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COLOPHON TO "THE CHRONICLES OF ENGLAND," PRINTED BY
GERARD LEEW OF ANTWERP, 1493.
PHILOLOGIE namlich ist jene ehrwiirdige Kunst, welche von ihrem Vereh
rer vor Allem eins heischt, bei Seite gehen, sich zeit lassen, still werden,
langsam werden , als eine Goldschmiedekunst und Kennerschaft des Wortes,
die lauter feine vorsichtige Arbeit abzuthun hat und Nichts erreicht, wenn
sie es nicht lento erreicht. Gerade damit aber ist sie heute nbthiger als
je, gerade dadurch zieht sie und bezaubert sie uns am starksten, mitten in
einem Zeitalter der "Arbeit", will sagen : der Hast, der unanstandigen und
schwitzenden Eilfertigkeit, das mit Allem gleich "fertig werden" will, auch
mit jedem alten und neuen Buche : sie selbst wird nicht so leicht fertig, sie
lehrt gut lesen ; das heisst langsam, tief, riick und vorsichtig, mit Hinterge-
danken, mit offen gelassenen Thiiren, mit zarten Fingern und Augen lesen. 1
FEIEDRICH NIETZSCHE.
1 Philology is that venerable art which demands one thing above all from
its worshipper, to go aside, to take one's time, to become silent, to become
slow , as a goldsmith's art and connoisseurship of the word, which has to
execute nothing but fine delicate work and which achieves nothing if it does
not achieve it lento. Just that it is what makes it more necessary to day
than ever, just by this it attracts and charms us most in the midst of an age
of "work", i. e. of haste, of indecent and sweating hurry which wants "to
have done " with everything in a moment, with any old and new book too :
while itself it is not so easily at an end ; it teaches to read well ; that means
to read slowly, deeply, with consideration and carefully, with reservations,
with open doors, with delicate fingers and eyes.
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IX
PREFACE.
I PROPOSE to include in a couple of volumes, of which the
present is the first, an edition of the work commonly called The
Brut of England, or The Chronicles of England. The entire
Chronicle with its continuations embraces a period from the
legendary time of Albina and Brutus to A.D. 1479, while the first
part which forms the contents of this volume closes with the battle
of Halidon Hill in 1333. The first part of our Chronicle is a mere
translation of the French Brut d' Engleterre. Of this work there
are two independent English translations, of which I have chosen
the earlier and anonymous one for publication, for reasons which
are fully explained in the general Introduction which will form the
last volume of this edition.
After 1333 we have a certain number of original English
continuations. The first of these, finishing with the death of
Edward III in 1377, represents the same version in all MSS. But
after that date we have several continuations which are quite
independent of each other. Of these the most important ones have
been chosen for publication.
Very few of these continuations can with any certainty be
ascribed to a known author; most of them exist only in copies
of MSS. which have perished or dropt out of sight. But the
question of authorship ceases to be of paramount importance, when
the information contained in the text can be thoroughly tested by
contemporary writers, as is the case in the present Chronicle.
The value of such portions of the narrative as are incapable of
external authentication, depends on the generally faithful character
of the context where it has been so proved.
As history, the first part possesses much original value in its
later parts after the accession of Edward II; while in several
of the continuations the narrative becomes even that of a con
temporary.
As literature, the Chronicle is as worthless except a few
x Preface.
inserted poems as a mediaeval Chronicle possibly can be. But
nobody will expect to stop a wedding-guest by reciting mediaeval
history.
For everything else, the reader of these pages is referred to the
final Introduction. This will contain a list, description and classi
fication of 167 MSS. in French, English and Latin, 147 of which
I have been able to examine myself ; and some remarks about the
language of the most important English texts ; then a history of
the study of the Brut, an analysis of the different French versions
and their sources, a description of the two English translations, and
an examination of the original English continuations and their
sources; finally, a list of the 13 printed editions between 1400
and 1528, a description of the Latin versions, and a chapter on
the influence of the Brut on later writers. 1 Besides that, I shall
give a fair number of notes, mostly containing illustrations from
contemporary writers, to explain the historical value of the facts
related in the Brut. A Glossary of the more uncommon words
and an Index of Proper Names will form the end.
It now remains to describe the MSS. which have been used
for the present volume.' They are three in number, designated
respectively by the letters E, and D.
R = MS. Rawl. B. 171 (Bodl.), which forms the text of this
^volume, represents the oldest English copy of the Brut
known to me. The hand shows the time of writing to be
-about 1400. As the MS. wants the first leaves, these have
been taken from MS. Douce 323.
= MS. Douce 323 (Bodl.), a late, but very accurate transcript
written in the beginning of the second half of the 15th
century. It has been used too for the collation of the whole
text, as well as
Z) = MS. Trin. College, Dublin, 490, which was written in the
beginning of the 15th century.
Appendix A which closes this volume contains the poetical
description of the battle of Halidon Hill which forms the
-end of the second translation. The text is printed from
the two only existant MSS. of this version, MS. Harley 4690
and MS. Arundel LVIII in the College of Arms in London.
1 An abstract of this Introduction Las appeared in German under the
title : Geschichte und Quellen der mittel englischen Prosachronik The Brute of
England oder The Chronicles of England. Marburg. N. G. Elwert. 1905.
Preface. xi
Further details about the MSS. employed will be found in
the final Introduction.
In conclusion, I have to record my obligations to those to whom
I have been indebted for various acts of kindness and assistance in
the course of the whole work. Their number is indeed very great.
Among these I will mention in the first place Dr. Frederick J.
Furnivall, whose kindness and most valuable experience are always
placed so courteously at the service of those who require them.
Much attention and help I have besides received from Professor
Alois Brandl in Berlin. Nor must I omit publicly to acknowledge
the useful hints forwarded to me by Professor Priebsch, Professor
Brandin, Dr. Wylie and Dr. Imelmann. For the loan of their
MSS., I am highly under obligation to the Earl of Leicester of
Holkham, and to Mr. William Wynne of Peniarth (co. Merioneth).
To Mr. John Edwards in Glasgow I am indebted for information
about the MS. in his possession, and to the Eev. P. Henderson
Aitken for information about the MSS. kept in the Hunterian
Museum in Glasgow. Finally I have to thank the authorities of
the British Museum, that Mecca of all scholars which has become
my second home, the Bodleian Library, the University Library
in Cambridge, various Colleges in Oxford and Cambridge, Trinity
College, Dublin, Lambeth Palace, the College of Arms, the Society
of Antiquaries, the Inner Temple, Lincoln's Inn, Stadtbibliothek
Hamburg, Bibliotheque Rationale, Mazarine and Genevieve in
Paris. To Mr. Falconer Madan of the Bodleian, and especially
to Mr. John A. Herbert of the British Museum, I am under
great obligations for the continuous and ready aid of their great
paleographical knowledge.
FRIEDRICH W. D. BRIE.
Marburg a/L., December 1906.
Xlll
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS.
The Prolog.
[KiNG DIOCLICIAN weds his 33 daughters to 33 kings. The daughters
despise their husbands. When Dioclician scolds them, they kill their
husbands. Albine and her sisters put to sea. They reach Albion, and
breed giants by the devil] pp. 1-4
irs 1-10.
Of Eneas, his son Ascanius, and his grandson Sylveyn. Of Brut,
Sylveyn's son. His banishment and his success in Greece. Brut wins
Gennogen, King Pandras's daughter. He is bidden by Diana to go to
the isle of Albion. He conquers Gascony, and builds Castle Tours.
Landingrat Totness. Cornwall is given to Coryn. Foundation of New-
Troy. Albanak gets Scotland, Camber gets Wales. Death of Brut.
King Lotryn drives out Huuiber and marries Guentolen, Coryn's
daughter. Lotryn's death. Estrilde is drowned by Guentolen. King
Madan. Menpris slays Manlyn , his brother. King Ebrac conquers
France. King Brut Greneshal. King Leyl. King Lud Ludibras
pp. 5-16
Chapters 11-20.
King Bladud. King Leir and his three daughters. Cordeil becomes
Queen of France. Leir's retinue is cut down by Cornell and Eigan.
Leir goes to France to see Cordeil. Leir made king again. Cordeil
reigns in England. Morgan and Conedag. King Raynolde. King
Gorbodian. Porrex is slain by Ferrex. Ferrex is murdered by his
mother. Four kings in Britain. Donewall becomes the only king
pp. 16-24
Chapters 21-30.
Belyn and Brenne. Brenne gets Norse help to invade Belyn. Belyn
defeats King Gutlagh of Denmark. He makes four causeways across the
country. He and Brenne invade France. Rome is conquered. King
Corinbatrus subdues Denmark. Spaniards settle in Ireland. King
Guentolen. King Seisel. His successors Kymor, Howan, Morwith,
Grand obodian. The bad King Artogaile becomes good ... pp. 24-29
Chapters 31-40.
King Hesider and his Brothers. Thirty-three kings reign after him,
the last being called Ely. King Lud. Origin of the name of London
xiv Contents. [CH. XLI-LXXX
and of Ludgate. King Cassibalam. He drives Julius Caesar out of
Britain, B.C. 55. The Earl of London calls him back. Caesar subdues
the English. King Androgen. King Kembelyn. Claudius invades
Britain, and is beaten, A.D. 41. King Ginder is slain in the battle.
Armoger weds Claudius's daughter, and is made king . . s pp. 30-35
Chapters 41-50.
King Westmer of Britain. He gives Scotland to Berynger's men.
They make a raid into Ireland for women. King Coil. King Lucie.
Britain becomes Christian, A.D. 156. Britain a long time without a
king. Astlepades chosen king. Coil slays him, and becomes his
successor. King Constance. Constantine becomes Emperor of Rome.
Octovian is made king. Maximian weds his daughter, and becomes his
successor. He gives Little Britain to Conan Meriedok. Conan sends
to Cornwall for maidens, in order to people his country. The Eleven
Thousand British Virgins. They are driven to Cologne, and martyred
by Gowan and Elga pp. 36-44
Chapters 51-60.
Gowan invades England. Gracian drives him out, and is crowned
king after Maximian's death. Gowan comes back, but is slain by Con
stantine. Constantine made king. Britain turns Christian. Constance
made king by Vortiger's help. Vortiger causes Constance to be
murdered. Vortiger is made king. Constance's brothers are carried to
Little Britain. Engist, Horn, and other Saxons, land in Kent. Engisfs
Thongcastle. His daughter Ronewenne. Wassail and Drinkhail. Vorti
ger weds Ronewenne. Vortimer made king by the Britons. Ronewenne
causes Vortimer to be poisoned. Vortyger made king again. Engist's
treachery, and his conquest of Britain. Britain called Engist's land.
Vortiger goes to Wales pp. 44-56
Chapters 61-70.
Vortiger sends for the child Merlin. Merlin and his mother talk
with Vortiger. Merlin explains the signification of the two Dragons
under the Castle. His prophecy. Aurilambros and Uter arrive in
Britain. Vortiger flees. Vortiger and Engist are slain. King Auri
lambros. Merlin moves the Giants' stones from Ireland and makes
Stonehenge. Guillomer of Ireland's invasion. Aurilambros poisoned.
A star appears after his death. Merlin tells its signification. Uther
Pendragon crowned. His two Dragons. Relief of York. The siege
of Tintagel ... pp. 56-66
Chapters 71-80.
Uther begets Arthur on Igerne, and weds her. He defeats Octa and
Ossa. He is poisoned by the Saxons. Arthur is made king. He
defeats Cheldrik and Hoel. Their treachery. Arthur beats the Saxons
at Bath. Merlin's prophecies. Arthur defeats Guillomer of Ireland,
CH. LXXXI-CXX] Contents. xv
and grants mercy to the Scots. He weds Gunnore, and conquers all
Ireland. Fame of Arthur's Court. The foundation of the Round Table.
Arthur fights and kills Frolle, and wins Paris. He divides France
among his Knights. Arthur's feast. The Roman Emperor's summons
to him pp. 66-82
Chapters 81-90.
Arthur's] defiant answer. The Roman Emperor and he prepare to
fight. Arthur's followers. He slays the Spanish Giant who ravished
and killed fair Elyne. He beats the Romans, and buries his own slain.
Mordred is traitorous, and rebels against Arthur. He fights Arthur at
sea, and flees to Cornwall. He is beaten by Arthur and slain. Arthur
himself wounded to death. He appoints Constantyne king. Constan-
tyne's war with Mordred's sons pp. 82-91
Chapters 91-100.
King Adelbright and King Edelf. Argentil married to Curan. King
Conan. King Certif. The Saxons ask Gurmond for help. Gurmond
and the Saxons drive out the Britons. Chichester taken. "Britain"
changed to " England." The seven kingdoms. Pope Gregory and the
English children. St. Austin lands in Kent, A.D. 596. Adelbright
baptized. St. Austin and the rays' tails. Wales refuses St. Austin and
the Pope. It is to be invaded. King Brecyval of Leicester slain.
Cadwaladre made King of the Britons. He and Elfrid are friends.
Quarrel between Edwyne and Cad walayn pp. 91-101
Chapters 101-110.
King Oswold is killed, A.D. 642. Peanda seizes his land. Peanda
beaten by Oswy, A.D. 655. Oswyn beaten by Oswy. Ossa becomes chief
of all kings of England. King Alfred's Chronicles. King Osbright
rapes Buerne's wife. Buerne defies King Osbright, and seeks Danish
help. The Danes kill Osbright, and take York. They ravage England,,
and martyr St. Edmund, A.D. 866. Hubba and Hungar take Rending.
At last the Danes are beaten, and pray for peace. Danes at Chippen-
ham, A.D. 877. Alfred defeats the Danes. The Danish king baptized,
A.D. 878. Alfred's reign and books. Edward, his son, made king, A.D.
900. The Danes come again to England pp. 101-1 12
Chapters 111-120.
The Kings Athelstan, Edmund, Eldred and Edwin fight the Danes.
The good King Edgar sole king, A.D. 959. Ethelwold deceives King
Edgar about Estrilde. Ethelwold is killed, and Edgar weds Estrilde.
Edgar and Archbishop Dunstan. Edgar's death, A.D. 975. Edward
the Martyr is murdered at Corfe, A.D. 978. Eldred crowned by Dunstan.
Sweyn and the Danes invade England, A.D. 994. Death of Sweyn, A.D.
1014. King Eldred fights Cnut. Cnut and Edmund Ironside share
England, A.D. 1016. Edmund is killed, and his murderer drowned.
xvi Contents. [CH. CXXI-CLX
Cnut sends Edmund's sons to Denmark to be murdered. Edward,
Edmund's son, marries the daughter of the King of Hungary. Cnut
conquers Norway, A.D. 1028. He tries to stop the Thames. His death,
A.D. 1035 pp. 112-124
Chapters 121-130.
King Harold Harefoot reigns. Hardicanute succeeds him. He
recalls his mother to England. His death, A.D. 1042. The English
send into Normandy for Alfred and Edward. Godwin has Prince
Alfred murdered. Accession of Edward the Confessor, A.D. 1042. He
reproaches Godwin for the death of his brother. He forgives Godwin,
and weds his daughter. His miraculous sight of King Sweyn. Miracu
lous appearance of St. John to pilgrims. Their journey to Edward.
King Edward's death, A.D. 1066 pp. 125-134
Chapters 131-140.
Harold is made king. His oath to Duke William. He breaks it.
William invades England and slays Harold, A.D. 1066. William
crowned King of England. William the Conqueror dies, William the
Red succeeds, A.D. 1087. Quarrel with Archbishop Anselm. The
Dreams of and about the king. Rufus shot. Henry Beauclerc reigns,
A.D. 1100. Henry's church disputes. He conquers Normandy. War with
Louis of France, A.D. 1109-1113. Henry's sons drowned, A.D. 1120.
His daughter Maud comes to England. Henry I's death. Stephen
succeeds him, A.D. 1135. He takes Lincoln, A.D. 1141. The Empress
Maude escapes from Oxford. Maude's son Henry gets Normandy, A.D.
1144, and arrives in England, A.D. 1149. King Stephen dies, A.D. 1153
pp. 134-147
Chapters 141-150.
Henry II's coronation, A.D. 1154. He invades Wales. Thomas &
Becket made primate, A.D. 1162. Becket quits England, A.D. 1164.
War between king and primate, A.D. 1165-1170. Thomas & Becket
slain, A.D. 1170. Henry and his sons. Henry II dies, A.D. 1189. The
loss of the Holy Land. The Crusade. Richard I and the Crusade.
He is imprisoned, A.D. 1192. His return to England. He is wounded
to the Death at Castle Gaillard, A.D. 1199. King John, his successor,
loses Normandy. Langton becomes Archbishop, A.D. 1207. England
interdicted by the Pope's order. Compromise between the Pope and
King John. John refuses to restore the Church's goods, and ruins the
Cistercians. The Pope's Demands. John's exceptions to them. The
Pope's legates declare the Excommunication of England. A clerical
coiner is set free by Pandolf. King John gives in to the Pope, A.D. 1213
pp. 147-163
Chapters 151-160.
King John's deed of surrender to the Pope. The exiled papists
come back. The King welcomes Archbishop Langton. The seven
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years' interdict is ended. The King's misdeeds. He grants Magna
Charta, A.D. 1215. The Barons conspire against him. The crown
offered to Louis of France. Louis invades England. King John
poisoned by a Swineshead monk, A.D. 1216. Henry III succeeds him.
Progress of the war. Wales is interdicted. Louis defeated at Lincoln,
A.D. 1217. French fleet is destroyed [off Sandwich]. Treaty between
Henry III and Louis. Henry confirms King John's Charter, A.D. 1217.
Henry marries, A.D. 1236. Granting of new charters. The Barons'
war. Battle of Lewes, A.D. 1264. Battle of Evesham, A.D. 1265.
Battle of Chesterfield, A.D. 1266. Siege of Kenilworth. The exiled
rebels are forgiven, A.D. 1267. Henry Ill's death, A.D. 1272. Merlin's
prophecy of Henry III pp. 163-178
Chapters 161-170.
Edward I crowned. Coronation festivities. Edward's first cam
paign against Lewelyn of Wales, A.D. 1277. The second Welsh
campaign, A.D. 1278. Bad coinage reformed. Lewelyn's third rebellion,
A.D. 1282. Lewelyn is slain. David, Prince of Wales, rebels against
Edward. Execution of David, A.D. 1283. Edward subdues Wales.
Revolt of Rys ap Meriedok, A.D. 1287. Punishment of bad judges,
A.D. 1289. Expulsion of the Jews, A.D. 1290. The claimants to the
Scottish throne. Edward declares Balliol King of Scotland, A.D. 1292.
The Normans at Dover, A.D. 1293. The defenders of Gascony taken by
the French, A.D. 1294. Balliol rebels, A.D. 1295. Turberville's deceit.
Siege of Berwick, A.D. 1296. Edward I and his long shanks. Balliol
is beaten at Berwick Castle. English victory at Dunbar, A.D. 1296.
Mock-song against the Scots. Edward forgives Balliol and the rebel
Scots. The Scots choose Wallace their king, A.D. 1297. Wallace's
truce with France. He defeats the English at Stirling Bridge. Edward
ravages Scotland. He defeats the Scots at Falkirk, A.D. 1298
pp. 179-194
Chapters 171-180.
King Edward marries Margaret of France, A.D. 1299. The third
campaign against Scotland, A.D. 1303. Stirling Castle surrenders,
A.D. 1304. Ordinance of Trailbaston, A.D. 1305. Edward imprisons
his son. Wallace is hanged, A.D. 1305. Robert Bruce claims the
crown of Scotland, and repudiates Edward I. Comyn opposes Bruce.
Bruce kills Comyn, and is crowned king, A.D. 1306. Edward prepares
for a fresh conquest of Scotland ... ... pp. 194-200
Chapters 181-190.
Edward I invades Scotland. Bruce defeated [at Methven], A.D. 1306.
Sir Syrnond Frisell is hanged, and the Earl of Athol taken. Bruce
flees to Norway. Edward I prepares for his death, A.D. 1307. Merlin's
prophecies about him. Edward II his successor. He weds Princess
Isabel of France, and is crowned, A.D. 1308. Piers Gaveston. His
BRUT. ^
xviii Contents. [CH. cxci-ccxx
unpopularity and pride. He is sent to Ireland. Gaveston's return
condoned by Parliament at Stamford, A.D. 1309. Murder of Gaveston,
A.D. 1312. Bruce's return to Scotland. He defeats Edward II at
Bannockburn, A.D. 1314. Mock-song of the Scotch maidens. John
Tanner. Berwick taken, A.D. 1318. Two Cardinals robbed in England,
A.D. 1317. Great Famine in England, A.D. 1315-1317. The Scots
plunder Northumberland ... pp. 200-210
Chapters 191-200.
Scotland interdicted, A.D. 1318. The younger Hugh le Spenser is
made the King's chamberlain. Renewed attack on Scotland. The
English defeated in the White Battle at My ton, A.D. 1319. Hugh
le Spenser's pride. The harm done by the Spensers. The Spensers
exiled, A.D. 1321. The father curses the son. Recall of the Spensers,
A.D. 1322. Siege of Leeds, A.D. 1321. Thomas of Lancaster outlawed.
Siege of Tickhill Castle raised by the King. Robert Holond's treachery.
Thomas of Lancaster and the rebels go to Burbridge, A.D. 1322.
Thomas tries to win over Sir Andrew Hercela. Battle of Burbridge.
Humphrey de Bohun slain. Thomas of Lancaster taken. Mixt races
in England. Thomas imprisoned at Pontefract. He is scandalously
treated and beheaded, A.D. 1322. Other rebels executed. The triumph
of the Spensers. They advise a renewed attack on the Scots. The
English are defeated at Byland, A.D. 1322. Lord Carlisle taken and
disgraced for his treachery. His execution, A.D. 1323 ... pp. 210-228
Chapters 201-210.
Miracles for the Martyr, St. Thomas of Lancaster. The pilgrimages
to his tomb stopped by the advice of the Spensers. Sir Roger Mortimer
escapes from the Tower, A.D. 1323. The King seizes the Queen's
lands. He sends his Queen to France to make peace. His son Edward
does homage to Charles IV. Edward II exiles his Queen and Prince
Edward, A.D. 1325. The Spensers' conspiracy against Queen Isabel
and her son. Queen Isabel proposes to invade England. Edward II's
preparations against his wife and son, A.D. 1326. Landing of Isabel
and Mortimer. Bishop Stapleton and his two Squires are beheaded.
King Edward is taken prisoner. The Spensers are hanged, and
other traitors beheaded. The Nobles agree to depose Edward II,
A.D. 1327. The Nobles, Bishops and Knights disclaim him
pp. 228-242
Chapters 211-220.
Prophecies of Merlin about Edward II. Edward III crowned, A.D.
1327. England happy under him. Attempt to set Edward II free.
Abortive Scottish campaign. Mock-song of the Scotch. The Scots
invade England. A fine army opposes them. Through Mortimer's
treachery, the Scots escape at Stanhope Park. Two moons appear.
Two Popes elected. Edward II murdered in Corfe Castle, A.D. 1328.
CH. ccxxi-ccxxni] Contents. xix
Edward III weds Philippa of Hainault. The shameful peace of
Northampton between the English and Scotch. Bruce's son to be
King of Scotland. Queen Isabel becomes hated. Robert of Holand is
killed. Demands of the objectors to Queen Isabel's doings. Her
opponents give in. Henry of Lancaster and his followers exiled.
Edward III does homage for Guienne. Mortimer's ambition. Contrast
between the King of Folly and King Arthur pp. 242-262
Chapters 221-223.
Edmund of Woodstock gets leave to seek for Edward II, A.D. 1329.
Sir John Daverel betrays him. Isabella appeals to Edward III to kill
Edmund of Woodstock. He is arrested, tried for treason, and beheaded,
A.D. 1330. Pride and avarice of Roger Mortimer. Edward Ill's
council plan their defence. The secret passage into Nottingham
Castle. Mortimer is taken and condemned to death, A.D. 1330. " Sir
John Turnetabard." Edward Balliol is imprisoned in France. Prepara
tions to make Edward Balliol King of Scotland. Edward III gives him
leave to go to Scotland, A.D. 1332. He lands there, and routs the Earl
of Fife. His speech to his men. He beats his Scotch opposers. A
coming battle. Balliol routs the Scots. The Fleming pirate Crab.
Balliol is crowned King of Scotland, and does homage to Edward III.
^Attempt to murder him. He and Edward III besiege Berwick, A.D.
1333. The Scots offer to surrender Berwick if help does not come
soon. The Scots make ready to fight. The five wards of their army.
The English rout them at Halidon Hill, 19 July 1333 ... pp. 263-286
The longer Romance of the Battle of Halidon Hill ... pp. 287-289
A shorter fragmentary version of the same p. 289
0f (Singlanb.
[MS. Douce 323, Bodleian Library.]
[THE PROLOG.] 1
[How King Dioclisian wedded his 33 Daughters to 33 Kings
whom they afterwards murderd; and how these Widows
came to England, & had children by the Giants of the
land.]
the noble lande of Surrye 4 ther was a noble kyng and
mygfrty, & a man of grete renou?i, fat me called! Dyocli-
cian, fat wel and worthily hym gouemede, & rewlede
thurgli his noble chiualrye, so fat he conquered? alle f e
landes abowte hym, so that almoste aH f e kynges of f e
world? to hym were entendauwt. U Hyt befell thus, fat
this Dioclician spousede a gentyl damysele fat was wondyr
1 2 f ayr, fat was hys Eemys dough" ter, Labana ; & sche loued! hym as
reson) wolde, so fat he gate vpon here xxxiij dough tres, of f e which
f e eldest me called Albyne. And fese 5 Damysels, whan fey comyn
in-to 6 Age, bycomen 7 so fayre fat it was wondyr. U Wherfore
16 this Dioclician anon lete make A sompnyng, & comau?idid by his
lettres fat Alle f e kyngys fat heldyn of hym schulde come at A
certayn day, as in his lettres was 8 conteyned?, to make A ryal feste.
At which day, f edir fey comyn, & brought w?'t/j hem Amyralles,
20 Prynces & Dukes, & noble Chiualrye. f e feste was ryally Arayd ;
& fere fey lyved in ioy and merthe y-now, that it was wonder to
wete.
II And hit befelle fus, fat fis Dioclician foughte maryen his
24 Doughtres among aH: f o knyglitys 9 fat tho were at that solempnite ;
1 The text to the end of Chapter V is taken from MS. Douce 323, as it is
wanting (except just the latter part of Chapter V, which is too blurred and
indistinct to be copied] in MS. Rawlinson B 171. The collation following is of
MS. Trin. Coll. Dublin 490 (D). 2 leaf I.
3 D has this heading: Her* may a man hure How Engelande was ferst
callede Albyon and through whome it hade the name.
4 Syrrie 5 >is 6 vnto 7 bicome 8 were 9 kynges
BRUT. B
2 King Dioclician' s Daughters despise their Hiisbands. [PROL.
and so they speken 1 & dede, that Albyne, his eldest doughter,
& alle here 2 sustres, richely were maryed? vnto xxxiij kynges 3 that
wer 94 lordes of gret honour, & Also power, at fis solenipnite. And
whanne f e solenipnite was done, Query kyng nome his wyf, & lad 4
hem into here owne cuntre, and there maad hem quene. IT And
hit byfelle f us aftyrward', fat fis dame Albyne bycome so stoute
& so stern e, J>at sche told litel prys of her* lord!, And of hym hadde
scorne and dyspite, and wolde not done his wylle, but wolde haue 8
here owne wyft in diuerses 5 maners. And ali her other sustres,
eche on 6 bere hem so euel a-yens here lordes, fat it was wonder
to wete. U And for-as-mych as hem thought 7 fat here housebondes
were not 8 of so hye parage comen as here fadyr. U But tho kynges 12
fat were her lordes, wolde haue chastysedl 9 with" fayr speche &
byhestes, & also for 8 }iftes, and warnyd hem in fayr maner vpon
all loue and frenschipe fat fei scholde Amende hir 10 lithir condi-
czons ; but al it was for nou^t, for they deden her owne wil in ali 16
fyng 11 fat hem lykede & hadde of power, wherfore fo xxxiij
kynges, vpon A tyme, and oftyn-tymes, beten here wyfes, for fey
wende that fei wolde haue Amended here tacches and here wykkyd
thewes ; but of such condicions J>ei were fat, for fayr speche & 20
warnyng 1 , fei deden the 12 wors, & for betynges 13 eft-sone my eh" 13
wors. Wherfore f e kyng fat hadde wedded Albyne, wrote f e
tacches & f e8 condic^ons of his wyf Albyne, & f e le^re sent to
Dioclician, her fader. 11 And whenne f e8 other kynges herde that 24
Albynes lord? had sent le^re to Dioclician, anew fey sente lettres
enseledl with here seeles [of] f e condic^ons and f e tacches of here
wyfes.
U Whanne f e Kyng Dioclician saw & herde so many pleyntes 28
of his doughters, he was 8 sore a-schamed?, & bycome wonder Angry
& wroth to- ward his doughters, & fought bof e nyght & day how
he f o myghte amende hit fat fey so mysdede. U And anon sente
his lettres vnto f o xxxiij 14 kynges, fat fey schulde come to hym, 32
& brynge -with hem here wyfes, eue/ychon at a certayn day, for he
wolde fere chastise hem of here wikkydnes, if he myghte in eny
maner wyse. So fat f e kynges comen AH at fe 15 day & tyme fat
I spoken 2 her* ojxjre
3 knyghtes struck out, and kynges written after it. 4 weren
6 diuerse 6 euerycheon 7 J>ou3t noujt
8 om. 9 chastisede ham 10 her" maners ]>at wer" so
II J>i"ges 12 leaf \, back. 13 ~ 13 eftesones michel
14 !i 15 ,
PROL.] Dioclician scolds his Daughters. 3
fo was sette bytwen hem; & f e Kyng Dioclician hem vndir-fenge 1
with mychel honour, & made A solempne feste to aH fat were
vndir his lordschipe. And f e thrid day of fat 2 solempnyte, f e
4 kyng Dioclician sente for 3 his xxxiij doughtres, fat fei schulde
come & speke with hym in his chambre. & whenne fey were
comen, he spak 1 vn-to hem of here wikkydnes & of here cruelte,
& dispitously 4 hem reproued! And* vndirnam, 5 & to hem he sayde
8 fat, 3if fei wolde not be 6 chastised*, fei schulde his loue lese for
euermore. U And whanne f e ladyes herd 7 al this, fei become?* 8
abasshed! & gretly a-schamed< ; & to here fadir fey seyd fat fei
wolde make al amendes ; & so fey departed* out from here fadres 9
1 2 chambre. and Dame Albyne, fat was f e eldest suster, lad hem aH
into her chambre, & fo made voide al fat were ferin, so fat no
lyf was among 110 hem but sche & here sustres y-fere. 11 f saide
fis Albyne U "My fair sustres, ful weel 36 12 knowif fat f e kyng
16 oure fadir, vs hath reprouyd?, schamed & dispisedl, 13 for encheson)
to make vs obedient vn-to oure housbandes ; but certes J?t schal y
neuere, whiles fat I lyve, seth fat I u am come 14 of a more hyere
kynges blod? fan my 15 housband is." & whan sche had so seyd,
20 aH here sustres seyd f e same. U And f o seyd Albyne : " ful
wel y wot, fayr sustres, fat oure housbandes haue playnedf vnto
owre fadir vpon vs, wherfore he hath 16 fus vs 16 foul reproued
& dispisedl. wherfore, sustres, my counseil is fat, fis nyght,
24 when owre housbandes ben abed, 17 aH we with" on assent cutten
here throtes, & fan we mow be in pees of hem, & better we mowe
do fz's fing vndir our fadres power fan elles- where." & anon
AH f e ladyes 18 consentid? and graunted vnto fis counceil. U And
28 whan nyght was comyn, f e lordes & ladies wente to bedde, & anon
as here lordes were in 19 slepe, fei cutte 20 aH here housbandes
throtes, & so they slowen hem aH.
11 whan fat Dioclician 21 her fader herd! of fis fing, 22 he by-
32 come 22 hugely wroth A-^ens his Doughtres, & anon wolde hem aft
haue brent ; but Alle f e barourcs & lordes of Sirrye conceilyd? hym
not so for-to don suche sternys to his owne doughtres, but onlycli
schulde voide f e land of hem for euermore, so fat fei neuere
36 schulde come a^en ; & so he dede. 11" And anon Dioclician, fat
1 vnderfong* 2 ]>Q 3 after 4 despitely 5 vndenam
6 bene 7 harden 8 bicome 9 fadei 10 amonges n infere
12 we 13 despitede 14 14 comen I5 myn J6 - 16 vs }>us
17 in bede 18 leaf 2. 19 on 20 cotten 21 Dioclician >e kyng*
om.
22_ V2
4 They reach Albion, and breed Giants by the Devil. [PROL.
was here fadir, 1 commauwdid hem to gon in-to schipe, & deliueryd?
to hem vitailles for half a 2 ^eer. and when pis was don, aH p e
sustryn 3 went in-to Shipe, & saylled forth in y See, & be-toke alle
her frendes to Appolyn, pat was her god?. And so long pey sallied' 4
in Y See, til at pe laste pei come 4 & aryued? in an yle pat was aH
wyldernes. 51 Audi when dame Albyne was come to pat land', &
aH her sustres, pis Albyne went ferst 5 owt of Y shipe, 5 & sayde to
here oper sustres : " for-as-mich," qwodf 6 sche, " as I am p e eldest 8
suster of aH pis cumpanye, & ferst pis land haue takyn, & for-as-
meche as myn 7 name is Albyne, y wil pat pis land 1 be called'
Albyon, after mjn owne name;" & anon aH here Sustren 3 her
graunted? with a 2 good wylle. 12
U Tho wente?i owt aH Y Sustres of Y Shippe, & tokyn p e lond
Albyon), as here Suster called? hit ; & pere pei wente vp and doun),
and founde neiper man ne woman ne child', but 1 wylde bestes of
diuers 8 kyndes. IT And whan here vitaiH 9 were dispeftdid', & hem 16
faylled?, pei fedde hem with erbes & frutes in seson) of p e ^eer, &
so pey lyued? 10 as pei beste myght. And after J?at, J?ei tokyn flessh
of diue?*s 8 beestys, and bycomen wondir fatte, and so jjei desirid 11
mannes cumpanye and mannys kynde ]?at hem faylled? ; and for 20
hete they woxen wondir coraious of kynde 5 )>at hem fay lied, 6 so ]?at
pey desirid' more mannys cwftpanye J)an eny other solas or merthe.
H Whawne jje DeuyH that perceyued' and wente by diue?*s 8
contres, & nome bodyes of Y e y re ^ liky n g natures shad of men, 24
& come in-to Y ^ an( i f Albyon and lay by pe 12 wymine?z, and
schad tho natures vpon hem, & they concerned', and afte? f J?ei
broughten 13 fortli Geau7^tes, of )>e which on me called? Gogmagog 1 ,
and anoper Laugherigan, & so )>ei were nompnedf by diuers 14 28
names; & in Ipis manere they comen forth, and weren 15 boren
horrible Geauntes in Albion) ; & fey dwellyd in Cauys & in hulles
at l)ere wiH, & had J? e lond? of Albyon; as hem liked?, vn-to Y
tyme J?at Brut Arryved & come to Tottenesse, pat was in Y H G ^2
of Albyon). and pere pis Brut conqueryd? & scomfyted' these 16
17 geaunte3 aboueseyd'.
Here endeth pe prolog of Albyon), pat po was an He. and
herkenetii 18 now how Brute was geten, & how he slow, 36
1 fader* anon 2 cm. 3 sustres 4 comen 5 5 om
6 quo]) 7 my 8 diuerses 9 vitailes
10 leueden " desirden 12 >o 13 broujt
15 wer 1 16 l>e 17 leaf 2, back, 18 herke>
CH. i] Of Eneas, Ms son Ascanius, and grandson Sylveyn. 5
ferst Ms Modir, & Afterward' his fadir; & how he Con
quered' Albyon), fat After he nepned Brytaigne, after his 1
name, fat now is y-called' 2 Engelond', After fe name of
4 Engist of Saxoyne. Capitwlo Primo.
I 1ST the noble Cyte of gret Troye, fe?* was a noble knyght & 3 a
myghty, & 3 a man of gret power, fat me callyd Eneas. And
whan Y Cytee of Troye was lost & dystroyed' thurgh" hem of
8 Greet, fis Eneas, with al his mayn 4 fled 5 thens, & come in-to
Lumbardye, fat f o was lord & gouernour of fat land' a kyng fat
me called' 6 Latyme, and another kyng 1 fo was fat me called? 6
Turocelyn, fat stronglich 7 werred' vpon fis Kyng 1 Latyme, fat
12 often-tymes ded hym moche 8 sorowe & myche 9 harm. 11 And
whan fis Kyng Latyme herde fat Eneas was come, 10 he vndirfonge
hym with myche 11 honour, and hym withhelde, for-as-myche as he
had herd' of hym, and wyst wel fat he was a noble knyght, & a
16 worthy of body and of his dedes. IT This Eneas helpe Kyng
Latyme in his werre ; & schortly for-to telle, so weel & worthyly
he ded, fat he slogh Turocelyn, & descomphyted' al 12 his peple.
And whan al this was don, kyng Latyme }af al fat land fat was
20 Turocelyns, & $af it to Eneas in mariage with Lamane, his
dough" ter, the moost fayr creature fat eny manne wiste ; & so f ei
louede 13 to-gider in ioy & myrthe ati here lyvys tyme.
IT Hit bifel thus, fat Eneas dide, as God wolde. & whanne
24 that 1 he was ded, Asquaniws his Sone, fat come with hym horn
Troye, vndirfenge 14 f e land', and helde it al his lyvys tyme. 51 And
after, he weddid A wyf, & vpon here 15 begate A Sone fat me
callyd Sylveyn. Arid this Sylveyn, whan he conde 16 some reson)
28 of man, vnwetyng his fadir, & a^eus his wyl, aqueynted' 17 with" a
damyseH: fat was Cosyn to Lamane fat was Kyng Latymes
doughter, the quen fat was Eneas wyf, and brought f e damyseH with
Chylde. IT And whan Asquaniws his 9 fader 18 yt wyste, 18 anon he
32 lete enquere of the 19 wysest maystres, 19 & of f e 20 grettest Clerkys, 20
what child f e damysele schulde bryng forth. & fey Answered &
seyde fat sche schuld bryng forth a Sone fat schuld qwelle bof e
fader & moder ; & so he dede; for his modir dyde in beryng 21 of
1 his owen 2 callede 3 - 3 om. 4 meny 5 MS. fledde fled
6 cleped 7 strongly 8 miche 9 om. 10 comen u michel
12 and att 13 loneden 14 vnderfonge 15 her he 16 cou})e
17 acqneynte him is is w j s ^ j, ero f 19 ~ 19 gret clerkes
20-20 w i sest men 21 bryngeng< forth
6 Of Brut; his Banishment, and his success in Greece. [CH. II
hym. U And whan fis Child was born), his fadir lete calle hym
Brut; and f e maystres sayd 1 fat fe Child schulde do 2 mycfr harm
& sorowe in many diners 3 places ; & afte?*, he sclmlde come to
gret 4 honowr and worschipe. IT This Kyng Asquaniws deide whan 4
god wolde; & Sylveyn his sone receyued fe land, & made hym
wonderlich wel be-louyd? among 1 his puple. 5 And 6 whan Brut,
fat was Sylveynes sone, was xv }eer olde, he went vpon A day
with" his fadir to 7 pley & solace; & as this Brut schulde schete 8 8
vnto an hert, his Arwe mys-happed? & glacede ; And so there Brut
quelled his fader.
How Brut was dryue 9 out of y land!, & 10 held hym in Greke.
Cap^w/o ij. 12
And whan this myschauwce byfalle was, f e people of f e land*
made sorowe ynow, & were 11 an-Angryd' 11 ; & ibr encheson)
ferof fei dreven Brut out of f e land', & wolde not suffre
hym among 12 hem. and he Saw fat he moste 13 not Abyde, & went 16
fro thens in-to ]) e14 Greek 1 ; & fer he fonde vij Mt men fat were of
f e lynage & kynrede of Troy, fat 15 weren come 15 of gret blodl, as
Y story telleth" 16 as of men and 14 wo??^men & childryn, fe wheche
weren 17 aH holden in thraldom and bondage [by] IF the 18 Kyng 20
Pandras of Greek 1 , for the deth. of Achilles, fat was betrayed' and
slayn at Troye.
