |r[MS._Rawlinson,_B._173._Bodleian_Library.]
     
        |r[f.225r] And in that yere |r[Nov.č1422] come Frenssh Bisshoppes oute
     of Fraunce, & čis was Cristmas folowyng.
         William Crowmere, Maire
 |r4     Thomas Sandeford}  Shreues, anno ijo 
         Nicholas Iames  } |r[1čSept.č1423čtoč31čAug.č1424.]
         And in that yere the King was brought fro Windesore in a
     chare to Iondon, and his modre the Quene sitting in the same
 |r8 chare, and he in her armes, and so he was brought to Westminster.
     and on the morue bigan the parliament. And in that same yere,
     on the Wednesday bifore Seint Mathewes day, Syr Iohn Morty_mere,
     knight, brake prison, and went oute off the Toure of
|r12 London: but sone he was take vpon če Toure-wharfe, bitwene the
     Toure & the Temysse, & there he was euyll wounded. And forth_with
     -all he was brought forth bifore the Duke of Gloucestre; And
     vppon the Saturday he was brought to hys answere, and there he
|r16 was dampned to be drawe & honged, And his hede smetyn of at
     Tyborne. And than his hede was take and sett vpon London
     Brygge, and his body was beried at Iones, bicause he was a knight
     of the Sepulcre; And hys hede was take downe, & beried with the
|r20 body: & čat licence gate freier Winchilsey.
         Iohn Michell, Maire.
         Iohn Bithewater}  Shreues. anno iijo.
         Symkyn Seman   } |r[1čSept.č1424čtoč31čAug.č1425.]
|r24     And in that yere was a generall procession, And a pardoner
     Riding vpon an horse, and his face to the horse taile, and his hilles
     hanging a-bought hys necke by-hynde and bifore. And whan he



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     come to če South dore of Poules, there was Made a grete fire, and
     all his billes were brent.
         Iohn Couentre, Maire.
 |r4     William Mildrede}  Shreues, Anno iiij=to=.
         Iohn Brockeley  } |r[1čSept.č1425čtoč31čAug.č1426.]
         And in that yere was a grete discencion bitwene the Duke
     of Gloucestre and the Bisshop of Wynchestre; And this was on
 |r8 the same day that če Maire rode. And on the Tuesday was mekle
     of the bisshoppes retenewe gadered in Southwerke, with bowes and
     arowes and other herneys. And than the Brige gate was kept
     with strenglh of men of armes. And sone after, vppon viij of the
|r12 clocke, all the Cite was vp, and drewe hem to the water-side, and
     wolde haue passed ouyr Thamyse. But the Prince of Portingale,
     the Bisshop of Caunterbury, the Bisshop of Bath, entreted, čonked
     be God, all was cesed, or none. And the x day of Ianyvere next,
|r16 če Duke |r[f.226r] of Bedford and his wiffe the Duchesse come to London;
     and the Maire and all the Aldermen, & the craftes, ridde a-yenst
     him, and welcomed him vnto the Cite, And the Bisshope of Win_chestre 
     come with him. And in this same yere was the parliament
|r20 at Leicestre.
         Iohn Reynewe, Maire.
         Robert Arnolde}  Shreues, Anno quinto.
         Iohn Higham   } |r[1čSept.č1426čtoč31čAug.č1427.]
|r24    And in the same yere, in the lattere ende of December, died the
     goode Duke of Excestre. and in the same yere were founde many
     false vessels of Romeney, the whiche were made by gadered
     Galgenet, into the nombre of vj buttes, the which the hedes were
|r28 smyt oute of in diuerse places of the Cite: the falsest gode that
     euyr any man see.
         Iohn Reynewell, Maire.
         Robert Otele }  Shreues, anno vj=to=.
|r32     Henry Frowyke} |r[1čSept.č1427čtoč31čAug.č1428.]
         In his tyme there was a lone of iij čousand marke; And it
     was for the Erle of Salesbury for-to meyntene the Kinges werres
     in Fraunce; And therto payed diuerse peple, aswell če mene as the
|r36 riche; som more, som lasse; but the leste was x s.  And after
     that, was graunted hi the parliament, čat all the chirches of the
     ralme shulde he stent at a somme; and the Chirche were at xx li,



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     the paresshens shulde paye xl s.: and iff it were of more valewe,
     than to paye more.
        |r[f.226v]  Henry Barton, Maire.
 |r4     Iohn Abbot    }  Shreues, Anno vijo.
         Thomas Duffons} |r[1čSept.č1428čtoč31čAug.č1429.]
         And in this yere was tbe Gode Erle of Salesbury, Sir Thomas
     Mountague, slayne at the sege of Orliaunce with a Gonne; the
 |r8 whiche was a noble lorde, and a worthi werrioure amonge all Cristen
     men: On whos soule God for his pite haue mercy! amen! And
     he was beried at Brisham. In this same yere, at Midsomertide,
     Henry Benford, Cardinall, and also Bisshop of Winchestre, went
|r12 ouyr the see into Fraunce with a faire meyne of Archers and men
     of armes;  And the Lorde Welouby was made Capten of his
     werres; the whiche Cardinall was purposed and ordeyned for-to
     haue go into Prage, to haue distroyed and yeue bataile vnto the
|r16 false heretikes and lollars. And whan he was redy, tidinges come
     that the sege of Orliaunce was broken, and the Lorde Talbot take,
     and other worthi lordes. And anone in all haste, the Cardinall
     with his meyne, and Sir Iohn Radclyff with his meyne, čat was
|r20 purposed to haue go into Gienne, went ouer into Fraunce to helpe
     and strenglh če Regent, the Duke off Bedford, in the Kingis right
     of Englond.
         William Estfelde, Maire.
|r24     William Rouse }  Shreues, anno viij=o=.
         Richard Holand} |r[1čSept.č1429čtoč31čAug.č1430.]
         The Friday, the iij=de= day of Nouember, the King with |r[f.227r] his
     lordes, Rialli rode fro Kingeston ouer London Brige, And so forth
|r28 Fanchirch strete, even to the Toure, to his mete. And the Maire
     and the Aldermen, all in scarlet hodes, Rode to mete the King, and
     rode forth with him to the Toure. the Saturday next after, the
     King made xxxiij knightes of the Bath, in the Toure of London;
|r32 wherof were the Erle of Deuenyssh-shire, the Lorde Spencers sonne,
     the Erle of Warrewike, the Lorde Beaumond. and after none, the
     King, in riall aray, with all his lordes rialli arayed in clothes of golde
     for the moste partie, with the saide xxxiij knightes all in blewe like
|r36 prestes, rode a-fore the King ij and ij fro the Toure to Westminster.
     And the Maire & č=e= Aldermen all in scarlet, rode also, and brought
     the King to Westminster. And on the Morue, the Sonday, the vj



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     day of Nouembre, the King was crowned at Westminster rialli;
     and Henry of Winchestre, Cardinall, as a Cardinall sate in a sete
     by, on the right honde of the King. And there was Q uene Katerin,
 |r4 moder of the King., And a grete nombre of ladies and gentilwemen
     rially arayed. And ther come sodenly at če Coronacion, one of the
     Kinges sonnes of Portingale; and he was worshipfully resceyued.
     And that daye was a fayre day, & a clere, blessid be God!
 |r8     Nicholas Wotton, Maire.
         Water Chirtesey}  Shreues, anno ix=o=.
         Robert Large   } |r[1čSept.č1430čtoč31čAug.č1431.]
     |r[f.227v]  In that yere come the Cardinall oute of Normandy from
|r12 Roan; And there was the King, and helde Cristmasse.  and
     after Cristmas, after Seint Hillaries day, bigan the parliament at
     Westmynstre. and in that yere come to London the Ambassiatours
     of Spayne, to trete of pees.