This Brut was a wondir fair man, & a strong, & A 19 huge of his
Age, & of glad chere and semblaunt, and also worthy of body, & 24
was wel beloued? among his puple. This Kyng Pandras herde speke
of his goodnesse & his condicions, & anon made hym dweH witR
hym, so fat Brut be-come wondir fryve & mych" belouyd? with f e
kyng, so fat longtyme Brut dwellyd with fe kyng. U So at 20 last 28
fei of Troy & Brut spoken to-gedre 21 of kynrede & of lynage & of
Aqueyntauwce, & f er 14 pleyned? hem vnto Brut of her sorowe & 22 her
bondeage, & of meny other schames fat f e [Kyrig] Pandras 23 hem
don. & to Brut f ei seyde 24 vpon A tyme : "36 ben A lord of oure 32
1 saiden 2 done 3 diuerses 4 miche
5 leaf 3. In the right hand top corner of this page is written, in a con
temporary hand : ' Bonus es, domine, et in bonitate tua ludicas terram.'
6 A sic. 7 forto 8 shote 9 dryuen 10 And how he
u n sore agreuede 12 amonges 13 mi^t H om.
15-15 wer comen le telle j, of ham 17 wer is M
19 an 20 at )>e 21 to-gederes ^ and of
23 Pandras hade 24 saiden
CH. il] Brut wins Gennogen, K. Pandras's Daughter. 7
lynage, & A strang 1 man & a mygh"ty. 1 be 36* cure Avowe & oure
lord', & we wyl become ^oure men, & ^oure comandeme?^tes 2 done
in alle maner thyng 3 ; and brynge 36 vs out 1 of this wrechidnes &
4 bondage, & fygnt we with" f e kyng ; for thurgh. f e grace of 4 f e grete 4
god* we schul hym ouercome ; & we schul make ^ou kyng 1 of f e
land', & to 30 w done homage, & of 30 w we schullen holde 5 euer-
more."
8 Brut hadde f o gret pyte of hir bondage fat fei were brought
Inne, And pryvyly 6 went hym from f e kynges Court; & ali fo
fat were of Troy went & put hem in-to wodes and Into Moun-
teynes, and hem helde, & sent to Kyng Pandras fat he schulde }eue
12 hem leue safely for-to wende out of f e londe, for fei nolde 7 no
lenger dwelle in his bondage. U The Kyng Pandras wax so 8 sore
anoyed', & fo swore that he wolde sle hem echon, 9 & ordeyned
a gret power, & wente towardes 10 hem aH for-to fight, but Brut
16 & his men n anon manly 11 hem defended, & fersly foghten & quelled
aH: fe kynges men, fat non 12 of hern Ascaped?, & took 1 f e kyng, &
hym helden 13 in pryson), & ordeyned' 14 counceyl betwen hem what
fei myght do. 15 Sum seyd fat he schuld be put to deth, &
20 surame seyd fat he schulde be exyled? out of f e land*, & su??^me
seyd fat he schulde be brent. 16 U And f spak a wyse knyght fat
me cleped 17 Menprys, & seyd to Brut & to 18 aH fo of Troy : " yf
Kyng Pandras wold 3elde hym, & haue his lyf, y counceyl fat he
24 3eue vnto Brut, fat is our* Duke & oure souei^ayn, his doughter
Gennogen to wyf, & in Mariage with here an hundrid Shippes wel
arayetJ, & al his tresour of gold* & of syluer, of corn, 19 of wyn, & as
myche as vs neditfr for 18 to haue of o thing & of ofer; & fan go 18
28 we out of fis 20 land, & ordeine we vs land elles-wher; for we, ne
now of GUI'* kynrede fat comen 21 after vs, schuld 22 neuer haue pees
in fis land' amonges hem of Grek 1 ; for we haue sleyn so meny of
her* knyghtes & of ofer frendes, fat euermor' werre & contect
32 schuld' be Amonges vs." H Brut fo, & his folk, consentyd' wel to
fis 23 couwceyl; & fis fing fei tolden to 24 Kyng Pandras. U And
f e kyng, for-to haue his lyf, graunted as meche as fei axed, & anon
3af vn-to Brut, Gennogen his Doughter, to wyf, & fe hundred
1-1 bene 2 comraandement 3 Binges 4 ~ 4 om.
5 holde for 6 priueliche 7 wolde 8 J>o 9 euerchon
10 towarde n - n manliche 12 noman 13 helde
] Mea/3, back. 15 done 16 bracide 17 callede
18 om. 19 corn and 20 his 21 come> ^ shul
23 >at 24 to >e
8 Brut is bidden by Diana to go to the Isle of Albion. [CH. n, in
sheppes, with as myche as hem neded 1 of aH vitalles, as by fore was
ordeyned?.
Brut po toke 2 his wyf, & all his men pat forsoke pe lond of
Greek, & wewten hem vnto p e see & hadden wedir at wyH, & 4
corner* p e prid day in-to An He pat me callep 3 Loegers. U Brut
anon sent of his men a 4 land, for-to aspye p e maner of pe 5 Cuntre.
& fey founden an olde Cyte al wasted & forlete, pat nas per-in nor 6
man ne woman, ne no thing dwellynge; & In p e Myddyl of pis 8
Cytee pey founder an olde Temple of a fayr lady j)at me called
Diane p e Goddesse. and pei 7 corner a^en vnto Brut, 7 & told hym
what pei had seyn & founden, & counceyled? hym to go & do 8
sacrifice to 9 Dame Diane, for she was wont 10 to $eue answere of 12
what ping pat 6 euere men prayed? here, & namely vn-to hem pat
her honoured? with sacrifice. U Brut went to pat ymage, & seyd :
"Dyane, noble goddes, lady pat al ping hast in 6 myght & in py
power, wyndes, watres, wodes, feldes, & al thinges of pe world?, & 16
al maner bestes pat per-In ben ! to $ow y make my prayer, pat ^e
me counceyle & telle where & in what place y schal haue a conuen-
able dwellynge for me & for my peple; & per y schal make, in 11
honowr of 1 ^ow, a wel fayr temple, & a noble, wheryn $e schul 20
euermore be honored?." 11 When he had don) his prayer, Dyane
Answerid? in this manere : "Brut," quod sche, "go euenforth py
wey ouer p e see in-to Fraunce, toward? p e west, & per }e schul fynde
an He pat is called? 12 Albyon); and pat He is by compassed? al with 24
p e see, & no maw may come per-In but 13 it be by schippes ; and in
pat lond were wont to be Geaunt} ; but 14 it is not so, but al wyldir-
nesse ; and pat lande to ^ou is destynyed, & ordeigned* for :$ow & for
^oure peple." 28
How Coryn bycome Brutes maw, & how Kyng Goffar was dis
comfited*.
Whan Brut herde pis Answere of Dyane p e Goddes, anon he
lete p e Ancres wynd vp, & sayled in-to p e hye see. & 32
whan he & bis men had sayled? xx dayes & more, pei founden fast
bysyde 15 a coste of p e see thre hundred 4 men of pe lynage & kynrede
of Troy, & her souerayn & her mayster of aH, men 16 Called .Coryn.
1 nedeth 2 nome 3 callede 4 on 5 om.
6 neyther 7 7 come vnto brut ajeyne 8 don 9 vnto
10 wonede n in >e 12 leaf 4. 13 but if 14 but now
16 bisides 16 me
CH. in] Brut conquers Gascony, and builds Castle Tours. 9
If And when Brut wyste whens fei were, lie fo vndirfong hem
with mychel ioy in-to his Shepys, & hem lad forth w^'t/i hym. This
Coryn ]>o bycome Brutes man, & to hym dede fewte & homage.
4 & so long fei say led fortn fan 1 in f e See tul they come 2 to Gas-
coign) ; & anon fei arryued? in f e hauene of Liegers, & f er fei
dwellidde viij dayes, hem for-to rest, 3 & her sayles to Amend*,
fer as 4 nede was. 4
8 Tydyng sone come to Kyng Goffar, fat was lord of f e land, how
fat myche 5 foll^ of sfrmunge land weren Arryued in his land? in f e
hauene of Liegiers ; wher-fore he was sore Angred' & anoyed' fat
fey comen & aryued in his land w^'t/wute 6 leue. and anon he
12 ordeigned' power 7 hem to dryven 7 owt, & to 8 shende ; but Kyng
Goffar was discomfyted', & al 8 his folk 1 , & hym-self fledde in-to
ffraunce to seche help & socour. IT And in fat tyme regned in
Frauftce xij kynges ; & f e elleueneth 9 assembled' a gret power for-to
16 helpe Goffar for-to fight a^ens Brut. Goffar dwelled witli hem of
Fraunce half a 8 ^ere & more. And Brut .in f e mene-tyme, & his
cuwpanye, destroyed' al f e land 4 of Gascoigne, & lete take al f e
tresour fat Kyng Goffar hadde, & lete brynge it in-to his Shippes.
20 And f is Brut fonde in fat 10 lond' a fayr place & a couenable ; & ]>er
Brut 11 made a fayr CasteH & a strong, whan fat was don, Kyng
Goffar come fro Fraunce, & 12 xj kynges w^t/i hym, & bronghten 13
xx M* men for-to fight \\ith Brut & his cumpanye. And Brut
24 hadde but vij M* men & thre hundred'. Netheles, whan f e to ostes
metten to-gider, 14 Brutes folk 1 thurgfr help of hym-self, 15 & of
Turyn his Cosyn, & of Coryn fat wel & manly 16 hym defended &
fought ; so fat in litil tyme f ei hadde quelled of f e Frenssh-men to
28 M* & mo; & fo fat were lyue 17 fledden away. 11 And in this
batayle Turyn, fat was Brutes Cosyn, was sleyn, & Brut lete hym
entere worthyly, 18 19 whan he had space & leyser, in f e CasteH fat
he had made, & fo lete [calle hit] Castel Tours 20 after his owne
32 name 20 fat fere was entered'. & 3 it in-to fis day \er is a noble
Cytee fat is called Tours.
Whan Kyng GofFar wiste fat Turyn was ded, he come a$en with
his men, & after ^af a strong battaylle vn-to 21 Brut; but Brut &
36 his 8 men were so wery 22 of fyghtynge 22 fat fey myghte no lengere
I om. 2 comen 3 resten 4 - 4 was nede 5 michel
6 wi>oute is 7 7 bim to dryue 8 om. g endeleue]> 10 ]>e
II Brus 12 w[ith] 13 brou^t 14 togederes 15 ham-self
16 manliche 17 on lyf 18 worthelich 19 leaf 4, back.
2020 f 0r j, e name O f Turyne 21 to 22 - 22 forfou^ten
10 Brut beats the Gascons, and lands at Totness. [CH. ill, IV
endure ; but maugre hym & al his, Brut & his men went in-to his
CasteH with aH his men, and made b e ^ates fast for-to saue hem-self,
& for-to take counceiH amonges hem what were best to 1 done.
U Brut & Coryn nome counceiH, & ordeigned? fat Coryn pryuyly 4
shuld gon out 2 at a Posterne of f e CasteH:, 2 with half his men, &
schuld go 3 & bussh" hem in A wode til amorowe, 4 so fat in b e
mornyng*, whan Brut schuld? fygfit with his enemyes, Coryn schulde
come with lies folk* in fat o 5 syde, & sle and do aH f e harme fat he 8
myght. And amorow 6 in f e dawnenge, Brut went out of f e CasteH,
& faught with his enemyes, & fey hem fersly defendid?. but with-
Inne a litil tyme Brut & his folk 1 hadden 7 slayn viij C of Goffars
men; And fo come Coryn fro fe busshement, & smote to grounde, 12
he & his Cumpanye, al fat wold stande or Abyde, so fat Kyng
Goffar & his folk 4 were discomfited, & faste they guwne to fle.
11 And Brut & Coryn, with here companye, fresshly hem pursued?,
& quelled of he?ft mo in 8 fleyng fan fei dede in 8 batayH. And in 16
fat manere Brut hadde f e victorye. And nef eles Brut made myche
sorowe for his Cosyn Turyn, fat fer was slayn, & for ofer also fat
he had lost of his men, 9 fat is to seyne, 9 vij C and xv, fe which"
10 [he] noblich 10 lete entere in f e CasteH of Tours, fer fat he had 20
entered Turyn his Cosyn.
How Brut Aryued at lotteries in f e He of Albyon ; & of f e
Bataylle fat 11 was betwen Coryn & Gogmagog. Capitulo
quarto, 24
Whan al fis was done, Brut wolde no lengere fer dwelle for to 12
fight, ne mo lese of his peple, for Kyng 1 Goffarys peple
mygh"t euery day encrece mo & mo, & Brutes lassen ; & therfore he
nome aH his men, & went vnto f e See, & hadde wynd & wedir at 28
wille. and f e v day afterward? they aryued? in an hauene of Tot-
nesse, & comen 13 in-to f e He of Albion); & fer fey founde ueifer
man ne woman, as f e story tellef, 14 but Geauntz ; & fey woned in
hulles and? in 15 Caues. Brut saw f e land was fayr, & at his likynge, 32
& good also for hym & for his folk 1 , as Dyane f e goddes had hym
behyght. fo was Brut wonder glad, & lete assemble vpon a day
al his folk, to make a solempne sacrifice & a gret feste in honour
I for-to 2 2 of the castel at a posterne 3 gone 4 on )>e rnonv
5 on 6 amorn 7 hade 8 in pe 9 ~ 9 om. 10 nobliche he
II >ai sic 12 om. 13 come 14 telles 15 om.
CH. IV, v] Brut gives Cornwall to Coryn, and builds New- Troy 11
& reuerence of Dyane, 1 Jmrght whas counceiH he was come 2 in-to
fat land?.
And whan they had her solempnyte maad, as fey 3 vpon a day
4 were 4 at mete, fer come yn vpon hem sodenly xxx Geaunt}, &
quellyd* 5 of Brutes men xxx. Brut & his men 4 anon stertyn vp,
& his men 6 foughten with" f e Geaunt^, & quellyd hem eue?ychon
but o 7 Geaunt, fat was Mayster of hem aft, fat me called Gogmagog 1 ,
8 fat was stronger* 8 & heyer fan eny of f e other Geaunt^ ; & Brut
kepte hym, & sauyd his lyf, for encheson) fat he schulde wrastle
with" Coryn, for Coryn was grettere & hugere fan eny of Brutes
men fro 9 f e gerdel stede vpward?. H Gogmagog 1 & Coryn vndirtook
12 10 to wrastelyn 10 y-fere ; & so to-gider fey wrasteled? long tyme, but
at fe last Gogmagog helde Coryn so fast fat he brak ij rybbys of 11
his syde, wherfore Coryn was sore agreuyd', & nome fo Gogmagog*
betwene his Arraes, & cast hym dou?i vpon a roche, so fat
1 6 Gogmagog 1 brak al to peces, & so he dyde in eviH deth" ; & f erf ore
f e place is called }it in-to 12 f is day ' f e sawte of Gogmagog*.'
& fo $af Brute al fat 13 Cuntre to Coryn; & Coryn 14 called
[hit] 4 after his 15 name * Cornewayle ' ; & his me?i he called ' Corne-
20 wayles ' & [so] schul 16 me?z of fat Cuntre be called for euermore.
And in fat Cuntre dwellyd? Coryn & his men, & made Tounes
& houses, 17 & enhabited' 18 f e land? at her 119 wylle.
How Brut made London), & Called fis land' Brytaigne, &
24 Scotland' Albyne, & Walys Camber. Capit?do quinto.
BRut and his men wenten forth & 20 sought aboute in diuers 20
places wher they myghte fynde a good place & a couenable
fat fey myghte [make] in a Cytee for hym and for his folk, so at f e
28 laste fey come 21 by a fayr Ryuer 22 fat is 23 called? f e4 Tamyse ; &
fer Brut be-gan a fayre Cyte 24 for hym & for his folk 1 , 24 & lete calle
it 'f e new Troye,' in rnynde & remembraiuace of f e gret Troye, for 25
which place ali her lynage was comen. 11 And fis Brut lete felle
32 adou?z wodes, & lete erye & sowe londes, & done mow medes 26 for
sustinawnce of hym & of his peple. & he departed f e land? to hem,
so fat eche 27 of he??t had a certayn place for to dwelle vpon. And
I Diane >e Goddes 2 comen 3 }>ai were 4 om. 5 leaf 5.
6 men and 7 on 8 stronge 9 fram 10 10 forto wrastett
II in 12 vnto 13 >is 14 Coryn it 15 bis owen 16 shulle>
17 house 18 inhabite 19 his 20 2 sou^ten fortbe in diuerses
21 comen >22 Kyuer side >23 was 24 - 24 om. 25 fram
26 medowes 27 eueryche
12 Albanak gets Scotland, Gamier gets Wales; Brut dies. [CH. v
Brut lete Calle al 1 Jn's land Britaigne, after his owne name, & his
folk 1 he lete calle Britoiws. IT And fis Brut had geten on 2 his
wyf Gennogen iij sones fat were worthy of dedes : 3 f e firste me 4
callyd? Lotryn, f e secowide Albanac, 5 & f e thryd kambyr. U And 4
Brut bare Crowne in f e Cyte of ne\ve Troye xx $eer after tyme 6
the Cyte was made; & ther he made fe lawes fat f e Britouws
holdef 7 : & fis Brut was wondirly weel byloued? among ali men;
& Brutes Sones also loueden wonderly 1 wel to-gydere. 8 8
U And whan 1 Brut had sowte aH f e lond? in lengthe & 9 brede,
he fonde A land? fat ioyned to Brytaigne in f c north ; and? fat
land Brut ^af to Albanac his sone, and he lete calle yt Albanye
after his 10 name, fat 10 now is called Scotland'. 11 And Brut 12
fonde anothir Cuntre toward f e west ; & fat he $af to Cambre
his other 11 sone, & he 1 lete calle yt Cambre aftyr his name,
& now is called Walys. And whan Brut had regnyd xx ^eer,
as byfore 12 is sayd, he dyde in f e Cytee of newe Troy, & 16
fere his Sones hym entered with mychil honowr. And Lotryn,
Brutes sone, was Crowned kyng with myche 13 solempnyte of
afl f e land of Brytaigne. And after, whan he was Crouned?,
Albanak & Camber, his too brethryn, went a^en in-to here owne 20
Cuntre, & leuedyn vrith myche 13 honour, & Lotryn here brother
regned & was kyng and gouerned f e land wel & wysely, for he was
a good man, & wondir wel belouyd of ali his land'.
11 And it befel so fat Albanac dwelde in his owne land? with 24
myche 13 honour & worschepe.
And so come Kyng Humbar of Hunland' with" a gret power &
strengthe, & Arryved in Albanye, & wolde haue conqueryd )j e land,
& bygan to werre vpon Albanak, & hym quelled in bataylle. 28
Whan Albanac was slayn, fe folk of f e land? flye vn-to Lotryn, &
told hym, for he was Kyng of Brytaigne, how fat his brother was
slayn, & prayed hym of help for-to Auenge his brotherys detfi.
Lotryn anon lete asemble ali f e Brytoiws of Kent, of 14 Douorre, 32
vn-to Derewent, of Northfolk 1 & Southfolc, of Kestefen & of
Lyndeseye ; & whan they were aH: Assembled?, fei spedde faste
toward? her enemyes for to 3eue hem bataylle. H Lotryn had sent
to Camber, his Brother, fat he schuld come also to hym with aH 36
f e power that he myght, hym for-to helpe ; & so he dede, with good
I om. 2 of 3 bodyes 4 m sic 5 albac 6 tyme >at
7 helden 8 togederes 9 and in io_ 10 owen name and
II leaf 5, back. 12 MS. fyfore 13 michel " fro
CH. v] K. Lotryn drives out Huinber and marries Guentolen. 13
wiH:. 1 So pei comen aH to-gedres, & nome her wey priuyly 2 for
to seche Humbar wher pey myghte hym fynde. 1T And so it byfel
pat pis Humbar was besides a water pat was a gret Ryue?*, with"
4 his folk, hym for to dysport; and po come Lotryn & Camber his
brother, with" aH his 3 folk sodeynly, or pat eny of pat oper it
wyste.
H And whan Humbar saw hem 4 come, he was sore adrad',
8 forasmyche as his men wist it not, & also pey were vnarrayed'. 5
And anon Humbar for drede, lept 6 in-to p e water & drenchyd hym-
self, & so deide : he & his men weren 7 aH y-slayn, 8 pat non 9 of
hem ascaped'. And perfore is pat 10 water called 4 Humbar, & euer-
12 more schalbe, for encheson) pat Kyng Humbar was per-In drenched'.
IF And after pat, Lotryn wente to here shippes, & toke per 10
gold* & siluer, and as myche as he fand vn-to hyin-self ; & aH pat
other pylfre he }af vn-to other folk of p e ost. & pei founden 11 in
16 oon of po 10 shippes A fayr DamyseH pat was Kyng Humbarys
doughter, & me called her* Estrilde. 1T And whan Lotryn saw
here, he took here -with hym for here fayrnesse, and for here, was
on 12 taken for loue, & wolde haue weddid here. 13 )pis tydynges
20 come to Coryn : anon he thought to Auenge hym vpon Lotryn,
for-as-meche as Lotryn had made couenaunt for-to spowsen 14
Corynys doughte?', ]?at me called Guentolen. 11 And Coryn in haste
wente to 15 hym, vn-to 16 J> e Newe Troye, & Jms sayd to Lotryn :
24 " H Now certes," qwod? he, "^e rewarden 17 me ful euel for aH J> e
paynes ]?at I suffryd* & hadde many tymes for Brut, ^oure fader ;
& therfore I wyl now Auenge me vpon ^ow ;" & drow his fauchon)
an hye, and wold haue slayn Lotryn, but J) e DamyseH went
28 be-twen hem, & made hem acorded? in pis manere, pat Lotryn
schuld spouse Guentolen, pat was Corynys doughte/' ; and so
Lotryn dede, and nepeles, pei he had sponsed Corynys doughter
pryuylich, he come to Estrilde, & brought here -with childe, & gate
32 on here A doughter pat me called Abraham. H hyt byfel ano?^
after, pat Coryn dide; & anon as he was ded, Lotryn forsook^
Guentolen his wyf, & made Estrylde quene. And Guentolen
went pens al in wrathe in-to Cornewaylle, & seised aH p e land?
36 in-to her hand', for-as-myche as sche was here Eadrys eyr, &
vndirfonge feautes & homages of aH p e men of p e land, and after
1 wille and 2 priueliche 3 her* 4 him 5 vnarmede
6 lap 7 wer 8 slayne 9 noman I0 J>e n fonde
12 ouere 13 leaf 6. 14 spouse 15 vnto 16 to 17 rewarde
14 Lotryn is slain, Estrilde drownd, & Madhan reigns. [CH. v, VI
Assembled* a gret oste & a gret power, for- to be 1 vpon Lotryn
auengecJ, fat was her* lord, and? to hym come, & $af hym A Strong*
bataitt. & fer was Lotryn slayn, & his men descomfited?, f e v ^eer
of his Eeigne. H Guentolen lete take Estrilde, and Abraham here 4
dougter, and bynde 2 bof e hondes and fete, & caste hem in-to a
water ; & so fey were drenchyd? ; wherfore fat water was euermore
called? 3 afte?', ' Abraham,' after y name of f e damyseli fat was
Estrildes doughter ; & englissh-men called 4 fat water Seuerne, & 8
Walsshmen 5 called fat water 5 Abraham, into fis day. U And
whan fis was don), Guentolen lete Crowne her quene of fat land,
& gouerned f e land ful weH & wysely vnto f e6 tyme fat Madhon her
Sone, fat Lotryn had begete vpon here, wer 1 of xx $er Age, fat he 12
myght be kyng ; so fat f e qwen regned xv $eer ; & f o lete she
crowne here sone ; & he regned? & gouerned f e land wel & honour
ably; & sche wente in-to CornewaiH, & fer sche dwellid? al her 1
lyves 7 tyme. 16
8 Of Kyng 1 Madhan, how lie regnede in pees al his lif 4 ; and of
Menpris and of Manlyn his sones ; and how Menpris slough
Manlyn his brof er*, and how wolfes drow him al to peces.
U Capitulo Sexto. 20
WHen Madhan hade regnede xxx* 1 $ere, he deide, and lif 9 at
newe Troye, and he 10 hade ij sones : fat on me callede
Menpris, and fat of ere Manlyn ; and f ise ij bref erne, after 1 here
fadres deth, stryuen faste for f e lande ; and Menpris, for enchesoun 24
fat he was eldest 1 , wolde haue hade al fat 11 Londe; and Manlyn
wolde nou^t suffren 12 him, so fat fai token a day of loue and of
accorde ; and at 1 f is day Menpris lete quelle his brof er f rou} t?-esoun,
and him-self afterward? helde f e lande, and anone lete croune him 28
kyng 1 , and regnede, and after 1 , he 13 bicome so lufer a man fat he
destroy ede in a while alle fe men of his lande. U and at fe last
he bicome so wickede and so leccherous, fat he forsoke his owen
wif, & vsede fe synne of Sodomye; wherfore almighty God was 32
wrof , 14 and oppon him toke vengeance. U ffor vppon a day, as
he went in a wode in 15 huntyng 1 , he loste 16 his folc, 16 and went
1 bene 2 bonde 3 calle 4 callen 5 - 5 calle> it.
6 that 7 lif
8 leaf I. back. The text here is from MS. Rawlinson B. 171, and the colla
tions are of MS. Trinity College, Dublin, 490 (D), and MS. Douce 323 (0).
9 leaf 2. 10 om. D. " >e D. 12 satire 0. 13 om. 0.
14 wrot D. 15 on 0. 16 - 16 MS. his folc his folc
CH. Vll-ix] K. Ebrac conquers France. K. Brut Greneshal. 15
allone vp and doun criyng" after* his men ; and fere come wolfes,
and alto-drowe him into pecis ; and f o he hade regnede xxiiij ^er*.
and when his peple wist fat he was dede, f ai made ioye ynow, and
4 anone made Ebrak 1 his sone kyng; and he regnede with michil
honour*.
Of Kyng 1 Ebrac, 1 how he conquerede ffraunce, and bigate xx u
sones and xxiij do^tres. IT Capitulo IF Septiwo.
8 Y I iHis Ebrac regnede .lx. ^er*, and 2 stronge man was, & 2 mi^ty,
I and fis Ebrac, frou3 his mi^t, and helpe of his Britons,
conquerede al ffraunce, and wan fere so miche golde and siluer* fat,
when he come 3 a3eyne into fis 4 lande, he made a noble citee, and
12 after* his name lete calle it Ebrac, 5 after* his name, 5 fat now is
callede Euerwik 1 . and Jns king 16 Ebrac made fe castel of Maydenes
fat now is clepede Edenburght. This kyng 1 hade xx sones and
xxiij dou3 7 tres, be diuerse wymmen geten ; and f e sones were callede
16 as 36 sbul hure; 8 9 Brut Greneshal, Margand, Seisel, Morghwith
Elenghaw, Bladud, lakyn, Kymbar*, Eocelyn, Spadogh, Godeherl,
Thormnan, Eldaugh, lorkanghut, Haybor, Ketyn, Rother*, Kaier*,
& Assaruth. IF And f e doughtres highten as 30 shul hur* after : 9
20 Elegyne, Ymmogen, Oghdas, Guenbran, Guardiche, Angarel,
Guentolde, Tangustel, Gorghon, Michel, Medham, Mailour*, Ondur*.,
Cambredan, Rogan, Reuthely, Neest 1 , Cheghem, ScaducH, Gladus,
Heberhyn, Abalaghe, and Blandan : and? f ise were f o 10 xxiij
24 dou^tres ; and f e bref erne bicome gode kny^tes and worf i in meny
centres.
Of fe 11 Kyng 1 Brut Greneshal, fe ferste sone of Ebrac the 12
kyng. 13 IF Capitulo 1F Octauo.
28 A fter* fe deth of Kyng 1 Ebrac, regnede Brut Greiieshel, his sone
_\.
xxx ^ei"*, 14 fat was 15 Ebrakes ferst sone, 16 fat wel and nobly e
regnede . and 17 when tyme come, 17 he deide, and U lif at ^ork 1 .
Of kyng Leyl. IF Capitulo. 11 Nono.
32 A Nd when 18 Brut Greneshal was dede, regnede his sone
2\ Leil xxij ^ere ; and he made a faire toune, and lete calle it
Karleil after his name, and was a worf i man, and miche bilouede
I Ebras D. 2 and a DO. 3 came 0. 4 >e D. 5 - 5 om. DO.
6 07?i. D. 7 leaf 2, back. 8 here after. 9 ~ 9 om. D. 10 >e D.
II om. D. 12 om. 0. 13 The 2 eldest sons are here put into 1.
14 $er and D. 15 om. D. 16 sone was D.
i7_i7 w hen tyme come D. )>e tyme come 0, when tyme K.
18 MS. when when
16 Lud Ludibras, Bladitd, & Leir & his 3 Daughters. [CH. x-xn
of his people, and when he hade regnede xxi j [years] * he deide, and
lip at Karleil. U And in his tyme renede Kyng Salamon in
Jerasalem, fat made fe noble temple; and to him come to Jerusalem,
Sibille, Quene of Saba, for-to hure and see if it were sofe fat 4
men spoken 2 of fe grete noblee and 3 wisdome, and of 4 witte of
Kyng 1 Salamon : and she founds it soth fat men hade here tolde.
Of Kyng Lud Ludibras, fat was Kyng Leiles sone. U CapitwZo
x mo . 8
5 A Nd 6 after 1 fis Kyng Leil, regnede his sone Lud Ludybras, fat
XJL made f e citee of Kaunterbery and of Wynchestre ; and' he
regnede xiij ^ere, and deide, and lith at Wynchestre.
Of fe kyng 7 Bladue, 8 fat was Ludybras sone, regnede, 9 and 12
was a gode man and a nygromancer'. Capitulo xi mo .
ANd 10 after 1 fis Lud Ludebras, regnede Bladud his sone, a
grete nigromancer 1 ; and f rou^ his crafte of nigromancie
he made fe memailous hote bathe, as fe gest tellef, & he regnede 16
n xxj ^ere, 11 and he 12 lith at fe 13 newe Troye.
Of 14 Kyng 1 Leir, and of f e ansuere of Ms Congest dorter', fat
graciousely was mariede to f e Kyng of Fraunce. C. xij.
After* fis Kyng Bladud, regnede Leir 1 his sone; and fis Loir 1 20
made f e toune of Leycestre, and lete calle f e toune after 1
his name ; and he gouernede f e lande wel and [nobly]. U fis kyng
Leii' 5 hade iij doughtres : fe ferst highte Gonorille, f e secunde
Rigan, and fe fridde Cordeile; and fe Congest doughtei was 24
fairest 1 and best of 4 condiciouns. H fe king 1 here fader 1 bicome an
olde man, and wolde fat his 15 doughtres were mariede or fat
he deide . but ferst he f ougt 1 assaye whiche of ham 16 louede
him most 1 and best 1 ; for she fat louede him best shulde 17 best 28
bene 18 mariede . and he axede of fe ferst dought[er] how miche she
19 louede him 19 ; and she ansuerede and saide, ' bettre fan here owen
1 ^er 1 D. 3eer 0. 2 spok D. 3 and of D. 4 of ]> e 0. 5 leaf 3.
6 In the margin is this note, in an ancient hand : Lud Ludibras y fc byldyd
ca[n]terbery. 7 om. 0. 8 bladud' D. bladud 0. 9 regne D.
10 Jn the margin, in an ancient hand : he mayd y e hoyt b[ath]. The edge
of this page has evidently been cut off.
u - u om. D. 12 om. D. 13 om. DO. 14 Of ]>e 0.
15 his DO. here K 16 his dou^tres D. 17 shul D. 18 be DO.
1919 hijrft louede D, hym louectf 0.
CH. xil] King Leir and his Daughters. Cordeil made Queen. 17
litY "Now certes," quod 1 2 fe fader*, 2 " fat is a 3 grete loue."
IT Jpo axede he of f e secunde doughter 1 , how miche she him louede ;
and she saide, ' more, and passing al fe creatures leuyng 14 of fe
4 worlde.' "ma foy," 5 quod. fe fader 1 , (l j may no more axen."
51 And f o axede he of f e pridde doughter 1 , how miche she
him louede. "certes, fader*," 6 quod she, "my sustres haue tolde
30 w glosyng wordes ; but f or-sof e y shal tel ^ow 7 treuf : for y
8 loue 30 w as miche as 8 me owe]) 8 to loue my fader; and 9 forto
bryng $ow more in certeyne how loue go]?, I shal 3ow telle, for-as-
miche as 36 bene 10 worf e, as muche 11 shal 36 bene 12 louede." IT The
kyng here fader wende fat she hade scornede him, and bicome
12 wonder wroth, and swore by heuen and erfe fat she shulde neuer
haue goode of him; but his dou^tres fat louede him so miche
shulde be wel auauncede and mariede . and f e ferste dougter
he mariede to Mangles, King of Scotlande ; And f e secunde he
16 mariede to Hanemos, Erl of Cornewaile ; and so 13 fai ordeynede
and speke 14 bituene ham fat fai shulde departe f e reaune bituene
ham too, after fe def of Leir 115 her 1 fader 1 , U So fat Cordeil his
Congest doughter shulde nof ing 1 haue of his lande. but f is Cordeil
20 was wonder 1 faire, and of so 15 goode condicions and maners, fat fe
Kyng of Fraunce, Agampe, 16 herde of here 16 speke, and sent to f e
Kyng Leir 1 , he[r] fader*, for to haue her* vnto wif 4 , and prayede him
ferof. And Kyng 1 Leir here fader* sent him worde fat he hade
24 departede the lande 17 to his ij of ere 17 dou^tres, and saide he
nade 18 no more lande \vherwif 19 her* forto 19 marie. 20 U And when
Agampe herde fis ansuere, he sent anone a^eyne to Leir 1 , and
saide fat he axede nofing wif here, but oneliche 21 heir 1 clofing
28 and oneliche heir 1 body; and anone 3 Kyng 1 Leire here fader 1 sent
here ouer f e see to f e Kyng 1 of France ; and he resceyuede here
wif michel 22 worship and wif 23 michel solempnite, 23 & made here
Quene of Fraunce.
I quo> D. 2 - 2 he 0. 3 om. D. 4 om. DO.
5 fey 0. 6 leaf 3, back. 1 3ow sotli and D.
- 8 y owe D. I owe 0. 9 MS. and and. 10 beth D. be 0.
II sorniche D. so mych 0. 12 be DO. 13 J>o 0.
14 spak D. 15 om. 0. I6 - 16 Of her herde D.
17-n vn . to hjg q ^ er too o. is hade D. hadde 0.
9 - 19 he mijt her D. 20 maryen 21 only 0.
22 miehe D. mych 0.
23_23 m j c i ie solempnite her sponsede D. mych solempnyte her spoused' 0.
BRUT.
18 Leirs retinue is cut down ly Cornell and Rigan. [CH. xm
HQW Kyng Leii J was dryuen out of his 1 lande prou^ his owen 2
folye ; and how Cordeil his Congest doughter halpe him in
his nede. U Capitulo U Terciodecimo.
3 rilHus it bifel 4 afterwarde, pat po ij eldest doughtren 5 wolde 4
I nou^t abide til pat Leir* here fader were 6 dede, but werrede
oppon him whiles pat 7 he leuede, and miche sorwe and shame him
dede ; wherfore pai binome him holly pe reaume, and bituene ham
hade ordeynede pat one of ham shulde haue Kyng Leir* to 8 soiourne 8
al his lif tyme, with xl kny^tes and heir squyers, pat he might wor-
shipfully gone 9 & ryde whider pat he wolde, 10 and into 10 what
centre pat him likede, to playe and to solacen. U So pat Managles
Kyng 1 of Scotlande, hade Kyng 1 Leir* with him in pe maner pat 11 is 12
aboue-saide, 12 and, or operehalf 1 ^erewerepassede, Cornell his eldest 1
doubter, pat was Queue of Scotland', was so annoyed 13 wip him and
wip 13 his peple, pat anone she and here lorde 14 spoken to-gederes, 14
wherefor his kny^tes half, 15 and his squyers, 16 fram him were gone, 16
and nonio lefte but oneliche xxx. And when 15 pis was done, Leire
biganne forto 17 make miche sorwe, for enchesoun pat his state was
enpeirede, and men hade of him more scorne and despite pan euer*
pai hade biforne ; wherfore he nyst what forto 18 done ; and at pe 20
last pou^t pat he wolde wende into Cornewaile, to Rigan his opere
doughter. U And when he was comen, 19 pe erl arid his wif 1 , pat was
Leires doughter*, him welcomede, and with him made miche ioye ;
and pere he duellede with xxx kny^tes and squyers. And he nade 20 24
nought duellede pere scarsly tuelf monep, pat his doughter of him 21
nas ful, and of his company ; and her 1 lorde and she, of him hade
scorne and despite, so pat fram 22 xxx kny^tes 7 pai brou^ten
vnto x, and afterwarde v ; and' so pere lefte wip him nomo. 11 )}o 28
made he 15 sorwe ynow, and 4 23 saide, sore wepyng, 'alias pat euer
he come into pat Lande!' and saide, '^itte hade me bene bettre
forto 6 haue duellede with my ferst doughter [and anon went pens
a^eyne to his ferst doubter].' 24 But aiione as she saw him come, 32
she swore by God? and 25 his holy names, and by as miche as she
might, pat he shulde haue nomo wip him but one 26 kny^t, if 27 he
1 Jjis 0. 2 om. DO. 3 foa/4. 4 fel DO. 5 doujtcrs D.
6 was D. 7 om. D. 8 forto D. 9 go DO.
10-10 in ) i nto o. " as DO. ia above-yseyd 0.
13-is O f DO. "-1 4 speken to-gidre 0. 15 om. 0.
19 Squyers half 0. 17 to 0. 18 to D. 19 come 0.
20 hade D. 21 his 0. ffl fro D. ^ leaf 4, back.
24 supplied from D. w and by D. & by 0. 26 o DO. >27 if J>at 0.
CH. xui] King Leirs lament. Goes to France to see Cordeil. 19
wolde fere 1 abide. U j?o bigan Leir 1 a^eyn to 2 wepe, and made
muche sorwe, and saide f o : " alias ! now to longe haue y leuede, fat
f is sorwe and meschief is 3 now to me 3 falle ; for now 4 y am 4 poer 1 ,
4 and 5 some tyme y 2 was ryche; but now haue y no frende ne kyn
fat me wil do 6 eny maner 1 goode. U But when 7 y was ryche, alle
men me honourede 8 and worsshepede ; 8 and now euery man hath
of me scorne and despite ! and now y wote wel fat Cordeil, my
8 ^onge 9 doughter 1 , saide me treuf) when she saide * as michel 10 as y
hade, 11 so michel 11 shulde y 12 be louede '; 12 and all fe while fat y
hade goode, f o was y belouede and honourede for my rychesse ; but
my ij doughtres me glosede f o, and now of me fai sette litel pris,
12 and sof tolde me Cordeil, but y wolde nou^t bileue it, ne vnder-
stonde, and pe?'fore y lete here goii 13 fro me as a fing fat y sette
litel pris of 1 ; and now wote y neuer 1 what forto done, sef my
ij doughtres have me 14 fus desceyuede, 15 fat y so michel 16 louede;
16 and now inoste me 17 nedes seche 18 here fat is in an opere lande, fat
lighly y lete here go fro me without 19 eny reward? of 3iftes ; and she
saide fat 14 ' she louede me as miche as she outh 20 here fader 1 , bi al
maner resoun ' ; and f o y shulde haue axede of here no more ; and
20 fo fat me of ere- wise bihi^ten frou^ here faire 21 speche, now haue
me desceyuede ! "
^1 In fis maner 1 Leir 1 longe tynie him bigan 22 to make his mone ;
and at fe last he shoope him to fe see, and passede oner into
24 France, and axede and aspiede wher the Quene my^t be founde ;
and men tolde where fat she was. 23 H And when he come to 24 f e
citee fat she was in, priueliche 25 he sent his Squyer 126 vnto f e quene,
to tel her 1 fat heir 1 fader 1 was comen 27 to 28 her 1 for grete nede. U And
28 when fe squyer 1 come to 28 fe quene, he tolde her 1 euery dele of heir 1
sustres frani f e bigynnyng vnto f e ende. H Cordeil f e Quene
anone nome golde and siluer, grete plente, and toke it to 28 fe squyer 1 ,
in conseile fat he sliulde go and bere it vnto here fader 1 , and fat he
32 shulde go into a certeyn Citee, and him arreyen, baf en and wesshen,
1 om. 0. 2 om. DO. 3 ~ 3 to me now DO.
4 - 4 am y D. am I 0. 5 pat 0. 6 done D.
7 whan J>at 0. 8 - 8 om. D. 9 Congest D.
10 as mich D. as mych 0. u u as miche D. so inych 0.
12 - 12 bene bilouede D. be belouyd* 0. 13 go DO.
14 om. D. 15 destroyede D. 16 miche D. mych 0.
17 y 0. 18 sechen 0. 19 withouten D.
20 ought D. owt 0. 21 fals 0. 22 gan D. 23 leaf 5.
24 into D. 25 priuely D. pryuyly 0. 26 Squyer DO. Squyers K.
27 come 0. * vnto D.
20 Leir made King again. Cordeil reigns in England. [CH. xiv
and J>an come ^eyne 2 to 1 her*, and bryng 1 with him an honest
company of kny^tes, xl. at J)e leste, with here nieny ; and J?enne he
shulde 3 sende to 4 here lorde )>e kyng 1 , and sayen)>at he 5 was comen 5
forto speke with his doubter 1 , and him to 6 seene. If And when e 4
kyng and ]>e quene 7 herde J>at, 7 wij> michel 8 honour 9 J?ai comen, 9
and him resceyuede. 10 J5e kyng of Fraunce 11 lete sende ]?o 12 brou^ al
his reaume, and cowmandede bat alle men 13 to him shulde 13 bene 14
entendaunt 1 , to Leire, be Quenes fader, in al 15 maner Jung 1 as it were 8
to him-self 1 . IT when Leir hade duellede bere a monbe and more,
he tolde to 16 be kyng and to be Quene his doughter 1 , how his ij 17
eldeste dou^tres hade him seruede. U Agampe anone lete ordeyne a
grete hoste of Fraunce, and sent it into Britaigne with Leir 1 , be 12
Quenes fader 1 , forto conquere his lande a3eyne, and his kyngdome ;
and Cordeil also come with her 18 fader into Britaigne, forto haue be
reaume after* her* fadres deth. And? anon) bai went to shippe, and
passede be see, and come into Britaigne, and fau^t 19 wib be felons, 16
and ham scomfitede 20 & quellede. And Leir 1 bo hade his lande
a^eyne, and after 1 leuede iij $ere, and helde 21 his reaume in pees, and
afterwarde deide ; & Cordeil his doughter him lete entere wij)
michel 22 honowr at Leycestre. 20
23 How Morgan and Conenedag* 24 ]?at were Neveus to Cordeil,
werrede oppon here, and put here into prison. C. xiiij.
WHen }>at Kyng Leir 1 was dede, Cordeil his Congest dou^tre
helde and hade ]?e lande v ^ere ; and in )?e mene tyme 24
deide here Lorde Agamp, ]?at was Kyng of Fraunce ; and after his
deth she lefte 25 widue. H And fo come Morgan and Conenedag 1 ,
)?at were Cordeiles sustres sones, and to here hade enuy, for-asmiche
|?at 26 her 1 aunfr shulde haue )?e lande ; so ]?at bituene ham J>ai 28
ordeynede a grete power 1 , and vppon here werrede gretlich ; and
l l vnto D. 2 After a^eyne MS. lias with he underlined for erasure.
3 shal D. 4 vn-to 0. 5 - 5 wer* come 0. 6 & 0.
7 - 7 harde tel >at he come D. herd J>at he come 0.
8 mycTi 0. 9 ~ 9 om. DO.
10 resceyuede wijj michel honour" D. receyued with mych honour 0.
11 ffrance >o D. fraunce >o 0. 12 om. DO.
13 - 13 shulde to hym 0. 14 be D. 15 MS. al al.
16 om. 0. 17 tweyne 0. 18 her 0. him R.
19 fou3te?i D. foughtynO. ^ descomfitede D.
21 hade D. ffl myche 0. 23 leaf 5, back.
24 Conedag throughout DO. ^ lyued' 0. 26 as DO.
CH. XV, xvi] Cordeil is slain. Her successors. 21
neuer 1 1 ]?ai rest 1 til pat ))ai hade here taken, 2 and put her 1 3 vnto
deth. 3 II And ]?o Morgan and Conenedag 1 seisede al J?e lande, and
departede 4 bituene ham, and pai helde it xij ^ere. 11 And 5 when
4 the 5 xij }ere were gone, 6 pe?*e bigon bituene ham a grete debate, so
pat pai werrede strongely in-fere, 7 and eue?yche 8 of ham dede opere
miche disese, ffor Morgan wolde haue hade alle pe lande fram 9
bi^ende Humber 1 , pat Conedag 1 helde ; but he come a^eynes him
8 with a strong 1 power 1 , so pat Morgan derst nou^t abide, but fley
awaye into Walys ; and Conenedag pursuede him, and toke him,
and quelde him. 11 po come Conenedag a3eyne, and seisede al pe
lande into his hande, and helde hit, and regnede after*, xxxiij 10
12 3ere, and po deide, and lip at New Troye.
11 Of Rynallo, 11 pat was Conedag?^ sone: 12 how he 12 regnede
after 1 his fader 1 ; and in his tyme it raynede bloode iij
daies, in 13 tokenyng of gret 13 deth. U Capitulo U duinto-
16 desimo.
ANd after 1 pis Conenedag, 14 regnede Rynallo 15 his sone, an 16
Wise kny^t, and an 17 hardy and 18 cwteise,pat wel and nobly
gouernede J>e lande, and wonder* wel made him bi 19 louede of al
20 maner 1 folc. and in his tyme it raynede bloode Jjat lastede 20 iij
dayes, as God' wolde ; and sone after 1 j>e?'e come a 21 gret deth of
peple, for hostes with-out noumbre of peple fou^ten til ]?at ]?ai
were dede, Wherof no man my^t ham lette til jjat almi^ty God' ]?e?*of
24 tok mercy and pitee ; and tho gan it cesse. and J)is Raynolde
regnede xxij ^ere, & deide, & II Iij) at 3ork.
How Gorbodian regnede in pees, pat was Rynallo 22 sone; and
after, he 23 deide, and li]> at 3ork< C. xvj.
28 A fter pis Ryuallo, 24 regnede Gorbodyan 25 his sone xv 3ere, and
A
deide and lith at 3ork H .
1-1 rest neuer D. >ey restyd 0. 2 take D.
3 ~ 3 into prisoun deth D. to detfc 0. 4 partede it D.
5 - 5 when bo D. >o 0. 6 ygone D. 7 y-fere 0. 8 eche 0.
9 fro D. 10 xxx D. n -" How Raynolde D. How regnold 0.
12 - 12 om. DO. 13 - 13 tokene of 0.
14 Raynolde in error for Conedag D. 15 Reynolde D. Regnold 2 0.
16 a DO. 17 a D. 18 and a D. 19 leaf 6.
2l) lastO. 21 om.O. Raynaldes D. reynoldes 0. ffl om. 0.
24 Raynolde D. Regnold' 0. 25 Gordobodian D.
22 Ferrex and Porrex are both slain. [CH. xvii, xvm
How Gorbodian 1 hade ij sones, & how 2 pat on slough pat opere,
forto haue pe heritage ; & how Ydoyne her 1 moder quellede
pat opere, wherfore pe lande was destroiede. U Capitulo
IT xvij mo . 4
When pis Gorbodian 1 was dede, 3 his ij sones 3 pat he hade,
bicome 4 stoute men 5 and proude, & euer 1 werrede to-geder*
for pe lande : pat one, mew 6 called Ferre^, 7 and pat opere Porrex ; and
pis Ferre} wolde haue hade al the lande, but pat opere wolde nou^t 8
suffren 8 him. Ferre} hade a felounes herf, and pou^t prou} tresoun 5
slee his bropere ; but p?'iuely 9 he went into Fraunce, and pere abode
with pe 10 kyng Syward 10 til oppofi a tyme pat he come a3eyne, and
fau^t wip his broper Ferre} 11 ; but ful euel it hapede po, for he was 12
slayn ferst. IT When Ydoyne, here 12 moder, wist pat Porrex was
dede, she made grete sorwe, for enchesoun pat she louede him more
pan 13 pat opere, 13 and pou^t him forto 14 quelle. priuely 15 she come
to here sone oppou a ny^t wip ij knyfes, and perwip cotte his prote, 16
and pe body also into smale pecis. Who herde euer 2 soche a cursede
model 1 *, pat quellede with here 16 owen hondes here owen sone ! and
Longe tyme after* Laste pe reprofe 17 & shame to pe modei* pat, for
enchesoun of pat o sone, mordrede pat opere, and so loste ham 20
bothe.
How iiij kynges curteisely 18 helde al Britaigne ; and whiche
beth 19 here names. U Capitulo U Octodesimo.
WHen pise ij breperne were so dede, pai nade Lefte bihynde 24
ham noo 20 sone ne doughter*, ne none op<?re of pe kynrede
pat might haue pe heritage. & 21 for-asmiche as pe strongest men
dryuen and descomfitede 22 pe feblest 1 , and token 23 al here landes, so
pat in eue?y contre pai hade grete werre and stryfe. U But amonge 24 28
alle opere pinges, pere were amonges ham in pe contre pat ouercome 25
alle pe 26 ope?*e; and prou^ heir* strengp and 27 myjt pai iiomen and
token 28 al pe landes; and eueryche 29 of ham tok a certeyne contre ;
and in his contre lete calle him kyng 1 . U And on of ham, mew 30 32
I Gordobodian D. 2 om. 0.
3_3 Written twice in MS. and struck out the second time.
4 bycomen so 0. 6 om. D. 6 me D. 7 Ferre3 DO.
8 suffre DO. 9 priueliche D. 10 - 10 kynges Sty ward? 0.
II Porre} 0. 12 his D. 13 - 13 p e toj>r 0. 14 for 0.
15 priuely and priuely D. pryuyly And priuyly 0. 16 leaf 6, back.
17 repref 0. 18 curteisliche D. 19 ben 0. 20 ney)?ere D. nother 0.
21 and for and D. ^ Scomfitede D. scorn fited' 0. w toke D.
24 amonges D. a ouercome?i 0. ^ J>o D. and here D. her 0.
28 tok D. eche 0. 30 me DO.
CH. xix, xx] King Donewall becomes the only king. 23
callede Stater 51 ; and he was Kyng 1 of Scotland; and pat opere me
callede Dunwal, 2 and lie was Kyng 1 of Loegers, and of alle pe
landes 3 pat was Lotrynes, 4 Brutes sone. 4 U pe pridde, men 5 callede
4 Rudak 1 , and he was Kyng of Walys ; and pe iiij te me callede Cloten,
and he was Kyng 1 of Cornewaile. U But pis Cloten shulde haue
hade al pe lande, be 6 resoun for pe?-e was no man pat wist none so
ry^thful heire 7 as be was; but po 8 pat were strongest sette litel by
8 ham pat were of lasse estate, and perfor pis Cloten hade no more
lande amonges ham paw onliche 9 U Cornewaile.
Of Kyng Donewatt, 10 fat was Clotene^ sone, and how he hade
wonne J>e lande. 1T Capitulo xix.
12 rriHis Cloten bade a sone pat me clepede 11 Donewal, pat, after* pe
I detb of his fader 5 , bicome an hardy man, and a faire and a
curteise, so pat he passede alle pe kynges of Britaigno of fairenesse
and of worpinesse. 1T And 12 as he was knyght, he 13 Wiste wel 14
16 when bis fader* leuede 15 he was moste rygbtful heire of al 7 pe lande,
and shulde haue hade it by resoun ; but optre kynges pat were of
more strengp pan he, binome him 16 his lande. U And afterwarde pis
Donebande ordeynede him powere, and ferst conquerede al pe lande
20 of Loegers; and after 117 he wolde haue conquerede al 7 Scotland?
and Walys ; and Stater* 18 wip his men come, and }af him 19 bataile ;
and Rudak come a^eyne wip his Walshemen forto helpe him ; But
so it bifel pat Rudafr was slayn, 20 and Skater* also, in pleyn bataile;
24 and so Donewal hade pe victorye, and conquerede al pe lande, and 21
wel mayntenede it in pees and 22 quyete, pat neuer* bifore it was so
wel mayntenede.
How Donewal was pe ferst kyng pat euere Werede crone of 1
28 golde in Britaigne. IT Capitulo H Vicesimo.
THis 23 Donewal lete 24 make him 24 a crone of golde, and werede
pe croune oppon his beuede, as neuei 1 * kyng dede bifore ; and
he ordeynede a statute pat, 25 hade a man done 25 neuer so miche
1 Scater D. Skater 0. 2 Dawallier DO. 3 laude D. land 0.
* 4 that was BruteJ sones D. >at was Brutes sones 0.
5 me DO. 6 by DO. 7 om. D. 8 >ai D. >ei 0. 9 only 0.
10 Donebande throughout DO. n callede D. called' 0.
12 And anon DO. 13 leaf 7. 14 wel >t 0. 15 leuede J>at D.
16 om. O. 17 aftyrward 0. 18 Skater DO.
19 ham D. 20 quellede D. queld' 0. 21 and >o D. ^ & in D.
23 In the margin is written by an ancient hand : Donwall we . . . y e first
crovne . . . ordeyned y e temp[le] a savgard for m . . . The edge of the page Aa*
been cut away. 2424 hy m done make 0. 2525 a raan j Q.
24 King Brenne gets Norse help to invade K. Belyn. [CH. XXI
harme, and he might come into pe temple, pere 1 shulde no man him
misdo, but gone 2 perin sauf and in pees, and aftre gone 2 into what
contre pat lie wolde, withouten 3 eny harme ; and if eny man sette
hande oppon* him, he pan shulde lese his lif. U And pis Donewal 4
made pe toune of Malmesbury, and pe toune of pe Vise ; & when
he hade regnede wel and nobly 5 .xl. ^ere, he deide, & lip at newe
Troye.
How Brenne and Belyn departede bituene ham pe lande, after" 8
pe deth of Donewal, Mr 1 fader 1 ; & of pe werre. CsLpitulo
xxj.
ANd after* pat pis Donewal was [dede], 6 his sones pat he hade,
depa? f tede pe lande bituene ham as her 1 fader hade ordeynede ; 12
so pat Belyn, his eldest sone, hade al the lande 7 a pis halfe Humber,
and his broper 8 Brenne hade al 9 pe lande fram number* vnto 10
Scotland'; but for-asmich as 11 Belyn hade pe better 1 parte, Brenne
perfor wax wrop, and wolde haue hade more of pe lande; and 16
Belyn his broper wolde graunt him nomore ; Wherfor contak and
werre aroos bituene 12 ham ij. But Brenne pe Conger broper hade no
my^te ne streng]? a^eyn^ Belyn ; and ferfor Brenne, Jnmi} conseil of
his folc, went fram 13 fens into Norway, to ]?e Kyng 1 Elsinges, and 20
prayede him of helpe and of socoure forto conquere al pe lande 14 of
Britayn 14 vppon Belyn his broker, oppon pat couenaunt, pat he
wolde haue his doubter to wyf; and pe Kyng 1 Elsinges 15 him
grauntede. H Belyn, anone as his brope?* was gone to 16 Norway, he 24
seisede into his hande al pe lande of Northumberland', and toke al
pe castelles, 17 and lete ham arraie, and also kepe pe costes of pe see,
pat Brenne shulde nou^t arryue in no side but pat he were take.
U The Kyng Elsinges lete assemble a grete hoste, and delyuerede 28
his doughter 1 to Brenne, and alle pe peple pat he hade ordeynede.
And pis damisel, Samye, hade longe tyme louede a kyng 1 pat me
callede Gutlagh 18 ; and to him she tolde al here counseil, how pat
Brenne shulde here haue, and here lede wip him for euermore, and 32
so he 19 shulde her lese, but if pat she my^f forsake Breune. 51 And
1 om. DO. 2 go D. 3 with-oute 0. 4 on D.
6 worthelye D. worthyly 0. 6 dede DO. om. R.
7 lande of brytayn D. land of Britaigne 0. 8 om. 0.
9 leaf 7, back. 10 into D. u )>at 0. 12 bituenes D.
13 fro DO. 14 - 14 om. DO. 15 Elsyng* 0. 16 vnto D.
17 castett 0. 18 Gutlaghen D. 19 corrected from }e in MS.
CH. xxn] Belyn defeats King Gutlagh of Denmark. 25
when Gtitlagh herde pise tydynges, 1 he lay forto aspie Brenne, wip
alse 2 meny shippes as lie my^t haue, so pat po 3 ij fletes 4 metten
to-gederes, 4 and longe tyine foughten, so pat Brenne and his shippes
4 turnede a^eyne, and were descomfitede ; and Kyng Gutlagh toke
Samye, and put here into 5 shippe, and Brenne shamefully neye 6
pens as a man descomfitede. 11 And Gutlagh wolde haue went into
his 7 countree ; but pere come oppon 8 him a stronge tempest, pat .v.
8 dayes Laste, so pat prou$ pat tempest 1 he was dryuen into Britaigne
with iij shippes, and wij) no mo. and po pat kepte 9 pe costes of
pe see token Gutlagh and Samye, and alle his folc, and ham pre-
sentede vnto 10 Belyn, and he 3 put ham into 11 prisoun.
12 How Belyn 12 delyuerede 13 out of pis lande Kyng Gutlagh of
Dennemarc, and Samye. U Capitulo 11 Vicesimo Secwwdo.
Hit 14 was nou^t longe after 1 , pat Brenne ne come a^eyne with a
15 stronge meny, 15 and sent to his broker Belyn, pat he shulde
16 ^elde a^eyne his lande to his wif and to his folc, & his castelles 16
also, or elles he wolde destroye his lande. Belyn drade no ping
his 17 manace, and wolde no Jung done 18 after fat he saide. Wher-
fore Brenne come with his folc, and fau^t with him 19 ; and Brenne
20 was descomfitede, and his folc slayne, and him-self fleede wip xij
men into Frauuce. U And pis Belyn, pat was Brennes bropere,
went 20 pe vnto 20 3oik, and toke 21 counseil what he my^t done, 22
wip Kyng Gutlagh; for Kyng 1 Gutlagh proferede 23 to bicome 23 his
24 man, and to holde his lande of him, ^eldyng by ^ere 24 Mtti of siluer 24
for euer'-more ; and for sikernesse of pis couenaunf to bene holde,
Gutlaghe shulde bryng him gode hostages, and to him shulde done
homage, and al his folc, and }itte he 3 shulde suere oppon the book 1
28 pat pise couenauntes shulde 25 nou3t bene broken 25 ne falsede.
U Belyn po, by counseil of his folc, grantede him his axing* ; and so
Gutlagh bicome his man ; and Belyn vnderfonge of him his homage
by othe, and by wrytyng 1 pe same couenaunf. U And oppon
I tidyng* D. tydyng 0. 2 as DO. 3 om. 0.
4 - 4 mettes to-geder D. mettyn to-gidere 0. 5 in-to his 0. 6 fly 0.
7 his owen D. his owne 0. 8 leaf 8. 9 kepten 0. 10 to 0.
II om, D. in 0. 12 Brenne 0. 13 drof DO. 14 Syt sic 0.
5-15 g rete nau y e j) gret ine y ne 0. 1G castett DO.
17 his inalyce ne his 0. 18 do D. 19 Belyn D. hym Belyn 0.
so- 20 >o to DO. 21 nome DO. * do 0.
23 Gutlagh forto ben D. - a M* pound^ 0.
2B - 25 neuer be broke D. neuere be brokyn 0.
26 Belyn makes 4 roads. He & Brenne invade France. [CH. xxm
*pis Couenant 1 King 1 Gutlagh tok* 2 Samye and his folc, and went
j>ennes, and twriiede a^eyn 3 to Dennemarc. If Euermore after* were
the couenauntes Halrlen, and pe truage paiede, til pe tyme pat
Hauelok was Kyng of Denmarc, and also of pis lande, prou$ his wif* 4
Gildebur^rhe, pat he hade spousede, for she was pe ry$t heire of pis
lande. U pis Belyn duellede po in pees, and worshepliche 4 him
helde amonges 5 his barons; and he made iiij real waies, one fram 6
pe Est into 7 West*, and pat was callede Watlyngstrete ; and anopere 8
fram 6 pe North into pe South, pat was callede Ikenyle strete ; and
ij opere waies he made in bossinge prou^-oute the lande : pat one is
callede Fosse, and pat opere Fossedik ; and he mayntenede wel pe
gode Lawes pat Doneband? his fader* hade made and ordeynede in 12
his tyme, as bifore is saide.
How accorde was made bituene Brenne and Belyn, through
Cornewenne, hire moder*. U Capitulo U Vicesimo Tercio.
BRenne, that was Belynes 8 broper, hade longe tyme duellede in 16
Fraunce, and pere hade co/^querede a grete lordeship prou$
manage, for he was Due of Burgoyne prou} pe doubter of pe 9 due
Fewyn pat he hade spousede, pat was right heire of pe Jande. and
pis Brenne ordeynede a grete power* of his folc and also of Fraunce, 20
and come into pis lande forto f eight with Belyn his broper. and
Belyn come a^eynes him with a stronge powere of Britons, and po
wolde haue ^eue 10 him bataile ; but heir* moder* Cornewenne, pat tho
Leuede, 11 12 herde pat 12 pe o 13 broper wolde 14 haue destroyede 14 pat 24
opere, and went bituene here sones, and 15 ham made 15 accordede
wip miche peyne ; so pat at pe laste, po ij breperne, with miche 16
blisse, went to-gedei j into newe 17 Troye, pat now is callede London,
and pe?'e pai duellede al a $ere ; and after*, pai toke 18 19 Heire conseile 28
forto go conquere al Fraunce ; and so thai deden, 20 & brent tounes,
and destroyede al 21 pe lande bope in lengp and in Brede. and pe
Kyng of Fraunce $af ham bataile wip his powere; but he was
ouercomen, 22 and ^af truage vnto 23 Belyn and to his broper. H And 32
1-1 ])is couenauntes D. these couenauntes 0. 2 nome DO.
3 leaf 8, back. 4 worshipfullich D. wurschipfally 0.
6 amowge D. Among 0. 6 fro 0. 7 into J>e DO.
8 Belyn his 0. 9 om 0. 10 jeuen 0.
11 leuede hade D. lyved* had 0. 12 ~ 12 MS. herde >at herde J>at.
13 to 0. 14 - 14 destroye D. dystroye O. 16 - 15 made hem 0.
16 michel D. I7 grete D. gret 0. 18 nome DO. 19 leaf 9.
20 dede 0. 21 om. DO. ^ ouercome DO. ^ to DO.
CH. xxiv] Rome is conqvierd, Denmark subdued. 27
after* fat, fai J went forfe 1 to Rome, and conquerede Eome, and al
Lnrabardy and Germayne, and toke homages and feautees of 2 fe
folc of f e Erles, 2 barons, and 3 alle ofere ; and after*, fai comen 4
4 into fis lande of Britaigne, and duellede with here Britounes in
ioye and reste. and fo made Brenne f e toune of Bristo\v ; and sif
he went ouer* ])e 5 see into his owen lordeshippe, and fere dnellede
al his lif\ and Belyn duellede atte Newe Troye ; and fere he made
8 a faire gate fat is clepede 6 Billyngesgate, after* his owen name, and
when fis Belyn hade regnede noble 7 xj ^ere, 8 he deide, & ^1 lif at
newe Troye.
How Kyng Corinbatrus quellede f e Kyng of Dennemarc, for
12 enchesoun fat he wolde nou^t paye him his truage.
If Capitwfo xxiiij to .
ANd after* fis Belyn, regnede his sone Corinbatrus, a gode man
and 9 a worf i. and 9 f e Kyng of Denmarc wolde nou^t paye
16 him bis truage, fat is to seyn, 10 M 1 ti, 10 as he n hade sworne 11 by
oth forto paye hit, and also be writyng 12 of 1 recorde, 12 to Belyn his
fader*, wherfore he was euel 13 paiede and wrof, and assernblede a
grete hoste of Britons, and went into Dennemarc and slough fe
20 Kyng Gitclagh, and brou^t f e lahde in subieccioun al new, and toke
of folc feautes and homages, and after went a^eyne into his lande.
U And as he come forthe bi Orkeneye, he fonde xxx shippes ful of
men and of wyj/imen, bisides fe coste 14 of fe see, and fe kyng
24 axede what fai were. 15 an Erl, that was maistre of ham 16 alle,
curteisely ansuerede vnto the kyng, and saide fat fai were exilede
oute of Spaygne, 17 and so fai hade trauailede half 18 $ere and more
in f e see, to weten 19 if fai my^t fynde eny kyng', or 20 eny lorde, 21
28 fat of ham wolde haue pitee or mercy, to $eue ham eny lande in
eny contre wherin fai might duelle and haue reste, and bicome his
liege men, and to him wolde done 22 homage and feautes 23 whiles
fat he leuede, and to his heires after* him, and of hi?7i and of his
32 heires holde 24 fat londe 25 for euermore.' 25 IF And when fe kyng fis
J * wen ten bo>e D. 2 2 Erles and D. erls 0.
3 and of DO. 4 come 0. 5 ]>er 0. 6 callede D. called 0.
7 nobli D. nobly 0.
8 ^er* and iiij monu)>es D. ^eer & iiij monethes 0. 9 ~ 9 worth! D.
10-10 a M i p oun( i o. n - n swore 0. 12 ~ 12 recordede D. recorded 0.
13 ylle 0. u costes 0. 15 were And 0. 16 them 0.
17 leaf 9, lack. 18 half a 0. 19 wete 0. in 0. 21 lande 0.
22 do D. ^ feaute DO. M holden DO. ^'^ om. DO.
28 Spaniards settle in Ireland. 3 good Kings. [CH. xxv-xxvm
herde, lie hade pite of ham, and $af ham an He al wildernesse,
)?ere )>at noman was duellyng, saf oneliche 1 wilde bestes. and )>e
Erl pankede miche J?e kyng, and bicome his man, and dede him
feaute and homage, and tok 2 alle his folc, and went into J>e same 4
He. and J?e Erl 3 me callede Irlanyal ; and )>erfore 4 he lete calle fe
lande Irlande, after 1 his owen name. IF The kyng ]>o, Corinbatrus,
come a^eyne into J>is Lande, and regnede xxv $ere ; & after*, he
deide, and lij> at newe IF Troye.
How J>e Kyng 1 Guentolen regnede in godenesse, 5 & wel gouernede
J?e lande al his liftyme. 6 IF Capitulo vicesimo Quinto.
ANd when Corinbatrus was dede, regnede Guentolen his sone,
a man of goode condiciouns, and wel bilouede; and he 12
gouernede J)e lande wel and wiseliche, 7 and he regnede xxvj ^ere,
and after, deide, and lith at newe Troye.
How Kyng Seisel regnede, and wel gouernede J?e lande after
Guentolen. U CapitwZo xxvj to . 16
A Nil after* J>is 4 Guentolen, regnede his sone Seisel wel and
worfely, and wel gouernede J?e lande as his fader* hade
done biforne him ; and he regnede xv ^ere, and after 1 , 8 deide, and
lith at newe Troye. 20
How Kymore regnede after 1 Seisel his fader; and he bigate
Howan, J?at 9 regnede after 1 him. 8 IF Capitulo IF Vicesimo
IF Septimo.
ANd after J?is 8 Seisel, regnede his sone Kymor wel and nobly 10 24
xix ^ere in pees \ and Howan his sone x ^ere, and deide,
and lij> at Herbaldoun.
How Kyng 1 Morwith deide }>rou3 meschaunce, Jtfou^ 11 a beste
for his wickednesse. IF Capitulo U Vicesimo IF Octauo. 28
ANd 8 after 1 J>is Howan, regnede Morwith; and he 4 bicome
wickede, and so sterne, til at }>e laste, grete vengeaunce come
to him ; for as he went on 12 a tyme bi )>e seeside, 13 he mette a grete
1 only 0. 2 nome DO. 3 kyng 0. 4 om. 0. 5 pees 0.
6 lyf 0. 7 wysely 0. 8 om. DO. 9 leaf 10.
10 nobliche D. noblich 0. n ofO. 12 vppon D. vpon 0.
13 syde 0.
CH. XXIX, xxx] The lad King Artogaile becomes good. 29
beste, J>at was "blac, and horrible and hidouse ; and he wende J>at
it hade bene a whale of J>e see, and bent an Arvveblasf, 1 and wolde
haue slayne ]jat 2 best wij) a quareH ; but he mi^t 1 nou^t smyte hit.
4 and when he hade shotte alle his quarelles, 3 j>e beste anone come
to him in grete haste, and him deuourede alif ; and so he deide
for his wickednesse, prou} vengeance of Gode, after pat he hade
regnede ix
8 Of Grandobodian, pat was Morwithe^ sone, pat made the tonne
of Cambruge. 1T Capitulo U Vicesimo Nono.
After pis Morvvith was dede, j)e Britouns cronede Grandobodian
his sone; 4 and pis Grandobodian 4 longe tynie regnede in
12 godeuesse, and made temples and tounes; and pis Grandobodian
made pe toune of Cambrugge and pe toune of Grantham, and was
wel bilouede of ryche and of pore, 5 for he 5 honot^rede pe riche and
halpe pe poer*. U This Grandobodian hade iiij soiies, Artogaile,
16 Hesider*, Higamus, and Petiter 5 , and whew he hade regnede xj ^ers,
he deide, & lip at newe Troye.
Of Artogaile, fat was Grandobodian^ sone : how he was made
kyng*, & si]) put adoune for his 6 wickednesse, IT CapitwZo
20 Tricesimo.
7 A fter Grandobodian, regnede his sone Artogaile v $ere; and
ji\^ he bicome so wickede and so sterne, jjat )?e Britons wolde
nou^t suffre him to bene 8 kyng 1 , but put him adoune, and made
24 Hesider his broker kyng 1 ; and he bicome so gode and mercyable
jjat men him callede ' kyng of pitee.' and when he hade regnede v
3ere, he hade so[miche] 9 pitee of his broker Artogaile, J?at was kyng
bifore; and anone he forsoke his dignite, and toke his broker J>e
28 crone a^eyne, and made him kyng 1 a^eynes 10 al J>e J1 barons wille of
Britaigne. 11 and afterwarde, Jns Artogaile bicome so gode of condi-
ciouns pat he was wel bilouede of al pe lande ; for he bicome so
debonoure and free, and dede right and resoufi to alle maner*
32 man ; 12 and he regnede vj ^ere, and deide, and lith at Grauntham.
1 arweblaster D. 2 J) e 0.
3 corrected from querelles in MS. quarett 0.
4 4 om. D. & J>is Grandobodyan his sone 0.
5 - 5 for he DO. for R. 6 om. 0. 7 leaf 10, lack. 8 be DO.
9 gret 0. 10 ajen 0.
u - u britons wille D. bry tons wytt 0. 12 of men DO
30 .5T. Hesider and his Brothers. 33 Kings. [CH. xxxi-xxxm
How Hesider was made kyng 1 after* )>e deth of Artogaile ^is
U broker. 1 Capitz^o xxxj.
After J)e deth of Artogaile, the Britounes crounede an-o]>ere
tyine Hesider* ; but his ij bre)>ern Higamus and Petiter* 4
haden of him grete despite, and eke scorne, and ordeynede ham
helpe forto werre oppon )>e kyng her* broker. and so fai token him,
and put 2 him into prisoun, the secunde $ere of his regne; and J?ai
depa?*tede al Britaign bituene ham ij. but Higamus leuede but vij 8
}ere ; and j?o hadde Petitur* al J?e lande ; and he made J)e toune of
Pikeryng 1 , and after deide, J?e secuwde ^ere of his regne, & lij? at
Pikeryng 1 ,
How J>e Britouns token 3 Hesider* oute of Prisoune, and made 12
kyng j>e Jjridde tyme. 11 Capitulo H 4 Tricesimo
ANd when J>is Petitur was dede, the Britons toke 5 anone right 1
Hesider, and made him kyng J)e fridde tyine, and j?o 16
6 regnede he 6 in pees xiiij ^ere, & after deide, and lij? at Karleil.
How xxxiij kynges regnede in pees, eche after 1 o}>cre, after 7 J)e
deth of Hesider', U Capitulo f Tricesimo Tercio.
After 8 ])e deth of Hesider*, regnede xxxiij Kynges, eche after* 20
ojjere, in pees; and wij>out eny longe tariyng 1 y shal 9 tel
ham alle, 9 and how longe euery 10 of ham regnede, as j?e story
tellej?. H The ferste kyng' of Ipo xxxiij me clepede 11 Gorbodia,
and he regnede xij ^ere. U and aftei 1 * him regnede Morgan ij 24
$ere; Hand after* him regnede Eigamus 12 vj }ere; U and after*
him regnede Idwalan viij ^ere; 11 and after him regnede Rohugo
xj ^ere ; U and after* him regnede Voghen xiij ^ere ; H and
13 after him regnede 13 Katil xv jere ; Hand after* him regnede 14 28
Porrex ij ^ere ; U and after* him regnede Cheryn xvij }ere ;
[; & after him regned Coil xij ^er*] 15 H and after* him regnede
Sulgenis xiiij $ere ; IT and after him regnede Esdad xx u
1-1 om. D. 2 om. D. puttyn 0. 3 nomen DO. * 4 xxxiij D.
5 nome DO. 6 - 6 regned he DO. regnede R. 7 leaf II.
8 And aftir 0. 9 ~ 9 hem att telle 0. 10 eu^ryche D. eche 0.
11 callede D. Called 0.
12 It is impossible to distinguish n and u in these MSS. This might be
Eigainus, Eiganius, Eigamus, etc. D and fiave Eighnans or Eighnaus.
3 - 13 after him regnede D. after him regued 0. after R.
14 om. 0. 15 supplied from D.
CH. xxxiv, xxx v] King Lud and London and Ludgate. 31
U And af ter* him regnede Andragie xviij $ere ; U And after 1 him
regnede Vran 1 v $ere ; U and after* him regnede Elintf ij $ere ;
U and after* him regnede Eldagan xv }ere ; U and after* him regnede
4 Claten xij $ere ; H & after him regnede Quirgund! viij 3 ere ; U and
after* him regnede Morian vj ^ere ; and after him regnede Bledaghe
iij $ere ; IT and after 1 him regnede Caph j $ere ; U and after* him
regned Gen ij ^ere ; 1F and after* him regnede Seisel and Kyng
8 Blecfe xxj $ere; U and Kyng Grabreth 2 xj $ere; II and Archinal
xiiij $ere; 3 and Erol xxx }ere; If And Eodengu 4 xxxij $ere; and 4
Herter v $ere, 3 U and Hampir* vj ^ere, And Carpoir* vij sere,
U and Digneile iij ^ere, U and Samuel xxiiij ^ere, U and Rede
12 ij $ere, IT and Ely vij moune]>s ; and j)is Ely hade iij sones, Lud,
Cassahilam, and Enymyon.
How LuiH was made kyng 1 after ]?e dej) of Ely his fade?-.
H Capitulo U Tricesimo H ftuarto.
16 5 A fter Jje de)> of Ely, regnede Lud his sone, and gouernede wel
1\ J)e lande, and miche honowrede gode folc, and temprede
and amendit wickede folc. II This Lud louede more to duelle at
Troye J?an at 6 eny oj?e?-e place of J?e lande ; Wlierfore |>e name of 7
20 Troy e was lafte, 8 and J)o 9 was callede |)e citee of 9 Ludstan; but
now 10 J>at name is cbaungede fjrou^ variance of le^res, and now is
callede London. U and 11 jns kyng made in the citee a faire gate,
and callede it Ludgate, after* his name ; and j?e folc of Jje citee lete
24 bight 12 Loundres, and when he hade regnede xj ^ere, he deide, and
lij) at London, and he hade ij ^onge sones, Andraghen and
Gormace 13 ; but ]mi couj? neijjere speke ne go, for ^eugej) ; & Jierfore
J>e Britons crounede a stronge kny^t ]?at me called 14 Lud, ))at was
28 Cassibalanms 14 broker, and made him kyng of Britagne.
How J>e Britons gmntede to Cassibalam, J)at was Ludes broker,
Jje land': 15 in whas time lulius 16 come ij tymes forto con-
quere J?e lande. 15 H Capitulo Tricesimo f quinto.
32 A fter* ]?e dej? of Kyng 1 Lud J , regnede his broker Cassibalam, and
1\ bicome a goode man, and miche bilouede of his Britons, so
j>at, for his godenesse and cwrtesye, )?ai grantede him )>e reaume for-
1 vrian D. Vryan 0. 2 Trabreth DO. 3 ~ 3 om. 0.
4 - 4 xxxij 3ei D. xxxij and R. 5 leaf 11, back. 6 in 0.
7 of the new D. of newe 0. 8 lafte D. left 0. laste R.
9 - 9 >e citee callede D. was > e Citee cald 0. 10 om. DO. u om. D.
12 hit D. yt 0. 13 Tormace DO. 14 - 14 sic in all three MSS.
15 - 15 om. 0. 16 lulius Ceser 1 D.
32 Julius Ccesar is driven out of Britain. [CH. xxxvi
euermore, to him and to his heires. U And the kyng, of his gode-
nesse, lete norisshe worf iliche bofe 1 his broferes sones, fe childerne
of Lud 1 ; And after 1 , made fe eldeste sone Erl of Cornwaile, and fat
of ere Erl of London. U And while fis kyng Cassibalam regnede, 4
come lulius Cesar, fat was Emperoure of Rome into fis lande, with
a power of Romayns, and wolde haue hade fis lande f rou$ strengf ;
but Cassibalam him ouercome in bataile, frou$ helpe 2 of fe 3
Britons, and drof him oute of fis Lande ; and 4 went a^eyne to 8
Rome, and assemblede 5 grete power 1 anofer tyme, and come a^eyne
into fis lande forto }eue bataile to Cassibalam ; but he was des-
comfitede frou} strengf of fe Britons, and frou^ 6 helpe of fe erle of
Cornwaile, and 7 fe Erl of london, his broker, and frou^ helpe of 12
Gudian, Kyng of Scotland!, and of 8 Corbande, Kyng of north Wales,
and of Bretaile, Kyng of Southwalys. and in fis bataile was slayne
Nemion, fat was Cassibalamws brofe?', wherfore he made miche
sorwe; and so went lulius Cesar 1 oute of Jns lande with a fewe of 9 16
Romayns fat were lefte a-lif 1 ; And J>o Cassibalam went a^eyne to
London, and made a fest vnto alle his folc fat fo hade 10 him
holpen 10 ; and when fe 11 fest was done, eche man went into here 12
owen contree. 20
Of J>e debate fat was bituene Cassibalam and fe Erie of
London; 13 & of fe t?-uage fat was payede 14 to Rome. 13
U Capitulo xxxvj t0 . 15
ANd after, hit bifelle fus oppon a day, fat 16 fe gentil-men 16 of 24
fe kynges householde and 17 fe gentelmen 17 of f e Erles house-
holde of London, after mete went in-fere 18 forto playe : and frou^
debate fat arose amonges 19 ham, Enelyn, fat was fe erles brofer 20
of London, quellede Irenglas fat was f e kynges cosyn ; wherfore f e 28
kyng swore fat Enelyn shulde bene 21 honget; but fe Erie of
London, fat was Enelynes lorde, wolde nou^t suffren 22 hit; wher
fore fe kyng 1 was wroth tovvarde 23 fe Erl, and fou^t hi?w 24 destroye.
and priuely 25 fe Erl sent le^res to lulius Cesar 1 fat he shulde come 32
J J sones that wer Lud his bro><?res D. Sones J>at were lud his brotheiys 0.
2 leaf 12. 3 ora. 0. 4 and he DO. and R. 5 Assembled a 0.
6 Jmrgh > e 0. 7 and of D. 8 om. DO. 9 of his D. om. 0.
10 - 10 holp him D. hym holpe 0. " >at DO. 12 his DO.
I3_i3 om< o. 14 paye D. 15 xxxvto D. 16 - 16 a gentilman D.
17-17 a gentil-man D. geiitvlmen 0. 18 y-fere D. 19 among 0.
20 cosyn D. Cosyn 0. 2f be DO. ^ soffre D. ^ towardes 0.
24 hym to 0. ' w priuelich D.
CH. xxxvi-xxxix] Ccesar beats the English, who pay tribute. 33
into pis lande forto 1 helpe him, and 1 helpe avenge him 2 oppon pe
Kyng 1 , and he wolde helpe him with al his my^te. U And when
pe Emperoure herde pis tydynges, 3 he was ful glade, and ordeynede
*4 a stronge power*, and come a^eyne pe pridde tyme into pis land? ;
and pe Erl of Londone halpe him wip vij M* men. and at pe pridde
tyme was Cassibalam ouercomen 4 and descomfitede, and made pees
to pe Emperoure for 5 iij 6 M*ii 6 of siluer 1 , 3eldynge by $ere for
8 truage for pis lande for euermore. and after* half 7 $ere passede, the
Emperoure went to Eome, and pe Erl of London wip him, for he
derste nou^t abide in pis lande. and after, Cassibalam regnede xvij
$ere in pees, and po 8 deide, pe xxvij $ere of his regne, and lithe atte
12
How pe lordes of be lande, after* be deth of Cassibalam, for
encheson pat he hade none heire, made Andragen kyng 1 .