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

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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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        And in čis same yere on Seint Wolstans day, Sir Robert Fit¨_hugh 
     was stalled Bisshop of London in the see of Seint Paules.
        And in this same yere, anon after Cristmasse, the grete conuoca_cion 
 |r4 and consayle of all the landes in Cristendom, and also of all
     očer seculer lordes, and Clerkes, -- čat is to say, Bisshoppes and
     other consayle began in the Cite of Basyle in Duchelande, for to
     make vnite and peas emong all Cristen peple, and for to destroye
 |r8 heretikes and erresye čat then reigned emong the peple.
        And in this same yere, anon after Ester, če Archebisshop of
     Caunterbury and očer Bisshoppes with othere clergy, and the Duke
     of Gloucestre with očer lorde¨, knyghtes and squyers, went ouer the
|r12 see to Caleys, for trety, and made čere a consayle |r[f.212v] betwene če
     Frenssh and če Englissh. And čider come out of Fraunce če
     Duke of Bedford, Regent, with many other Frenssh lordes, bothe
     spirituall and temporall; and also čider come če Cardynall, če
|r16 Bisshop of Wynchestre.
        And in this same yere, the xxijth day of Aprell, the Erle of
     Huntyngton, with other dyuers lordes, knyghtes and squyers,
     with men of armes and archers, shipped at Hampton, and went
|r20 ouer the see into Normandy and so to Fraunce, for to mayntene,
     kepe and gouerne the right of oure Kyng and če parties of Fraunce
     and Normandy.
        And in this same yere, Herry Beauford, Cardynall, Bisshop of
|r24 Wynchestre, come ouer the see into England, and so to London,
     the xth day of Iuyn, to his Maner of Seint Mary Ouerey in
     Suthwerk.
        And in this same yere was the Clipse in če after-None, čat
|r28 Asshewell če white frere, and očer clerkes, spake of longe tyme
     before; which all peple dowted and were sore aferd of, thurgh
     the speche of če seid frere. And this clipse was the xvij.
     day of Iuyn.
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     newe wedded wife, če Erles doughter of Seintpoule; and they
     come from Fraunce ouer the see into England, and so come to
     London, the xxijt day of Iuyn, čat was Mydsomer Even. And
 |r4 če Mayre and aldermen, with many worthy comouns of London,
     brought theym from the Blak-Heth in Kent, and so to London into
     Fletestrete, vnto če Bisshoppes Inne of Salesbury, with all honoure
     and reuerence.
 |r8                      Thomas Charlton     } vicecomites
     John Brokley, Maior. John Lynge vicecomes} Anno xij=o=
                                                |r[A.čD.č1433-4.]
        And in this same yere, and in the yere of grace M=l= ccccxxxiiij=ty=,
     če viij. day of Iuyn, Iohn, Duke of Bedford. and his lady če
|r12 Duchesse, went ageyn ouer če see to Caleys, and so into Normandy
     and Fraunce, with a grete nombre of peple, in strengthing and
     mayntenyng of oure Kynges right |r[f.213r] in Fraunce and Normandy.
        And in čis same yere was a grete pestilence in London, bothe
|r16 of men, women and childern; and namely of worthy men, as alder_men 
     and očer worthi communiers; and also thurgh England če
     peple deyed sore, bothe pore and riche, which was grete hevynesse
     to all peple.
|r20    Robertus Otley, Maior. Thomas Bernewell} vicecomites anno
                               Symon Eyre      } xiij=o= |r[A.D.č1434-5.]
        And in this yere, and in če yere of grace M=l=. cccc. xxxvty, če
     xxijth day Nouember, the grete and hard frost bygan; and it
|r24 endured vnto the fest of Candelmasse next, which distroyed če
     olde peple, bothe men and women, and also yong childern. And
     also in that same tyme deyed many bay trees, and rosemary,
     Sauge, tyme, and many očer herbes.
|r28    And in this same yere, Sir Herrye Beauford, Cardynall, Bisshop
     of Wynchestre, and Maister Iohn Kemp, Archebisshop of York,
     and the Erle of Huntyngton, with očer lordes, knyghtes, and
     Squyers, and Clergye, went ouer the see into Fraunce, to če Cite
|r32 of Reynes, to trete for a fynall peas betwene England and Fraunce.
     Bot it was sone disquat, for če grete highnesse, pride, and couetyse
     of če Frenssh party. For oure Englissh peple abode there from
     Midsomer till it was nygh Michelmasse. And so they departed
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        And in this same yere, anon after these lordes comyng out of
     Fraunce from this trety of peas, Iohn, Duk of Bedford, was seke,
     and deyed in the Roan in Normandy; and there he is buryed:
 |r4 vpon whos soule, God haue mercy! amen!
        Henricus Frowyk, Maior. Robertus Clopton} vicecomites anno
                                Thomas Catworth } xiiij=o= |r[A.D.č1435-6.]
        And in this same yere, and in the yere of grace M=l= ccccxxxvj=ti=,
 |r8 Kyng Henre če vjth held his parlement at Westmynster. And in
     čis parlement was graunted a |r[f.213v] disme for holy chirche, and a xvth
     thurghout the Reame, to mayntene če Kynges werres and to
     deffende oure Enemyes. And also they graunted to če Kyng in
|r12 this parlement, of all peple, pore and riche, both of spirituell and
     temporell, to pay of theire landes and rentes, and of all frebeld čat
     they haue within this Reame of England, vj d. of če pound; and
     čis treuly to fecche and geddre, to help in če Kynges nedes as at
|r16 this tyme.
        And anon, in the begynnyng of Lent next folowyng, če King,
     with his conseyle, borowed a somme of gold čurghout če Reame, of
     temporall peple, čat amounted a c. M=l= marc of money, to sende his
|r20 peple ouer the see; to kepe, mayntene, and gouerne his lande
     byyonde the See: of which somme, the peple of London lent x M=l=
     marc in olde and in newe, čat is to sey, .iiij. M=l= ve marc of olde,
     and iiij M=l= vc marc of newe prest. So these ij. sommes drawen x
|r24 M=l= marc and more, ouer the good peple of če Cite of London, čat
     is to sey, certeyn craftes found both men of armes and archers to
     Caleys, forto kepe the towne in saufgarde from oure enemys, čat is
     to say, the Duke of Burgoyne and his strenght. And also the
|r28 Cite of London sent stuff to Caleys, as Gonnes, Gonnepouder, with
     other commoditees for the werre, to kepe čat place sauf, to če
     worship of oure Kyng and of če Reame, and to če welfare and
     profite of all England.
|r32    And this same yere, deyed iiij bisshoppes in England, čat is to
     say, the Bisshop of Ely, the Bisshop of London, the Bisshop of
     Lincoln, and the Bisshop of Bangore, and očer mo prelat¨ of
     worthynesse and state, in dyuers partyes of the Reame of England:
|r36    And in this same yere, the Erle of Morteyner went ouer če see
     to Caleys with a grete peple of men of armes and archers, in če
     Passion Weke, in the defence of oure Kyng, and to destroye oure
     enemys.