C&pitulo f xxxvij mo .
16 A fter J?e deth of Cassibalam, for-asmiche as he hade none 9 heire
_\_ of his body, J)e lordes of J>e lande, by commune assent,
cronede Androgen, Erl of Cornewaile, and made him kyng* ; and he
regnede wel 10 worthely, and was a gode man, and wel gouernede
20 ]>e lande. and when he hade regnede viij ^ere, he deide, & lij?
at London.
Of Kymbalyn, ]?at was Andragenws sone, a gode man, n and
wel gouernede ]>e lande. 11 Capitulo xxxviij.
12 Natiuitas Christi 12
24 A fter J?e deth of Andragen, regnede Kembelyn his sone, pat was
l\ a gode man, and wel gouernede pe lande in miche prosperite
and in 13 pees al his lifes 14 tyme. U And in his tyme was born
Ihesus Crist oure saueoure, of pat swete virgine Marie. 15 U pis
28 Kyng 10 Kembelyn hade ij sones, Ginder* and Armoger', gode
kny^tes and worthi. 17 And when pis Kyng Kembelyn hade regnede
xxij ^ere, he deide, and lip at London.
Of Kyng Gynder 5 , pat was Kembalynes sone, pat wolde noi^t
32 paye pe truage to Rome n for the lande pat Cassibalam
hade grantede 11 ; & how he was slayne of a Eomayne.
Capitulo xxxix .
1 - 1 om. D. 2 leaf 12, back. 3 tydynge 0.
4 ouercom D. ouercome 0. 5 with D. 6 ~ 6 M* of ii 0.
7 half a DO. 8 >o he 0. 9 no 0. 10 wel and DO.
n - n om. 0. 12 - 12 om. DO. 13 om. 0. 14 lif D. lyve 0.
15 Marie y-blessede mot she be Amen D. 16 om. D. 17 leaf 13.
BRUT. D
34 Claudius invades Britain, and is beaten. [CH. xxxix
ANd after pe dep of pis Kembalyn, regnede Ginder* his sone, a
gode man and a worpi ; and x he was of so hie J hert pat he
wolde nou^t paye to Rome pat truage pat Kyng Cassibalam hade
grantede vnto lulius Cesar 1 ; wherfore pe Emperoure pat was po, pat 2 4
me callede 3 Claudius Cesar*, 4 was sore annoyede, and ordeynede a
grete power 1 of 1 Eomay[n]s, and come into pis lande forto conquere
pe truage prou$ strengp, and haue it of pe kyng 1 ; but pe kyng
Gynder 1 , and Armoger 1 his broper, gadrede a grete hoste ifere of 8
Britouns, and $af bataile to pe Emperowr Claudius, and quellede 5
of Remains grete plente. II The Empenwr hade a Stiwarde pat
me clepede 6 Hamon, pat saw pat her* peple was faste slayne 7 :
priuely 8 he 2 caste awai his owen armes, and toke 9 the Armes of a 12
dede Briton, and armede him wip his armure, and come into pe
bataile to pe kyng 1 , and saide in pis nianer* : " Sire, beth of gode
hert 1 , for Godes loue, for pe Romayns pat bepe 10 ^our 1 enemys anone
shullen 11 bene 12 slayn and descomfitede euerychon." 13 Hand pe 16
kyng ^af no kepe ne rewarde to his speche, for encheson of pe
armes pat he hade oppon him, and wende it 14 hade bene 15 a
Britoune ; but pe traitoure 16 euer* helde him 16 nexte pe kyng 1 , and
priueliche, 17 vnder 1 pe shulders 18 of his armure, 19 he smote pe kyng, 20
Wherfore he was dede anone, 20 and fel doune vnto 21 pe erpe.
When Armoger 1 saw his broper dede, 22 he caste away his Arme^,
and toke 23 to him his broperes Armes, and come into pe bataile
amonge pe Britons, and bade hertly forto 24 fyght 1 , and faste laide 25 24
adoune pe Romaignes. and for pe armes, pai wende 26 it hade bene 27
Kyng 5 Gynder 1 , pat arst was slayne, pat pai wist nou3t 1 , and po gonne
pe Britons hertly fei3 ten, 28 and quellede pe Romayns; so 29 at pe
last 1 pe Emperowr forsoke 30 pe felde, and fley as faste as pai 31 n^t 28
into pe citee of Wynchestre. and pe false traiiour Hamonde, pat
hade quellede pe kyng 1 , faste anone gane forto flee in 32 al pe haste
pat he mi3tf ; and Armoger*, pe kynges broper, pwrsuede him ful
fersly 33 wip a ferse herte, and drof him vnto 34 pe water 1 , and pere 32
1 - J so hye of D. 2 om. O. 3 elept 0. 4 Cesar & he 0.
6 om. D. 6 called DO. 7 y-slayn 0. 8 pryueliche D.
9 nome DO. 10 ben 0. u shul D. schul 0.
12 be 0. 13 echeon 0. 14 he DO. 16 be 0.
16 - 16 helde hym euer 0. 17 priuely D. pryuyly 0. 18 shulder 1 D.
19 Armes DO. om. DO. 21 to D. ^ leaf 13, back.
23 nome DO. ** om. D. to 0. ^ lay D. ley 0.
26 wende that D. ^ be J> e 0. ffl fyght 0. a so ]>at 0.
30 took 0. 31 he DO. ^ with 0. w fast D.
34 in-to 0.
CH. XL] Armoger weds Claicdiuss Daughter, & is made King. 35
he 1 toke him, and anone smote of 2 bofe heuede, 2 hendes, and feete,
and hewe fe body halto pecis, and fo caste it into fe water*;
Wherf ore fat water was callede Hamondeshauen ; and after 5 , 3 fere
4 was made a faire tonne fat $itte [standeth] fat 4 is callede South
ampton. U And afterwarde, Armoger 1 went to Wynchestre forto 5
seche Claudius Cesar* fe Emperowr; and fere Armoger' 6 him toke.
1T And Claudius f e Empero?/r, f rou$ conseil of his Eomayns fat
8 with him were lefte alyf, made pees wif Armoger' in f is maner as
^e shullef 7 hure, fat is to seyne, how 6 fat Claudius fe emperowr
shulde $eue to Armoger 1 , Gennen 8 his 9 doubter, forto haue to wif 1 ,
so fat f is lande fro fat tyme afterwarde shulde be in f e Emperoure$
12 power* of Eome, oppon suche couenant 1 , fat 10 none Emperowr of
Eome shulde take none ofere truage of fis lande, but oneliche
feaute ; and so fai were accordede. U And oppon n fis couenant, 11
Claudius Cesar* sent to Rome for his doubter Gennen; and when
16 she was comew, 12 13 Claudius Cesar 1 $af her* to Armoger to Wif;
and Armoger 1 spoused here at London with michel 14 solempnite
and merfe; and fo was Armoger cronede, and made Kyng 1 of
Britaigne.
20 Of Kyng 1 Armoger, in whas 15 tyme seynt Peter preehede in
Antyoehe, wif ofere aposflis in diuerses 16 contres. 17 Ca-
pitulo xl. 17
THis Kyng Armoger 1 regnede wel, and worthely 18 fe lande
gouernede, and Claudis Cesar 1 , in remembrance of fis 19
accorde, and for reuerence and honour of 1 his doughter, made in
fis lande a fare tou?ze and a faire castel, and lete calle 20 fe
toune 20 after 1 his owen 21 name ' Claucestre,' fat now is callede
28 Gloucestr 1 . and when fis was al done, fe Emperoure toke 22 his
leue, and 23 went a^eyne to Eome; and Armoger 24 was fo 24 kyng 1 ,
and gouernede fe lande wel and nobli al his lif tyme. f and this
Armager 1 gete a sone on his wif, fat 25 was callede 25 "Westmere. and
1 thay D. 2 ~ 2 bo>e heede D. his hed 0. 3 afterward 0.
4 and D. 5 to 0. 6 om. D. " 7 shul D. schul O.
8 Gelmen or perhaps Gelinen or Gelnien 0. 9 his fair" D. his fayre 0.
10 that neuer afterwarde D. ]>at neuere aftirward' 0.
11-11 fese couenawntes 0. 12 come 0. 13 leaf 14.
14 miche D. mych 0. 15 who D. 16 diuerse D. diuers 0.
17 xl Ga^itulo 0. 18 worthely and D. worthyly & 0. 19 his 0.
20 MS. ]>Q lande toune, with lande underlined for erasure, yt 0.
21 om. DO. 22 nome DO. * and >o DO. 24 - 24 > was DO.
25 - 25 Called was 0.
36 King Westmer of Britain. Irish Wives. [CH. XLI
whiles pat pis Armoger' regnede, seynt Peter 1 prechede in Antioche ;
and pere he hade 2 made a noble cherche, in pe whiche he satte
ferste in his chier*, and pe?*e he duellede vij ^ere. 3 after', he 2 went
to Home, and was made Pope, til fat Nero pe Emperowr lete him 4
martre. & j>o p?*echede openly al pe Aposflis, in diuerses 4 landes,
pe ry^t fay. 5 U And when Armoger hade regnede xxiiij ^ere, he
deyde, and lith at London.
How Kyng 1 Westmer 3af to Berynger* an Ilande forlete ; and 8
pere pis Beringer* made pe toune of Berwik. Capitulo xlj.
ANd after* pis Armoger', regnede his sone Westmer*, a gode man,
and a worpi of body, and wel gouemede pe lande. II Hit
bifelle so pat tydynges 6 come to him oppon 7 a day, pat pe Kyng 8 12
Kodrik 1 of Gascoigne was comen 9 into pis lande wip an huge
noumbre of peple, and was duellyng 1 in Steynesmore. and when
Kyng Westmer* herde po tydyngws, he lete assemble 10 a grete 10 host
of Britons, and come to pe 8 Kyng 1 Kodrik', and $af him bataile. and 16
Kyng Westmer* quellede Rodrik wip his owen hondes in pleyne
bataile; and when pat 2 kyng Rodrikes men saw pat here Lorde was
dede, pai golden ham alle to pe 8 Kyng Westmer 1 , and bicome his
men for euermore ; and he $af ham a contre pat was forlete, wherein 20
pai my3t duelle ; and pider* pai went, and duellede pere al here lifes 11
tyme; and ix C men pere 12 were of ham, and nomo 13 lefte alif at
pat bataile. Here goue?*nowr and her* prince, me callede Berynger* ;
and anone he biganne a toune, pat pai my^t perein duelle 14 and haue 24
resceyt, and lete calle pe toune Berwik 1 vp 15 Twede ; and pere pai
duellede, and bicome riche. but pai nade 16 no wymmen amonges
ham, and pe Britons wolde nou3t 3eue here dou^tres to po 17
Straungers ; Wherfore pai went ouere pe see into Irland, and brou^t 28
with ham Wy??imen, and ham po spousede ; but pe men coupe 18
nou^t 19 vnderstonde 20 pe langage 21 ne pe speche of pe wymmen,
neyper 22 pe wymmen of pe men, and peref ore pai 23 speken
to-gederes 23 as scottes ; and aftirwarde, prou^ chaungeyng of her 1 32
1 In the margin in a, contemporary handwriting : Peter was at Rome m
nero[s] ty[me] : the edge of the page has evidently been cut off.
2 om. DO. 3 3eer & 0. 4 diuerse D. diners 0.
5 fey tli 0. 6 tydyng DO. 7 leaf 14, back. 8 om. 0.
9 come 0. 10 - 10 an huge 0. n lif D. 12 >at 0. 13 noman D.
14 om. D. 15 vpon 0. 16 hadde 0. 17 >e D.
18 coude 0. 19 nou3t >o D.
20 vndirfonge 0. 21 lange D. ^ ne 0.
spoken to-geder" D. speke to-gidere 0.
CH. XLII-XLIV] Kings Westmer and Coil, and K. Lucie. 37
langages, 1 in al Fraunce pei were callede po 2 Scottes : and so 3 pai
shal be callede 3 for euermore.
How Kyng Westmer 1 Lete arere a stone in pe entryng 4 of West-
4 merland', pere pat lie slo^t Rodrik*; & ]>ere he bigawne
ferste Housyng 1 . IF Capitulo IF Quadragesimo 5 IF Secwrcdo.
ANd after 1 this bataile pat is aboue-saide, when Kodrik 6 Was
dede, Kyng Westmer 1 , in remembraunce of his Victorie, lete
8 arere fere, bisides pe way, a grete stone 7 in 8 bye, & ^itte it
standep, 9 and euermore shal stande, and Lete grane in pe stone
letties pat pus saide : ' The Kyng Westmere of Britaigne quellede
in pis place Kodrik* his enemy.' IF And pis Westmere was pe ferst
12 man pat made tounes 10 and hous in Engeland?. and at pat stone
bigyraieth 11 Westmorland!, pat Westmer* lete calle after 1 his owen
name, and 12 when Westmer 1 hade so done, 13 he duellede al his Lif
tyme in pat contre of WestrnerlancP, for he louede pat contre more 14 ;
16 and when he hade regnede xxv 3ere, he deide. & lip at IF Karleile.
Of Kyng Coil, pat was Westmeres sone, pat helde his lande in
pees 15 his lif-tyme. II Capitulo xl Tercio.
After pis Kyng Westmer 1 , regnede his sone Coil, a goode man
and a worpi, and of gode condicions, and wel gouernede his
lande, and of alle 16 men he hade loue and pees ; and in his tyme
was neuer contak, debate, ne werre in Britayn ; and he regnede and
was kyng 1 in pees al his lif-tyme. & When he hade 17 bene kyng 17
24 xj ^ere, he deide, and lip at
How Kyng Lucye regnede after 1 Coel 18 his fader 1 , pat 19 was a
gode man; and after 1 , he 12 bicome cristen. U C&yitulo xl
IF Quarto.
28 A fter 1 Kyng 20 Coel, regnede Lucie his sone, pat was a gode man
J\r to God' and to al pe peple. he sent to Eome, to Apostle
Eulenchie, pat po was, and seide pat he wolde bicome a eristen
man, and resceyue baptisme 21 in pe name of 1 God?, and twrne to pe
1 langagage sic D. 2 om. D. > e 0.
3 - 3 shulle> J>e folc of that contraie D. schul >at folk of >at Cuntre 0.
4 Entre 0. 5 Quinqwagesimo D. 6 leaf 15. 7 toune D.
8 an 0. 9 staut DO. 10 Toiw 0. u bigy?mes D.
12 om. 0. 13 y-done 0.
14 more J>an eny'ojjere contre D. more J>an eny o]>er Cuntre 0.
15 pees al D. 16 att his 0. 17 ~ 17 bene kyng* D. be kyng 1 0. bene R.
18 om. D. 19 & 0. 20 >is D. 21 bapteme O.
38 Britain becomes Christian, A.D. 156. [CH. XLV
ry^t bileue. U Eulenchie sent ij legates, pat me callede Pagan and
Elibrayne, into pis lande, and baptisede pe kyng 1 and alle his
menye, 1 and after 1 went fro 2 toune 3 to toune, and baptisede pe
peple til 4 al fat 4 Lande was baptisede, and pis was in J)e c. Ivj 4
$ere after* pe Incarnaciofi of Ihesu Crist 1 , and pis kyng 5 Lucye
made po in pis lande ij erchebisshoppes, on at Kaunterbery and
anopere at $oik*, and opere meny bisshopes pat $it bene in J>is
lande. H And when pise 6 ij legates hade baptisede al J)e 7 lande, 8
pai ordeynede 8 prestes forto baptisen 9 childern and forto make pe
Sacrament*; and after*, pai went a^eyne to Rome, and pe kyng
duellede in his lande, and regnede with michel 10 honour xiij 3ere,
and after* deide, and lip at Gloucestre. 12
How pis lande was longe wipouten 11 a kyng 1 ; and how pe
Britons chosen 12 a kyng 1 . IT Capit^o IT Quadragesimo.
11 Quinto.
THis kyng 1 Lucie hade none heire of his body bigeten, 13 pat was 16
afterwarde grete harme and sorwe to pe lande; for, after
pis kyng Lucies deth, none of pe grete lordes 14 of pe lande wolde
suffren 15 an-opere to bene 16 kyng*, but leuede in werre and debate
amonges ham 1. }ere wipoute^ 17 kyng. but J>o it bifel 18 aftirwarde 20
pat a grete Prince 18 come fro Rome into pis lande pat me callede
Seuerey ; nou^t forto werr*, but forto saue pe ryght 1 of Rome.
H But nopeles, he nade 19 nou^t duellede half 20 $ere in pis lande, pat
pe Britons ne quellede him. when po of Rome wiste pat Seuerey 24
was so slayn, pai sent anopere grete lorde into pis lande, pat me
callede Allec, pat was a stronge man, and a my^ty of body, and
duellede in pis lande Longe tyme, and dede miche sorwe to pe
Britons, so pat after, for pure malice, pai chosen ham a kyng 28
amonges ham, pat me callede Astlepades, and assemblede a grete
host of pe Britouns, and went to London to 21 seche Allec; and
pere pai founde 22 23 him, and quellede him and alle his felawes pat
I mene D. meyne 0. 2 leaf 15, bach
3 a marginal note in an ancient hand : [firjst cristes Kynge.
4 - 4 pat alle J>e D. 5 om. D. 6 > e 0. 7 J>at 0.
8 ordeigneden 0. 9 baptisen D. baptisede R. 10 mych 0.
II with-oute D. tyme with-oute 0. 12 Chose hem 0.
13 bygete D. begete 0. 14 om. DO. 15 soffre D. suffre 0.
16 be DO. fl with-oute DO.
isis afterwarde that a grete Prince D. afterward? ]>ai a gret prince 0.
afterwarde R. 19 had 0.
20 half a 0. 21 forto D. w foimden 0. * leaf 16.
CH. XLVI] Kings Astlepades and Coil, and King Constance. 39
were wif him, but one of his felawes, fat me clepede 1 Walourc,
defendet him fersly, and faujt longe with f e Britouns, but at f e
laste he was descomfitede ; and f e Britons token 2 him, and bounde
4 him 3 Hondes and feete, and caste him into a water ; wherefore fat
water afterwarde was clepede 4 5 eumnore Walbroke. 5 11 J5o regnede
fis 3 Astlepades in quiete, til one of his erles fat me callede Coel,
made a faire toune a^eynes f e kynges wille, and lete calle f e toune
8 Colchestre after* his name, wherfore f e kyng was ful wroth, and
fou^t destroie fe erle, and bigan to werre vppon him, and brou^t
grete power 5 , and 3af bataile to 6 fe erl. and fe erl defendede him
fersly with his power 1 , and slough f e kyng 1 him-self in fat bataile ;
12 and fo was Coel cronede, and made kyng of fis land. 1F fis Coel
regnede and gouernede fe lande wel and nobly, for he was a 7 noble
man, and wel bilouede amonges 8 fe Britons. U When 9 fo of Eome
herde fat Astlepades was slayne, 10 f ai were 10 wonder glade, and sent
16 anofere grete prince of Eomayns, fat me callede Constance; and
he come to fe 11 Kyng Coil 12 forto chalange 12 fe truage fat was
wont 13 to bene 13 paiede to Eome ; and f e kyng ansuerede wel and
worf ely, 14 and saide fat he wolde paye to Eome al fat ry$t and
20 resoun 15 wolde, wif godewil 15 ; and so fai accordede fo wif goode
wil, and wifouten 16 eny contak 1 ; and bof e fai duellede togeder' 17 in
loue. 11 The Kyng* Coel ^af his doubter Elyne to Constance, forto
haue here for his spouse, fat was bof e faire, wise, and gode, and
24 wel lettrede : and fis Constance spousede here fere 3 with michel 18
honour, and it bifelle sone afterwarde, fat fis kyng 1 Coel 19 deide
in the }ere of his regne xiij, & Lith at Colchestre enterede.
Of Kyng Constance, fat was a Romayn, fat was chosen 20 kyng
28 after 21 fe deth of 21 Coel, 22 for-asmiche fat 22 he hade
spousede Elyn, fat was Kyng Coeles doubter 1 .
After fis 11 Kyng Coel, Constance was made kyng 1 , and cronede,
for-asmiche as he hade spousede Kyng Coele^ doubter, fat
was heire of f e lande. f e whiche Constance regnede and worf ely
, * callede D. called' 0. 2 nome D. toke 0.
3 om. 0. 4 callede D. called 0. 55 Walbrok eumnore 0.
6 vnto D. 7 an 0. 8 among 0. 9 And D.
1010 t h an were j^ D 11 om j)_ 12-12 an( j c halangede D.
13-is be DO. H wiselich D. wysely 0. 15 - 15 wil D.
16 with-oute 0. 17 to-gederes D. 18 mych 0.
19 leaf 16, back. chose 0. 21 ~ 21 om. 0.
2ii - 22 for-asmiche as D. for as 0.
40 King Constantine becomes Umperor of Rome. [CH. XLVII
gouernede f e lande ; and he bigate on his wif Elyn, a sone fat me
callede Constantyn. and fis kyng bare trew fay, and trewly dede
to ham of Eome al his lif*. & when he hade regnede xv 3ere, he
deide, and lif atte 3ork*. 4
How Constantyne, fat was Kyng Constance^ 1 sone, & fe sone of
seynt Elyne, gouernede and rewlede fe lande, & was 2
Emperow of Eome. 51 Capitulo xl Septimo.
After Kyng Confsjtance^ 3 deth, Constantyne, his sone of seynt 8
Elyne, fat founde fat 4 croice in fe 5 holy londe, and how
Constantyne bicome Emperoure of Eome. IT Hit bifel so 6 in fat
tyme fere was an Emperowr atte Eome, a sarasyne, a tyraunt, fat
me callede Maxence, fat put to fe 2 deth alle fat bileuede in God*, 12
and destroiede holy cherche by alle his power 1 , and slough t Cristen
men fat he rny^t fynde ; and amowge alle of ere, he lete martre Seynt
Kateryne, and meny of ere cristen peple fat hade drede of deth,
fai 7 fledden 8 and comen 9 into fis lande to Kyng Constantyne, and 16
tolde him of f e sorwe fat Maxence dede to al cristiente. 10 Wherof
Constantyn hade pite, and grete sorwe made, and 11 assemblede a
grete hoste and 12 grete power*, and went ouere see 13 to Eome, and
toke 14 fe citee, and quellede al fat 15 ferin were mescreaunt, 15 fat 20
he my^t fynde. U And fo was he made Emperoure, 16 And was a
gode man, and gouernede him so wel, fat al fe 13 Landes to him
were entendaunt 17 forto be vnder 1 his gouernaile. U And fis deuel
tyraunt Maxence, fat fo was in fe lande of Greke, when 18 he 24
herde fis tydynges, 19 he bicome wode, and sodeynely 20 deide, and
so he 2 endede his lif 1 .
When Constantyne went fro fis land? to Eome, he toke 21 wif
him his moder* Elyn, for fe michel 22 wisedome fat she coufe, 23 and 28
f re of ere grete lordes fat he moste louede : fat one me callede Hoel,
anof ere me callede Taberne, and f e f ridde Morhyn 24 ; and toke al
his lande to kepe vnto 25 fe Erl of Cornwaile, fat men 26 callede
Octouyan. U anone 27 as fis Octouian wiste fat his lorde was 32
duellyng 1 at Eome, he seisede al f e lande into his honde, and f erwif
1 Constance D. Constauwce 0. 2 om. 0. 3 Constance D.
4 >e D. 6 l>at 0. 6 so >at 0. 7 >at DO.
8 fled 0. 9 come 0. 10 Cristene 0. " made and DO. made R.
12 and a DO. 13 om. DO. 14 nome 0.
isis wer > j> gr ;in D. )>gr-In were mysbeleued 0. 16 leaf 17.
17 attendant 0. 18 >o DO. 19 tydynge 0. 2 sodey?ilich D.
21 nome 0. w miche D. mych 0. ffl coude 0.
24 Morlyn D. m to D. * me D. ^ And anon D.
CH. XLVIII] Octovian is made King ; & then his son-in-law. 41
dede al his wil amonges 1 heye and law, & fo helde him for kyng*.
IT when f is tydyng come to Constantyne f e Emperoure, he woxe
wonder 5 wrof e towarde f e Erl Octouyan, and sent Taberne with xij
4 m 1 men forto 2 destroye the erl for his falsenesse, and arryuede at
Portesmouthe. U And 1 when Octouyan wiste fat, he assemblede a
grete power 5 of Britons, and descomfitede Taberne. U And Taberne
fledde fens into Scotlande, and ordeynede fere a 3 grete power 1 , and
8 come a^eyne into fis lande forto 3eue bataile anofere tyme to 4
Octouyan. IT When Octouyan herde telle fat, he assemblede a
grete power 1 , and come towarde Taberne as miche as he my^f , so
fat fo 5 ij hostes metten oppon Staynesmore, and strongely 6 smyten
12 to-gederes. 7 and fo was Octouyan descomfitede, and fledde pens
into Norwaye ; and Taberne seisede al f e lande into his hande, 8
Tounes, castelles, and 5 as rnich as fai fere hade. IT And sifenes 9
Octouyan come a^eyne fro Norway wif a grete power 1 , & slough
16 Taberne, & seisede 10 al fe lande a^eyne 3 into his honde, & drof
oute alle fe Eomayns, n and was fo made Kyng, and regnede.
How Maximian, fat was fe Emperowre3 cosyn 12 of Borne
spousede Octouyane^ dou3ter, and was made kyng,
20 II Capitulo xlviij . 12
THis Kyng 5 Octouian goue/'nede fis 13 lande wel and nobly 14 ;
but he 15 nad 16 none heire, saf a doubter fat was a ^onge
childe, fat he louede as miche as his lif\ and forasmiche fat he wax
24 sike, and was in 17 poynt of def , and my^t no lenger 1 regne, he wolde
haue made one of his Neveus to haue bene 18 kyng 1 , fe whiche was
a 19 noble kny^tt and 20 stronge man, fat me callede Conan Merche-
dok 1 , 21 and he shulde haue kepte f e kynges dorter, & haue 15 mariede
28 her 5 when tyme hade bene ; but f e lordes of f e lande wolde nou^t
suffre hit, but $af here conseile to bene 22 mariede to some hye man
of great honowr, and fan my3t she haue al her 5 wille at 23 fe conseile
of f e Emperoure Constantyne, here Lorde. and at f is conseile, f ai
32 accordede and chose 24 fo Cador, Erl of Come wail, forto 25 wende
1 among 0. 2 to 0. 3 om. DO. 4 vnto 0. 5 om. 0.
6 strongliche D. 7 to-gider 1 0. 8 handis 0. 9 seth 0.
10 seisede a^eyn D. seised a3en 0. n leaf 17, back.
1212 conquerede the lande of American and $af it to Conan Meriedok 1 D.
13 >e 0. 14 wisely D. 15 om. D. 16 ne had 0.
17 oppo[n] D. vp 0. 18 be 0. 19 an 0. 20 and a DO.
21 Meriedok D. Meridiok^ 0. ^ be DO. ^ and DO.
24 chosen 0. 25 to 0.
42 K. Maximian gives Little Britain to Meriedok. [CH. XLIX
to pe Emperowr to 1 done 2 pis 3 message, and he toke 4 pe way,
and went to Eome, and tolde pe Emperowr pis tydynges 5 wel
and wiselich. 6 and pe Emperoure sent po into pis lande with him
his owen cosyn, pat was his Vncles 7 sone, a noble kny^t and 8 4
stronge, pat me callede Maximian ; and he spousede Octouyanws
doubter, and was cronede kyng of pis lande.
How Maximian, pat was pe Emperowrres cosyn, conquerede the
Lande of American, and $af it to Conan Meriedok*. 8
U CaiVwZo xlix.
THis Kyng Maximian bicome so real, pat he pou$t conquere pe
lande of American for pe grete richesse pat he harde 9 telle
pat was in pat lande ; so pat 10 he ne 10 lefte 11 man pat 12 was of worpi- 12
nesse kny^t, 13 squyer*, ne none opere man pat he ne toke ham 14
with him, to grete damage and harme to al pe lande, 15 but nome ham
with hi?w fiam 16 pis lande, xxx M l kny^tes pat were doughty mennes
bodyes, and went ouer 1 into pe lande of Amorican, and pere slough 16
pe kyng pat me callede Imbal, and conquerede al pe lande. 11 And
when he hade so done, 2 he callede Conan, and saide : " For-asmiche
as pe Kyng Octouyan wolde haue made ^ow kyng 1 of Britaigne, and
prou3 me 36 were lette and destowblede, pat 36 were nou^t kyng 1 , 20
I 3eue 3ow al pis lande of Amorican, and 3ow pe?-of make kyng 1 .
II And for-asmiche as 36 beth 17 a Britoun, and 3oure men also, and
bene comen fram 18 Britaigne, I wille pat pis lande haue pe same
name, and nomore bene 19 callede Amorican, but bene 19 callede ' litel 24
Britaigne'; and pe lande fro whens 36 20 bepe comen 20 shal bene 21
callede ' michel Britaigne'; and so shul 22 men know pat one 23
Britaigne fram 24 pat opere." Conan Meriedok 1 pankede him hende-
liche 25 ; and so was he made kyng 1 of litel Britaigne. and when 28
al pis was done, 2 Maxence 26 went pens to Rome, and pere was 27
made Empenmr after* Constantyne. U Conan Meriedok duellede
in 28 litel Britaigne with michel 29 honour, and lete ordeyne ij M 1
I forto DO. 2 do 0.
3 MS. Jris homage, with homage underlined for omission.
4 nome DO. 5 tydyng 1 D. tydynge 0. 6 wysely 0.
7 Vnkel 0. 8 and a DO. 9 hade D. 10 - 10 om. D.
II leaf 18. 12 om. 0. 13 kny3t ne D. 14 om. DO.
15 lande for he lefte at home bihynde him no man to kepe the lande D.
land' for he left at home behynde hym no man to kepe > e land* 0.
16 fro DO. 17 be 0. 18 fro 0. 19 be DO.
ao - ao beth come D. be come 0. 21 be DO. ** schuld 0.
23 o DO. fro 0. ^ hendely D. hyndly 0. Maximian DO.
27 was ]>o DO. w in the D. in > e 0. '*> mych 0.
CH. XLIX, L] The Eleven Thousand British Virgins. 43
ploughmen of fe lande forto erie fe lande, 1 to harwe 2 it and sowe, 2
and feffede ham alle rychely, after* fat fai were. 51 and 3 for-
asmiche fat Kyng Conan, ne none of his kny^tes, ne none of his
4 of ere peple, wolde nou$t take wifes of f e nacion of Fraunce, he f o
sent 1 into grete Britaig[n]e, to J)e Erl of Cornewaile fat me callede
Dionotho, fat chees frou^-oute alle f e lande xj M* 4 of maydenes,
fat is to seyne, viij M 1 for the mene peple, and iij M* 1 for fe
8 grettest lordes fat schulde ham spouse. IF And when Dionotho
hade tak 5 fis commandement, 6 he lete fo seche frou^-out al grete
Britaigne as meny as f e nombre come to, for noman derst wif stande
his commandement, 7 for-asmichel 8 as al fe lande was taken 9 him
12 to warde and kepe, to do 10 al fing 1 fat him fo likede. 7 II And
when alle fe maydenes were assemblede, he lete ha??z comme
bifore him to London, and lete ordeyne for ham shippes hastely,
as miche 11 as ham nedet to fat viage, and toke 12 his owen doughter
16 fat me callede Vrsula, fat was fe faireste creature fat eny man
wist 1 , and wolde hane sent her 1 to Kyng Conan, fat shulde haue
spousede here, and made here quene of 13 litel Britaigne 13 ; but she
hade made priuely 14 to God a vow of chastite, fat here fader wiste
20 it 15 no^t, ne noman 16 elles 17 fat was leuyng oppon erfe. 16
How Vrsula, and xj W of maydenes fat were in here company,
went to warde litil Britaigne, & al 18 were martrede at
Coloigne. U Capitulo U Quinquagesimo.
24 r I iHis Yrsula chees into her 119 company xj M l maydenes 20 fat of
I al of ere she was lady and maistres ; and alle f ai went 21 into
fe shippis at on 22 tynie, in fe water fat me callef 23 Tamise; and
commandede her* kyn and alle her' frendes to almy^ty God, and
28 sailede forf to warde litel Britaigne. But when f ai were comen 24 in
f e hye see, a stronge tempest 1 arose, as it was Goddes wil; and Vrsula,
wif her* shippis and here co?ftpany, was 25 dryuen, and fo xj M 1
maidenes, toward! 26 Hundelaude, frou^ tempest 1 , and arryuede in fe
I om. D. 2 - 2 and to sowe D. 3 om. 0. 4 leaf 18, back.
5 vnderstonde D. vndirfonge 0.
6 comandement for-as-miche as al J?e lande was tak him to warde and kepe
to done alfing 1 j>at him J>o likede D.
7 - 7 om. D. 8 for-as-mich 0. 9 take 0. 10 done 0.
II as meny 0. 12 nome DO. 13 ~ 13 the lande D. > e land' 0.
14 priueliche D. 15 MS. his 16 - 16 >at leuede D. 17 ett 0.
18 alle >ai D. alle >ey 0.
19 her 1 company D. here Cumpanye 0. her 1 R.
20 of maydeyns D. of Maydenes O. 21 wenten 0. ffl o 0.
23 called >e o. 24 come 0. 25 were 0. ^ towardes 0.
44 11,000 Virgins martyr d. G-owan invades England. [CH. Li
hauen of 1 J pe citee of Coloigne. U The kyng of pe lande, pat me
callede Gowan, was po in pe citee ; and when he wist po 2 tydynges,
pat so meny faire maydenes were pere arryuede, he tot 3 Elga his
broper, and opere of* his householde, wip him, and went to pe 4
shippes to see pat fair 1 company, and when he sawe ham so faire, 4
he and his company wolde haue ham ouerlayne, and bynome 5
here maydenhode. 1T but Vrsula, pat gode mayde, conseilede,
prayede, warnede, and tau^te ham pat were here felowes, 6 pat pai 8
shulde defende ham wip al her 1 my3t, and raper suffre deth pan
suffre here 7 bodyes bene 7 defoulede. 11 So pat alle pe maydenes
bicome so stedefast in God, pat pai defendede ham prou$ his 8
grace, so pat none of ham hade power 1 to done ham eny shame ; 1 2
wherfore pe kyng was 9 so sore annoiede, pat he, for wrap, lete slee
ham euerychon 10 anone ryght; and so were alle pe maidenes
martrede for pe loue of God', and ligget 11 at Coloyn.
How Kyng Gowan come forto destroye pis lande; and how 16
aman of grete power 1 , pat me callede Gracian, defendede pe
lande. U Capitwfo U Qui[n]quagesimo 11 Primo.
WHen al pis was done, 12 Kyng Gowan, pat was a sarasyn,
callede his broper Elga, and saide to him pat he shulde 20
gone 13 to conquere pe lande pat alle po 14 faire maydenes were borne 15
in. and he ordeynede po a grete power 1 of Peihtes, of Denmarc, of
Orkeneye, and of Norway e, and pai comen into pis lande, and brent
tounes, and slough folc, and caste adone cherches and houses 16 of 24
religioun, and robbede the lande in lengh and in 17 brede, and put
to deth alle po pat wolde noght forsake pe ryght bileue and cristen-
dome, for-asmiche as pere was none 18 souerayne in the lande pat
my^t ham helpe or 19 defende. IT For pe Kyng Maximian hade 28
taken 20 wip him alle pe worpi men, when he went to conquere litil
Britaigne. and in pe same tyme pat 36 hure now telle, was Seynt
Albone martrede prou^ pe wode tyraunt Diodician in pe same place,
wherin is now an Abbay made of Seynt Albone, whiles pat he was 32
a paynyme. 11 But he conuertede him towarde God 1 , prou$ pe pre-
dicacioun of a grete clerc and a wyse, pat me callede AncibeH, 21 pat
I leaf 19. 2 J> e 0. 3 nome DO. 4 fayne sic 0.
5 bynoraen 0. 6 felawes D. ffelaws 0. felow R. 7 ~ 7 body to be 0.
8 his 0. here R. 9 Gowan wox D. Gowan wax 0. 10 echeon 0.
II liggen D. 12 do 0. 13 go DO. 14 >e D. 15 bore 0.
16 house 0. ]7 om. 0. 18 no DO. 19 leaf 19, lack.
20 take 0. 21 Affabett 0.
CH. LI, LII] Gracian drives out Gowan, is crownd, then slain. 45
was Iwburghede a nyght in his house ; and pis was after* pe Incar
nation of Ihesu Crist .ij C. iiij. vj $ere. and men shullen 1 vnder
stonde pat Seynt Albone soffrede his martredome bifore pat 2 Seynt
4 Edmunde was martrede ; and perfore is seynt Albone callede pe
ferst 1 martre of Engelande. 11 This Gowanws broker, & his folk 1 ,
pat 3 were Sarasynes, 4 went prou^-oute pe Lande, and destroyede al
ping pat pai fonde ; and no ping pai ne sparede. 11 When pis tyd-
8 yng come to Eome, how pat Kyng Gowan hade bigonne forto
destroye pis lande, pe Emperowr and po of Rome sent a stronge
man, and of grete power', pat me callede Gracian, w[ith] xxiiij 5
M* men wel feightyng 1 , forto caste oute Sarasynes of pis lande, and
12 alle pai arryuede 6 at Portesmouthe. Maximian rny^t nou^t come
him-self, 7 for-asmiche as he was chosen Emperoure after* pe dep of
Constantyn, pat was Seynt Elynes sone. 11 When pis Gracian was
arryuede wip his hostt, he lete aspie priuely 8 wher* pe 9 Kyng Gowan
16 my^t 10 bene founden 10 ; and he come vppon 11 him sodeynly, 11 as
pai Lay in her 1 beddes, 12 and descomfitede ham, and sloughe 12
13 echeon, 14 pat non of hem Ascaped? saf Gowan, pat fledde with
mych sorowe in-to his cuntre. Sone aftir yt byfel pat Maximian
20 was slayn at Rome, purgh 15 treson) ; And when Gracian wyst p e
tydynge, he let Croune hym kyng of pis land*.
How Gracyan made hym kyng whan Maximian was slayn ; &
after, 16 pe Brytoims quelled hym for his wikkydnesse.
24 Capitulo quinquagesimo ij.
This Gracian, 17 when he gan 17 forto regne, he bycome so wykked
& so sterne, & so mych sorow wrought to p e Britouns, pat
pey slow hym amonges hem. U Tho Kyng Gowan had vndirstande
28 pat Gracian was do 18 to deth, he Assembled a gret power, & come
a^en in-to p?'s land? ; & yf he had arst don) a 19 grete harme, p dede
he mych more ; for p distroyed he al this land, & al 20 Crysten peple
pat was in Myche Brytaigne, so pat no maw was so 19 hardy for-to
32 nempne God?; & ho pat dede, anon he was put to strong deth.
1 slml D. Shulden 0. 2 om. 0. 3 >ai D. 4 Sarasines & D.
5 xxiij 0. 6 arryueden 0. 7 him D. 8 pryueliehe D. 9 that D.
10 be founde DO. u - u ham sodeynliche D. hem sodeynly 0.
1212 an( J S J OW j iam j n ^gjo b e( J(i es D, OOT> 0.
13 MS. Rawl. B. 171 has two leaves missing here. They have been supplied
from MS. Douce 323 (0). [MS. Douce 323, leaf 17. ]
14 eueryche on D. 15 with D. 16 afterwarde D.
"IT w hen he biganne D. he besran 0. 18 done D. 19 om. D.
20 alle >e D.
46 Constantine slays Gowan, and is made King. [CH. LH, LIII
U But fe bysshop of London) fat was fo, fat me called? Gosselyn,
scaped 2 , & went fens to hem of Rome, to seche socour for-to helpe
dystroye fe Sara^ins fat had dystroyed? fis land*. IT And f e
Romayns seyde 1 fat fey hadde be 2 so ofte anoyed? for her sendyng 4
after folk 1 in-to Brytaigne, al for-to helpe f e Britoiws, & fey wold
no more so do. 3 And so f e Bysshop Gosselyn went fens witfr-oute 4
ony Socour or helpe ; & f o went he to f e Kyng of litil Brytaigne,
fat me called Aldroye, & f is was f e iij kyng after Gowan Meridiok 4 , 8
as bifore is sayd?. The bysshop prayed this Kyng 1 Aldroye of socour
& of helpe. the kyng hadde 5 herd how f e bysshop fledde, & how
fat 6 f e7 Crystene men were slayn in gret Brytaigne furgh Paynyms
& Sara^ins, & he graunted hym Constantyn his brofer, hym 6 for-to 12
helpe, with Poer of folk 1 , & hem dede array e hors armure, &
schippes, & al thing fat hem neded* to fat viage. and when al
thing was redy, he called f e bysshop, & to hym seyd : " I take $ou
here to helpe & socour Constantyn my brofer, vpon this couenawnt, 16
fat ^if God ^ife hym grace, f e Payuems & Sara^ins to schende &
discomfite, fat fanne 30 make hym kyng of f e land" : & f e bysshop
yt graunted 1 w^'t7i good wyH. H Constantyn & f e bysshop 8 nome
leue fo of f e Kyng Aldroye, & by-took hym to 9 God, & nome her 20
men xij M*, & went in-to her* schippes, & sayled toward? f e gret
Brytaigne, & Arryued in Tottenesse. whan f e Britouns herd 10 fe
tydyng 10 fat to hem come socour, fey 11 were stronglicll holpyn, &
ordeigned? hem an huge nombre of peple, 12 & come to hem, & hem 24
vndirfongen with mychel honour. U Gowan, anon as he wyste of
this fyng, he Assemblyd aH f e Sara^ins, & come a^ens hym, 13 & ^af
batayli. And Constantyn slow hym with his owne hand? ; & aH f e
othere Sara^ins were discomfited? & slayn, fat non aschaped? but f 28
fat were 6 conuerted? vnto God'.