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



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     the remenaunt fledde away. And this was doon ere the Duke of
     Gloucestre come ouer če see to Caleys |r[f.214v] with his Navye and people.
        And after this, aboute our Lady Day če assumpcion, the Duke
 |r4 of Gloucestre, the Duke of Norffolk, with Erles and lordes, with all
     theire očer people and ordynaunces, come vnto Caleys forto rescue
     it, and forto destroye the sege; bot it was doon and ended ere they
     come, thanked be God of his grace! And čen če Duke of
 |r8 Gloucestre, with all his peple, abode in Caleys till he had take his
     consayle what was best to doon. And čen he toke all his peple
     and went into Flaundres, and slowe and brent all čat they myht,
     and toke .ij. townes, Poperyng and Bell. And anon whan this
|r12 was doon, he comanded all his peple to turne ageyn to Caleys, vpon
     peyn of deth, in all haste. And so čey taryed not longe there, bot
     come ageyn in all hast into England.
        And in čis same yere, whils all this doyng was at Caleys and in
|r16 Flaundre¨, the Kyng of Scottes come with an huge powere of peple
     and ordynaunce, and biseged če towne of Berwik, and after, the
     Castell of Rokesburgh, and did moche harme čere as he come.
     And čen come če Erle of Northumberland and če Erle of West_merland, 
|r20 with lordes and peple of the Cuntrees, and distroyed and
     brake his seges; and he fledde with his peple, and turned ageyn
     into Scotland.
                                 Thomas Mustum    } Vicecomites
|r24    Johannes Mychell, Maior. Willelmus Gregory} Anno xv=o= 
                                                    |r[A.D.č1436-7.]
        And in this same yere, and the yere of grace M=l= CCCC. xxxv=ti=
     the grete, hard, bityng frost bygan the vij. day of Decembre, and
|r28 endured vnto če xxij. day of Feuerere next, which greved če peple
     wonder sore; and moche pepel deyed in čat tyme, for colde and
     for skarcite of wode and cole. And tender herbes were slayne with
     čis frost, čat is to say, Rosemary, sauge, tyme, and many očer
|r32 herbes.
        And in čis same yere deyed good Quene Kateryn, čat was
     moder to Kyng Henre the Sext, and wife to Kyng Henre the .vth,
     the éursday če .iij. day of |r[f.215r] Ianuare, in če Abbey of Bermondesey
|r36 without Suthwerk, in če counte of Surre. And the Friday, the
     viij. day of Feuerere next after, the body of the Quene was brought
     to Seint Kateryns beside the Toure, and so thurgh London to Seint
     Paules, with lordes and ladyes, and with the Maire and Aldermen,



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



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



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     xviij d., and barly at x d. and xij d.; and then was right feble brede
     made for če comon peple; and a galon of rede wyne at x d., and
     all očer swete wynes at xvj d., as Romney, Malvesyne, Clarry, Tyre;
 |r4 and flessh and fyssh was longe tyme at an high price, which was
     grete charge to all the comons čurghout če Reame. And in all če
     North Cuntre a busshel of whete was at xl d. the most part of če
     yere. And moche worthy peple deyed in the yere of pestilence,
 |r8 and of očer comnune peple of men, women and childern, thurghout
     če Ream, and principally at York and in the North Cuntre; on
     whos soules God haue mercy! amen!
        And in that same yere, in the Moneth of Iuyll, were made .vij.
|r12 Sergeaunte¨ of Lawe; and they held theire generall fest the day of
     the Translacion of Seint Thomas, in the Bisshoppes Inne of Ely in
     Holbourne.
     
        Stephen Broun, Maior. Hugo Dyke     {vicecomites
                              Nicholaus Yoo {anno xvij=o=
                                            |r[A.D.č1438-9].
        And in this same yere, and the yere of grace M=l= CCCC xxxix=ti=,
     on Seint Clementes day, betwene .iij. and .iiij. after None, čer
|r20 fell such wedring of wynde and rayne, thondyr and lightnynges;
     and a grete smoke of the lightnynge, čat all peple were sore agast
     čerof, for če hydous noyse čat was herd in the Reame. And
     čerwith an erthquake, čat shoke all the grounde.
|r24    And in this yere on Seint Georges Even, |r[f.216v] the holy Martir, from
     .ij. after mydnyght vnto .v. of the clok in če mornyng, čer was so
     huge and so grevous wedryng of thundir and lightnyng, hale,
     wynde and Rayne, čat the peple were hugely agast and dred of it;
|r28 bot oure Lord God and his blessed Moder, oure Lady Seint Marye,
     saved and kept all his hande-werk at all tymes, -- blessed myght He
     and she be! amen!
        And in this same yere, on the Monday next after Trinite
|r32 Sonday, the Erle of Huntingdon, with očer lordes, knyghtes and
     Squyers, men of armes and archers, went out of London toward the
     see for to gouerne and kepe the Cite of Burdeux, and also the
     Cuntreyes of Gascoyne and Guyan, to the profite of oure liege Lorde
|r36 the Kyng, and to the welfare of the Reame of England.
        And in this same yere deyed Sir Richard Beauchamp, Erle of
     Warwyk, in Normandy; and his bonys were brought into England,



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     and buryed at the towne of Warwik: on whos soule, God haue
     mercy! amen!
        And in this same yere, the .v. day of Iuyn, the Erle of
 |r4 Stafford, with lordes, knyghtes, squyers, men of armes and archers,
     in good aray, went ouer the see to Caleys, for tretice betwene
     England and Fraunce. And within .ij. dayes after, went ouer the
     see to Caleys, the Archebisshop of York, če Bisshop of Norwiche,
 |r8 and the Bisshop of Seint Dauy, with a grete meyne of clerkes, and
     moche očer peple with theym, in good arraye, to Caleis, to this
     same tretice. And the Friday next after that, went the Cardinall,
     the Bisshop of Wynchestre, with a grete multitude of peple, ouer
|r12 the see to Caleys, to the same tretice. And the Seturday next,
     went out of the Cite of London toward Caleis, to that same tretice,
     the Duke of Norffolk, with očer grete lordes, knyghtes and squyers,
     and moche očer peple with hym, in good araye; And Sir Richard
|r16 Wodevyle, knyght, and Sir Roger Chamberlayn, knyght; and
     many očer worthy states of knyghtes and Squyers, with men of
     armes and archers, went ouer the see into Normandy, to kepe the
     Kynges title and right. And čere če Cardynall and these
|r20 Bisshoppes, and the Duke of Norffolk, abode čere, and treted with
     the Frenssh party vnto če terme of Michelmasse |r[f.217r] next folowyng.
        And in all this yere, all greynes of corne were at an high price;
     for whete was at xxxij d., barly at xvj d., and rye at ij s., vnto the
|r24 terme of Michelmasse next; and then was whete at xviij d., barly
     at x d., and Rye at xiiij d.
                               Robertus Marchall {vicecomites
        Robertus Large, Maior. Philippus Malpas  {anno xviij=o=
|r28                                              |r[A.D.č1439-40].
        And in this same yere, and in the yere of grace M=l= CCCC xl.,
     a seruaunt čat was with a man of Hakney, .ij. myle from London,
     come with his mayster to London, and bought vitayle and must for
|r32 deynte, forto sende hoom to his wife, for she was grete with childe.
     And the fals creature, when he come hoom, slewe če wife and the
     child within her, and an očer damysell and a nočer yong felawe čat
     was within his hous, and robbed theym of all theire Iewels and
|r36 tresoure čat they hadde within theym. And so he fledde, and wold
     haue goon his weye; but God wold not so; for murdour woll com
     oute; and so he was take and brought to London, and so to West
     minster; and čere he had his dome, to be brought to če Toure of



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



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



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                                  Willelmus Whetenhale {vicecomites
        Johannes Paddesle, Maior. Johannes Sutton      {anno xixo
                                                       {|r[A.D.č1440-1.]
 |r4    And in this yere, and the yere of grace M=l= CCCC xlj, the iiijth
     day of Nouembre, the Duke of Orliaunce went out of the Reame of
     England to Caleys, and so forth into Fraunce, and was receyued at
     Seint Omers of če Duke |r[f.218v] of Burgoyne and of the Duchesse his
 |r8 wife, and of many očer lordes, knyghtes and squyers, and of očer
     comons of Fraunce; and so he come into his owne lordship.
        And in this yere, the xxvj. day of Nouembre, a knyght of
     Spayne chalenged Sir Richard Wodvyle, knyght, in certeyn poyntes
|r12 and courses of werre, on foote, within listes, with polaxe swerd and
     dagger. And thys feet was doon in Smythfeld betwene these two
     knyghtes well and worthely, and bothe good men and worthy in
     their dedys of armes. And so the Kyng, of his roiall mageste,
|r16 cryed `hoo,' and toke their quarell into his gracious handes.
        And in this same yere, the xvjth day of Maye, the Duke of
     York, the Erle of Oxenford, the Erle of Ewe, Sir Richard Wodvyle,
     knyght, with očer Barons, lordes, knyghtes and squyers, men of
|r20 armes and archers, went ouer the See with all good aray, as armoure
     and all očer stuff čat belongeth to werre, to gouerne and kepe the
     Kynges right in Fraunce and Normandy, and in all Cuntrees in
     those partyes, to the worship and profite of the Kyng and of the
|r24 Reame of England. And with theym went ouer the see the
     Duchesse of York, the Duchesse of Bedford, the Countesse of Oxen_ford,
     the Countesse of Ewe, and many očer mo ladyes with theire
     lordes, and other gentelwomen and damysels čat bilonged to theym:
|r28 Almyghty God gouerne theym all, and kepe in his saufgard!
     Amen!
        And in this same yere, the xvt day of Iuyll, Kyng Henry the
     vj=th= come oute of Essexe to London, in at the port called Algate,
|r32 and went ouer London Brigge, and so thurgh Suthwerk to his
     Maner of Kenyngton, And at his comyng in at Algate, the Maire,
     Aldermen and Comons, in theire best aray, welcomed the Kyng
     into the Cite; and made grete Ioye of his comyng. And godely
|r36 the Kyng thanked the Maire and his brethern and all the Comons.
     And the Kyng was not so sone passed the Cite, bot čat it hayled,
     rayned and eke lightned, čat well was hym čat was within house;
     and so ayenst even it fared in the same Maner, wherof the peple



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



|p479


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



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     tym to do to theym as they haue deserued. And so, the .xix. day
     of Octobre next, by the Kynges comaundment, and his Consayl,
     Sir Iohn Steward, knyght, with strenght of peple, brought Dame
 |r4 Alianore Cobham from the Castell of Ledes to Westminster, into
     the Kynges paleys; and there she was put and kept in warde of če
     Constable vnto hir answere and examynacion. And the Friday
     next she was brought into Seint Stephens Chapell, called `the
 |r8 Kynges chapell,' and `the Kynges college,' afore the Clergye; and
     čere was examyned of hir sorcery, and wicchecraft and treson.
     And so all the poyntes were opened and shewed there to hir by
     certeyn Bisshops and clerkys, čat is to sey: the Bisshop of London,
|r12 če Bisshop of Lincoln, the Bisshop of Salesbury, and the Bisshop
     of Norwiche, with moo očer doctours and maysters of diuinite,
     beyng čere present. And then she withneyed and withseyd all the
     poynte¨ čat were put and shewed to hir čat tyme. And than she
|r16 had respite and day of ansuere till the Monday next. And čere
     she come ageyn to the same chapell, tofore all the Clergye and
     Bisshops and doctours, and maystres of diuinite. And then come
     Roger, hir Clerk, with all his Instrumentes čat were shewed at
|r20 Seint Paules Crosse aforetyme, and they were shewed to Dame
     Alianore Cobham; and she withneyed, and seyd `it was not so;
     bot čat she did it forto haue borne a child |r[f.220v] by hir lord, the Duke
     of Gloucestre,' and čere was Maister Thomas Suthwell, parson of
|r24 Seint Stephens in Walbroke, and Chanon of če Kynges Chapell,
     čat was of hir craft and consayle ayenst hir; and the wicche of
     Eye, beside Westminster, ayenst Dame Alianore Cobham; and seid
     čat she was causer and doer of all this werk and dede; And so
|r28 they were all put vp ageyn as for that tyme. And the xxvjth day
     of Octobre next suyng, deyed the seid Mayster Thomas Suthwell,
     in the Toure of London. And the Friday next, the wicche of Eye
     was brought from the Towre of London into Smythfeld, and there
|r32 brent for hir fals beleve and wicchecraft čat she had vsed of longe
     tyme.
                                 Willelm Combes {vicecomites
        Robertus Clopton, Maior. Ricardus Riche {anno xx=o=
|r36                                            {|r[A.D.č1441-42.]
        And in this same yere, and the yere of grace M=l=CCCC xlij., the
     vj. day of Novembre, the Archbisshop of Canterbury and the .ij.
     Cardynalles of Wynchestre and of York, and če Bisshops of