How Constantyn, fat was f e kynges brofer of litel Britaigne,
was Crouned 14 kyng, for his worf ines, of mycfc Bretaigne. 14
Capitulo liij. 32
Anon, aftir f e batayrl, alle fey went to London), & crowned fere
Constantyn, & made hym kyng of f is lond*. And f e bysshop
Gosselyn sette f e Croune vpon his hed, 15 & anoynted hym, as
I sayden D. 2 bene D. 3 done D.
4 wi))-outen D. 5 hade grete pitee in hert when he D.
6 om. D. 7 MS. J) e Chi, with Chi underlined for erasure.
8 bisshop tho D. 9 him to D. hym 0. 10 - 10 tydynges D.
II the? D. 12 leaf 17, back. 13 ham D.
i4_i4 kyng of michel britaigne for his woi)>inesse D. 15 heuede D.
OH. LIII, Liv] Britain turns Christian. Constance made King. 47
falletfr to 1 A kyng 2 for-to be 2 ; & p bygan Crystendom. This 3
Constantyn, 4 whan he was Crouned', anon aftir he spoused his
wyf purgfr couwceil of y Britouws ; & he begate iij Sones on her :
4 Y ferst me called Constaunce, 5 pat other Aurylambros, & p e iij
Vter. H Constance, Y eldest brother, when he come to Age, made 6
hym a monke at Wynchestre. Constantyn here fadir was slayn
Jmrgh" treson) ; for it byferl vpon a tyme pat a Pohete come to hym
8 vpon a day, in Message as yt were, & seyd? pat he wolde speke
with pe kyng pryuyly 7 in Counceyl. The kyng lete voyde his
Chambre of p men pat were with-Inne; & po Abide 8 pere nomo 9
but Y kyng & pe Pohete, & made a Contenawnce as pey 10 wolde
12 speke to-gidere 11 in his ere; & pere he q welled? hym with a long
knyf; & after, went qweyntly out of Y Chambre in-to anoper
Chambre; so at pe laste no man wyst wher he was bycome. 12
U "When p e kynges men it wyste, pat here lord was so ded', J>ei made
16 so mych" sorowe 13 pey nyst 14 aH what for-to 14 done, for-as-mycfr
as his ij sones, Aurylambros & Vter, wereu so yenge pat non of
hem myght be kyng ; & p e iij 15 broker was monke at Wynchestre,
as 16 I sayd before. 16 H But Vortiger, pat was Erl of Westsex, pougfct
20 pryuyly 17 in his herte, thurgh queyntise, to be 18 kyng; & went to
Wynchestre per pat Constaunce was 19 monk, & to hym seyde :
" Constau?zce," quod, he, "^oure fadir is ded, & 3our ) ij breperin pat
ben with Gosselyn, p e bysshop of London), to noryssfr, beth" so yeng,
24 pat non of hem may be kyng ; wherfore y counseyle pat 30 forsake
3oure Abyte, & come 20 with me, & I schal do so to p e Brytouns pat
30 schul be made kyng 1 ."
Of Constance, pat was 21 Constantymis sone, pat was Monk at
28 Wynchestr*; & how he was made kyng after his faders
deth, purgh CounceiH: of Vortiger, pat was Erie of Westsex,
for-as-mycli as Aurilambros & Vter, Ms ij breperin, were
but of yonge age, & 22 was slay/i. 22 Capitulo liiij .
32 nphis Vortiger counceyled pis Constau?zce so mych tyl he forsook
JL his Abyte, & went with hym. & anon aftir, he was Crounetf
and made kyng by Assent of p e Brytourcs. This kyng Constance,
1 for D. 2- 2 to bene D. 3 This kyng D.
4 MS. has Constantyn her fadir, with her fadir struck out.
5 Constance and D. 6 he made D. make 0. 7 pryueliche D.
8 abode D. 9 noman D. 10 thou$ he'D. " with >e kyng< D.
12 bicomen D. 13 sorw that D. 14 ~ 14 what to D. 15 eldest D.
16 is saide biforne D. 17 pryueliche D. 18 ben D.
19 was made D. 20 come> D. 21 was kyng D.
22-22 yortiger lete him slee to ben kyng 1 himself D.
48 The Treason of Vortiger and Death of K. Constance. [CH. LIV
whan he was crouned & made kyng, he wyst ne knew but litil of
f e world, ne cowde 1 2 no thing as knyghthood axed?, he made
Vortiger his maister & his chef Counceillour, & yaf hym all his
power, for-to ordeigne & do as myche as to f e reaume perteyned 4 , so 4
fat hym-self no fing 1 entrauelled', but only 3 bare f e name of kyng 1 .
11 Whan Vortiger saw fat he had al f e4 land in his warde &
gouernayle, at his owne wyti, he fought A pryue Treson), &
fought to sle Constance f e kyng 1 , fat he myght hyra-self 1 5 be 8
Crouned? & made 5 kyng 1 & regne, & lete sende after a 6 C knyghttes
of Pehetes, f e worthiest of 7 f e land?, & hem helde 8 with hym, 9 to
duelle wif him, 10 and 9 to bene 10 Kepers of his body, as he wolde
wende frou$ fe lande to ordeyne finges fat perteynede to a Kyng 1 . 12
U And f is Vortiger honourede so niiche f o C kny^tes, and so miche
$af ham of golde and siluer*, & so ryche reweH, 11 robes, hors, and
ofere noble plente, wherfore fai helde him more lorde fan fai
deden 12 fe kyng. U And Vortyger* tolde ham, if fat he 13 moste 16
bene 13 kyng 1 , he, 6 as it were frou^ tresoun, he wolde make ha?7i 14
richest of f e lande. so 15 at the laste, frou^ grete ^iftes fat he 16 hade
$eue largely, fai crieden 17 frou$ fe court 1 fat Vortiger were better*
worfi ben 18 kyng 1 fan Constance ; wherfore Vortiger made sem- 20
blant as fau^ 19 he hade bene 20 wrof, and departede fens fro fe
court, and saide he most 21 gone elles- where 21 for f ing fat he hade to
done; and so fe traitoure ^ede 22 for 23 enchesoun fat fai 24 shulde
slee 25 him, fat is to seyne, 25 Constance. 11 When fis Vortiger was 24
gone, hit bifelle sone after* fat fo C kny^t^ of Peightes breken 26
f e dores of f e kynges chambre, and fere fai him slough and smoten 27
of his heuede, 28 and bare it to Vortiger 1 fere fat he duellede. and
when Vortyger saw fat heuede, 28 he wepte ful tenderly wif his eye ; 28
and nofelese he was some dele glade of his deth, and anone lete
take fo 29 C kny^tes of Peightes, & bonde 30 here hondes bihynde
ham, and lade ham to London ; & fere fai were dampnede to deth
I cou>e D. 2 leaf IS. 3 onliche D.
4 ]>is D. 5- 5 ben cronede D. 6 om. D.
7 of al D. 8 with-helde D.
9 - 9 om. D. [MS. Rawl. B. 171, leaf 20.] 10 - 10 as to be 0.
II lewels 0. 12 >ai deden D. >ey dede 0. deden R.
13 - 13 mi3t ben D. must be 0. 14 hym 0. 15 So fat 0.
16 >ai D. 17 criede D. Cryede 0. 18 to be 0. 19 om. DO.
2) be 0. 21 - 21 gone elles-whider D. go elles-whedir 0.
22 saide D. seyde 0.
23 MS. for tresoun, with tr^soun underlined for erasure. 24 MS. }?at.
2 s - 25 om. D. hym >at is to sey 0. 26 broken D. ^ smyten 0.
28 heed* 0. 29 }>Q D. bynde 0.
CH. LV] Vortyger is made King. Constances Brothers. 49
as false traitoures. U and anone after*, al pe britons of pe lande, by
commune assent 1 , cronede pere Vortiger, & made him kyng of pe 1
lande.
4 How pe wardeynes pat hade po 2 ij 3 childerne to kepe, pat were
4 Constantines sones, lade ham to litel Britaigne, for the
tresoun and falsenesse of Vortigei . IF Capitulo H Quin-
quagesimo U Quinto.
8 r I iHis kyng Vortyger, when he was cronede, ))o fat 5 hade peij 5
I childerne in kepyng 1 , Aurilambros and Vter*, prou$ ordenance
of Gosselyn, pat was bisshop of London at his dep, derst nou^t
duelle in the lande wip pe childerne, 6 but lade ham to pe kyng of
12 litel Britaigne, forasmiche as he )>o wiste pe tresoun of Vortiger, pat
po was made Kyng 1 , prou^ wham Constance here broker was slayn,
wherfore po C kny^tes of Peightes were put to pe 3 deth, and bare
al pe blame, as pei^t Vortiger 7 hade nou$t wiste 7 perof*, noper perto
16 consentede; and so pe Kepers of po ij childerne drade 8 laste
Vortiger wolde put ha?ft to dethjprou^ his tresoun and falsenesse, as
he hade done 9 her* broper biforne ; and perfor pai wer* ladde ouer
into litel Britaigne, and pe kyng ham resceyuede wip michel 10
20 honowr, and lete ham to norisshe ; and pere pai duellede til pai
bicome fair 5 kny^te^, & 3 st[r]ong and ferse, and pou^t 11 euer* to
bene 12 avengede of 13 pe deth of Constantyne 14 here broper, when
pai saw here tyme ; and so pai deden, 15 as pe 16 shul hur 117 aftirwardl.
24 11 Hit was nou^t long af tei j , pat 18 pe tydynges ne 18 come ouer* pe see,
to pe kynrede of pe C kny^te3 of 19 Peightes pat were dampnede and
put to pe 20 deth prou$ Vortiger* in pis lande; perfore pai 21 weren
wonderly 21 wrope, & sworen pat pai 22 [ 23 would be 23 avenged of her
28 kins death,] and comen into pis lande wip a grete power 1 , & rob-
beden 24 in meny places, & slou^, 25 & dede 26 al pe sorw pat 27 pai
U When Vortyger hit wiste, he 28 made 29 sorw ynow 29 and
1 >is D. 2 am. 0. 3 om. D. 4 leaf 20, back.
5 - 5 hade >o D. ij sic 0.
6 AfS. childerne of >e lande, with of J>e lande underlined for erasure.
7 - 7 wist nou^t D. 8 dradden 0. 9 do 0.
10 mych 0. u >oughten 0. 12 be 0. 13 vpon 0.
14 Constaunce 0. 15 dede 0. 16 3e DO.
17 her 1 tel D. her' telle 0.
IB-IS tydynge 0. 19 of > e 0. 20 om. DO.
2121 wereri wonder 1 D. were wonderly 0. ffl MS. j>ai wonderly wrop.
28 - SB wolde ben D. wolden ben 0. M robbed 0.
a5 quelleden in meny places D. quelled' 0. 26 deden D. w as 0.
28 leaf 21. 2929 m i c h e sonv D. mycti sorowe 0.
BRUT. E
50 Engist, Horn, and other Saxons, land in Kent. [CH. LVI
sore was annoyede; and in a-noper partie also tydynges 1 come 2
)?at Aurilambros & Yte?- 3 ordeynede ham, 4 and assemblede a grete
hoste forto 5 come into michel 6 Britaigne, pat is to seyne, into pis
lande, to bene 7 avenged 4 of Constance 8 dep her* broker 8 ; so pat 4
9 in one 9 half and in pat oper he was brou^t into so 10 miche sorwe
pat he nystt winder* to wende.
How Engist and xj M 1 men come into pis lande, to whom
Vortiger $af a place fat n is caUede 11 ThongecasteH. 8
Capifo^o lvj to .
ANd sone after* J)is 12 sorw, tidynges 12 come to Vortiger, pat a
grete nauye 13 of straungers were arryuede in 14 Kent; but
pai wist nou3t whens 15 pai were, ne wherfore pai were comen. 16 12
11 The Kyng sent anone messagers 17 pider*, pat so??zme of ham
shulde come and speke wip him, forto wete what folc pai werne,
and what pai axede, and into what centre pai wolde gone. 18 H pere
were ij breperne, Prynces and maistres of pat straunge company : 1 6
pat on me callede Engist, and pat opere Horn. Engist went po 10
to pe kyng, & tolde to him encheson wher'-fore pai were pere
arryuede in his 19 lande, and saide : "sire! we beth 20 of a contre
pat 21 is callede 21 Saxoyne, pat is, pe Lande of Germayn, wherin is 20
so 10 miche sorw, pat 22 pe peple is 23 so mycne pat pe lande may
24 nou^t ham 24 sustene ne suffice. 1T The maystres & Prynces pat
hauep 25 pe lande to gouerne and rewele, shul done come bifore
ham men and wymmen, pe 26 boldest 27 pat bene amonges ham 24
and best mowen 27 trauaile into diuerse^ 28 londes; and so pai
29 shal 30 "ham $eue Horse and harneyse, armure, and al ping pat
ham nedep; and after* pai 31 say to ham pat pai go into anoper
contre, wher pat 4 pai 32 mowen leue, 32 as here auncestres deden 33 28
biforne ham. and perfore, sire kyng, if 34 36 haue ou^t to
1 tydyng 1 0. 2 come to him D. come to hym 0.
3 Vter> his broker DO. 4 om. D. 5 for D. 6 Mich 0.
7 be 0. 8 ~ 8 hir 1 bro>eres deth D. here brokers deth 0.
9 - 9 on o 0. 10 om. 0. "- 11 Called' is 0.
12-12 sorwe tydyng D. tydynge 0.
13 meny D. mevne 0. 14 in the contre of D. in > e Cuntre of 0.
15 what D. come 0. 17 a message D. a messager* 0.
18 go 0. 19 >is 0. 2 be 0. 21 - 21 called is 0. * pat yf 0.
23 be 0. 24 - M hem not 0. 25 hauen DO. x that bene D.
27 ^ amonges ham forto fi^t Jmt best mow D. J)at ben among hem for-to
fight }>at best mow O.
28 diuerse D. diners 0. a leaf 21, back. 30 shullen D.
31 >ai shul D. ]?ey schul 0.
82 - aa mow leuen D. mow lyne 0. M dede 0. 34 and D.
CH. LVll] Engist' s Thongcastle, & his daughter Roneivenne. 51
done wif oure company, we l bene comen * into ^oure lande ; and
wif gode wille 3ow wil serue, and ^our 5 lande helpe, kepe, &
defende fram 2 rjoure enemys, if fat $ow nedef." U when Vortiger*
4 herde fis tydynges, 3 he saide he wolde gladeliche 4 wifhalde ham,
oppon soche couenant, if f ai my^t delyuer* his lande of 1 his enemys,
he wolde $eue ham resonable landes, wher* fai shulde duelle for
euermore. U Engist f ankede him godeliche ; 'and in fis maner* he
8 and his company, U xj. M 1 men, shulde duelle \vij> fe Kyng
Vortiger; and so miche fai deden 5 frou$ here boldenesse, fat fai
delyuerede fe lande clene of here 6 enemys. IT fo praiede Engist
f e Kyng 1 , of so miche lande fat he rny^t make to him a citee, for
12 him and for his menye. 7 IT The kyng ansuerede 8 & saide, 8 'it
was nou^t forto done 9 wifouten 10 conseile of his Britons.'
U Engist prayede him eftesones of as miche place as he niy^t
compasse wij? a twonge of a skyn, wher'-oppon he rny^t make him
16 a maner*, and for his to duelle in 11 ; and fe kyng grantede it 12
frely. 1T fo tok 13 Engist a bole skyn, and cotte it as smale as he
my^fr, al 14 into a twonge al rounde, & f6r-wif compassede as miche
lande as he 15 co??ipassede ; wher-oppon he 15 made 16 a faire castel.
20 and when fis castel was ymade, 17 he lete calle it Twongecastel,
for-asmiche as f e place was merkede wif a twonge.
Of Ronewenne, fat was Engistes doughter 1 , 18 and how 19 Kyng 1
Vortyger [spou]sede hei^ 20 for here beaute. 20 C. lvij mo .
24 "VlTTHen fis castel was makede, 21 and ful wel arraiede, Engist
f f priuely sent bi lettre into f e contre fat he come of, af ter 1
an 22 hundrede shippis fillede with strange 23 men fat were bolde
and wel fei3tyng< in alle batailes ; and fat f ai shulde bryng 1 wif
28 ham Ronewenne, his doubter, fat was fe fairest creature fat eny 24
man my^t see. U And when fe peple was comen, fat he hade 22
sende after 1 , he toke 25 ham into fe castel wif michel 26 ioye; and
him 27 him-self, vppon a day, went vnto fe kyng 1 , and prayede him
32 derworly 28 fat he wolde come and see his new maner 1 , fat he hade
made in fe place fat he hade compassede wif fe 29 twong of fe
1 - 1 be come 0. 2 fro 0. 3 tydyng* DO. 4 gladly DO.
5 dede 0. 6 his DO. 7 meyne 0. 8 ~ 8 am. DO. 9 do 0.
10 wij>-oute D. with-oute 0. n on DO. 12 him D. hym 0.
13 nome DO. 14 om. 0. 15 - 15 om. DO. 16 made vpon 0.
17 made D. 18 leaf 22. 19 how >e D. 20 - 20 om. 0. 21 made 0.
22 om. D. 23 stronge D. 24 a DO. 25 nome DO. 26 mych 0.
27 om. DO. 28 derworthly D. deworlyly 0. M a D.
52 Wassail & Drinkhail. Vwtyger weds Ronewenne. [CH. LVIII
skyn. pe kyng anone grantede 1 him frely, and wip him went
pidei , and was wel payede wip pe castel & wij) pe faire werk 1 ; and
togederes pe?-e pai eten and drankeu 2 wij) michel 3 ioye. U And
when ny$t come, pat 4 pe kyng shulde go into his chambre forto 4
take pere his ny^tes reste, Ronewenne, pat was Engistes doubter*,
come wij) a coupe of 1 golde in here honde, and knelede bifore J)e
kyng 1 , and saide to him " Whatsaile ! " and J)e kyng wist nou^t
what it was forto 5 mene, ne what he shulde ansuere, f or-asmiche as 8
himself ne none of his Britons $itte cou))e 6 none Englisshe speke,
ne vnderstonde it, but speken 7 |)0 pat 8 same langage j)at Britons
^itte done. U Nopeles, a Latymer* tolde ))e kyng 1 J)e fulle vnder-
stondyng 1 pe?*of 'whatsaill'; and 9 ])at oper shulde 9 ansuere 10 12
' drynkehaile ' : and pat was j)e ferst tyme J)at ' whatsaile ' and
' drynkehaile ' come vp into pis lande ; and fram 11 pat 12 tyme into 13
this tyme it Hap bene wel vsede. U The Kyng Vortiger 14 saw 15 pe
fairenesse of Eonewenne, and his 16 armes layde aboute here 16
nek 1 , and pries 17 swetely cussede hir 1 ; and anone ry$t he was
vnarmerede oppon hire, pat he desirede to haue here to wyf 1 , and
axede of Engist 1 hir* fader 1 , and Engist g?-antede, 18 oppon pis
couenaunt pat pe kyng shulde $eue him al the 19 centre of Kent 1 , pat 20
he myst duelle in, and al his 20 peple. pe kyng hym grantede priuely
with a gode wille; and anone aftei he spousede pe damiseH. pat was
miche cowfusion to himself*; and perfor al pe Britouns bicome so
wrop, for enchesoun pat he hade spousede a wo??iman of mysbileue, 24
wberfore pai went al from 21 him, and noping 22 to him toke kepe,
ne helpe him in pinges pat he hade to done.
How Vortymere, pat was Vortigers sone, was made kyng 1 , &
Engist dryuen oute ; & how Vortymer 1 was slayn prou^ 28
Eonewenne. IT C&pitulo Iviij .
THis Engist went into Kent, and seisede al pe lande into 23 his
hande, for him and for al 24 his men ; and bicome in 4 a litel
while of so grete power", & so miche peple hade, pat men wist 32
noi^t in litel tyme, whiche were pe kynges men, & whiche were
I graunt 0. 2 drunken 0. 3 mych. 0. 4 om. D.
5 to DO. 6 coude 0. 7 spoken D. 8 > e 0.
9 9 >e otyr shul D. ]>at other 0. 10 Answere schul be 0.
II fro 0. 12 leaf 22, back. 13 to D.
14 MS. has Ronewenne ; om,. D. 15 ]>o saw D. whan he saw 0.
16 altered from hir> by the saw, hand. n iij DO. 18 om. 0.
19 him al the D. hym al }> e 0. him R. * MS. his his.
- 1 fio 0. a >o |)ing sic D. <23 in 0. 24 om. DO.
CH. Lix] Vortymer crownd & poisond. Vortyger made King. 53
Engistes men. wherfore al Britaigne hade of ham 1 drede, and
saide amonges ham fat, if fai ne toke ofere counseil bituene 2
ham, al j>e lande shulde be bitrayede frou^ Engist and his peple.
4 IT Vortyger J>e kyng hade bigeten 3 on his ferst wif* iij sones : J>e
ferst me callede Vortymer ) ; J)e secunde, Catagren ; and be bridde,
Passent. be Britons, euerychon 4 by one assent 1 , chosen 5 Vortymer
forto bene 6 here lorde, & here souerayne, and hir 1 conseiler* in
8 euery 7 bataile, and cronede him, and made him Kyng 1 , and Wolde 8
soffre Vortiger* no longer* to regne, for enchesouii of be alliance
bituene Engist and him. IT be Britons ordeynede a grete host to
drif out Engist and his company of be lande, and $af him iij
1 2 batailles : be ferst was in Kent, fere fat he was lorde ; f e secunde
was att Tetteford 4 ; and f e f ridde was in a shire a f is half Cool, in
a more. & in fis batail ham mette Cattegren and Horn, Engistes
broker, so fat eueryche 9 of ham slou$ of er ; but for-asmiche as 10 f e
16 centre was ^euen 11 longe bifore to Horn, frou^ Vortyger, fo he hade
spousede his cosyn ; fere he hade made a faire castel Jjat me callede
Horn castel, after 1 his owen name. H And Vortymere was so
annoiede for his broj>e?'es de)?, Cattegren, ])at he was dede in soche
20 a maner* ; wherfore anone he lete felle j?e castel to j?e 12 grounde,
and aftei j jrnt, 12 he ne lefte ny^t ne day til he hade dryuen 13 out
Engist and aH his peple of J)e lande. H And when Engist was
dryuen 13 away, Ronewenne his doi^ter made sorwe ynow, and
24 queyntly spake to ham )jat were nexte J?e kyng Vortymere, 14 and
priueest wij> him. and so miche she ^af ham of ^iftes, ]?at he was
apoysenede, & deide at London Jje iiij ^ere of his regne ; & j?ere
he lith.
28 How )?e Britons chosen 15 a-nopere tyme Vortyger to bene 16 here
king* ; and Engist come into j?is lande a^eyne, & )?ai fou^ten
to-gedres. 17 H Capit^/o lix.
After 1 Vortymeres de]>, 18 J)e Britons, by here cowmime assent,
Eftesones made Vortyger here kyng 1 , vppon ))is oouenaunt,
fat he shulde neuer after 1 soffren 19 Engist, ne none of MM, eftesones
shulde 20 come into fis lande. IT And when al jns was done,
1 MS. ham a, with a underlined for omission, him D. hym 0.
2 bituenes D. 3 bygete 0. 4 echeon 0. 5 closen sic D. 6 be DO.
7 leaf 23. 8 wolde noujt D. 9 eche 0. 10 >at 0. n 3eue D. yeue 0.
12 om. 0. 13 dryve 0. 14 Vortiger 0. 15 chose 0. 16 be 0.
17 to-gidere 0. 18 deth the britouns D. deth > e brytouns 0. de> E.
19 softre D. suffre 0. om. DO.
54 Engist's Treachery, and his Conquest of Britain. [CH. Lix
Eonewenne fe Quene 1 sent priuely 1 by lettre to Engist, that she
hade enpoisenede Vortymer', and fat Vortyger* her* lorde 2 a3eyne
bare )>e croune and regnede, and fat he shulde come a^eyne into 3
fat lande, wel arraiede wif miche peple, forto avenge him vppon 4
f e Britons, and to wynne his lande a^eyne. H of f is tydyng Engist
made grete ioye, and appa?ailede him hastely wif xv M 1 men fat
were dou^ty en euery batail. And when Vortyger herde telle fat
Engist was comen 4 a^eyne wif a grete power 1 into fis lande, he 8
assemblede his Britons, and f o went a^eyns Engist forto haue 3eue
him bataile, and his folc ; but Engist drade him sore of f e Britons,
for fai hade descomfitede 5 him biforn-hand, and dryuen him 6 out
by 7 strengf ; wherfore Engist prayede him 8 of a loue-day, and 12
saide he was nou^t comen 9 forto fi^t, but forto 10 haue his lande
a^eyne of Kent, if he might accorde wif fe Britons, and of ham
haue grace. H u The Kyng 1 Vortiger, 11 frou$ conseile of his Britons,
12 grauntede a loue-day 12 ; and fus it was ordeynede frou$ fe Britons, 16
fat filk 13 loue-day shulde 14 ben holden 14 faste bisides Salesbury,
vppon an 15 huH ; and Engist shulde come fidei wif iiij c kny^tes,
wifouten 16 mo, and J)e kyng wi)> as meny of J?e wisest of J)is 17
lande. II And at fat day fe kyng come wif his conseil, as it was 20
ordeynede ; but Engist hade warnede his kny^tes priueliche, 18 and 19
ham eo??imandede fat eueryche 20 of ham shulde put a Longe Knyf 1
in his hose ; and when he saide, "faire sires ! now is tyme forto 21
speke of loue and pees," eueryche 22 anone, eue?*yche 8 shulde draw 24
his knyf & slee a Britoun. & so fai quellede xxx M 1 & Ixj of
kny^tes ; and wif miche sorwe meny of ham ascapede ; and
Vortyger him-self was taken 23 and Lade to TwongecasteH, and put
into prisoun ; and sowme of Engistes men wolde fat f e kyng 28
hade bene 24 brent al quyk 1 . H And Vortigei fo, to haue his lif 1 ,
grauntede ham as miche as fai 25 wolde axen, 25 and ^af vp aH: fe
lande, tounes and castelles, citees and Burghes, to Engist and to
his folc. and alle fe Britons fledde fenns into Walys, and fere 32
helde ha??i stille. and Engist went f rou$ f e lande, and seisede alle
f e lande with ffraunchises ; and in euery place lete caste adoune
l -* priueliche sent D. priuyly sent 0. 2 leaf 23, bade. 3 to 0.
4 MS. cocomen ; come 0. 5 scomfitede D. scomfited 0.
6 om. 0. 7 with DO. 8 om. DO. 9 come into >is land' DO.
10 to 0. n - n And kyng< Vortyger graunt a loue-day D. The kyng 0.
12 - 12 om. D. 13 bat same D. b e same 0.
14 - 14 be holde D. be hold 0. 15 a D. 16 without DO.
17 his DO. 18 priuyly 0. 19 & to D. 2 eche 0. 21 to DO.
22 eche 0. 23 leaf 2*. be 0. a 5 - 25 wolden axe 0.
CH. LX] Britain cald Engist' s Land. Vortyger's Castle. 55
cherche^ and houses of religioun, and destroyede Cristendome
f rou$ f e lande, and lete chaunge f e name of f e lande, fat no man
of his were so hardy after* fat tyme to calle bis 1 lande Britaigne,
4 but calle it Engistes lande ; and he 2 departede alle fat lande to his
men, and fere made vij kynges forto strengf fe lande, fat fe
Britons shulde neuer* after 1 come ferin. IF The ferst kyngdome
was Kent, fere fat Engist him-self regnede, and was lorde &
8 maystre ouer al fe 2 of ere ; U Anofe?*e kyng hade Southsex, where
now is Chichestre ; U The f ridde kyng hade Westsex ; The ferf e
kyng hade Essex ; U The v kyng hade Es tangle, fat now is callede
Northfolc, 3 Southfolc, 4 Merchemeriche, fat 5 is to seynt, fe Erldome
12 of Mchol; U f e sixte hade Leycestreshire, Northamptonshire,
Hereford and Huntyngdoune ; 11 The vij hade Oxenford, Gloucestr 1 ,
Wynchestre, Warwik 1 and Darby-shire.
How Vortiger went into Walls, and biganne fere a castel, )>at
16 wolde nou3t stande wijjouten 6 morter 1 temprede
mannes 7 blode. U Capitulo U Sexagesimo.
8 ^"TTHen Engist hade dep#rtede al J?e lande in this maner*
f f bituene his men, he delyuerede Yortiger* out of prison,
20 and soffrede hym frely 9 to gone 9 winder* Jat 2 he wolde. and he
toke 10 his way, n and went 11 into Walys, fere fat 12 his Britons
duellede, for-asmiche as fat lande was strong 1 and wikkede to
wynne. and Engist 13 neuer ) come 13 fere, ne knew 14 neuer bifore
24 fat Lande. U Vortiger helde him fere wif his Britons, and axede
conseil what him 4 was best al 4 forto done; and fai $af him conseil
to make a stronge castel fat 1 he my^t him-self ferin kepe and
defende 15 if it 2 nede were. Masounes in hast fere 16 were fette, and
28 bigonne fe werk 1 oppon fe huH of Breigh; but certes fus it bi-felle,
fat 7 al the werk 1 fat 4 fe masounes made 17 aday, adoune it felle
any^t; and fat ferede so iij tymes or iiij, wherof fai hadden 18 grete
wonder* what it my^t bene 19 ; & ferof fe kyng was sore annoiede of
32 fat chaunce, and wist nou3t what to done ; wherfore he lete sende
after 1 fe wisest 1 clerkes, and also lewede men fat weren 20 frou^-out
Walys, fat myght bene 21 fonde, for fai shulde telle wherfore fe
1 >at D. a om. 0. 3 Northfolk & 0. 4 om. D.
5 ]>at now 0. 6 with-oute DO. 7 om. DO. 8 leaf 24, back.
9 - 9 go D. to go 0. 10 nome DO. n - n om. D. 12 as D.
isis come neu ^ r D 14 k new it D. knewe yt 0. 15 defende yt 0.
16 >o DO. 17 masouns made DO. masounes R.
18 hade D. had 0. 19 be 0. 2 were 0. 21 be DO.
56 King Vortyger's messengers find Merlin. [CH. LX, LXI
foundement so failede vnde[r] fe werk 1 , and fat fai shulde him
telle what was best to done, and when fe wisest men 1 longe tyme
hade studiet, fai saide to fe kyng 1 fat 'he shulde done 2 sike a
childe borne of a woman fat neuer hade wif man to done, 2 & fat 4
childe he shulde sleen, 3 & temper wif his 4 blode fe morter of fe
werk 1 , & so shulle 5 fe werke 6 endure euermore 6 wifouten ende.'
How fe kyng 1 lete seche Merlyn 7 f 10113 al Walys forto speke
wif him. CapitwZo lxj. 8
WHen fe kyng herde fis, he cowmandede his messagers anone
to wende frou^-out al Walys, to seche fat childe if fai
myght 8 him fynde, 8 and fat fai 9 shulde 10 brynge him forthwif
ham vnto him. and in recorde and witnesse of fis fing, he toke 11 12
ham his le^res, 12 fat fai 1 ne were 13 destourblede of no man, ne lette.
IT And so faste 14 spede ham 14 the messagers, fat fai come vnto 15 a
toune fat me callede Kermerdyn; and as fai passede fourth in 16 here
way, fai fonden ij childerne of xiiij }ere age 17 chiddyng togeder 117 16
wif hastif wordes; and one of ham saide to fat of er "Donebat,"
quod he, " 36 18 done al wronge to chide or strif wif me, for 36 haue
no witte ne resoun as I haue." U "Certes, Merlyn," quod 19 fat
of ere, 19 " of 3oure witte and 20 of 30111* resoun y make no forse, for men 20
21 tellef cowmuneliche 21 fat 30 haue no fing of god', sif 36 hade neuer 1
fader 1 , but alle men weten 22 wel ho is ^oure moderV' H The kynges
messagers, when fai herde fis strif bituene fo ij gromes, fai axede
of men fat 23 stoden bituene 23 ham, whens fat Merlyn was born, 24
& 2* who him norisshede ; and f e folc ham tolde fat a grete gentil-
woman him bare in Kermerdyne, fat me callede Adhan, but neuere
nry^t men 25 wete who was 26 fe childes fader*. II When fe messagers
herde fis tydynges, 27 fai went anone to him fat was wardeyne of f e 28
toune, and tolde him f e kynges wille and his le^res, 28 wherfore fai
were comen 29 fider*. U Merlyn and his moder* anone were sent 30
bifore fe wardeyne of fe toune, and he commandede ham 9 fat fai
1 om. 0. 2 do D. 3 slee D. sle 0. 4 ]> e 0. 5 schuld 0.
6 6 euer* endur* D. euere endure 0. 7 seche Merlyn DO. seche R.
e- 8 fynde hym 0. 9 om. D. 10 leaf 25. " had take 0.
12 lettre 0. 13 weren 0. 14 - 14 >o spede D. J>o spedde 0.
16 in-to 0. 16 om. DO. 17 ~ 17 chidden ifere D. chidden y-fere 0.
18 MS. 3e be>, with be> underlined for erasure. 19 ~ 19 > e tolper 0.
20 ne DO. 21 - 21 telle comunly 6. ^ wot 0.
^-^ stode bisides D. stoden by-sydes 0. 24 and also DO.
25 niaw 0. 2 mi^t be D. myght be 0. ^ tyding D. tydynge 0.
28 lettre DO. come 0. > sent after D.
CH. LXII] Merlin and his Mother talk with Vortyger. 57
shulde gone 1 to pe kyng 1 , as hit was ordeynede by his 2 messagers.
If Merlyn and his moder* come 3 vnto 4 pe kyng 1 , and were vnder-
fonge wip michel 5 honour 1 ; and pe kyng axede of pat lady 'if pat
4 childe were her* sone, and who him bigate.' 6 If The lady ansuerede,
ful tender 17 wepyng 1 , and saide she hade neuer 1 company of man
8 worldely'; "but, sire," quod shee, "as y was a ^onge maiden
in my faderes chambre, and opere of 9 grete lynage were in my
8 company, pat ofte were wont to playe and to solacen, I belefte
allone in my chaumbre 10 of my fader 1 , 10 & wolde nou^t gon 11 out,
for brennyng of pe sone. If And oppon a tyme pere come a faire
hacklier*, and entrede into my chaumbre pere pat I was allone ; but
12 how he come into me, & wher*, I wiste neuer, 12 ne $itte wote, for pe
dores were fast barrede ; and wip me he dede game of loue, for I
13 nade noper 13 my^t ne power 1 him to defend e fro me ; and ofte he
come to me in the forsaide maner, so pat he bigate one me pis same
16 childe; but 1 neuef my$t y wete of him what he was, ne whens he
come, ne what was his name."
Of pe ansuere of Merlyn, wherfore pe kyng axede whi his werk 1
myght nou^t stande }>at lie hade bigonne, 14 my}t nou3t
20 prone. 14 Cap^w/o lxij.
WHen Merlyn hade herde al pat his moder* hade saide, he
spake 15 to pe kyng in this maner 1 : "sire, how y was
bigeten, axe 36 no more, for hit fallej? nou^t to $ow ne to none
24 opere 16 forto wete 16 ; but 17 telle me pe 17 enchesone wherefore I ame
to ^ow brou^t, and wherfore 36 haue sent after 1 me." If " Certes,"
quod ])e kyng j , " my wise concelers hauen 18 done 19 me to vnderstonde
pat pe morter of a werk* pat I haue done bigonne biheuep, 20 ben 21
28 temperede wip ^our 1 blode, or pe fundement shal faile for euermore."
If "Sire," quod Merlyn, "wille 30 slee me for my blode forto
temper wip 3oure mortei^?" " 3e," quod pe kyng, "or elles shal
neue?' my castel stonde, as my conselers done 22 me to vnderstonde."
32 II J)o ansurede Merlyn to pe kyng^ : "sire," he saide, "late ham
come bifore 23 me, po wise 24 conselers, and I wil prone pat pai say
I go 0. 2 > e 0. 3 comen DO. 4 to O. 5 mych 0.
6 gate D. 7 tendirfy 0. 8 leaf 25, back.
9 MS. of god', with god? underlined for erasure. 10 10 om> D_
II go 0. ia neuei wher* D. neuer where 0. 13 ~ 13 hade no D.
14 - 14 om. D. ne prove 0. 15 spok 1 D. 16 ~ 16 om. 0.
17 - 17 telle> me D. telleth me 0. 18 haue DO. 19 do 0.
20 bihoueth D. byhouej) 0. 21 to be 0. ffl do 0.
23 leaf 26. M om. D.
58 The White & Red Dragons under the Castle. [CH. LXII, LXIII
nou^t wel ne trewely. and when fe 1 wise were comen, Merlyn
axede if his blode were fe enchesoun to make fe 2 werke stande to 3
endure. Alle fise 4 wise were abasshede, and couf nou^t ansuere.
H Merlyn fo saide to fe kyng 1 : "sire, I shal telle ^ow fe encheson 4
wherfore ^our 1 werk 1 Jms failef 5 and may nou^t stande. fere is
vnder fe mountaigne fe?*e fat 6 36 haue bigonne 30111 tour* a grete
ponde of water ; and in f e botume of f e ponde, vnder* f e water,
fere bef ij dragons, fat one is white, and fat of ere 7 rede, fat 8
fei^ten to-geder ageyne 8 ^oure werk 1 . Dof myne depe til 3our ) men
come to the ponde, and doth 3 our* men take away f e water al out,
and fan 30 shul see fe dragons, as I haue $ow tolde, 9 fo togederes 9
fei^ten ageyne 10 ^our* werk ; and fis is fe 11 12 encheson, certes, wher- 12
fore 12 3our )13 fundement failef. 14 " 1T the kyng 1 anone lete degge
vnder*, til fat men come to fe 15 ponde, & lete do 16 away al fe water ;
and fere fai fonde ij dragons, as Merlyn hade tolde, fat egrely
fou^ten togederes 17 ; fe white dragoun egrely assailede fe rede, and 16
laide on him so strong 118 fat he my^t nou^t endure, but wifdrowe
him, & hidde him in the same Cafe, and restede. 11 And when he
hade awhile restede, he went bifore, and assailede f e rede dragoun
angrely, and assailede 19 him so sore fat he my^t nou^t a^eynes him 20
endure, but with-drow him and restede. And after* come ageyne
f e white dragoun, and strongely ibu^t wif f e reede dragoune, and
bote him euel, & him ouer-come, fat he fley fens, and nomore come
20 Of fe significations 21 of fo ij dragounes fat were in fe botume
of f e ponde, fat fou^ten togederes. 22 Cap#wZo Sexagesimo
tercio.
THe Kyng Vo-rtiger 1 and his men, fat saw 23 fis bataile, 23 hade 24 28
grete mervaile, and praede Merlyn to telle him what it myght
bitoken. " Sire," quod Merlyn, " y shal $ow telle : the rede dragoun
bitokenef 25 ^oure-self 1 , & fe white bitokenef fe folc of Saxoine, fat
ferst 36 toke and helde 26 in fis lande, fat now fei^ten a3eines 30 w, 32
1 >ise D. 2 jour 0. 3 and D. 4 )) e 0.
6 faille} D. fallej) 0. 6 om. D. 7 ofyere is D. o]>er is 0.
8 a^eynes D. a3ens 0. 9 9 pat to-geder D. * J>at togider 0.
10 ajeynes D. " om. 0. 12 ~ 12 cause whi that D. 13 > e 0.
14 failes D.. 15 >at DO. 16 done DO. don) 0. 17 to-gidere 0.