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



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



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     vnto .vj. of the clok, of hayle, rayne, thundre and lightnyng, čat
     the peple wondred červpon. And če hayle bete doun all the
     blossomes of trees, čat the frute was all goon for this yere, at
 |r4 London and aboute London, for če multitude of watere |r[f.222r] čat come
     of če hayle and rayne.
        And in this yere, the xxv day of Maye, the Lord Talbot toke
     his iourney fro London toward Normandy and Fraunce, for to help
 |r8 to gouerne and kepe vnder the Duke of York, the partyes byyond
     the see, with knyghtes, Squyers, men of armes and archers, and all
     maner stuff čat longed to werre: which, Almyghty God gouerne,
     save, and kepe, and all če Kynges trewe peple, bothe in that party
|r12 and in oures! And er he toke his iourney out of this lande, če
     Kyng made the Lord Talbot, Erle of Shrovesbury, and his son and
     heire Lord Talbot.
                                  Thomas Beaumond {vicecomites
|r16    Johannes Atterley, Maior. Ricardus Nordon {anno xxj=o=
                                                  {|r[A.D.č1442-43.]
        And in this same yere, and the yere of grace M=l= CCCC xliij.,
     če Tewesday the xiiij. day of Maye, oon Botiler Steynour, and a
|r20 Baker, and two očer men and a preest, which were strong, errant
     theves, robbyng and quellyng the Kynges peple, were dampned at
     Westminster to be ledde in a Cart standyng vpright from the
     Kynges Benche in Suthwerk, and so thurgh the Cite of London,
|r24 tyll they come to Tyburn, and there to be hanged. And so they
     deyed, all .v. persones; and at the comyng of čem into the Cart,
     čere fell suche wedryng from the skye, čat folke were sore adredde
     and agast, it was so horrible and grete, what of rayne, thondere and
|r28 lightnyng and hayll, in theire passage to če deth. And on the
     Tewesday next suyng, two strong theves, and a woman thefe, were
     hanged at Tyborn for theire fals offences and trespasse¨, and
     murdryng of the Kynges peple.
|r32    And in this same yere, če Monday next folowyng, the woman
     of Kent čat met with the Kyng at če Blak-Heth in Kent, and
     spake to hym boldly, and reviled hym vngoodly and vnwisely for
     Dame Alianore Cobham, čat he shuld haue hir hoom ageyn to hir
|r36 husbond, the Duke of Gloucestre. And with these wordes the
     Kyng wexe wroth, and toke it to hert; and |r[f.222v] she was arested and
     brought into prison by the lawe, and so broght to Westminster afore
     the Iustice¨ of the Kynges Benche. And čere she was repreved



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     for hir vngoodly langage, and fole-hardynesse to speke so to hir
     liege lorde, the Kyng. And she ansuered not, bot asked the
     Kynges grace. And fro čat day she was put vp ageyn in the
 |r4 Kynges Benche till Wednesday next, and then was brought ageyn
     to Westminster afore the Iustices. And when she was examyned,
     she wold not speke ne ansuere; and čerfore če Iustices gafe hir
     dome, čat she shuld stand in a cart vpright, from the Kynges
 |r8 Benche, and so thurgh London, čat all peple myght se hir, with a
     paupire about hir hede, of hir proude and lewed langage čat she
     had spoke and shewed to če Kyng. And so she was caryed ageyn
     čurgh London and Suthwerk, in če same Cart, tyll she come to če
|r12 Blak-Heth čere as she seide these wordes vnto če King; and then
     was caryed ageyn to Suthwerk, and delyuerd ageyn to če kepers of
     če Kynges Benche, for to haue hir Iugement as če Iuge had
     ordeyned it for her offence, forto lay as moche yron vpon hir body
|r16 till she be deed: and thus she ended in this world, for hir proude
     langage to hir Kyng and souerayn lord.
        And in this yere the Kyng made the Erle of Somerset, Markes
     Dorsett, and ordeyned hym with a grete Navy of peple, of lordes,
|r20 knyghtes, Squyers, men of armes and archers; with all maner stuff
     of werre, forto gouerne, kepe and mayntene his landes in Fraunce,
     Normandy, and Guyan. And he abode longe tyme after in
     England, vpon the coostes, to abide for shipping and peple čat
|r24 were not come to hym. And so, the xxj. day of Iuyll, he toke his
     shipping ouer the see into Fraunce and Normandy, with his
     Retenew in good aray and in good spede, čurgh the grace of God
     and his Moder, oure Lady Seint Mary, and by the comfort of Seint
|r28 George. And in this yere, the vj. day of August, Gyles, the Dukes
     broder of Bretayn, come to London, and so to če Kyng, as for his
     souerayn lord and best beloued frende, forto play and sporte hym
     here in this lande, for a tyme, |r[f.223r] and bysought če Kyng of his grace
|r32 and good lordship at all tymes. And so he and his were loeged at
     the Crowne in Fanchirch Strete, for the tyme of his abidyng here,
     and of the Kynges grace and gode wille.
|r36    Thomas Catworth, Maior. Nicholaus Wyfold {vicecomites
                                Johannes Norman  {anno xxij=do=
                                                 {|r[A.D.č1443-44.]
        And in this same yere, and the yere of grace M=l= CCCC xliiij=ti=,
     anon after Ester, the Duke of Somerset come out of Fraunce and



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



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     Quene of Fraunce toke the Quene of Cisill and of Ierusalem by the
     hande, and so they yede forth togeder thurgh the Cite till they
     come to the chief Chirch of če Cite of Tours in Tureyn. And then
 |r4 come this Dame Margarete as for Quene of England, and ledde
     betwene the Dolphyn of Fraunce and an-očer grete Prince of
     Fraunce; and they ledde Dame Margaret to če chief Chirche,
     which is of Seynt Martyn, with .vij. dukes and .xiiij. Erles, with
 |r8 očer grete lordes and ladyes folowing theym, into the same Chirche.
     And čen come če Markeys of Suffolk, and all če očer ambassatours
     of England. And čere Dame Margaret made suraunce to če
     Markeis of Suffolk, and principally to the Kyng of England, and
|r12 to all these ambassatours; and she was made čere Quene of England.
     And če Markeis of Suffolk and če očer ambassiatours made surance
     to Dame Margaret, in presence of če kynges and quenes, dukes,
     Erles, lordes and ladyes, and also in presence of a legate of Rome
|r16 there beyng at čat tyme. And then the Dolphyn and the očer
     prince[s] ledde Dame Margerete, as Quene of England, to če place
     čat was ordeyned for hyr worship at that tyme, and these kynges,
     and čese .ij. quenes folowyng theym, with all the dukes, Erles,
|r20 lordes and ladyes, with če ambassiatours of England. And čere
     Quene Margarete was set in |r[f.224r] če myddes of the halle, as principall
     of this fest, and ryally by hir oone, as Quene of England. And
     these .ij. očer quenes were at a table togedir vpon the right side
|r24 of Quene Margarete. And lordes and ladyes were worthely served
     thurgh all the Court; and all če peple of comons čat folowed theym
     had grete chere of mete and drynke; and they made ioye and
     myrth, and song (all with high voyce) Nowell! Nowell! Nowell!
|r28 and peas, peas, peas be to vs! Amen!
                                Stephanus Forster {vicecomites
        Henricus Frowyk, Maior. Hugo Wyche.       {anno xxiij=cio=
                                                  {|r[A.D.č1444-45.]
|r32    And in this same yere, and the yere of grace M=l=.CCCC. xlv.,
     če vjth day of Nouembre, whan all maner stuff of ordynaunce was
     made and doon for the Quenes comyng into England, čat is to sey,
     mete, hors, harnesse, chares, with all stuff čat belonged to theym, -- and 
|r36 čen če Markeis of Suffolk and če lady his wife, with očer
     ladyes and gentelwomen, lordes, knyghtes and squyers, and all očer
     seruitours čat bylonged to theym, and to če ordynaunce, for oure
     Kynges honure and worship went out of London to če see-costes,



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



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



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



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        And in this yere, če .xvij. day of Iuyll, come če ambassatours
     of Fraunce to London, forto trete for peas betwene England and
     Fraunce, čat is to say, the Archbisshop of Reynes, če Erle of
 |r4 Gudoam, with očer lordes, knyghtes, squyers and clerkes of
     Fraunce, by the grace of God for a fynal peas.
                           Johannes Derby  {vicecomites
 |r8    Simon Eyre, Maior. Galfrid Feldyng {anno xxiiij=to=
                                           {|r[A.D.č1445-46.]