18 strongelich D. strongly 0. 19 helde D. held 0. leaf 26, back.
21 signiticacioun D. significacion 0. ^ togider" 0.
i 3 - 23 that batail }>ai D. ]> e bataytt 0. * hadden 0.
25 bitokenes D. * helden D.
CH. LXiv] Merlin's Prophecy. Vortyger flees. 59
and }ow haue 1 dryuen and enchacede. 2 H But pe Britons pat bene
of ^our* lynage ouercome 3 ham, and dryuen ham awhile ; and sipen, 4
at pe comyng a^eyne of pe Saxoynes, pai recouerede pis lande, and
4 helde hit for euermore, and dryuen 5 oute pe Britouns, and dede wip
pis lande al her* wille, & destriede cristendome prou^oute pis lande.
H 3e hade ferst 1 ioye of here ^oramyng 1 , but 6 now it is twrnede to
$ow grete damage & sorwe ; ffor po ij brepeme of Constance pat was
8 kyng, pat 7 ^e lete slee, 8 shul comen 8 bifore a Quin^ime passede wij)
a grete power* fram litel Britaigne, and shul avenge pe dep of hire
broker 9 : pai shal brenne $ow ferst wip sorwe, & after 1 pai shul sle
a grete parti e of pe 10 Saxoynes, and shul dryue al pe remanerct 11
12 oute 10 of the lande; and perfore abide $e 12 no longer* to 13 make no
casteU ne none opere werk 1 , but anone gone 14 elle3-where, $oure lif 15
forto saue. to God? I ^ow bitake, for treu]) I haue 16 I-saide to $ow 16
of ping 4 fat shal bifalle. And vnderstonde 17 wel pat Aurilambros
16 shal bene 18 kyng 1 , but he shal bene 18 enpoisenede, 19 and litil
while 20 regne."
Of Kyng 1 Aurilambros ; how he pursuede Vortiger and Engist,
and how J>ai deiden. Capitulo Sexagesimo Quarto.
20 1% /TErlyn and his model 1 * departede fro J?e kyng 1 , and twrnede
J3-L 21 a^eyne to Kermerdyn. and so after* tydynges 22 come to
pe Britons pat Aurilambros and Vter* his broper* were 23 arryuede at
Tottenesse wip a grete host, and pe Britouns anone assemblede
24 ham, & went to vnderfong Aurilambros and Vter* wip grete nobleye,
& ladde ham to London, and cronede pere Aurylambros, and
made him kyng 1 , and deden 24 to him homage, and he axede
wher* Vortiger pat was kyng myght 25 bene founden, 25 for he 7 wolde
28 bene 26 avengede of' 27 his brope?*e3 dep, and after* he wolde werre
oppon paynymes : and pai tolde him pat Vortiger* was in Walis ;
and so pai ladde him 28 piderward?. 29 U Vortiger* wist wel pat po ij
breperae come 30 him to conquere, & fleye pens into a castel pat me 7
1 hauen 0. 2 enchacen 0. 3 ouercomew 0. 4 se)> 0.
5 dryve 0. 6 6 company and D. 7 om. D.
8 8 shul come D. sclmllen come 0. 9 broker and D. brojwr and 0.
10 om. O. n remaunte D. remnawnt O. 12 30 her 9 D. 3e here 0.
13 MS. tok. 14 go]? D. gotfi 0. 15 lif al D. lyf al 0.
IBIB OW sa ^ e j) se y^ to ^ ow o. 17 vndirstondi> 0. 18 be DO.
19 poysenede D. 20 tyme DO. 21 leaf 27.
22 tydynge D.. dydyng tie 0. ^ weryn 0. 24 dede DO.
a*- 26 be founde DO. 26 be 0. * on 0. hem 0.
29 Jider 1 D. 30 comen 0.
60 Vortyger & Engist are slain. K. Aurilamlros. [CH. LXIV, LXV
callede 1 Generth, j>at stode vppon an hye mounteyne, & )>ere him
helde. U Aurylambros, and Vter 1 his broker, and hire folc, hade
bisegede J>e castel 2 longe tyme, for )>e castel was stronge and wel
arraiede ; so at J>e laste J>ai cast wilde fire, and brent hous and men, 4
and al here arraye, & as miche as was wijnn Jje castel, so J>at Vortiger
was brent amonge alle oj>ere ; and so deide he with michel 3 sorwe.
U }>o was Engist in Kent, and regnede ]>ere, and herde Jris tydynges 4
and anone fledde, and wolde haue wende 5 into Scotland? forto haue 8
hade socowr, but Aurilambros and his men mette wij> him in the
North contre, and ^af him bataile, & Engist and his men ham
defendede whiles 6 j>ai 7 myght, but he and his folc were descora-
fitede and slayn, and Otta his sone 8 fley 9 vnto 10 3ork 1 , & Aurilam- 12
bros him folwede egrely. Otta, a litel while a^eynes him stode, but
afterwarde he put him to 11 his mercy, and Aurilambros vnderfonge
him; & to him and to his men he 8 }af .]>e contre of Galway in
Scotland 4 , and Ipere J>ai duellede. U The Kyng Aury 12 lambros went 16
jjo Jjrou} j?e lande, and put awaye be name of Engistes lande, J?at
E[n]gist, after his owen name hade callede bifore, J>o lete he 13 it calle 13
a^eyne Grete Britaigne, and lete make a^eyne cherches, 14 houses of
religioun, castelles, 15 citees, and burghes and tounes J?at J?e Saxoynes 20
hade destroiede, and come 16 to London, and lete make a^eyne the
Wallis of ])e citee, whiche Engist & his folc hade caste adoune.
1F fe Britons ladde him to )>e mount of Anbrian, wher 1 some tyme
was an house of religioun J?at J>o was destriede frou^ paynemys, 24
whe[re]of a knyght J?at 8 me callede Anbry, )>at some tyme was
ioundour of J>e hous, and J?e?*for )?e hulle 17 was callede )?e mount 1
of Bryan, 18 and? after was callede Ambresbery, and shal for
eueremore. 28
How Aurilambros dede redresse J>e lande of Grete Britaigne,
fat was destroiede Jjrou^ Saxoynes. IF Capitulo U Sexa-
gesimo IF Quinto.
THe 19 Kyng Aurilambros lete amende and redresse J?e hous of 32
Ambresbery, and J?erin put monkes, but now ]pere beth 20
nonnes; a litil fram 21 J)e place jjat me calle)) 21 Salesbury, pere )?at
1 calle)> DO. 2 castelle ful D. Castel ful 0. 3 mych 0.
4 tydynge 0. 5 went O. 6 while D. 7 >at y sic 0.
8 om. D. 9 fly 0. 10 into D. al into D. 12 leaf 27, back.
13 - 13 calle yt 0. 14 cherches and DO. 15 castett D.
16 comen DO. 17 mont D. 18 Anbrian D.
19 How the D. How ^ 0. <2 ben DO. 21 - 21 om. D.
CH. LXVI] Merlin's advice. Britons go to Ireland for stones. 61
pe Britouns were 1 quellede 2 in pat place pat 2 3 Vortiger > & Engist 13
shulde haue made a loueday, in whiche place 4 pere were slayne
5 xxx M* 5 kny^tes prou$ tresoun of Engist. H pe kyng perof hade
4 grete pitee, & pou^t to make, in mynde of ham, a monument of
stone pat my^t endure to 6 pe worldes ende. and of pis ping pai tok 17
here conseile what perof was best to done. 11 )po spake to pe kyng
pe bishop of London pat me called Ternekyn, pat he shulde enquere
8 after* Merlyn, for he coupe best telle how pis ping mi^t bene 8 made.
and merlyn after* was sou^t 9 and founde, & come to pe kyng 1 ; and
pe kyng tolde him his wille of pe monument pat he wolde haue
made. U po ansuerede Merlyn to pe kyng 1 , 10 and saide : " pere be])
12 grete stones in Irlande, and longe vppon the hulle of Kyan pat men
callep n pe geant 11 caroH; and if pai were put in pis place as pal
bep 12 pere, here pai wolde endure eue?*more, in remembraunce of po
knyghtes pat here bep enterede." " Par ma foy," quod pe kyng 1 ,
16 "as herde stones beth in my londe as beth in Irian A" "sop," quod
Merlyn, " but in aH 30%?* lande beth now soche, for Geaunte^ sette
ham for grete gode of hamself, ffor atte eue?*y tyme pat pai were
wonded?, or in eny maner 1 hurt, pai wasshen pe stones wip hote
20 water, & pan wosshen 13 ham pe?'wip, and anone pai were hole."
How pe Britons went forto seche pe grete stones in Irland'.
lxvj to .
WHen pe 14 Britons hade herde of pis ping 1 , pai went and
sworen 15 ifere amonges ham, pat 16 pai wolde gone 1T to seche
pe stones; and toke 18 wip ham Yter*, pe kynges broper, to bene 19
here cheueteyne, & xv M* men ; and Merlyn conseilede ham forto
gone 20 into Irlande, and so pai deden. 21 1T And when pe Kyng
28 of Irland', pat me callede Guillomer ) , herde telle pat straungers
were arryuede in his lande, he assemblede a grete power*, and fou^t
a^eyns ham ; but he & his folc were descomfitede. the Britons went
fourp 22 til pai come to pe mount of Kylyan, and clymede vnto pe
32 mount ; but when pai saw pe stones, and pe maner* how pai stoden, 23
pai hadden 24 grete mervail, and saide bituene ham pat 'noman shulde
1 om. 0. 2 2 where D. om. 0. 3 ~ 3 Vortymer wher Engist and he 0.
4 tyme 0. 5 ~ 5 xxx M* Ixiij D. xxx M J and Ixj O.
6 vn-to 0. 7 nome DO. 8 be DO. 9 sent 0.
10 leaf 28. u - u geaunts DO. 12 ben DO.
13 wosslie D. wessh 0. 14 ]>is D. 15 om. D. swore 0.
16 swore D. 17 go DO. 18 nome DO.
19 MS. bene >e kyng, with J>e kyng underlined for erasure. * go 0.
21 dede 0. ^ biforn D. before 0. ^ stod 0. hadde D. had 0.
62 Merlin makes Stonehenge. Irish invasion. [CH. LXVII
ham remeve, for no strenghe ne engyne, so huge f ai weren, 1 and so
long.' But Merlyn, frou} his crafte and queyntise, remevede ham,
and brou^t ha??i into hire shippis, and come a^eyn into fis lande.
and Merlyn sette fe stones 2 fere fat 3 fe Kyng wolde haue ham, 4
and sette ham in fe same maner as 4 Jjai stoden in Irland*. and
when fe kyng saw fat it was made, he fankede Me?'lyn, and
rychely him rewardede at his owen wille ; & fat place he lete calle 3
Stonhynges 5 for euermore. 8
How Passent, fat was Vortiger} sonne, & f e Kyng 3 Guillomer\
come into fis land?; and how a traitoure fat me callede
Coppa, enpoisenede 6 fe Kyng Aurilambros. 11 Capitulo
U Sexagesimo Septimo. 12
ANd men shul vnderstonde fat Passent, fat was Vortigers sone,
leuede in f e same tyme, and come into ])is lande wif a grete
power", and arryuede in fe Northcontre, & wolde bene 7 avengede
of his fadere^ dej) Vortiger, and stronglich 8 trust vppon 9 fe com- 16
pany fat he hade brou^t wif him oute of fe lande of Germayne,
and hade coraquerede al fe Northcontre vnto ^ork 1 . 1F And when
Kyng Aurilambros herde fis, he assemblede a grete power 1 of
Britons, and went forto fei^t wif him ; and Passent 10 and his peple 20
were descomfitede. But Passent ascapede fens, wif some of his folc,
and fledde fennes into Irlandl, and come to 11 Kyng Guillomer 1 , and
p?'aede him of helpe and socoure. U The kyng grantede him wif
gode wil, and saide : "I wolde helpe $ow oppon fat 12 couenaunt, fat 24
I my-self moste gon 13 wif ^ow wif al my power* into Britaigne, and
I wolde me avenge vppon fe Britons, 14 15 for fai comen 16 into my
londe. 17 and 15 token 18 fe stones wif strengf fat 19 is callede Geant 19
Caroil." fe Kyng Guillomere lete ordeyne his shippis, and went to 28
f e see wif xv M* men, and arryuede in Walis, and bigonne to robbe
and miche sorwe to done. 20 hit bifelle so fat Kyng Aurilambros
lay sike at Wynchestre, and myght nou^t helpe 21 himself 1 , so fat he
sent in his name Vter 1 his brofere, with a grete power*, forto help 32
"Walys; and fiderwarde 22 he went as miche as he 22 my^t. H fe
1 wer 1 D. were 0. 2 leaf 28, back. 3 om. D. 4 >at DO.
5 Stonehenge D. Stonehenge 0. 6 poysound 0. 7 be 0.
8 strongely D. strongly 0. 9 of D. 10 he DO. " to ^ Q.
12 |, e o. 13 go DO. u britouiis the ra^re D.
isis ra f, cr j, an j, e j in-to my land' comen a?id 0. 16 come D.
17 lorde sic D. 18 toke D.
i9_i9 wag callede Geaunt3 D. called is Geaimt^ 0. 2 do 0.
21 leaf 29. 22 - 22 >ai went as fast as >ai D.
CH. LXVIII] King Aurilambros is poisond. A star appears. 63
Kyng of Irlandl, and Passent, 1 herde telle fat Aurylambros was sik 1 ;
and to ham 2 come a sarasine fat me clepede 3 Coppa, and saide :
"sire3, 4 duelle 36 here al 5 in pees wif ^oure hoste, and y 5 bihote
4 3ow, frou3 my queyntise, fat I shal slee f e Kyng Aurylambros fat
lif sike." "If 36 do, 6 " qiiod Passent, "y shal ^ow richely
auaunce." U This traitoure Coppa put oppofi him an habite of
religioun, and lete shaue him a brode crone, and come to fe
8 kynges court, and saide fat he was a gode fnsician, and saide fat he
wolde hele fe kyug of his malady. 51 Tho saide fe traitour Coppa
7 vnto fe kyng* 7 : "sire, be]) of gode comfort, for y shal ^eue ^ow
soche a medecyne fat 30 shulle swete anone ry^t, and softe 8 slepe,
12 and haue gode reste." & fe traitour $af him soche a poysoun fat
he slepte 9 anone ryght, and deide in his slepyng 1 . and fe traitoure
saide fat 10 he wolde gone 11 oute into fe felde til fe kyng were
awakede; and so scapede he away, for noman 12 to him hade 12
16 suspesion, for enchesoun of his habit fat he was in clofede, and
also for his brode crone. IT But when f e kynges meny wist fat he
was dede, fai bicome 13 wonder* sory, and fast sou^t fe traitor;
but 14 fai mi^t nou^t hem fynde, for Coppa twnede a3eyne to fe
20 host fro whens that 10 he come.
When Aurilambros was dede, a sterr in 15 the morne 16 was
seyne with a clere light ; & at the bou^te of f e beeme was
17 seye fe heuede of an horrible 17 Dragoun. U Capitulo
24 U Sexagesimo U Octauo.
WHen the Kyng Aurilambros was f us dede & enpysenede 18 at
Wynchestre, a morn, 19 after 5 fat he was dede, aboute f e
tyme of prime, fere was seyn a sterr* grete and clere ; and f e beeme
28 of f e 20 sterr 1 was brighter fan f e sone ; and at f e bou^t of fe beeme
apperede a dragounes heuede, 21 and oute of his rnouf 22 comen ij huge
li^te} fat were as Ii3t 23 as 22 eny fire brynnyng 1 . U And fat o 24 beeme
went 25 towarde Fraunce, and strait ouere fe see fiderward; and
32 out of fat beem comen 26 vij beemes ful clere and longe, as it were
f e Ii3t of fire. U f is sterre was seyne of meny man 27 ; but none of
1 Passent had 0. 2 him D. hym 0. 3 callede D. Called' 0.
4 sir> D. sire qwod? he 0. 5 om. 0. 6 done 0. 7 7 om. D.
8 softly D. 9 slepe D. 10 om. D. n go DO.
ia ia had to hym 0. 13 bicomen D. bycomew 0. 14 for D.
15 on D. 16 " morwe D. 17 - 17 seyn \>e hed of a 0. 18 leaf 29, back.
19 a morowe 0. 20 that D. ]>ai 0. 21 heed' 0-
22 - aa apperede ij Ii3tes huge and as bright as D. 23 bright 0.
<24 on D. it helde D. tilde 0. 26 come D. a man DO.
64 Merlin tells what the Star betokens. [CH. LXIX
ham wist what it bitokenede. 11 Vter*, fat was f e kyngws broker,
fat was in Walys wif his hoste of Britouns, saw fat sterre, and fe
grete lijt. fat it 1 ^af. he wondrede feron gretly, what it my^t
bitoken; he 2 lete calle Merlyn, & praiede him 3 forto telle 3 what it 4
bitokene.
Of f e bitokenyng of fat 4 sterr*. IT Capitulo Sexagesimo ix.
MErlyn saw fat sterre, and bihelde hit 5 longe tynie, and
sifenes 6 he quok* and wepte tenderly; & saide : " alias, 8
alias I fat so noble 7 kyng 1 and worf i is dede. and I do $ow to
vnderstonde fat Aurilambros, jour brofer, is enpoysenede, and fat
I se wel in fis sterre. and joure-self bitokenef bi fe heuede 8 of fe
dragoun fat is 9 seyne at fe bou^t of fe beeme : 'fat is ^oureself, fat 12
shal bene 10 kyng, and regne. and by f e beem fat stode 11 towarde fe
Est, is vnderstonde fat 36 shal geten 12 a sone fat shal conquere al
Fraunce and alle fe landes fat 13 bef longeyng^ 13 to fe Kyng 14 of
Fraunce, fat shal bene 15 a worfier 1 Kyng, and 16 more of 16 honoure 16
fan euer* was eny of his ancestres. IT And by fe beem fat stracchet 17
towarde Irland*, is bitokenede 18 fat 36 shul bigete 19 a doubter fat
shal be quene of Irland?; and fe vij beemes bitokenes 20 fat 30 21
shul haue vij sones ; and eueryche 22 of ham shal 23 bene kyng, 20
and 23 regne wif michel 24 honououre. and abide 36 no longer 1 here,
but go 25 and 3if 26 batail to 3oure enemys, and fei3t 27 wif ham
boldely, for 30 shul ouercome ham and haue fe victorie." Yter
fankede hertly Merlyn, and tok 28 his men, and went towarde his 24
enemys ; and f ai foi^ten togeder 1 mortaily ; and so 29 f ai des-
comfitede 29 his enemys alle, & destroiede ha??i 30 ; & him-self quel
led e Passent, fat was Vortige?*3 sone; and his Britons quellede
Guillomei , fat was Kyng of Irland?, and alle his men. and Vter 28
anone after* fat bataile tok his way toward' Wynchestre fort[o]
done 31 entier 1 Aurilambros kyng, fat was his brofer; but fo was
fe 32 body born 33 to Stonhynge wif michel 34 honoure, fat he hade
1 he 0. 2 and D. 3 - 3 om. D. 4 >e 0. 5 him D. hym 0.
6 Netheles 0. 7 noble a D. nobly a 0. 8 hede D. hed 0.
9 is to 0. 10 be DO. n stondeth D. 12 gete D. be-gete 0.
isis i on g e j, D. ben longynge 0. 14 croune D. crovne 0.
15 be DO. 16 - 16 of more DO. 17 stracches D. streccbej) 0.
18 leaf 30. 19 gete D. *> bitokenes D. betokeneth 0. om. R.
21 sche 0. 22 eche 0.
sa ya be a kyn^ and shullen D. be kyng and schul 0. ^ mych 0.
25 go> DO. '* 3eueth 0. * fightetli 0. ^ nome DO.
29 - 29 he descomfite D. he descomtited 0. ^ om. D. hym 0.
;:1 do 0. -- his D. w bore 0. M mycti 0.
CH. LXX] Uther Pendr agon's two Dragons. Eelief of York. 65
1 done made 1 in remembrance of pe Britons pat pere were slayn
prou$ tresoune of Engist, J)at same day pat pai shulde haue bene
accordede; & in the same place 2 pai enterede Aurilambros, pe
4 secunde $ere of his regne, wip al pe worship pat myght 3 bene
longyng 3 to soche a kyng 1 , of whos soule God haue mercy !
Of Vter Pendragoun ; and wherfore he was callede so, after* 4 $e
shal 4 here; & 5 he was ouertake for pe grete loue of Igerne,
8 pat was pe 6 Erles wif 1 of Cornwaile. 6 1T Capitulo IF Septua-
gesimo.
After pe deth of Aurylambros, Vter* his broper was cronede,
and regnede wel and worpily ; and in remembraunce of pe
12 dragons 7 pat he was likenede to, he lete make ij dragounes prou$
conseile of his Britouns : pat one to 8 bene borne 8 bifore 9 him
when he went into bataile, & pat opere to abide at 1 10 Wynchestre
in the bisshoppes cherche ; And for pat enchesoun he was callede
16 euermore after 1 , Vter* Pendragoun. IT And Octa, pat was Engistes
sone, co??zmendet litil Vter* pat was made newe kyng 1 , and a^eynes
him biganne forto 11 meve werr ) , and ordeynede a grete company of
his frendes & of his kynne, and of* Ossa his broper, and hade take 12
20 al pe lande fro Humber ) vnto }ork; 13 but po of }ork 13 helde
strongely 14 agayne ham, and nolde soffre ham come into pe toune,
neyper to ^elde pe citee to ham ; and he bisegede pe toune anone ry^t,
and ^af perto a stronge assaut, 15 but tho 16 of pe citee ham keped? wel
24 and strongely. IT And when Vter herde perof*, he come pider* wip a
stronge 17 power* forto helpe and rescue pe toune, and put away pe
sege, & $af a stronge bataile; and Octa & his company ham
defendede as wel as pai my^t, but at pe 2 last pai were descomfitede,
28 and pe moste part* of ham quellede ; and Octa & Ossa were taken, 18
and put into prisoun at London. U And Vter 1 him-self duellede
awhile at Jork 1 , and after 1 , he went to London, and at 19 Ester after* 20
sewyng 1 , he wolde bere crone, and helde 21 a solempne feste, and
32 22 lete sompne alle pe 23 Erles and barons, pat pai shulde come to pat
l l done make D. do made 0. 2 om. 0.
- 3 bilonge D. be-longen 0. 4 - 4 MS. me shal ; men may D.
5 and how D. 6 6 Erie of Cornewalys wyf 0. 7 dragoun DO.
8 - 8 be borne D. be bore 0. 9 MS. bifore bifore ; tofore 0.
10 leaf 30, lack. n to DO. 12 taken D. 13 ~ 13 supplied from D.
14 strong D. 15 saut D. 16 >ai D. J?ey 0.
17 grete D. gret 0. 18 take 0. 19 at the D. at )> e 0.
20 om. D. 21 holde D. hold 0. 22 - 22 om. 0. a3 his D.
BRUT. F
66 Uthcr besieges Tintagel. [CH. LXX, LXXI
feste; and 22 alle pai 1 comen at 2 pe kynges co??imandement, 3 as pai
were co?mnandede. 3 U The feste was richely holden, 4 and alle
worpely sette to pe 5 mette after* pat pai were 6 of 1 state, 7 so pat 8 pe
Erl 8 of Cornewaile & Igerne his wif 1 setten alper 1 next ]>e kyng 1 . 4
and pe kyng 1 saw pe fairenesse of pat lady pat she hade, and was
rauisshede for here beaute; and after 1 , 9 he made towarde here
nyce 10 semblant in lokyng 1 and lei^hyng 1 . so at pe laste pe Erl
perseuede pe priue 11 lokyng and Laughing 1 , and pe loue bituene 8
ham, and arose vp 5 fram pe table al in wrap, and tok his wif\ and
callede to him his kny^tes, and went pens al in wrap, wipouten 12
takyng 1 Leue of pe Kyng 1 . pe kyng anone sent after* him pat he
shulde come a^eyne, & go nou^t pens in despite of him; and pe 12
Erl wolde nou^t come a^eyne in no maner wise. U Wherfor pe
kyng was ful wrop, & in wrap him defiede as his dedelich 13 enemy,
and pe Erl went pens into Cornewaile wip his wif 1 , into pe castel of
TyntageH. and pe kyng lete ordeyne a grete host, & come into 16
Cornewaile forto destroie pe erl, if he nry^t ; but he hade put him
in 14 soche a castel pat was stronge and wel arraiede, of TyntageH,
and wolde nou3t 3elde him to 15 the Kyng 1 . H The kyng anone
bisegede pe castel, & pere duellede xv daies, pat neuer 5 my^t spede, 20
and euer pou3t so miche of 16 Igerne, and oppon her 5 laide so miche
loue, pat he nyst what to done. U So at pe 5 laste he callede to
him a kny3t pat me 17 callede Vlfyne, pat was priue wip him, and
tolde him al hes conseile, and axede of him what was best to done. 24
H " Sire," quod he, " dop sende after 1 Merlyn, for he can telle 3ow
pe best consel of eny man leuyng 1 ." Merlyn anone was sent after*,
and come to pe kyng 1 , and pe kyng tolde him al his wille. " Sire,"
18 quod Merlyn, 18 " I shal do so miche prou3 crafte pat I can, pat I 28
shal make 3ow come pis ny3t into pe castel of TyntageH:, & shal
haue al 3oure wille of pat Lady."
How Vter 1 bigate on 19 Igerne, pat was pe Erle3 wif of 20 Corne
waile, Arthure pe kyng 1 . II C&pitulo Septuagesimo primo. 32
1 )>o >at hade wyfes shulde bryng 1 ham also to >at fest & alle D. J>o >at
hade wyues schuld bryng hem also to ]>at fest & att 0.
2 to 0. 3 - 3 rnn. D. 4 hold 0. 5 om. 0. 6 werne D.
7 astat O. 8 - 8 >e Gorlois D. Gorloys 0.
9 ofte D. oft 0. 10 MS. nyci. ir foa/31.
12 withoute DO. 13 dedely D. dedly 0. 14 into D.
15 vnto D. 16 vppon D. vpon 0. 17 he D.
18-is Ms f fas qu^ Merlyn quod, with 2nd qitod underlined for erasure.
19 in D. 20 om. D.
CH. LXXI] Uther begets Arthur on Igerne, and weds her. 6T
MErlyn, 1 prou3 crafte pat he coupe, 2 chaungede pe kyngws
3 figure into pe likenesse of Vlfyne his chaumberleyn, and 4
to pe figure of lordan pat was pe erle^ chaumberleyn, so pat eche
4 of ham was transfigurede into 5 opere likenesse. and when Merlyn
hade so done, 6 he saide to pe kyng : 7 "sire, now may 7 36 gone 8
sodeynely to pe castel of Tyntagel, and axen 9 entre fere, and haue
3oure wille." the kyng tok priuelich, 10 al pe host to gouerne & n lede,
8 to a kny^t pat he miche louede, and toke 12 his way toward 1 pe castel;
and wip him went 13 Vlfyne and Merlyn. and whera 14 pat he 14 come
pider, pe Porter* wende 15 pat it 15 hade bene 16 his owen lorde. and
when tyme come forto gone 17 to bedde, the kyng went to bedde
12 wip 18 Igerne, pe Erie} wif\ and dede wip her* al his wille, and po
bigate on 19 here a sone pat me clepede 20 Arthure. II Oppon pe
morwe pe noble my^ty kyng 1 toke 21 his leue of pe lady, and went
a^eyn to his hoste. and pe same ny}t pat pe kyng lay by Igerne in
16 bedde if ere wip pe erle$ wif, pe kynges men $af a strong 1 assaute
to pe castel. and pe Erl and his men manliche 22 ham def endede ;.
but at pe 23 laste hit bifelle so pat at pat assaut pe erl him-self 23 was
slayn, and pe castel was 13 taken, and pe kyng anone twrnede a^eyne
20 to TyntageH, and spousede Igerne wip rnichel 24 honoure, & made
hir* Quene. & sone after 1 , tyme come pat she shulde bene 25
delyuerede, and bare 26 a sone pat 27 was callede 27 Arthure. and
after 28 he gate 28 on here a do^te? 1 pat me clepede 29 Amya; and 30
24 when she come to age, 31 she was nobly 31 mariede to a noble
Baroun pat me callede Aloth, pat was lorde of Leones.
IF When Vter* longe tyme hade regnede, pere come vppofi him
a grete sikenesse, as it were a sorwe. & in pe mene 32 tyme po pat
28 haden 33 to kepe Octa, pat was Engistes sone, and Ossa his broper,.
pat po were in prisoun, men lete ham gone 34 for grete 3iftes pat pai
ham 3af, and went 35 wip ham. 35 U And when po ij breperne were
ascaped?, and comen 36 a3eyne into hier* owen contre, pai ordeynede
32 ham a grete host & a 37 grete power*, & bigon to werre eftesones
vppon pe kyng 1 .
Helyn sic D. 2 cou|>e he D. coude 0. 3 leaf 81, back.
in 0. 5 to DO. 6 y-do 0.
7 Sir* quod he now mowe D. Sir quod he now mow O. 8 go 0.
axe 0. 10 priuyly 0. n & to 0. 12 nome DO. 13 om. DO.
*- 14 >ai D. bey 0. 15 - 15 fat he D. he 0. 16 be 0. 17 go DO.
18 to D. 19 vpon 0. 2 callede D. called 0. 21 nome DO.
22 manly DO. a om. 0. * mycu 0. * be DO.
26 bare a childe D. bare a child' 0. 27 - a7 callede was D. Called was 0.
^s- 28 begate 0. Called 0. 30 & sche 0. Sl ~ 31 nobly was 0.
32 leaf 32. & hadde D. had 0, M go DO. 35 ~ 35 hem with 0.
36 come 0. 37 om. D.
68 Uther defeats Octa & Ossa. Attempt to poison him. [CH. LXXII
How Kyng Vter* chees 1 Aloth to kepe pe lande of Britaigne
whiles fat he was sik. 2 IT Capitulo H Septuagesimo
U Secwwdo.
ANd for-asmiche as Kyng Vter* was sit, and my^t nou^t helpe 4
him-self 1 , s he ordeynede Aloth, pe sone of Elyne, 3 fat po
was to bene 4 wardeyne and chyueteyne of al his folc ; & he anone,
and his Britons, assemblede a grete host 1 , & $af hataile to Octa and
to his folc ; but Octa at pe laste was descomfitede. 5 IT Hit bifelle 8
pus afterwarde, 6 pat pise Britons 6 haden 7 indignacioun 8 9 at pis 9
Aloth, & wolde nou3t to him bene 10 entendant; wherfore pe kyng
was annoyede wonder* sore, and lete put him in a liter in pe hoste
amonges 11 his folc; and pai ladde him to Veroleyne, pat po was a 12
faire citee, pere pat seynt Albone was martrede ; and after* was pat
citee destroiede prou$ paynemys & prou3 werre. and pider* went 12
13 Ossa and Octa 13 & her* peple, & entrede into pe toune, and lete
14 make faste 14 pe ^ates, & pere pai 15 helde ham. & pe kyng come, 16
and ham bisegede, & made a stronge assaut; but po pat were
wipin, manliche ham defended. U The kyng 16 lete ordeyne 16 his
gunnes & his engynes forto breke pe wallys ; & pe wallis were so
stronge pat noping my^t ham misdo. U Octa & his peple hade 20
grete despite pat a kyng liggyng in a liter* 17 18 ham hade 18 bisegede,
<fe pai token 19 conseil amonges ham, forto stande vp in pe morwe, &
come oute, and 3eue bataile to pe kyng 1 ; and so pai deden. 20 and in
pat bataile were bope Octa & Ossa slayne ; & al pe opere pat 24
ascapede alif, fledde pens 21 into Scotland?, and made 22 Colegryne
her 5 cheueteyne. & pe Saxoynes pat were alif, and 23 ascapede fro pe
bataile, brou^t 24 a3eyne a 25 grete strengp, & amonges ham 26 saiden
pat, if the 15 Kyng Vter were dede, pai shulde wel conquere pe lande ; 28
and amonges ha??i pai pou^t 27 enpoysone pe kyng, and ordeynede
men forto done 28 pis dede, & 3af ham of 3iftes grete plente, pis ping
to done. & pai ordeynede ham piderward* pere pat pe kyng was
1 chose D.
2 syke for-asmiche as he rayjt noujt trauaile for his sikenesse D. sike
for-as-mych as he myght not for siknes 0.
3 -r 3 he ordeynede Aloth sone of Elyne D. he ordeyned Aloth sone of
Eleyne O. )>e sone of Elyne R.
4 be 0. 6 descomnte D. 6 ~ 6 om. D. 7 had DO.
8 dedignacion sic 0. 9 ~ 9 of DO. 10 be 0. u among 0.
12 >ai hade seynt D. >ey had sent 0. ]3 - 13 Octa and' Ossa 0.
14 - 14 fast make 0. 15 om. D. J6 - 16 ordeigned 0.
17 leaf 32, back. 18 ~ 18 hade ham D. had hem 0. 19 took 0.
20 ded 0. 21 om. DO. ^ maden DO. * that D.
24 broghten 0. a om. 0. ^ haw >ai D. hem >ey 0.
^ >oughten 0. * do 0.
CH. LXXIII] Uther is poisond. Arthur is made King. 69
duellyng 1 , & clofede ham in pore wede, fe bettre 1 for to spede hire
luf er pwpos ; hut nof elesse, for al her* falsenesse & queyntise, fai
my3t neuer come ney fe kyng. But 2 at fe laste fai aspiede fat
4 ]>Q kyng drank none of ere licoure hut 3 oneliche water 3 of a clere
welle fat was ney3 bisides; and fise false traitoures 4 vppon a
day priueliche 5 went to fat wel, and put ferin poisoun, so fat al fe
water was enpoysenede. And anone after' as f e Kyng hade dronke
8 of fat water 1 , he higanne to swelle, & sone after 16 deide; & alse
meny as drank 17 of fat water deide 8 also. And anone as fis false
nesse was aspiede, folc of fe toune lete stoppe fe welle for
euermore. U When 9 fe Kyng 9 was dede, his 10 folc bare him to
12 Stonehynge wif grete solempnite of bisshopp3 and barons fat were
fere, fat buriede him bisides Aurilambros his brofer; and after
twrnede a^eyne f o euerychqpn, & lete sende after 1 Arthure his sone ;
and fai made him Kyng of fe lande wif 11 michel 12 reuerence, after
16 his faderes def, fe xvij 3 ere of his regne. *
How Arthure, fat was fe sone of Vter 1 , was cronede after Ms
faderes def; & how he drof Colegryn & fe Saxoynes,
and? Chelduc 13 of 14 Almayne, out of 14 fis lande, Capitulo
20 Ixxiij .
WHen Arthure was made kyng 1 of fe lande, he was 15 but
3onge, of xv 3010 age, but he was faire, and bolde, &
dou3ti of body, & to meke folc he was gode & curteise, & to prout
24 folc he was stout & sterne; & also he was 16 gentil and curteise, 16
and large of spendyng*, & 17 made him 17 wel bilouede 18 of al men
f e?'e fat 18 it was nede. And when he biganne to regne, he swore fat
Saxones neuer 19 shulde haue pees ne reste til fat 20 he hade drif 21
28 ham out of his 22 lande. & he lete assemble a grete host, & fau3t
wif Colegrin, fat, 20 after 1 tyme fat Octa was dede, fe Saxones
mayntenede. And fis Colegryne was descomfitede, & fley 23 to ^ork 1 ,.
& tok f e tone, & fere helde him. And f e Kyng bisegede f e tone ;
32 but he mi3t nofing 24 spede, for 19 fe toune was so strong, & fai wif in
1 better al DO. 2 But so DO. 3 ~ 3 water onlych D. only water 0.
4 tmitous sic D. 5 pryuyly 0. 6 after he DO.
7 dronken D. drunken 0. 8 deiden D. diden 0.
9 - 9 kyng Vter D. 10 om. 0. n leaf 33. 12 mycn 0.
13 Sheldruk kyng< D. cheldrik out 0. 14 ~ 14 om. 0. 15 nas
16-ie cur teise & gentile D.
i7_i7 mat i e him D. made hym 0. made E.
isis am0 nges al me7i ]>ere J>at D. among al men >at ]>er 0.
19 om. D. 20 om. 0. 21 dryuen D. dryve 0. m >is 0.
28 come D. fly 0. 24 nou^t D.
70 Arthur defeats CheldriJc & Hod. Their Treachery. [CH. LXXIII
kepte pe toune wel & horpedly. U And in pe niene tyme Colegryne
lete pe toune to Bladulf 1 , & fley 1 him-self to Cheldrik 1 , pat was
Kyng of Almaigne, forto haue of him socour. and pe Kyng as-
semblede a grete power*, and come & arryuede in Scotland 1 wip 4
v. C. shippis. & whew Arthure wist of pis tydyngws, 2 pat he hade
nou^t power* ne 8 strengp ynow to fei^t a3eyne 4 Sheldrik 1 , he lete
T^ene 5 pe sege, and went to London, and sent anone his le^res to pe
Kyng of Litil Britaigne, pat me 6 callede 7 Hoel, his 8 neveu, his 8
sustres 8 sone, pat he shulde come to him wip 9 al pe power* pat he
my^t. And he assemblede a grete hoste, & arryuede at South
ampton. 1F And when Kyng Ar[t]hure hit wiste, he was glade
ynow, & went a^eynes ham, 10 & harn resceyuede wip michel 11 honowr, 12
so pat po ij hostes ham assemhlede, and toke 12 her* way euen to
Nichole, pat 13 Cheldrik hade bisegede but non^t ^itte taken. And
pai cornen 14 vppon Cheldrik* & vppon 15 his peple or pai hit wiste,
pere 7 pat pai werre, 16 and ham egrely assailede. J)e Kyng Cheldrik 1 16
and his meny defendede ham manly by here power*, but Kyng
Arthure and his men 17 quellede so meny Saxones, pat neuer er* 18
was seyne soche a slau^ter; and 19 his men pat were lefte alif,
fledden away, and Arthure ham pursuede, and drof ham into a 20
wode pat pai mi^t no ferper passe. U Cheldrik and his men saw
wel pat pai were brou^t into miche disesse, & ham golden to Arthure
in pis maner* wise, pat he shulde take here horse and Here armure,
& al pat pai hadde, pat pai most oneliche gone on fote to here 24
shippes, and so pai wolde gone 20 into here owen lande, & neuer*
come a^eyne into pis lande. And vppon assuraunce of pis 7 ping 1 ,
pai 3euen 21 hi??z gode hostages ; and Arthure, prou$ conseile of his
men, gmuntede pis ping 1 , and resceyuede pe hostages. & oppofi pis, 28
pise oper went vnto 22 here shippes: and when pai werne 23 in pe
hye see, hir wille chaungede, as pe deuel it wolde, & pai retownede
hire nauye, & come a^eyne into pis land', & arryuede at Tottenesse,
& went out of here shippis, & toke 24 pe lande, & clene robbede hit, 32
& michel 25 peple slou$, & token 26 al pe Armure pat pai my^t fynde;
& so pai wenten 27 forthe 28 til pai comen 28 to Bathe ; but pe men of
1 fly 0. 2 tidyng 1 D. tydynge 0. 3 and D. 4 a3ens 0.
5 be DO. 6 he D. 7 om. 6. 8 ~ 8 nevews souster 0.
* leaf 33, back. 10 hym 0. " mycli 0. 12 token 0.
13 MS. has J>at >at. 14 come D. 15 on D. 16 were J>ere 0.
17 meny D. 18 tofore D.
19 & sheldrik & D. And Cheldrik & 0. 20 go D. 21 jaf D.
22 to DO. ffl were DO. 24 nome DO. 25 mych 0.
26 leaf 34. * went DO. 28 - 28 om. D. tyl >ey come 0.
CH. LXXIV] Arthur leats the Saxons at Bath. The 60 Isles. 71
pe toune shitten faste here ^ates, and wolde nou^t suffren 1 ham
come per in 2 pe toune, and pai defendede ham wel and horpedly
ham.
4 3 How Arthure $af bataile to pe Saxones when pai comen 4
a3eyne, and bisegede pe tonne of Bape, & 5 haw onercome, 5
11 C&pitulo lxxiiij t0 . 3
WHen Arthure herde pis tydynges, 6 he lete honge anone pe
hostages, & lefte Hoel of Britaigne, his nevew, forto kepe
pe Marche toward Scotland wip half his peple, and him-self went 7
helpe rescue pe toune of Bathe. And when he come pider 1 , he $af a
strong batail to Cheldrik 1 , and quelde almost al pe peple pat he
12 hade ; for no man my^t 8 him wipstande, 8 ne endure vnder* pe stroke
of his swerde ; and pere bope were slayn, Colegrin and Bladud his
broker. II And Cheldrik fledde pens, and wolde haue gone to his
shippis; but when 9 Arthure hit wist, he tok xv 10 M J kny^tes to
16 Cador, J?at was erl of Cornewaile, forto lette and stoppe his com-
myng 1 ; and Arthure him-self went a3eyne towarde J?e Marche of
Scotland, ffor messagers tolde him fat J>e n Scottes hade bisegede
Hoel of Britaign Jjere pat he lay sike; and perfore he hastede
20 jriderward' ; & Cador pursuede after* Cheldrik 1 , & toke him or J?at
he my^t 11 come to his 12 shippis, & quellede Cheldrik & his peple.