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



|p505


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

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



|p506


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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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     Normandye, & come home. And during če said parlement če
     Duke of Suthfolke was Arested & sent to če Towre; & čer he
     was A moneth. And after, če King did do feche him out, for which
 |r4 cause all če commones of England wer in A gret rumor, what for
     deliueraunce of Anges & Maign, & after, losing of al Normandie,
     And in especial for če deth of če gode Duke of Gloucestre; In so
     myche čat, in some place¨, men gadred togedre, & made čame
 |r8 capitaynes -- as Blew-Berde & očer, which wer resisted, taken, &
     had Iustice, & died. And čen če said Parlement was adiourned to
     Leycestre; and thidder če King brought with him če Duke of
     Southfolk. & when če |r[f.193v] Comon house vnderstode čat he was oute
|r12 of če Toure, & come thider, čei desired to haue execucion on čem
     čat wer cause of če delyuerance of Normandy, & had bene cause of
     če deth of če Duke of Gloucestre, & had sold Gascoygn & Guyhan,
     of which čei named to-be gylty, če Duke of Southfolk as chief, če
|r16 Lord Say, če Bisshop of Salesbury, Danyel, & many moo. And
     for to Apease če comons, če Duke of Southfolk was exiled out of
     Englond v yere; & so, during če Parlement, he went in to North_folk,
     & čer toke shipping forto go out of če Reame of Englond
|r20 vnto Fraunce. And čis yere, as he sayled on če See, A shipp of
     Werre called Nicholas of če Tour mett with čis shippe, &
     founde him čer-in; whome čei toke out, & brought hym into čere
     shipp tofore če Maister & Capitayns; & čer he was examined, & at
|r24 last Iuged to če deth. And so čei put him in A Cabone, & his
     chapeleyn for to shryve him; And čat done, čei brought him in to
     Dover Rood, & čer sett him in-to če boot, & čere smote of his
     hede, & brought če body Alonde, vpon če sondes, & sett če hede
|r28 čer-by. And čis was done če fyft day of Maye. loo! whatt
     Availed him now, al his deliuerance of Normandy &c. And
     here yhe may leer how he was rewarded for če deth of če Duke
     of Gloucestre. This began sorow vpon sorew, & deth for deth.
     
|r32 How this yere was thensurrexion in Kent of če communes,
        of whome Iake Cade, On Irishman, was Capitayn.
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        This yere of our Lorde M=l= cccc l, was če gret grace of če Iubilee
     at Rome; wher was gret pardon, in-so-mych čat, frome al place¨
     in Cristendome, gret multitude of peple resorted thider.
 |r4    éis yeere was A gret Assemblee & gadering togedre of če
     comons of Kent in gret nombre, & made an Insurrexion, & rebelled
     Ageynst če Kyng & his lawes, & ordeynd čame A capitayn called
     Iohn Cayd, An Irish man, which named him self Mortymer, Cosyn
 |r8 to če Duke of Yorke. And čis Capitayn held thise men togedre,
     & made ordinance¨ Among čame, & brought čame to Blak-Heth,
     where he made A bill of peticiones to če King & his Counsel, &
     shewed what iniuries & oppressions če Poer comons suffred; & al
|r12 vnder colour forto come to his Abone; & he had A gret multitude
     of peple. And če xvij day of Iuyn, če King, many lordes,
     |r[f.194r] Capitaynes & men of Werre, went toward him to če Blakk-heeth.
     And when če Capitayne of Kent vnderstode če commyng of če
|r16 King with so gret puysaunce, he with-drew him with his peple
     to Seuenoke, A litel village. And če xxviij day of Iun, he
     beyng with-drawen & gone, če King come, with his Armee sett in
     ordre & enbatailed, to če Blak-Heth, And, by Aduise of his Counsel,
|r20 sent Sir Vmfrey Stafford, knight, & William Stafford, squyer, two
     valiaunt Captanes, with certeyn peple, to feght with če Capytane,
     & to take & bryng him & his Accessaries to če King, which
     went to Seuenoke; & čer če Capytane with his felisshepe mett
|r24 with hem, & fought Ayenst čame, & in conclusion slew čame bothe,
     & as many as Abode & wold nat yheld čame ner flee. Duryng čis
     sharmysh fill A grete variaunce Amonges če lordes men, & če
     comon peple beyng on Blak-Heth Ayens če lordes & Capitayns,
|r28 sayng playnly čat čei wold go to če Capitayn of Kent, to Assist
     and help him, but if čei might haue execucion of če traytoures
     beyng About če King, to which če King said nay; And čei said
     playnly čat če Lorde Say, Tresourer of England, the Bisshope of
|r32 Salesbury, če Baron of Dudley, čabbot of Gloucestre, Danyel,
     & Trevillian, & many mo, wer traytoures, & worthy to be dede.