And when Cador hade done pis viage, he hastede him 13 a}eyne, as
faste as 13 he rny^t, towardes Arthure, and founds him in Scotland?
24 Ipere pat he hade res 14 cuede Hoel of Britaigne. But pe Scottes
were al feire wipin Mounref , and pere pai helde ham awhile ; but
Arthure ham pursuede, and pai fledde pens fourp into Lymoigne,
pat were in pat contre Ix lies, & grete plente of briddes, & grete
28 plente of Egles, pat were wont to crie and fei^ten 15 to-gederes, and
make grete noise when folc come 16 to robbe pat lande, and weren as
miche as pai n^t ; and so pai deden, for pe Scottes were so grete
rauenowrs pat pai token al pat pai my^t fynde in pe lande of
32 Lymoigne wip-outen 17 eny sparyng 1 ; and perwip pai chargede
a^eyne pe folc, into Scotland* forto wende. 18
I suffre DO. 2 with-in D. witft-Inne 0. 3 ~ 3 om. 0.
4 come D. 5 5 ouercome haw D. 6 tydyng* DO. 7 went to 0.
8 ~ 8 vfith hym stande 0. 9 when kvng D. 10 x DO.
II om. D. 12 here 0. 13 - 13 al >at D. 14 lea/Si, back.
15 fight 0. 16 comen D. ^ withoute 0.
18 MS. Trin. Coll. Dull. 490 (D) has several pages missing here, and does
not continue until f. 39 of the Eawlinson MS., p. 78 below.
72 'Merlin's Prophecies of a Iamb and a Dragon, [en. LXXV
How Kyng Arthure axede of Merlyn pe aventures of vj the laste
kynges pat weren to regne in Engeland', and how pe lande
shulde ende. 11 Capitw/o U Septuagesimo U Quinto.
e," quod Merlyn, "in pe 3ere of Incarnacioun of 1 oure Lorde 1 4
Ihesu Crist MM2C xv frere 2 shal come a lambe oute of
fat shal haue a white tong and trew lippis, and he shal
haue wryten in his hert ' Holynesse.' U This lambe shal make
meny Goddes house, 3 and he shal haue pees pe most parte of his 8
lif, & he shal make one 2 of pe faireste places of pe worlde pat in
his tyme shal nou$t fully ben 4 made an ende. And in pe ende of
his lif, a wo^.of a straunge lande shal do him grete harme 5 ; but at
pe ende pe lambe shal be maistre, prou} helpe of a rede Fox pat shal 12
come out of pe Northwest, and him shal oue?-come ; and pe wolfe
shal dye [in] water; and after pat tyme pe lambe shal leue no
while pat he ne shal 6 dye. IF His sede 7 pan shal bene 7 in strange
lande, and pe lande shal bene 4 wipout a goue?Tioure a litil tyme. 16
" A Nd after 1 him 8 shal come a rJmcrrmfi mellede wip mercy and
J~\ ek 19 wodenesse, at shal haue a berde as a goot, pat shal
$eue in Engelancfe shadewe, and shal kepe the lande from 10 colde
and hete ; and his o foote shal be sette in Wik 1 , and pat ope?-e in 20
London ; and he shal vnbrace 11 iij habitacions, 12 and he shal oppen
his moup toward Walys, and pe tremblyng 1 of pe hidure of his
moupe, his heres shal strecche towarde meny habitaciouns and
contres, and his fcrep shal bene 4 ful suete in straunge landes- 13 ; & 24
in his tyme shal ryuers renne wip bloode and wip brayne, & he
shal make in 14 places of his lande, walles, pat shal done 15 miche
harme to 16 his seede after 1 his tyme.
U Than shal pere come a peple out of pe Northwest duryng his 28
regne, pat shal bene 4 lade prou3 an 17 wickede hare, pat fre dra^oun
shal done 2 c?'one Kyng, pat afterwarde shal flee ouei pe see wipout
comyng a^eyne, for drede of pe dragoun. IT In 18 pat tyme pe sonne
shal bene 4 also rede as blode, as meny 2 men shul see 2 prou$ al pe 32
worlde: pat shal bitoken grete pestilence, and dep of folc prou3
dent of swerde ; and pis 19 peple shal bene 4 faderles til pe tyme pat
pe dragon shal dye prou$ an hare pat shal meve 20 a^eynes him werr*
1 - 1 OTTi. 0. 2 om. 0. s houses 0. 4 be 0.
5 harm Jmrgh 0. leaf 35. 7 ~ 7 schal be 0.
8 his tyme 0. 9 eek with 0. 10 fro 0. n vnbracen 0.
12 habitacions & cuntres 0. 13 lond' 0. 14 in al 0. 15 do O
16 vn-to 0. 17 a 0. 18 And in 0. 19 >at 0. 20 neuere
CH. LXXV] Merlin's Prophecies of a Goat and an Eagle. 73 ;
in fe ende of his lif 1 , fat shal nou$t 1 bene fulliche 1 endede in
his tyme. U This dragoun shal 2 bene holden 2 in his tyme fe best
body of al fe worlde; & he shal dye bisides fe Marche 3 of a
4 straunge lande; and fe lande shalle 4 duelle fade[r]lesse, wifouten 5
a gode gouernoure ; and me shal wepe for his dej> fram f e He of
Shepe vnto fe hauen of MarciH; wherfore, 'alias 'shal bene 6 fe
commune songe of faderles folc, fat shal ouerleuen in his land
8 destroiede.
" A Nd after* fis dragone shal come a gojje. oute of a 7 Kar*, fat shal
2\ haue homes & 8 berde of sillier* ; and fere shal come out of
his nosef relies 9 a drop fat shal bitoken hunger* & sorw, & grete
12 def of fe peple; and miche of his lande in fe bigynnyng 1 of his
regne shal be wastede. U This goot shal go 10 ouer* into Fmunce,.
& shal oppon 11 fe floure of lif and of def. In his tyme fere shal
arise an Egle in Cornewaile fat shal haue fef eres of golde, fat 1 of
16 pride shal 12 bene wifouten 12 pere of alle fe lande; and he shal
despise lordes of blode ; and after*, he shal flee shamefully by a
Bere at Gauersiche; and after* shal bene 6 made brigges of men
oppon fe costes of fe see; and stones shal falle 13 fram castelles, 13
20 and meny of ere tounes shal ben 6 made pleyne 14 ; and a bataile
shalle 15 bene done vppon an Arme 15 of fe see in a felde ordeynede
as a shelde 16 ; and at fat 17 bataile shal dye meny white hedes ; wher
fore fat 18 bataile shal bene 6 callede 'fe white bataile.' 51 And fe
24 forsaide Beere shal done 19 fis goote michel 20 harine, and it shal
bene 6 oute of f e Southwest ; & of his bloode fan shal f e goote lese
miche of his lande til at f e tyme fat shendeship shal him ouer*~
comen 21 ; & fan shal he clofen 22 him in a lyone^ skyn; and fan
28 shal he wynne fat he hade loste, and more ferto, ffor a peple shal
23 come out of fe northwest fat shal make fe goot sore to bene 6
adrade ; and he shal avenge him oppon 24 his enemys, f rou^ conseil
of 25 ij oweles, fat ferst shal bene 6 in peril forto bene vndone 26 ; but
32 f e olde owel shal wende ouer f e se into 27 a st[r]aunge lande, and
fere he shal duelle vnto a certeyne tyme ; and after*, he shal come
a3eyne into fis lande. II fise ij oweles shullen 28 do grete harme
J - J MS. has bene fulliche bene ; fully be 0. 2 - 2 behold 0. 3 marches 0,
4 leaf 35, back. 5 wit&oute 0. 6 be 0. 7 om. 0. 8 & a 0.
9 nostrett 0. 10 gon 0. n i. e. opeu. 12 - 12 be wiUoute 0.
isis f ro Castett 0. 14 playn In his tyme schal seme >at >e bere schal
brenne 0. 15 - 13 be do vpon J> e Armes 0. 16 Child' 0. 17 > e 0.
18 his 0. 19 do 0. 20 mycti 0. 21 outcome 0. * clo>e 0.
23 leafBQ. on 0. 25 of >o 0. 26 vndo 0.
27 MS. has into ffraunce, with ffraunce underlined for erasure. 28 shul 0.
74 Merliris Prophecies of a Boar and two Owls. [CH. LXXV
to meny on; and so fai shullen 1 coimseil fe gote fat he shal arere
werre a^eynes f e forsaid bere ; and at f e last, f e goot and f e oweles
shullen 2 come atte Bur* vp Trent, and shullen 3 wende ouer*; and
for drede, f e Bere shal flee, and a swan wif him, for 4 his company, 4
to Bur* towarde fe North, & fere fai shal bene 5 wif an harde
shoure. And fan fe swan shal bene 5 slayne wif sorwe, and fe
Bere taken & biheuedede, 6 alf er* nexte his neste, fat shal [stand]
vppon a broken brigge, vp wham f e sone shal caste his beemes ; 8
and meny shal him seche, for vertu fat fro 7 hyni shal come. IT In
fat same tyme shal dye, for sorwe and care, a peple of his lande, so
fat meny 8 shal bene 8 oppon him fe more bolder* afterward. And
fo ij oweles shullen 2 do miche harme to fe forsaide floure of lif 1 , 12
.and here shul lede in distresse, so fat she shal passe ouer into
Fraunce, forto make pees bituene f e gote & f e flour* delice ; and
fere she shal duelle to 9 a tyme fat her* sede shal come to seche
here; and fere fai shul bene 5 stille til a tyme fat fai shul ham 16
clofe with grace: and fai shul seche 10 the U 0welyn, and 11 put
ham vnto 12 despitous def. And after* shal fis goot bene 5 brou^t
to disese; and in 13 grete anguisshe and sorwe he shal leue al
his lif. 20
" A ftre fis goote, shal come out of Wyndesore a Boor*, fat shal
J\ haue an heuede 14 of witte, a lyons hert, a pitouse lokyng;
his vesage shal be reste to sike men ; his bref 15 shal bene 5 stanchyn
of f erst to ham fat bene af reste ferof shal 16 ; his worde shal bene 5 24
gospelle ; his beryng shal bene 5 meke as a Lambe. In f e f erste
$ere of his regne he shal haue grete payne to iustifien 17 ham fat
bene vntrew; and in his tyme shal his lande bene 5 multipliede
wif Aliens. 1T And fis Boor, frou$ fersenesse of hert fat he shal 28
haue, shal make wolfes bicome lambes; & he shal bene 5 callede
frou^-oute 18 fe worlde ' Boor of holynesse and 13 of fersenesse, of
nobeleye and of mekenesse/ and he shal do mesurabli al fat he
shal haue to done 19 vnto fe Burgh of lerwsalem ; and he shal whet 32
his teif vppon f e sates of Parys, and vppon iiij landes. Spayne
shal tremble for drede of him ; Gascoyne shal swete ; in Fraunce
he shal put his wynge ; his grete taile shal reste in Engeland?
softely ; Almayn shal quake for drede of him. IT fis Boor shal 36
1 schutt 0. 2 shul 0. 3 schul 0. 4 fro 0. 5 be 0.
6 byheded? 0. 7 for 0. 8 - 8 landes shul be 0. 9 tul 0.
10 leaf 36, back. n - n owles & schul 0. 12 to 0. 13 om. 0.
14 heed' 0. > 5 brest 0. 16 shul haue 0. 17 iustifye 0.
18 Jmrght 0. 19 do 0.
<CH. LXXV] Merlin's Prophecies of the Boar, Lamb, &, Mole. 75
3eue mantels to ij tonnes of Engeland*, and he shal make pe ryuer*
rynne wip blode & wip brayn, and he shal make meny 1 medowes
reede, and? he shal gete as miche as his auncestres deden ; & er 1 pat
-4 he bene 2 dede he shal here iij crones; and he shal put on 3 lande
into gret subieccioun ; and after* hit shal bene 2 releuede, but nou^t
in his tyme. U This Boor, after 1 pat he is dede, 4 for his dou^ty-
nesse shal bene 2 enterede at Coloigne, and his lande shal bene 2 fan
8 f ulfillede wip 5 al goode.
" A fter* pis Boor shal come a lambe. pat shal haue feete of leede,
/\ an heuede 6 of bras, an hert of a loppe, 7 and a swynes skyn,
and 7 herde ; and in his tyme his land! shal bene in pees, pe ferst $ere
12 of his regne he shal do make a citee, pat al pe worlde shal speke
perof\ pis lambe shal lese in his tyme a grete parte of his lande
prou^ an hidouse wolf*; but he shal recouer it, an ^if an 8 Lordeship
to an Egle of his landes ; and pis Egle shal wel gouerne hit, til pe
16 tyine pat pride shal him ouergone, alias pe sorwe ! for he shal
dye prou$ his broperes suorde. 9 and after shal pe lande falle to pe
forsaide lambe, pat shal gouerne 10 in pees al his lifes tyme; and
after*, he shal dye, and pe lande bene 2 fulfillede wip 5 al mane?'
20 gode.
" A ftei j pis lambe shal come aMoldewerpe acursede 11 of Godes
J~\ moufr, a caitif , a cowarde as an here, he shal haue an
elderliche 12 skyn as a goot; and vengeance shal fal vppofi him for
24 synne. In pe ferst $ere of his regne he shal haue of al gode grete
13 plente in his lande, and toward him also ; and in his lande he shal
haue grete 13 praising til pe tyme pat he shal soffre his peple lyuen 14
in to miche pride wipouten 15 chastisyng 1 , wherfore God? wil ben 2
:28 wrop. U Than shal arisen 16 vp a dragoun in 5 tie XortlL pat shal
bene 2 ful f ers, and shal meve werre a3eynes pe forsaide Moldewerpe,
and shal $eue him bataile vppofi a ston. pis d?*agoun shal gadre
a^eyne into his company a wolf* pat shal 17 come oute of the West 1 ,
32 pat shal bygynne werre a^eynes pe forsaide Moldewerp in his
side ; & so shal 18 pe d?-agoun and he bynde here tailes to-geder*.
" U pan shal come a lyonouteo^Irlandfi, pat shal fal in
company wip ham; and pan shal tremble 19 pe lande, pat pan shal
56 bene 2 callede Engeland?, as an aspe 20 lef, and in pat tyme shal
1 MS. nemy. 2 be 0. 3 o 0. 4 leaf 37. 5 of 0.
6 heed 0. 7 - 7 a Swynes skyn & an 0. 8 a 0. 9 deth 0.
10 gouerne > e land 0. n cursed' 0. 12 erdelich 0. 13 - 13 om. 0.
14 lyve 0. witfcrate 0. 16 aryse 0. 17 leafZT, lack.
18 schullen 0. 19 tremblen 0. 20 Aspyn 0.
76 Merlins Prophecies. Arthur defeats G-uillomer. [CH. LXXVI
1 castelles bene 1 fellede adoune vppon Tamise; and it shal semen 2
fat Seuerne shal bene 3 drye, for fe bodyes fat shal 4 fallen dede
perin. 4 U ])Q iiij chief* nodes of Engeland! shal rynne in blode ;
and grete drede shal bene, 3 and anguisshe, fat shul arisen after 1 f e 4
Moldewerpe shal fle for drede ; and f e d?*agoun, f e lyoun and f e
wolf 1 , him shal dryuen away, and the lande shal bene 3 wif out ham,
and f e Moldewerpe shal haue no maner power 1 , saf onely a shipp
wherto he may wende ; and after fat, he shal come 5 to lande when 8
f e see is wif draw. IT And after 1 fat he shal $eue f e f ride part of
his lande forto haue f e ferf e part in pees & reste ; and after 1 he
shal leue in sorw al his lif-tyme 6 ; and in his tyme f e hote baf es
7 shullen bicome 7 colde; and after 1 fat shal fe Moldewerp dye 12 1
aventwrly and? sodeynely, alias fe sorwe ! for he shal 8 bene
drenchede 8 in a flode of fe see, his seede shal bicome pure 9 faderles
in straunge lande for euermore, and fan shal the lande bene 3
departede in iij parties, fat is to seyn, to the Wolf, to fe 16-
dragoune, & to f e lioun ; and so shal it bene 9 for euermore. And
fan shal fis 10 land bene 3 callede 'fe lande of conquest,' & so shal
fe ri^t 11 heires of Engeland? ende."
12 How Arthure ouercome Guyllomer 1 fat was Kyng of Irland? 20'
& how fe Scottes bicomen 13 his men. C&pitulo lxxvj to .
WHen Guillomer 1 , fat was Kyng 1 of Irlande, hade tidynges 14
fat Kyng 1 [Arthur] was entrede at Glastenbery, he
ordeynede a grete power 1 of Irisshemen, & come to fe see wif his 24
Yrisshe peple, and so come into Scotteland? ouer fe see, and
arryuede faste 15 by fere fat Kyng Arthure 15 was wif his hoste. and
anone as he herde ferof, he went towarde 16 him & $af him bataile,
and ouercome him anone ry$t ; and Guillomer 1 fledde wif his men 28
a^eyne into Irland*, and when fis scomfiture 17 was done, 18 Arthure
twrnede him a^eyne fere fat he was, into f e place fat he hade lefte
fe Scottes, & wolde haue ham al slayne. But f e bisshoppes,
Abbotes, & of ere folc of fe contre, and Ladies, 19 openheuedede, 32:
comen 19 bif ore Kyng Arthure, and criede him mercy, & saide :
1 - 1 Castett be 0. 2 seme 0. 3 be 0. *-* falle >mn ded< 0.
6 go 0. 6 liues-tyme 0. 7 ~ 7 schul be-comen 0.
8 - 8 be dreynt 0. 9 om. 0. 10 >e O. u rightfutt 0.
12 leaf 38. 13 become 0. 14 tydyng 0.
IB-IS ^/^ ^^ by j,g re j, at ^.y n g Arthure ><?re >at kyng Arthure ; )>eHby as.
nc Arthure 0.
* towardes 0. " discomfytur 1 0. 18 do 0.
i9i9 openliede come 0.
CH. LXXVII] Arthur grants mercy to Scots. He weds Gunnore. 77
" sire, gen til kyng 1 & my^ty, haue mercy & pitee of l vs ! and as
^oure-self 1 is 2 of pe ri^t lawe, to holde and mayntene cristendome,
ful grete dishonoz^r it shulde be to quelle ham pat leuep in almy^ty
4 Gode as 36 done. & for Godes lone haue mercy and pitee of vs,
and suffren 3 vs forto lyuen, 4 for we haue hade michel 5 sorwe and
pyne; for }>e Saxones hauen meny tymes prou3 oure lande 6 passede ;
but pat is no^t ynou^t to ^ow ; for often-tymes pai haue done vs
8 miche sorwe & disese. IF ffor oure 7 castelles pai hauen 7 taken, &
oure bestes slayne & eten, & mich harme pai hauen 8 vs done ; and
if 30 wolde vs now quelle, hit were 9 none Honotire to a Kyng 1 to
quelle 10 ham pat crien him 11 mercy; for ynow 36 haue 12 y-done vs,
12 & vs ouercomen euerycheoii 12 ; &, for pe 51 loue of God?, soffre 13 vs
forto lyue, & hauep 14 mercy of 1 Cristen peple pat bileuep 15 in God?
as 36 done ! " H when Kyng 1 Arthure herde pis sorwe, he hade pite
of ham, and ^af 1 ham lif and lyme ; and alle pai felle adoune to his
16 feete, and bicome 16 his lege men, and he toke of ham homages.
U And after 1 pat, Kyng Arthure twrnede a^eyne wip his host, and
come a^eyne to ^orke, and pere he abode duryng pat Yiage.
51 And po 3af he al 17 Loegers to Loth, pat hade spousede his sustre,
20 and opere ^iftes grete plente. and po was Gaweyn, his cosyn, 18 but
3ong of 18 age ; and to alle his ope?*e men pat him hade seruede in
his wen?, he 3af riche 3iftes, & he pankede ham miche of here gode
seruise.
24 How Kyng Arthure spousede Gunnore, pat was Cadore3 cosyn,
Erl of Cornewaile ; & after 1 he cowquerede of Guillomer* aH
Irland*. 11 CapitwZo Septuagesimo U Septimp.
WHen Arthure hade brou^t his lande in pees and reste, & in
gode state, & reste was in euery contre, po 19 toke he and
wedede a wif* 19 pat me callede Gunnore, & made here quene, a
faire lady and a gentil, pat Cador pe erle of Cornewail hade longe
tyme norisshede in his chaumbre, pat was his owen cosyn; but
32 neuer 1 pai 20 haden childe to-gedres, 20 and nopelesse Kyng Arthure
louede her 1 wonder wel and derlich. H And anone as wynter was
passede, he lete assemble a grete hoste, & alle his barons, and? saide
1 on 0. 2 be 0. 3 suffre 0. 4 leue 0. 5 mycfc 0.
6 lond* & 0. 7 ~ 7 Castett >ey haue 0. 8 haue 0.
9 leaf 38, back. 10 quellen 0. n hem 0.
12 - 12 don) & vs outcome 0. 13 suffre> 0. 14 hath 0.
15 beleuen 0. 16 bycomen 0. " om. 0. ls -* 8 but of jonge 0.
1919 nome he a wedded wyf 0. 20 - 20 had childryn to-gidere 0.
78 King Arthur's Conquests. Fame of his Court. [CH. LXXVIII
pat he wolde wende into Irland? f orto conquere 1 the Lande ; and
he tarede nou^t fill 2 longe pat he ne passede ouer into Irland 1 .
IT And Guillomer', pe Kyng of Scotland 1 , 3 lete assemble a grete
hoste, and $af batail to Kyng Arthur* ; but Guillomer' was descom- 4f
fitede, & 3elde him to pe Kyng Arthure, and bicome his man, and to
him dede feaute & homage, and of him helde al pat lande fro pat
tyme forward*, and after passede Kyng 1 Arthur 1 ferper, 4 and
conquerede Gutland? and Irland*, and toke homages of fole of pe &
lande, and pere duellede xij ^er 1 in pees, & regnede wip 5 ioye and
merpe, & werrede vppon no maner man, ne no man vppon him.
IT And he bicome so curteys and 6 large, and so 6 honourable, J>at J)e
Emperowe^ court of Rome, ne none prou^-out al pe worlde, was 12
none acountede to Kyng 1 Arthures, pat eny man wist 1 , ne none so 7
preisede 8 ; and perefore pe beste kny^tes of al maner 2 landes
comen to him forto duelle, & 9 ham resceyuede wip gode wille and
reuerence 10 ; and alle pe kny3tes weren 11 so gode pat no man knew 1$
12 pe werst 12 ; and perefore Kyng 1 Arthure made pe rounde table, pat
when pai shulde sitte to pe 2 mete, alle shulde bene 13 aliche hye, and
euenlich 14 seruede 15 at pe table, pat none my^t maken 16 auant pat
none were hyei j pan opere. 17 and Kyng Arthure hade at pat table 20
IT Britons, Fraunchemen, Normawnes, Flemynges, JBurgoyners,
Mansers, Loherin^, and of alle pe 6 landes a pis half pe mount of 2
Gorie, and of his lande of Britaigne, and of pe 6 grete Cornwaile, of
Walys, & of Irland', & of Scotland ; and shortely to telle, of alle 24
pe landes pat wolde 18 worshipe and 19 chyualry seche, comen to
Kyng Arthurws court 1 .
How Kyng Arthure come into Fraunce, & conquered pat 20 londe
of Frotf, pat was a Komayn, & 21 him quellede. 21 C&pitulo 28
Ixxviij .
SIth hit bifelle pat Kyng Arthure, prou$ conseile of his barons
and lordes, wolde gone 22 to conquere al Fraunce, pat po was
clepede Galle, prou$ Eomayns pat po helde 23 pat lande in here 32
powe[r] & in here lordeshipe. and pe Romayns 24 hade take pat
1 leaf 39. 2 om. 0. 3 Irland' 0. 4 ferthermore 0.
5 MS. Trin. Coll. Dublin 490 (D) continues again here.
6 om. D. 7 so well DO. 8 preferred 0.
9 & he 0. 10 reucrencede D. n were DO. 12 - 12 ne wyst 0.
13 be DO. 14 eueiily D. 15 y-serued j 0. 16 make DO.
17 another 0. 18 wolden DO. 19 or D. leaf 39, back.
2 1 - 21 quellede him D. ^ go DO. * helden 0.
24 - ai hade tak >at lande D. hade take J>at land 0. om. R.
CH. LXXVIII] Arthur fights and kills Frolle, and wins Paris. 70
lande 24 to a noble kir^t, and a worf i 1 of body, fat me calle 2 Frolle.
and when he wist pat Arthure come, he ordeynede an host & 3 grete
power 1 , & fau^t wif f e kyng 1 ; & he & his folc weren 4 descomfitede;.
4 and fens fai fledde vnto Parys, and entrede f e toun, & closede f e
^ates, & fere ham helde. Arthure wist fat FroH was gone to
Parys, he pwrsuede after 1 , & come f ider 1 , & him bisegede ; but f e
citee was so strong and wel arraied* ; & f o fat were wif in defendede
8 ham wel and manliche. 5 U Kyng Arthu[r]e duellede fere more
fan a niounf e ; & f ere was so miche peple in f e citee, & hade
despendede al her 1 vitailes fat were wif in, & so grete hunger bicome
amonges ham, fat fai 6 deide 7 wonder fik wif in the citee 6 for
12 hunger, and comen 8 to FroH, & prayede him to bene accordede
wif Kyng Arthure forto haue pees ; & fai wolde 3elde ham to him,
& fe toun also. U FroH saw 9 fat 10 no longer he 11 my3t 10 holde fe
toun a^eynes her 12 wille, and truste greteli oppon 13 his owen strengf,
16 & sent to Kyng Authure fat he shulde come to 14 fei^t wif him, body
for body, and so 15 fai shulde 15 departe Fraunce bituene ham ij.
51 Kyng Arthure anone 9 graunte 16 hit, and wolde fat none of his
peple vndertoke f e batail for him. U And oppon f e morwe, bof e
20 comen 17 wel armede wifouten 18 Parys, fere fat fai shulde fijt; and
anone fai smyten togederes 19 so fersely ; and so wel, fai fou^ten in
bof e si 20 des, fat no man couf e deme f e bettre of ham. and so Hit
bifelle 21 fat FroH ^af Arthure soche a stroke fat he knelede to f e
24 grounde, wolde he nolde he. & as FroH wifdrow his suerde, he
wonded? Kyng Arthure in f e forheuede, fat f e blode felle adoune by
his eyen and 22 face. II Arthure anone stertevphertly, when he felede 23
him hert, as a man fat semede almoste wode ; & he toke 24 Tabourn,
28 his gode suerde & drowe 9 it vp an hye, & $af FroH soche a stroke
fat fervvif he 25 cleuede his heuede 25 doun to fe shuldres, so fat his
helme my^t nou3t bene 26 his warant; & so he felle adoun dede fere
in f e place, and f o of f e citee maden 27 grete sorwe for FroH ; and
32 anone euerycheon 3elde ha?^ to Kyng Arthure, & fe toune also, and.
1 worthy DO. 2 callede D. called' 0. 3 & a 0.
4 were D. wei 0. 5 manly 0.
6 6 deiden with-in the citee wonder 1 >ik D. 7 dyden 0.
8 come D. 9 om. D. 10 - 10 he myght no longer D. n he ne 0.
12 her> D. her 0. om. R. 13 in D. 14 & 0.
15-is g}^ j, ai j) snu i j, ey Q 16 ran tede D. graunted' 0.
17 come D. 18 with-oute DO. ^ 9 to-gedei D. to-gydere 0.
20 leaf 40. 21 felle D. w & his D. & by his 0.
23 felt 0. s 4 nome DO.
2B - 85 cleuede heuede R. cleue his heuede D. cleft his heed' 0.
26 be DO. * made 0.
V 80 Arthur divides France among his Knights. [CH. LXXIX
Tricome 1 his men, and deden 2 to him homage & feaute, & he vnder-
fonge ham & toke of ham gode hostages. & Kyng Arthure, after
fat, went forpe wip his host, 3 and conqnerede 3 Angon & Aungers,
Gascoigne, Peihto, Nauerne, Burgoyne, Bery, Loherne, Turyn 4 and 4
Peihters; and alle pe opere landes of Fraunce he conquerede
hollich. and when he hade alle conquerede, & taken bi homages
& feautes, he twrnede a3eyne to Parys, & pere 5 duellede longe
tyme, and ordeynede pees 6 7 ouer al the contrey, & 7 prou^-out al 8
Fraunce. IF And when pees was made oueral, 10113 his noble
kny3thode pat he hade, & also for his owen worpynesse, and no
man, were he neuer 1 so grete a lorde, derst nou^t meve 8 werre
a^eynes him, nope?- to arise and forto make pe lande of Fraunce in 12
quiete & pees, he wonede pere ix ^ere, & dede pe?*e meny grete
wonders, & reprouede meny prout men & luper tyraunte^, & ham
chastisede after* her* deseruise. 9
10 How Kyng Arthure auauncede alle his men pat hade trauailec? 16
in his seruise. H Capitulo IT Septuagesimo Nono.
ANd after 1 , 11 hit bifelle pus at Ester*, pere pat he helde a feste at
Parys ; richely he gan 12 auaunce his kny^tes for here seruise
pat 13 him hade holpen 14 in his conquest ; he jaf to his stywarde pat 20
anen 15 cleped 16 Kay, Angon & Angers, and to Eedeler his boteler 5
he }af Normandye, pat po was callede Neustrie ; and to Holden his
chaumberleyn he ^af Flaundres and Mance; and to DoreH his
cosyn he $af Boloyne ; and to Richard his Nevew he 3af Pountif 1 ; 24
And to alle opere he 3af largely 17 landes & fees after 1 pat pai were
of state. IT And when Arthur* hade pus his kny3tes feffede, at
18 A^ri^fter 18 nexte sewyng he come a3eyne into Britaigne, his
owen lande. And after, 19 atte Whitsontide next sewyng, by conseil 28
of his barons, he wolde bene 20 cronede Kyng of Glomergon, and
halde a solempne fest 1 , & lete sompne kynges, Erles and barons,
pat pai shulde come pider euerycheofi. 21 Ther 1 was Skater*, kyng of
Scotland? ; Cadwere, kyng of South-walys ; Guillomer, king of 32
North Walys ; Madede, kyng of Irland? ; Malgamws, kyng of
I bycomen 0. 2 dede D.
3 3 MS. has and conquerede and conquerede. 4 Tulyn 0.
5 tyre he D. ]>er he 0. 6 pees longtyme 0. 7 7 om. D.
8 om. O. 9 deseruyng^ D. 10 leaf 40, back.
II afterward' D. aftinvarcV 0. 12 began to 0. 13 MS. })an.
14 holp D. 15 me DO. 16 called 0.
17 MS. has langely ; large D. 18 - 18 Aueritt D. Aueritt after 0.
19 om. D. * be DO. 21 echeon 0.
CH. LXXX] Arthur's Feast. The Summons to Mm from Rome. 81
Gutland?; Achilles, kyng of Ikeland?; Aloth, kyng of Denmerc;
Gonewas, kyng of Norweye ; and Hoel his cosyn, kyng of Dorke-
neye ; Cador, kyng of litel Britaigne ; H Morwif , erl of Cornne-
4 waile ; Mauran, erle of Gloucestr 1 ; Guerdon, erl of Wynchestre ;
Boel, erl of Herford?; Yrtegi, 1 erl of Oxenford 2 ; Cursal, erl of
Bathe ; lonas, erl of Chestre ; Eueral, erl of Dorcestre ; Kymar 1 , erl
of Salesbury ; Waloth, erl of Kaunterbery ; Igern, erl of Checestre;
8 Aral, erl of Leycestre, & fe Erl of 3 Warwik, & 3 of ere riche 4 Lordes.
Britons also fere were ynow, fat is to seyn, 5 Dippon, Donand?,
Genu^ ; and meny of ere fat be)) 6 nou^t here nempnede 7 weren at
fat fest ; and meny anofere 8 faire feste Kyng Arthure hade holden 9
12 biforn, but neuer none soche, ne so solempne; and fat laste xv
dayes 10 wif michel 10 Honoure and merfe.
Of fe lettre fat was sent fram 11 fe Citee of Home for pride to
Kyng Arthure U Capitulo IT Octogesimo,
16 rilHe fridde day, as kyng Arthure satte at his 12 mete amonges 13
I his kynges, & amonges 14 ham fat seten at J>e fest biforne ham,
comen 15 in xij elderne men of age, rychely arraiede, and curteisly
saluede fe kyng', and saide 16 fat 17 fai comen fro Rome, sent
20 messagers fram f e Emperowr, and tok to him a lettre fat f us
miche 18 was to vnderstounde : U " Gretely vs mervailes, 19 Arthure,
fat fow art on 20 so hardy, wif eyen in 21 fi heuede, 21 to maken 22
oppen weri 1 * and contak a^eyns vs of Rome, fat owen al f e worlde to
24deme; 23 for fow haste neuer 3itte bifore 24 fis tyme prouede ne
assaiede fe strengf of fe 25 Romayns, and f erf or, fow it shalt 26 in 27
litil tyme. For lulius Cesar 5 conquerede al fe lande of Britaigne,
and tok 1 f erof truage, and oure f olc longe tyme haue it hade ; and
28 now, frou$ fi pryde, fow hit witholdes 28 ; wherfore we commande
fe fat fow $elde 29 a^eyne. ^1 and 30 ^itte haste fow 30 more folye
done, fat fow hast slayn FroH, fat was oure baron of Fraunce, al
wif wrong 1 ; and f erfore alle f e communes of Rome warnen and
32 commanden fe, oppon lif and Lyme, fat fow in haste bene 31 at
1 Vrgety DO. 2 Oxon D.
3 - 3 Warwik^ and meny D. Warwyk< & meny 0. Warr> & R. 4 leaf 41.
5 say D. sey 0. 6 ben D. be 0. 7 ynempned* 0. 8 a DO.
9 holde D. hold' 0. 10 - 10 withel sic D. n fro D. 12 the D.
13 among 1 0. 14 amonge D. among 0. 15 come D. 16 seyden 0.
17 om. DO. 18 mycn yt 0. 19 merveyllej) 0.
20 ones D. onys O. 21 - 21 >ine hede D. ]jy heed O. ^ make 0.
23 demen D. M afore D. 25 om. 0. 26 shal D. in a 0.
28 withholdest 0. a Jelde it D. yt 3elde 0.
3 -^ ^if >ou hast 0. 31 be 0.
BRUT. G
82 The Romans Summons to Arthur. His defiant Answer.
Rome, amend es to make of fe 1 misdede^ that fow haste done ; and
if hit so be fat fow come nou^t, 2 we shul passe f e huH of loye
wif strengf, and we shul 3 fe seke 3 wher j -euer ) fow may 4 ben 5
founde, and fow shalt nou^t haue a 6 foote of lande of 7 fyn 8 owen 4
fat we ne shal destroy ; and aftirward wif f i body we shal done 9
oure wille." U When f is lettre was rade, & alle men hit herde,
fai were aunoyede, alle fat were at f e 10 solempnite ; and f e Britons
wolde haue slayne f e messagers, but Arthure wolde nou^t soffre 8
hit, and saide fat f e messagers shulde haue none 11 harme, and mow
by resoun none deserue; but he commanded? 12 hem to bene worf ely 12
se?'uede. and after mete he toke 13 conseil of kyngws, Erles and
Barons, what ansuere me my^t ^eue 14 to fe messagers; and fai 12
conseilede 15 at ones 16 fat he shulde 16 assemble a grete power 1 of alle
f e landes of f e whiche he hade lordeshipe, & manliche avenge him
oppon fe Emperow, of fe despite fat he hade 17 sent to him soche
a lettre; and fai suoren bi God and by his names fat fai wolde 18 16
him pursue & brenne in-alsemiche 19 as fai 20 my^t, & saide fat fai
wolde 21 neuer faile 22 Kyng Arture, and rafere to bene 23 dede : and
fai lete writer 24 a lettre to sende to fe Emperowr by fe same
messagers in f is maner 1 : 20
Of fe bolde ansuere 25 fat Kyng Arthure 25 sent to fe Emperowr
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of Rome & to f e Romayns. Capitulo U iiij primo,
"TTV[n]derstondes 26 amonges ^ow of Rome, 27 fat I am Kyng
U Arthure of Britaigne, and frely hit 28 holde, and shal holde ; 24
and at Rome hastely y 27 shal be, nou^t to ^eue ^ow truage, but
forto axen truage 27 ; ffor Constantyne, fat was Elynws sone, fat was
Emperowr of Rome 29 and of al fe honow?' fat fe?*eto bilongede 30 ;
ffor Maxinian 31 couquerede al Fraunce and Almaigne, & mount 28
loye passede, & conquerede al Lumbardye ; and f ise ij were myn
ancestres; and fat fai hade and helde, I shulde 32 haue, frou$
U Godes wille."
1 bi D. byn 0. 2 Zea/41, back. s -^ seke b e 0. 4 myght 0. 5 be DO.
6 oo 0. 7 o D. 8 bi 0. 9 do DO. 10 bat DO. n no 0.
1212 jjajjj |j eil W orshiply D. hem to be worschipfully 0. to bene
worbely R. 13 nome DO. 14 3eue DO. 3e R.
15 conseilede him D. counseyled? hym 0.
16-ie M S has bat h e s i m lde bat he shulde. 17 hathe D.
18 shulde D. schuld 0. 19 in-as-mychel 0. 2 bai D. bey 0. heR.
21 nolde 0. fayle b e 0. * be 0. <24 write D.
26-25 om o. 2 6 Understondeth D. Undirstondifj 0.
27 om. D. ffl y 0. a leaf 42. 30 bilongeth D.
31 Maximian Kyng^ of Britayne D. Haximian kyng of Brytaigne 0.
32 shal D. schal 0.
CH. LXXXII-III] Roman Emperor & Arthur prepare to fight. 83
Of be reuerence \a\, Kyng Authure dede to be Emperowrre} l
messagers of Borne, Capitulo H iiij Secwwdo.
WHen bis lettre was made and enselede, Kyng Arthurs to be
messagers $af grete ^iftes ; and after bat, be messagers
toke 2 here leue, & went bens 3 to be cowrt of Rome a^eyne, and
tolde ])e Emperow how worbely bei were vnderfonge, 4 & whiche 5
real co??^pany he [K. Arthur] hade him forto 6 seme, & how he was
8 more really seruede ban be Emperow?-, or eny kyng leuyng in be
worlde. 11 And when be Emperowr hade seyne 7 be lettre of
Arthure, & herde what was berin, and saw bat Arthure wolde
nou^t bene 8 rewelede by 9 him, he lete assemble & ordeyne an huge
12 hoste forto destroie Kyng Arthure if 10 he my^t. and Kyng
Arthure, as tochyng his party e, ordeynede his power 5 n of kny^tes 11
of be rounde table.
Of be kynges & lordes bat comen to helpe 12 Kyng Arthure
16 a^eyne} be Emperowr of Eome. C&pitulo Octogesimo
U Tercio.
THe kynges 13 of Scotland?, & of Irian d? & of Gutland', of
Denmarc and of Almaigne, eueryche 14 of ham hade x M 4 of 15
20 men. U Thei of ^ormandye, Gascoigne 16 & Spaigne, 16 Elaundres &
Pehito, & of Boloigne, hade iiij M l . Geryn of Chartres hade x M l ;
Hoel of Britaigne hade 17 xij M* and him-self 1 [Arthur] 18 hade 17 of
his owen Londe xij M 1 , & of Arblasters and of Archires, 19 & of ojjere
24 folc on foote, ]?at noman coujje ham nombre. and when 20 J?ai
weren al 20 redy forto wende, Kyng Arthur*, his lande & Gunore his
wif 1 , 21 he bitoke 21 to one of his Nevewes J>at was a wise kny^t, &
an herdy, J>at me callede Mordredej but he was nou^t al trewe,
28 as 36 shul here afterwarde. Kyng Arthure toke al his reame to J>is
Mordrede, sane oneliche ]?e crone. H And after jjat, kyng Arthure
tok 22 his host and went to Southampton, Jjere jjat ]?e shippes
were brou^t. and |?e fol'c assemblede, and 23 fai deden ham to j>e
1 Kynges D. 2 nomen D. nome 0.
3 >ens and comen D. >ens & come 0. 4 vndirfongen 0.