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



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



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



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



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



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



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     London, & čer condempned in a gret somme of money to če said
     Erle of Salesbury, & čerfor committed to prison in Newgate, in
     London, wher, whan he had be A certayn space, he brak če prison,
 |r4 & iij prisoners with him, & ascaped & went his way.
        Also čis yere čerle of Warrewikk & his wife went to Caleys
     with A fayr ffelaushipp, & toke possession of his office. About čis
     tyme was A gret reformacion of many monasteris of Religion, in
 |r8 diuerse parties of če worlde, which wer reformed after če first
     Institucion, & continued in many Places. Also About čis tyme
     če craft of enprinteng was fyrst found in Magvnce in Almaign,
     which craft is multiplied thrugh če world in many places, &
|r12 bokes ben had gret chepe & in gret nommbre, bicause of če same
     craft.
        This same yere was A gret batail in če marches bitwen Hungary
     & Turkey, at A place called Septedrade, where innumerable
|r16 Turkes wer slayn, more by miracle čan bi mannes hond, ffor onely
     če hondes of God smote čeme. Seynt Iohn of Capestrane was čer
     present, & prouoked če Cristen peple, beyng čen Aferde after to
     pursew če Turkes, wher ane Infinite multitude wer slayn &
|r20 destroyed. ée Turkes said čat A gret nombre of Armed men
     folowed čame, čat čei wer Aferde to turn Ageyn: |r[f.198r] they wer holy
     Aungels.
        This same yere če prisoners of Newgate in London brake čer
|r24 prisone, & kept če gate A long while; but at če last če town gett
     če prison one them, & čen čei wer put in feteris & Irons, & were
     sore punisshed, in example of other. In this yere also was A gret
     erthquake in Naples, in-so-moche čat čer perisshed xl M=l= peple čat
|r28 sanke čer into čerth. Item, in če yeer xxxvj, Seynt Osmunde,
     somtyme Bisshope of Salesbury, was Canonized at Rome bi Pope
     Calixt; & če xvj day of Iuil he was translated at Salesbury bi
     čerchebisshope of Caunterbury & many other bisshopes. And in
|r32 August after, Sir Piers de Breisey seneschal of Normandy, with
     če Capytane of Depe & many očer Capitaynes & men of Werre,
     went to če See with A gret Navy, & come to Downes by night; &
     on če morne erly, before day, čei londed & come to Sandwych,
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     toke many prisoners, & left če town al naked, -- which was A
     rich town & mych gode čer-in, -- & had with čame many ryche
     prisoners. In this same yere, in many places of Fraunce, Almaign,
 |r4 Flaundres, Holand & Ze[land, men, women] & children gadred
     čame by gret Companyes forto go on pilgremage to Seynt Micheles
     Mount in Normandy, which come fro fer contrees; wherof če peple
     mervailed; & many supposed čat some wicked spirite meved čame
 |r8 so to doo; but it endured nat long, by cause of če long way, & also
     for lak of vitail as čei went.
        In this yere Reynold Pecok, Bisshop of Chichester, was founden
     an heretike, & če iij day of Decembre was Abiured at Lambeth, in
|r12 če presence of čerchebisshop of Caunterbury & many bisshoppes &
     doctoures & lordes temperel; & his bokes brent at Paules crosse.
        Yhe haue herd tofore how certayn lordes wer slayn at Seynt
     Alboyns, wherfor was euermore A grutche & wrath had, by če
|r16 |r[f.198v] heires of čame čat wer so slayn; Ayenst če Duke of Yorke, čerles
     of Warwick & of Salesbury. Wherfor če Kyng, by čavise of his
     Councel, sent for thame to London: to which place če Duke of
     York came, če xxvj day of Ianyuer, with iiije men, & logied at
|r20 Bernardes Castel in his own place, And če xv day of Ianiuer come
     čerle of Salesbury with vc men, & was logged in therber, his own
     place. And čen come če Duke of Excetre & of Somersett, with
     viije men, & lay without Temple Barr. & čerl of Northumbreland,
|r24 Lord Clifford & Lord Egremond, with xvo men, & loged without če
     town. And če Mayr čat tyme, Ieffray Boleyn, kept gret watche,
     with če comons of če Cite, & rode About če Cite by Holborn &
     Flete Strete with a v M=l= men wel Armed & Araied for to kepe če
|r28 pees, And če xiiij day of Feuerer, čerle of Warwick come to
     London fro Caleys, wel beseen & worsshypfully, with vjc men in
     rede Iaquettes, browdred with A ragged staff behynd & Afore; &
     he was logged at če Gray Freres, And če xvij day of Marche če
|r32 King come to London & če Quene; & čer was A concorde & pees
     made Among thoe lordes, & čei wer sett in pees. And vpon our
     Lady Day, če xv day of Marche čer of our Lorde M=l= iiijo lviij, če
     King, Quene, & al čise lordes went in procession at Poules in
|r36 London. And Anone after, če King & če lordes departed. In
     čis yere was A gret Affray in Flet Strete bitwen men of Court &
     men of če same stret: In which Affray če Quenes Attorney was
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     How če Kinges howshold mad Affray Ayenst čerle of Warre_wikk;
        & of če Iourney at Blorehethe. Cam. cclviij.
        Also čis same yeer, als čerle of Warwyk was at A Counceill in
 |r4 Westmynster, al če Kinges houshold meyney gadred čame to-gedre
     for to have slayn če said Erle; bot, bi help of God & of his frendes,
     he recouered his barge, & escaped čare evyl enterprise, how wel če
     Coques come renyng out with spyttes & pestelles Ayenst him.
 |r8 And če same Day he rode to-ward Warrewik; And sone After he
     gate him A commission, & went ouer če see to Caleys. Sone after
     čis, čerle of Salesbury commyng to London, was encountred at
     Bloreheth |r[f.199r] with Lorde Awdeley, and moche očer peple ordeyned
|r12 forto haue destressed him; bot he, having knawlege čat he shold
     be mett, was Accompanied with his ij sonnes, Sir Thomas & Sir
     Iohn Nevill, & A gret felawshipp of gode men. & so čei mett &
     fought to-gedre; wher čerle of Salesbury wan če feld; And če
|r16 Lorde Awdley was slayn, & many gentilmen of Chesshire, & moche
     peple hurt; And therles ij sonnes wer hurt; & goyng homeward
     afterward, čei wer taken, & had to Chestre bi če Quenes meyney.
        After, Calixt Pius was Pope, & was chosen čis yere M=l= iiije
|r20 lvii./ And he was called before, `Eneas'; An Eloquent man & A
     poete laureat; he was embassatoure of čemperor Afore tyme, & he
     wrote in če Councel of Basile A noble tretise for če Auctorite of če
     same; Also he Canonized Seynt Katerine of Senys. This Pope
|r24 ordeyned gret Indulgences & pardon to čem čat wold go Werre
     Ayenst če Turke, & wrote An Epistle to če gret Turke, exorting
     him to be-come Cristen. & in če ende he ordeynd A passage
     Ayenst če Turks at Ancone, to which moche peple drew, out of al
|r28 parties of Cristendome; of which peple he sent many home Ayene,
     be-cause čei suffised nat. And Anone after, he dyed at če said
     Ankone, yere of our Lord M=l= iiijc lxiiij, xiiij day of Auguste.
     
     How Andrew Trollop & če Soudioure of Caleys forsoke če
|r32    Duke of Yorke, & čer Maister čerl of Warrewik, in
        the West contre. Cap. cclix.
        The Duke of York, čerles of Warwik & of Salesbury, saw čat
     če gouernance of če Reame stode moste by če Quene & hir
|r36 Counsell, & how če gret princes of če lond wer nat called to
     Counceil bot sett A-parte; & nat onely so, but čat it was seid



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



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     |r[f.200r] How therles of Marche, Warrewik & Salesbury, entred
        into Caleys; & how čerle of Warwik went in to
        Ireland. ca. cclix.
 |r4    Then King Henry, beyng with his oost in če felde, nat knowing
     of čis sodeyn departing, on če morne fond none in če felde of če
     said lordes, sent forth in al haste men to folow & persue after, to
     tak čame; but čei mett nat with hem, as God wolde. Then če
 |r8 King went to Ludlow, & despoiled the Castel & če town, & sent
     če Duches of York, with hir childer, to če Lady of Bokingham,
     hir suster, where she was kepte long aftir. & forthwith če King
     ordeynd če Duke of Somersett Capitayn of Caleys; & thise othir
|r12 lordes so departed as Afore is said, wer proclamyd rebelles & gret
     traytoures. Then the Duke of Somerset toke to him al če
     sowdioures čat departed fro če felde, & made him redy in al haste
     to go to Caleys, & take possession of his office. And when he come,
|r16 he founde čerl of Warwick čerin as Captayn, & čerles of Marche &
     Salisbury also; & čan he londed by Scales, & went to Guysnes, &
     čer he was receyved. And it fortuned čat some of če shippes čat
     come ouer with him come in-to Caleys haven bi čer fre will, for če
|r20 shipmen ought more favour to čerl of Warwik čan to če Duke of
     Somerset. In which shippes wer taken diuerse men, as Ieuyn
     Fynkhill, Iohn Felaw, Kaylles & Parser, which wer beheded sone
     after in Caleys. And after čis, dayly come men ouer če See to
|r24 čise lordes to Caleys, & began to wex strenger, And čei borowed
     moche Gode of če Staple. And on čat othir side če Duke of
     Somersett, beyng in Guysnes, gat peple to him, which come out
     & scarmusshed with čame of Caleys, & čei with čame; which
|r28 endured many dayes; and moche peple dayly come ouer če see
     to these lordes. Then on A tyme, by thavyse of councel, če lordes
     at Caleis sent ouer Maister Denham, with A gret felawship, to
     Sandwych, & toke če town, & čer-in če Lorde Ryvers, & če Lorde
|r32 Scales his son, & toke many shippes in če haven, & broght čam al
     to Caleys; with which shippes, |r[f.200v] many mariners of čer fre will
     come to Caleys to serue čerle of Warrewik.
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     his shippes, & manned čam wel, & sayled his-self into Ireland fro
     to speke with če Duke of York, & to take his Advice how čei shold
     entre in-to England ageyn. And when he had ben čer, & done his
 |r4 erandes, he returned toward Caleys, & brought with him his
     moder, če Countesse of Salesbury. Tho was commyng in če west
     contre, vpon če See, če Duke of Excestre, Admiral of Englond, beyng
     in če Grace of Dieu, Accompanied with many shippes of werre;
 |r8 which mett with če flete of čerl of Warwik; but čei fought nat,
     for če substance of če peple beyng with če Duke of Excestre ought
     better will & more fauor to čerle čan to him; & čei departed &
     come to Caleys in saufte, blissed be God! Then če Kinges councel,
|r12 seyng čat these lordes had goten these shippes fro Sandwiche, &
     taken Lorde Ryvers & his son, ordeyned A Garnyson at Sand_wich,
     to Abide & kepe če town, & made one Mountforte, Capytan
     of če town, & warned čat no man, ne vitail, ne merchant čat
|r16 shold go vnto Flaundres, shold nat go vnto Caleys. Then čei of
     Caleys seyng čis, made out Maister Denhame & many očer, to go to
     Sandwich. & so čei did, & Assayled če town by water & by lond,
     & gat it, & brought Mountforte čer Capitayn ouer če See to
|r20 Risebanke, & čer smote of his hede; & yet dayly men come ouer
     to čame fro al parties of Englond.
     
     How čerles of Marche, of Warwik & of Salesbury entred in
        to England. And of Northampton felde wher diuerse
|r24    lordes wer slayn. Capm. cclxj.
        After čis, če said Erles of Marche, of Warwik & of Salisbury
     come ouer to Dover with moche peple, & landed čer; to whome
     al če contrey drew, & come to London Armed; & for to lat če
|r28 lordes of če Kinges Counceil know čer entent & thought, čei
     assembled čame, & told čame čat čei entended no harme vnto the
     Kinges person, sauf čat čei wold put fro him such persones as wer
     About him, & so departed fro London with A gret puysaunce
|r32 toward Northampton, wher če King was, Accompayned with many
     lordes, & had made A strong felde with-out če town. & |r[f.201r] there



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



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



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



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     tyme beyng in če North, & tavenge his fadre deth, And vpon
     Palme Sonday after, he had A gret batail in če north contre at A
     place called Towton, nat ferre fro Yorke, where, bi če help of
|r4  God, he gat če felde & had če victorie; & čer wer slayn of his
     Aduersaries xxxm men & moo, As it was said by men čat wer čer.
     In which batail was slayn čerl of Northumbreland, če Lorde
     Clifford, Sir Iohn Nevil, čerle of Westmerlandes bročer, Andrew
|r8  Trowlopp, & many očer knightes & squyers.
        Then King Henry, čat had be King, beyng with če Qvene &
     Prynce at York, hering če losse of čat felde, & so moch peple slayn
     & ouerthrowen, Anone forthwith departed al thre, with če Duke
|r12 of Somersett, če lorde Roos & other, toward Scotland. And če
     next day King Edward, with al his Army, entred into York, &
     was čer proclamed King, & obeyed as he ought to be; And če
     Mair & če Aldremen come in, & swore to be his liege men. And
|r16 whan he had taried A while in če Northe, |r[f.203r] & čat al čat contre
     was turned to him, he retorned Southwarde, levyng čerle of
     Warrewyck in čoo parties, for to kepe & gouerne čat contre. And
     About Midsommer after, če yere of our Lord God M=l= iiijc lx, &
|r20 če first yere of his regne, he was crowned at Westmynster, &
     ennoynted King of Englond, having če hole possession of al če
     hole reame; whome I beseche God to preserue, & send him če
     Accomplisshment of če remanent of his rightful enheritance beyonde
|r24 če see, so čat he may regn in čame to če pleyasor of Almighty
     God, helth of his soul, honor & worsship in čis present life, &
     wel & profet of al his subgettes, And čat čer may be A verry final
     pees in al Cristen reames, čat če Infidelis & miscreantes may be
|r28 withstanden & destroied, & our feith enhaunced, which in thise
     dayes is sore mynnshed by če puissaunce of če Turkes & hethen
     men; And čat after čis present & short life we may come to če
     euer-lastyng life. Amen!
     
|r32                            Explicit.



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     |r[H]
     
     |rEXTRACTS_FROM_HARLEIAN_MS._53.
     
     |rI.
     |r[The_Foundation_of_Battle_Abbey_by_William_the_Conqueror.]
     
        |r[f.76r] When William Bastard had conquert all Englond, and was
     crownet kyng, and had receyvet his homages and stablisshet his
     pees, he passet ouer see ageyn in-to Normaundy. And att Ester
 |r4 next folowynge he come ageyn in-to Englond, and landit at Dover,
     and brought with hym Maude his wif, and many faire ladies and
     gentillwemen with hir, and from thens so to London, with gret
     nobley. and on the Wittesonday after folowyng, she was crownet
 |r8 be the Archbisshope of Euerwik at Westemynster, with gret
     solempnyte and wurshipe. And če Kyng William, by counsail
     of his baronry, ordeynt how his Reame shuld be gouernet for the
     wele of the land. And he bethought hym howe he had causet gret
|r12 shedynge of bloode wrongfully; wherfore he foundet an Abbay in
     the same place where-as the batail was, & made for to clepe it če
     Abbay of Bataile; and he gave there-to gret lordshippes, londes and
     rentes, for to pay for al the sawles that were slayn ther for his love.
|r16     And after the discomfiture of the batail, ich wurthy knyght
     of Normaundy that was there, laft a scochon of his armes, with
     his name peyntet, in a place of the batail clepit Southope, which
     was clepit `the peyntit chamber,' in remembraunce of their honour
|r20 and wurshipe for euer; and there thei stode so long, till čei fell
     doune to the erth, and many of hem were lost. And In that same
     tyme there was one Thomas Sayntlegerd, squyer, dwellynge with
     the Abbot of Batail, and sawe če gret myschef and perill that
|r24 myght aftirward fall of disherytyng of hem of whome the Armes
     were lost. And of all the scochons and names that were lafte
     clere, and not lost, he made for to make a faire boke, and peyntet
     hem therin, for cause they shuld be there founden in remembraunce
|r28 for euer, that al men myght fynde there their armes if thei hem not
     knewe. And that same boke was kept in the Abbay of Bataile vnto
     the tyme that Kyng Henry the .Vte. shuld passe in-to Normaundy,



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



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



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

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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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


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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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


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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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

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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



|p583_omitted



|p584


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



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|r[K]

|r[Extracts_from_the_unique_Lambeth_MS._84.]

I.

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

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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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

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



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



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



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



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

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



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



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



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     |rAPPENDIX_TO_H.

     |rALPHABETICAL_LIST_OF_THE_BATTLE_ABBEY_ROLL_OF_371
     |rNAMES_OF_NORMAN_KNIGHTS.

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

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



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



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