5 which a 0. 6 to DO. 7 sey 0. 8 be DO. 9 after DO.
10 if J>at D. n - n and kny^te D. & knyghtes 0. 12 helpen 0.
13 kyng D. 14 euery D. eche 0. 15 om. 0.
16 -^ & D. Almaigne 0. 17 om. DO. 18 leaf '42, back.
19 Arches 0. ^-^ ]>ai al were D. att weren 0.
21 - 21 tok to kepe D. toke to kepe 0. w nome DO. ^ as 0.
84 Spanish Giant who ravisht & killed fair Elyne. [CH. LXXXI v
see, and hade gode wynde & weder 1 at wille. and as sone as fai
my^ten, 1 fai arryuede at Berflete, & wenten 2 oute of here shippis,
and spraden al fe contreye.
i
How Kyng Arthure fai^t wif a Geaunt in Spaigne, fat me 4
callede Denab}, fat quellede Elyne, fat was 3 Kyng Hoele^
XX
Cosyne, of litel Britaigne. C&pitulo iiij iiij to .
KYng Arthure hade 4 duellede in Jje centre but a litil while,
fat men ne tolde him fat f er was comen a grete Geaunt into 8
Spayne, and hade rauesshede faire Elyne, fat was cosyn to Hoel 5
of Britaigne, & hade brou^t here vppon an huH fat is clepede 6 fe
Mount of seynt Barnard ; & fere was noman in fat contre so bolde,
ne so hardy, fat derst wif him to 7 fei3t, ne come ney$ fe place 12
fere 8 fe Geaunt duellede ; and men 9 callede him Dynab^, fat
miche sorwe dede in f e contre. U When Kyng Arthure herde f is
tydynges, 10 he callede Kay & Bedewer*, & commaundede ham fat f ai
shulde n gon 12 pryuely, n and aspie Where fe 13 Geaunt my^t bene 13 16
founde. and fai come 14 to fe Ryuage fere fat 3 men shulde gon 15 to
fe mount, fat was al enclosede about wifr water, and }it is and
euer 16 shal be; and fai saw a brynnyng fire oppon 17 fe HuH; and
fere was also anofrer huji nev3, fat fere was oppon anof ere fire 20
brynnyng 1 . U Kayand Bedewer 1 corner 18 to fe nexte huH, and
founden 19 a widowe openheuede, 20 sittyng bisides a tounbe, sore
wepyng, & grete sorwe made ; and ofte she saide " Elyn ! Elyn ! "
and Kay & Bedwere axede what her* ailede, 21 & wherfore she made 24
so miche sorwe, & who lay in fat tombe. U "0," quod she, " what
sorwe and what my sauenture, faire lordes, make 22 30 here 1 ? for if fe
Geant may }ow here fynde, 30 worf dede anone." 23 " ben stille, 23
gode wif," quod fai, " f erof dismai f e nou3t, but tel vs f e sof e whi 28
fow makes 24 so niyche 25 sorwe & wepyng*." U " Sires," 26 quod she,
"for a damiselle fat I norisshede wif my brest, fat me callede 27
1 myght 0.
2 as sone as >ai mi^t J>ai wenten D. as sone as >ey myght >ey went 0.
3 om. D. 4 nad nou^t D. had not 0. 5 Hoel kyng 1 D.
6 callede D. called' 0. 7 om. DO. 8 ]>er >at 0.
9 me DO. 10 tydyng* DO.
" n go priuelich D. go pryuyly 0. 12 Zea/43.
13-13 Geauntes mijten be D. Geaunt myght be 0. 14 comen D.
15 go DO. 16 euermore D. euermor' 0.
17 on 0. 18 come 0. 19 founde D. 2 openhed' 0.
21 was 0. ^ seke DO. 23 - 23 Bistill D. Be stytt 0.
24 makest DO. michel D. M Sire D. ^ calles D.
CH, LXXXV] King Arthur slays the Spanish Giant. 85
Elyne, fat was nece to Hoel, Kyng of litel 1 Britaigne, and here lif
fe bodye in f is tombe, pat to me was bitaken 2 to norisshe. so fere
come a deuel, a Geaunt, & rauasshede here, & me Also, & lade vs
4 bofe away; and he wolde haue 3 forleyn fis 3 maide fat was so
3onge & tendre of age, but she my^t hit nou$t soffren, so grete and
so huge fe Geant is. and if he now 4 come as he was 4 wont to
done, certes he wille $ow quelle, bofe ij ; and f erfore faste wende
8 $e hens." "and wherfore," saide fai, "go 30 nou^t hens?"
U " Certes, Sires, 5 " quod she, " When fat Elyne was dede, f e
Geaunt made me to abide, 6 to done and haunt his wille, and me
most nedes 7 it soffren. 7 and God? hit wote, I do hit nou^t wif my
12 gode 8 wille, for leuer me were to bene 9 dede fan wif him to dele,
so miche payne I haue when he me forlei}." 10 U When Kay and
Bedwere hade herde al fat f is woman hade tolde, fa twrnede a^eyne,
and comen to Kyng Arthure, & tolde him al fat fai n hade seyne 11 &
16 harde. H Arthure an one toke 12 ham bofe with him, and went
priuely by ny^t, fat none of his hoste it wiste, and come 13 on fe
morne 13 to fe Geaunt, and fau^t wif him strongely, and at fe laste
him slou^. and Arthure bede 14 Bedwere smyte of hes heuede, 15 and
20 bryng 1 it to fe hoste to 16 shewe ham for a wonder 1 , for it was so
grete & so huge. U When fai comen 17 a^eyne to f e hoste, fai tolde
wherfore fai hade bene out, and shewede to ham fe heuede; 18 &
euery man was glade & ioyful of f e worf i dede fat Kyng Arthure
24 hade done, her* lorde. U And Hoel was ful sorweful 19 for his nece
fat was so loste ; and after*, when he hade space, he lete make a
faire chapel of oure Lady ouer Elyne} Tumbe.
How Kyng Arthure ^af bataile to fe Emperowr, in fe whiche
28 bataile f e Emperoure was slayn. Csipitulo Octogesimo v to .
ARthure and his peple hade tydynges 20 fat fe Emperowr hade
assemblede 21 grete power*, as wel of Sarasynes and of 1
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paynemys 22 as of 22 Cristen men, 23 Wherof fe noumbre was iiij M*
32 of horsemen and of 8 fote men. 23 Arthure and his peple ordeynede 24
1 cm. DO. 2 betake 0. 3 3 forlaide >e D. forleyn J>at 0.
4 -4 as he is 0. 5 Sire D. 6 leaf 43, back. 7 ~ 7 y-suffren 0.
8 om. D. 9 be 0. 10 forlith DO. n - u seye D. 12 nome DO.
i3_i3 j n j, e morwe er iy D, on jje morowe erly 0. 14 bad' 0.
15 heed' O. 16 & D. 17 come 0. 18 heed 0. 19 sory 0.
20 tydyng 0. 21 assemble a D. Assembled' a 0.
22 - 22 and D. as 0. 23 - as om. 0.
24 ordeynede D. ordeigned' 0. om. R.
86 Arthur & his Britons are sure they'll "beat the Romans.
ham 1 fast forp in 2 3 here Way towarde pe Emperowr, and passede
Normandy & Fraunce vnto Burgoyne, and wolde euen haue gone 4
to pe host, for men tolde him pat pe Emperowre} host 5 was comen 5
to Lucye. U The Emperowr and his host, in pe byginning of 4
August 1 , remevede fram Rome, and come fourth ry^t pe way
toward pe host. U tho 6 comen Kyng 6 Arthures aspie^, and saide,
if pat Arthure wolde, he shulde fynde pere faste bisides, pe
Emperowr; but pai saiden 7 pat pe Emperoure hade so grete power* 8
wip him of kynges of pe lande, & of Paynemys yfere, & also cristen
peple, pat it were 8 but grete folie to Kyng Arthure forto mete wip 9
him, for pe espies tolde pat 10 pe Emperow hade v men or vj a^eynes
one of his. U Kyng Arthure was bolde and hardy, and for noping 1 2
him dismaiede, & saide : " go we forp 11 in Goddes name a^eynes pe
Romayns, pat wip ham ledep 12 Sarasines & Paynemes pat no maner
truste pai hauen 13 to God?, but oneliche 14 oppon here strengp!
Go we now, and seche ham sharpely 15 in pe name of almy^ty God?, 16
and slee we pe paynemys and Cristen men pat bene enemys wip
ham forto destroe Cristen men; and God shal vs helpe, for we
hauep 16 the ry^t, & perfore haue we gode trust in God?; & done 17
we so pat pe enemys pat bene 18 to Cristendome & to Gode mow 20
bene 19 dede & destroiede, & pat men mow recorde pe worpinesse of
kny^thode ! " U When Kyng Arthure hade pus saide, pai criden 20
al wip an hye voice, " Gocfe, fader almi^ty, 21 Worsheppede be pine 22
name Wipouten 23 ende, Amen ! and 1 grant vs grace wel to done, 24 and 24
to destrie oure enemys pat bep 25 a^eynes Cristendome ! In pe name
of pe fader* & 26 of pe sone and of pe 26 holy gost, Amen ! And God
^eue ham 27 neuer* grace ne worshipp in the worlde, ne mercy of
him to 28 haue, pat pis day shal feynten wel forto smyte, and 28
egrely ! " and so pai riden softly, and ordeynede her 1 wenges wel
and wisely.
U The Emperoure herde telle pat Kyng 1 Arthure & his folc were
redy arraiede forto fei^t wip him ; and pider 29 pai comen, 29 wher 1 he 32
ordeynede his wenges in pe best manere pat he my3t, and more
1 om. DO. 2 on 0. 3 leaf 44. 4 go 0.
6-6 wolde come D. wold come 0.
6-6 come D. come kyng 0. 7 seid 0. 8 nere DO.
9 MS. wij> wi>. 10 om. 0. boldely D. boldly 0.
12 ledes D. lede 0. 13 haue DO. 14 only 0. 15 scharplich 0.
16 haue 0. 17 do DO. 18 beth D. 19 be 0. 2 eryede 0.
ai leaf 44, back. >i D. >y 0. * wit/toute 0. M do 0.
25 ben 0. 26 - 28 sone & D. * hym 0. ** for-to D.
29 a J>ai come D. hei} come 0.
CH. LXXXVI] Arthur beats the Eomans, & buries his own slain. 87
trust oppon his strengf fan 1 in God almy^ty. and fat was seyn
afterward*, ffor when fo ij liostes metten, 2 the Emperor* loste soche
foure of his 3 folc as dede Kyng 1 Arthur* ; and so m en y were slayne,
4 what in o 4 side and 5 in fat of ere, fat 3 hit was grete pite to wete
and to seen. 6 U In f is bataile were slayn f 1-0113 Kyng Arthure, v
kyng:$ of 7 paynemys, & of of ere, Wonder 8 miche peple. U And
Kyng Arthures men fou^ten so wel, fat f e Eomaines and 9 paynemys
8 hade no 10 more power 1 ne strengf 10 to wifstande ham, 11 fan xx
shepe a^eynes v. wolfes. U And so hit bifelle 12 fat in fis bataile, 12
in a shoure fat was wonder herde and longe duryng 1 , in fat o 13
side and in fat of ere, f e Emperow, amonges ham fere was slayn ;
12 but noman wist forsof who him slou$.
How Kyng Arthure lete entere his kny3tes J?at he hade Loste in
bataile; and how he sent fe Empero^rre^ body 14 to Rome,
fat fere was slayne in bataile. C&pitulo Octogesimo vj to .
16 "T~TT~Hen fe Eomayns wist fat fe Emperowr was dede, fai for-
f f soke fe felde, and fe paynemys also; and Kyng' Arthure
after ham chasede 15 til it was ny^t, and so meny of ham quellede
fat hit was wonder* to telle ; and f o turnede Kyng Arthure a^eyne
20 16 when it 16 was ny^t, and fankede almy^ty God? of his Vittorie. And
17 on fe morwe 17 he lete loke 18 & seke 18 al fe felde for his kny^tes
fat he hade fere lost, 19 fat is to seyne, BoreH, erl of Maans ; Bed-
were & Kay, and 20 Lygers, Erl of Boloigne ; Vrtegi, 21 erl of Baat, 22
24 Aloth, erl of Wynchestre ; Curgale, erl of Chestre ; and 23 Holdeyn,
erl of Flaundres : f ise were f e grete Lordes fat Kyng 1 Arthure Loste
in fat bataile amonges 24 of ere worfi kny3tes ; and somme he lete
entere in 25 Abbayes by fe centre, 26 and some he lete bene 27 borne
28 into here owen contre 26 ; and fe Emperowrres body he lete take
and put oppon a bere, & sent hit to Kome, and sent to say to f e
Romaynss fat ' as for Britaigne & Fraunce whiche fat he helde,
of ere truage he wolde none 28 paie; and if 3 fai 29 axend him eny
32 of ere, 29 ri^t suche 30 he wolde ham paye.' U Kyng 31 Arthur 1 lete
1 MS. >at. 2 mette DO. 3 om. 0. 4 >at one D. on 0.
5 & what 0. 6 see 0. 7 of > e 0. 8 om. D. 9 & J> e O.
io_io powejo D. more s treng>e 0. n om. DO. 12 ~ 13 am. D.
13 on D. 14 leaf 45. 15 I-chacede D. 16 - 16 fo it DO. when R.
17-17 in j, e Morne 0. 18 - 18 om. D. 19 ylost 0. 20 om. D.
21 Yrgeti DO. ^ Baat 0. ^ & aftir 0. M amonge D. among 0.
25 at D. 26 - 26 om.. D. be 0. 28 not 0.
29-29 axede him eny o)>ere truage^ D. axed ony o>er truage 0.
30 such truage 0. 31 > e kyng 0.
88 Mordred is traitorous, & rebels against Arthur. [CH. LXXXVII
bere Kay to Kenen, his owen castel, and fere he was enterede;
and Ligers was born 1 to Boloyne, fere fat he was lorde; and
Holdeyn was borne 1 to Flaundres, & fere he was enterede ; and
allethe of ere he lete entier 2 wif michel honowr 2 in Abbayes & in 4
house} of Religioun in f e contrey fere fat fai were dede. 11 And?
Arthure him-self soiowrnede fe 3 same 301-6 in Burgoigne 4 wif his 5
host, and fou$t fat 6 same 3ere follewyng 1 passe fe mount 7 loye, &
haue gone 8 to Rome, 9 forto haue 10 take fe citee, and haue put fe 8
Romayns in subieccion ; but f e wickede tiraunt Mordrede him
lettede, 11 as after 30 shul here.
How Mordrede fe traitour 1 to whome Kyng 1 Arthure tok his
lande to kepe, and his castelles, 12 and helde hit a^eynes 12
him. IT Capitwfo IT Octogesimo 1T Septi?rco.
WHen 13 Kyng Arthure 13 hade taken 14 to Mordrede his reaume
to kepe, and was gone a^eynes fe Emperoure of Rome, &
was passede fe see, Mordrede anone toke homages and feautes of al 16
ham fat were in fis lande, and wolde haue hade fe lande 15 to his
owen vse, and 16 toke castelles about, 16 and lete ham arraie ; and
after his falsenesse he dede anofere grete wrong 1 , ffor, a^eynes f e
law of Cristiente, he toke 17 his owen Ernes wif 1 , as a traitour shulde, 20
and ordeynede him a grete hoste a^eynes Arthures comyng, to halde
the lande a^eyns him wif strengf for euermore, and to slee Kyng
Arthure yf 18 he my$t ; and lete sende by f e Gee and lande, and lete
assemble Paynymes and cristen peple ; and he sent to Saxones and 24
to Danoys 19 forto help him. and also Mordrede sende 20 to Chel-
drik, to done 21 men come to him out of Saxoyne, fat was a worfi
Due, and bihi^t 22 him, if fat he brou^t wif him 23 peple, 24 he wolde
graunt him 25 al fe lande fram blonde Humbei J vnto Scotland', and 28
al fe lande fat Engist hade 26 of Vortigers ^ifte, When fat he hade
spousede his doubter. And Cheldrik come wif grete strengf 27 and
power* 27 of Peple : and Mordrede him 28 assemblede also in his half,
fat fai hade xl M* of stronge kny^tes when fat 5 fai hade nede. 32
1 bore 0. 2 ~ 2 om. D. with mych honour 0. 3 ]>at 0.
4 leaf 45, back. * om. D. 6 >e DO. 7 mount of DO. 8 go 0.
9 Rome al DO. 10 om. DO. n lette DO. 12 castett D.
is-13 Arthure the kyng^ D. Arthur > e kyng 0. 14 take O.
15 lande al D. i6_ie nome ca stett D. nome Castels aboute 0.
17 nome DO. 18 yf )>at 0. 19 Danes 0. 20 sent 0. 21 do D.
22 behete 0. ** him miche D. hym mych 0. 24 om. 0.
25 him in heritage for euermore D. hyw in herytage for euermore 0.
26 leaf 46. *-* om. D. w hade D. had 0.
CH. LXXXVIII] Mordred fights Arthur at Sea, and flees. 89
How Arthure enchacede 1 Mordrede pe traitour, and how he
was slayne, and 2 Kyng Arthure also 2 wondede to pe 3
dethe. 11 Capitulo U Octogesimo H Octauo.
4 ~T~WT"Hen pis tydynges 4 come to Kyng Arthure pere pat 5 he was
f f in Burgoyne, he was ful sore annoiede, and toke al
Fraunce to Hoel forto kepe, wip haluendele 6 his men, & prcdede
him pat he wolde hit kepe til pat lie comen 7 a^eyne, ffor him-self
8 wolde wende into Britaigne and avenge him oppon Mordrede pot
was his traitoure ; and 8 fourp went 8 his waye, and come to Swit-
sand', & made his men to 5 gone 9 into shippe, & wolde haue arryuede
at Sandewiche, and brou^t wip him an 10 grete hoste of Fraunce also
12 wip his owen lande. but er 1 pat he myght come to lande wip his
peple pat were comen 11 out of pe shippis, Mordrede was comen wip
aH his power, and $af a stronge bataile, so pat Kyng Arthure loste
meny a man er 1 pat he mi^t 12 comen to land' 12 ; ffor pe?'e was Gaweyn
16 his Neve we slayne, and Anguissel pat helde Scotland', and meny
opere, wherof Kyng 1 Arthure was ful sory. ^ But after pat pai
were comen 13 to lande, Mordrede myght nougt a^eynes him endure,
but anone was 14 descomfitede, and flede pens fat 15 same ny^t Wip
20 his men, and oppon )>e morwe 16 come to London; but ]?o of the
citee wolde nou^t soffre ham 17 come in ; and fro pens ho fledde to
Wynchestre, and J?ere 18 helde him wij? his peple pat 19 with him
come. 19 Kyng Arthure 20 lete take pe body of 21 Gaweyn his cosyn,
24 & pe body of Anguissel, and lete ham 22 bene borne 22 into Scotland?
into 23 her* owen centre, and pere pai w r ere enterede.
H And 24 anone after 1 pat, 24 Kyng Arthur 1 toke 25 his wey to
destroie Mordrede ; and he fledde fro pens into Cornewaile. U The
28 Quene Gunnore, pat was Kyng Arthures wif 1 , pat po soiournede at
1 , and herde pat Mordrede was 26 fledde pens pat he was, 26 and
nou^t endure a^eynes Kyng Arthure, she was sore adrade, and
hade grete doute, and wist nou^t what was best al forto done, 27 for
32 she wiste wel 28 here lorde Kyng 1 Arthure wolde nou^t 29 of her 1 haue
1 enchase D. 2 - 2 also >at Kyng Arthure was DO. 3 om. DO.
4 tydyng* DO. 5 om. D. 6 haluendele of D. haluendel of 0.
7 come DO. 8 ~ 8 went forth D. 9 go 0. 10 a DO. u come 0.
2 12 come to Lande with his peple D. come to londe 0.
13 come 0. 14 leaf 46, back. 15 the D. >e 0. 16 morne D.
17 him D. hym 0. 18 >ere he 0.
1919 corne w ;th him D. -with hym comen 0. 20 om. O.
21 MS. has of Arthur 1 with Arthur 1 scratched out. **-** be bore DO.
23 in 0. 24 -^ after anon D. aftir anon 0. ^ nome DO.
^-^ fley D. * do 0. >28 wel >at DO. neuer D. neuere 0.
90 Arthur leats Mordred, who is slain. [OH. LXXXVIII-IX
mercy, for pe grete shame pat she to him hade done; and toke 1
her* wai priuely 2 wip iiij men 3 and wip no mo, 3 & come to
Kerlioun, and 4 pere she 4 duellede al her* 5 lifes tyme, pat 5 neuer
was seyn amonges folc, her lif duryng 1 . U Arthure wist patf 4
Mordrede was fledde into Cornewail. he 6 lete sende after his men
into Scotland, & into 7 Northumberland vnto Humber 1 , and lete
assemble folc wipout noumbre, & come 8 fro pens into Cornevvaile to
seche and pwsue after Mordrede. and Mordrede hade assemblede 9 8
al j>e folc of 1 Cornwayle, and hade peple wipoute nombre, & wist
pat 1 10 Arthure Was 11 comyng 1 . he 11 hade leuer 1 to 12 Dye and tak
his chaunce, pan longer 1 flee, and abode and $af an harde bataile to
Kyng Arthur 1 & to his peple, so pat so miche peple was slayn, 12
What in pat 1 one halfe 13 and in pat oper, pat noman wiste who
pat 12 hade pe better partie. IT But so hit bifelle at the laste, pat
Mordrede was slayn, and al his folc, and al pe gode chiualry pat
Kyng 1 Arthure hade gaderede and norisshede of dinerse} 14 landes; 16
and also pe noble Knyghtes of pe rounde table, pat so miche 15 were
preisede prou$ al pe worlde, weren 16 pere slayn ; and Arthure him
self was wondede to pe deth. butQie lete him bene 17 born in a liter
to Auyoun, to bene 17 helede of his wondes ; and ^itte pe Britons 20
supposcn pat he Leuep in a-nopere lande, and pat he shal come $it
and conquere al Britaigne; but certes pis is pe prophecie of
Merlyn : he saide pat his dep shulde bene 17 dotous ; and he saide
sothe, for men perof ^itte hauen 18 doute, and shal 19 for euermore, as 24
me 20 saip, for men weten 21 nou^t whepe?' pat he leuep 22 or is dede.J
H Arthure was born 23 to Auyoun pe xxij 24 ^ere of his regne After
pe Incarnacioun of oure lorde Ihesu Crist 1 v. C and xlvj* 1
How Kyng Arthure delyuerede pe 25 reame to Constantyn, pe 28
sone of Cador, his nevew. IT Capitulo U Octogesimo
U Nono.
WHenne Kyng Arthure wist pat he mi^t no longer* regne, he
lete come bifore him Constantyne, pat was Cadore^ 26 sone, 32
erl of Corn wail, his cosyn, and to him bitoke al his reaume, and to
1 nome DO. 2 pryuelych D. 3 - 3 wi)>-out mo D. wit/kmte mo 0.
- 1 - 4 \>ere D. >ere nome & \>ere sche 0. 5 ~ 5 lif and D. lyf >at 0.
6 and DO. 7 om. DO. 8 went D. comen 0.
9 assemblede to him D. Assembled' to hym 0. 10 leaf 47.
"- 11 Comyng< & D. comynge & 0. 12 om. D. 13 side D.
14 dyuerse D. diuers 0. " 15 michel D. 16 were 0. 17 be DO.
18 haue 0. 19 am. 0. 2 he 0. 21 wete DO. * leue 0.
23 bore 0. M xij D. ^ >is D. M Cador 0.
CH. xc-i] King Constantyne dies. Mordred's sons. 91
him saide, & bade him perof 1 to bene 1 Kyng 1 til pat he come a^eyne,
for-asmiche as he hade none heire of 1 his body bigeten : and grete
harme was hit pat 2 soche a noble 2 Kyng 1 , and so doughty, hade
4 none 3 childe of his body bigeten 4 ; 5 but al ping pat God wil haue
done, 6 moste 7 bene done, 7 Whos name ben 8 blessede wipouten ende !
Amen.
How Kyng Constantyne was werrede of Mordredws ij sones.
8 Capitulo Nonogesimo.
THis Constance 9 was a noble knyghf and a worpi of body ; and
po ij sones pat Mordrede hade bigeten, 10 hade grete en[u]y to
Constantyne, pat po was cronede kyng 1 ; and so pat 11 pai bigonne to
12 meve werr 1 a^eynes him, and assemblede a grete hoste of ham pat
12 were to-fore 12 wip Mordrede, and 13 hade bene dryuen away. 14
pai deden 15 miche sorwe 16 prou3 al pat 16 lande-: pat o 17 broper
.ordeynede him to London forto take pe citee, and pat opere to
16 Wynchestre; but Constantyn come 18 to London 18 and slough him
pat was pe>-e ; and after*, he went to Wynchestre, and slough him
pat pere was also, so pat bope his enemys were dede. and when
Constantyn had regnede worpely iiij ^er 1 , he deide, & lip at London.
20 Of 19 pe Kynges 19 Adelbright and of Edelf 1 . C&pitulo Nono-
gesimo p/lmo.
After Kyng Constantynits deth pere were ij kynges in Britaigne :
pat on me callede Adelbright, pat was a Danoys, pat 20 helde
24 pe contre of Northfolc and Southfolc; pat 1 opere hi^t Edelf, and
was a Britoun, pat 21 helde Nichole, Lyndeseye, and al pe lande
vnto Humbert 11 pise ij kynges faste werrede to-gederes, 22 but
afterwarde pai were accorded!, and louede to-gedei 023 as pai 24 haden
28 bene borne of o body. 24 11 The Kyng Edelf 1 hade a sustre pat me
callede Orewenne, and he $af here prou^ grete frendeship to Kyng
Adelbright to wif, and he bigate on 25 here a dough ier pat me callede
ArgeritiH. and in pe pridde ^ere after*, him come vppon 26 a stronge
I be DO. 2 - 2 so noble a DO. 3 no DO. 4 begete 0.
5 leaf 47, back. 6 do 0. 7 ~ 7 be done D. be do O. 8 be D.
9 Constantyne D. Constantyn 0. 10 biget D. bygete 0.
II om. 0. 12 - 12 wern bifore D. ben byfore 0. 13 }>at D.
14 away & DO. 15 dede 0. 16 - 16 brou^-oute }>e D. 17 on D.
18 - 18 om. D. 19 - 19 Kyng D. 20 and DO. 21 & DO.
22 to-gidere 0. >23 to-gedres D.
2424 na( j e i-jejjg b orne breferne D. had be bore of o body 0.
25 in DO. 26 vpon hym 0.
92 King Adelbright is slain by Havelok's sons. [CH. xcii-ui
1 sikenesse, fat nedes he moste dye; and he sent to Kyng Edelf
his brother-in-lawe, that he shulde come and speke with him ; & he
come to him with gode wille. II Tho praiede he the [king], and
coniurede also in the name of God, fat after when he were dede, he 4
shulde tak 1 ArgentiH his doubter, & f e lande, & fat he kepte here
wel, and norisshede 2 in his Chaumbre. and when she were of age
he shulde 3 done here bene 3 marede to fe strongest and worfieste
man fat he my^t fynde, and fan he shalde $elde 4 vp her* lande 8
a^eyne. Edelf hit g?mmtede, and by oth hit confermede 5 at his
power*. 5 11 And when Adelbright was dede and enterede, Edelfe
toke fe damisel Argentil, and norisshede her ) in his chaumbre, and
she bicome fe faireste creature fat 6 eny man 7 my3t fynde. 7 12
How fe 8 Kyng Edelf 1 mariede fe damisel Argentil to a
knaue of his Kechyne. Cap^wto iiij & 8 xij.
THis Kyng Edelf, fat was Yncle to the Damisel Argentil,
bifou^t how fat he myght falseliche 9 haue fe lande fram his 16
nece for euermore; & falsely, a^eynes his oth, fou^t to desceyu fe
damiseri, and mariede here to a knaf of his kechyne fat me callede
Curan 10 ; and he bicome fe worfiest man 8 & strongest 11 of body
fat eny man wiste in eny lande fat f o leuede ; and to him he f ou^t 20
here shendefully haue mariede forto haue hade hir* lande afterward ;
but he was clene desceyuede. IT ffor fis Curan 12 was Hauelockes
sone, fat was Kyng of Kirkelane in Denmark ; and fis Curan con-
querede his wifes landes, and slough Kyng Edelf fat was his wifes 24
Vncle, & hade al here lande as 13 in anofer stede hit tellef more
oppenly; and he ne regnede but iij ^ere, for Saxoynes and Danoys 14
him quellede ; and fat was grete harme to al Britaigne ; and
Britons bere him to Stonehynge, and fere fai 8 him enterede wif 28
michel 15 honoure and solempnite.
Of 16 Kyng Conan. Capitulo Nonogesimo Tercio.
After fis Curan, regnede Conan, 17 fat was 17 his cosyn, fat was
a wonder proude kny^t 18 and regnede. 19 he coufe 20 haue no 32
maner loue, but euer 1 he was medlyng wif his owen peple, and toke
1 leaf 48. 2 norisshe here D. 3 - 3 do her* be D. do here be 0.
4 3eue DO. 5 ~ 5 his prayer* DO. 6 ]>at myght lyue or 0.
7 - 7 wist D. fynde 0. 8 om. DO. 9 falsely D. falsly 0.
10 Hykke Curan 0. n strongest man D. strongest man 0.
12 Curan J>at 0. la leaf 48, back. u Danes 0.
16 om. D. mych 0. 16 Of }> e 0. 17 ~ 17 om. D. 18 man 0.
19 regnede & D. regned' & 0. ^ coude not 0.
CH. xciv] King Certif. The Saxons ask G-urmond for help. 93
his Vncle wip werre, and helde 1 his ij childerne. 2 U The Saxoynes
werrede a3eynes him oftetymes, but he ham 3 ouercome at pe laste;
& so he was in pees al his lif es 4 tyme ; and he regnede xiiij }ere,
4 and after, 5 he 6 deide, and U lip at London.
Of Kyng Certif; and of Gurmonde, pat come proii3 paynemys 7
into Britaigne. C&pitulo Nonogesimo Quarto.
After pis Conan, regnede his cosyn Certif 1 , pat was bihatede of
aH his peple, and noting bilouede. and' pis Certif loste al
Britaigne prou^ werre. And in his tyme felle pat 8 grete meschief
in 9 Britaigne, pat Cristendome was destroede, and alle pe Britons
were dryuen oute, & 9 pe lande loste 10 wipouten 11 eny recoueryng* 12 ;
12 but afterwarde lefte pe lande to Saxoynes, as 30 shul afterwarde
hure. U For in pat tyme pere was a paynyme pat me callede
Gurmonde, pat was pe Kynges sone Daufrik 1 , of pe Paynymes folc,
pat hade pe reaume after* his fader, and was kyng 1 , saf he biquap &
16 $af hit to his broper, and saide pat 6 he wolde 13 neuer bene 14 kyng 1
but 3 if he might 15 conquere and gete 15 a reaume in a 16 stmunge
contrey; for he was bolde, and ek< 3 stronge of body. & of him
17 prophecied Merlyn, and saide pat 'he shulde bene 14 a wolf* of pe
20 see ' ; and 18 lete assemble paynymes wipout 19 nombre, and lete
apparaile shippis, and went by meny londes, and toke homages
and feautes of meny. and so he went by pe 16 see fram lande to
lande, & conquerede diuerses 20 Jandes, so pat he come to 21 Irland?,
24 and conquered pat 22 lande, pat 22 ofte-tymes werrede vppon Brit
aigne, 23 and Britons 24 vppon ham; and often 25 26 wonnen, & ofte 26
losten, 27 and ^euen hostages to Britons, and so pai senten 28 to
Gurmond', pere pat he was in Irland', pat he shulde come into
28 Britaigne, and helpe ham a^eynes 29 pe Britons, to helpe ham
deliuere 30 pat lande of ham; and pai wolde 31 him holde 31 gladly
for her lorde ; for he was a paynyme, and pai were paynemes, and
pe Britons were cristen : wel au^t him 32 pan ham forto helpe, so as
1 quelde D. welde 0. 2 sones D. 3 om. 0. 4 lif D. lyf 0.
8 aftirward* 0. 6 om. DO. 7 Parys 0. 8 \> e D. 9 of D.
10 lost D. y-lost 0. n with-oute 0. 12 retowrne D. recouere 0.
13 nolde 0. 14 be DO. 15 gete and conquere D. 16 om. D.
17 leaf 49. 18 and he DO. 19 withouten D.
20 diuerse D. diners 0. 21 into DO. 22 - 22 om. D.
23 Brytonys 0. 24 britayne D. 25 ofte D. 26 - 26 om. 0.
27 lost D. senden D. sent 0. w 3ens 0.
30 MS. has deliuerede with the last de underlined for erasure.
31 - 31 holde hym 0. * he 0.
94 Gurmond & the Saxons drive out the Britons. [CH. xciv-v
fai weren 1 of on law. IT When Gurmond herde fis praier*, he
hastede him as miche as he mi^t, and arryuede in Scotland*, and
come into Northumberlond? fere fat f e Saxones were duellyng 1 ; &
fai confermede fe couenaunte} bituene 2 ham, fat were made by of es 4
and by hostages, forto beren 3 him trew fay, & halde him for lorde,
and paye to him truage by $ere. 1F Tho bigonne fe Saxoynes &
fe Aufricans to 4 destroye, robbe and brenne tounes, and destroye
5 al ping 1 , as inichel 5 as fai my^t, and sparede 6 neifere man, woman, 8
ne child e, Lewede ne lernede, 7 fan 8 alle fai quellede, & caste adoun
tounws, & castelle, 9 & cherches, & so put fai al fe lande to 10 grete
destruccioun. n And as sone as the Britons 11 my$t 12 flee, 13 fai
fledde fens, as wel poer 1 as ryche, Bisshoppis, Abbotes, Chanons, 12
& alle of ere, grete and smale ; somme into litel Britaign, & some
into Cornwail ; alle f o fat shippis mi^t hane.
How 14 Kyng Gurmonde drof fe 4 Kyng Certif to Chichestre,
and quellede fe Britons, & froii} 4 quey[n]tise H gete 16
the tonne. [Capitulo nonagesimo quinto.]
SErtif fe 4 kyng, fleye fens into 15 Chichestre, fat fo was a gode
cite and a 4 strong, and fere helde him xx daies. and fis
Gurmonde hit bisegede ; but f e citee was so strong 1 fat he mi^t 20
nou^t 16 hit gete 16 be no maner 1 engyne fat he my^t done. 17 fo
bif ou^t f ai oppon a grete queyntise forto brenne the toune : f ai
maden 18 engynes of 19 glew and of nettes, and token 20 peces of tundei
& 21 fire, and bonde to 22 spar we 23 feet, & afterward lete ham flee; 24
and fai 24 fley anon ry$t, 24 and loggede ham in fe toune fere fat her 4
nestes were, and in stackes & in euesynges of house 25 ; & fe fire
biganne anone to tende and brenne 26 al fe toune. and* whenne fe
Britons saw fe toune brenne on 27 euery side, fai hiede ham out, and 28
fau^t; but anone fai were slayn & descomfitede. and whiles fe
bataile durede, fe kyng p?*iuely 28 hud him, & 28 stale away into
Walys, & men wiste neuer where 29 he bicome; & so was fe toun
1 were 0. 2 bituene D. betwen 0. bitue R. 3 ber" D. bere 0.
4 om. D. 5 5 as michel D. al thing in-as-mych 0. 6 spare D.
7 lered' 0. 8 >at D. J>at 0. 9 Castels 0. 10 in D.
n - u & as fast as J>ei D. & as sone as >ey 0. 12 leaf 49, back.
13 fleen D. 14 How >e D. 15 vnto D. to 0.
16 - 16 get >at citee D. gete ]>at Cytee 0. 17 do 0.
18 made D. 19 with DO. * tok D. 21 & of DO.
22 to >e D. hem to j> e 0. M sparowes 0.
^-^ anone ri3t fley D. anon right fley 0. 25 houses 0.
26 brennede D. brent 0. ** in DO. 28 w om. D. ^ qwer sic 0.
CH. xcvi] ' Britain ' changed to 'England ' & given 7 Kings. 95
of Chichestre taken 1 & destroiede. and after*, went Gurmonde, &
destroiede citees & tounes fat neuer were afterward made a^eyne, as
it is seen ^itte in meny stedes.
4 How fis lande was clepede Engeland' for }>e name of Engist ;
and how meny Kynges 2 were 3 made 2 after 3 in fe Londe.
IT Capitulo Nonogesimo Sexto.
WHen Gurmonde hade 4 wastede and destroiede al fe lande
frou^-out, he $af fe londe to fe 5 Saxones ; and 6 fai toke hit
wif gode wille, for f e Saxones longe tyme hade desirede hit, for-as-
miche as fai were of Engistes Kynrede, fat first hade al f e lande of
Britain; and fo lete ham bene 7 callede Englisshemen, 8 for-asrniche
12 as in his tyme hit was callede Engistes lande, when he hade con-
querede it of 9 Vortiger fat hade spousede his doubter, but Irani 10 f e
tyme fat Brut come 11 ferst into 12 Engeland, fis land was callede
Britaigne, & fe folc Britons, til fe tyme fat fis Gurmond eftesones
16 conquerede hit & $af it vnto 13 Saxom^s, and fai anone ri^t chaunged
fe name, as 14 bifore is 14 saide. IF And when fis was done, Gur
mond passede oner into Fraunce, & fere conquered meny londes, &
destroed aH 15 cristen peple fere fat he come, and fe Danois 16
20 duellede in fis 17 lande, & bigonne faste hit 18 inhabit at here owen
wille ; and fai wolde haue made newe kynges and lordes, but fai
my^t neuer assenten 19 to haue onelich o kyng, forto bene 7 to him
entendaunt : and f erf ore fai 20 maden meny 20 kynges 21 in diue?*ses 21
24 shires, as hit was in Engistes tyme. 11 The ferst kyngdome was
Kent, and fat 22 of ere Southsex, 23 and f e f ridde Westsex, and fe ferf
Estsex, and 5 fe fifte Northumberland*, and fe sixte Estangle, fat is
to seyn Northfolc & Southfolc, and fe seuenej? Merchenoroth, and
28 fat is f e Erl 24 dome of Mchole, 25 Huntyngdon and 26 Hereford!, Glou-
cestre, Wynchestre, Wamvyk 27 and Darby ; and so departede 28 f e
Englisshe-men 28 al Engeland? into 29 vij parties. 1T And after 1 , 30 hit
1 tak 1 D. 2 - a weren y-made 0. 3 leaf 50. 4 hast 0.
5 om. 0. 6 anon DO. 7 be DO.
8 Englisshmen for encheson) of Engistes name & }> e lond? fey lete Calle
Ingelond' in here langage & fe folk ben called Englissninen 0.
9 of kyng 0. 10 fro D. n MS. cocome.
12 MS. has into fr, with fr underlined for omission ; in D.
13 vnto >e DO. 14 - 14 it is afore 0. 15 om. D.
16 Saxoynes D. Danes 0. 17 the D. 18 it to D. 19 assent DO.
2 - 20 made diuerse D. 21 - 21 in al D. in diuers 0. 22 ]>er D.
23 Sussex 0. a* leaf 50, back. ** Lyucolne D. 26 om. DO.
27 Warwyk* DO. Warr> R. '*-'* Englyssli 0. in 0.
ao after >at D.
96 Pope Gregory & English children. St. Austin lands in Kent.
bifelle fat fo kynges werrede 1 to-gederes ofte-tymes 1 ; and euer he
J>at was strongest binome ham 2 fat were 3 feblest; & so hit was
longe tyme fat fai nade no kyng 1 cronede amonges ha?ft, ne no cristen
men was fo amonges ham, ne cristendome neifere, but were 4 pay- 4
nemys 1. $ere, til fat seynt Gregori was pope 5 of Rome, fat hade
seyne childerne of f e nacioun in f e citee of Eome, fat were wonder 5
faire creatwres, & hade grete wille and desire ham forto 6 biholde,
and axede of f e marchauntes whens fai were, & of what nacioun ; & 8
men 7 tolde him fat fai were of Engeland*, & Englisshe 8 fai were
callede ; but fai and aH f e peple of Engeland were paynemes, &
bileuede nou^ in 9 God?. 1F "Alias," quod seynt Gregori, "wel
mow fai 10 bene callede 10 Englissh, for fai haue fe visages 11 of 12
Angeles; and ferfor wel au$t 12 ham fen ben cristen men. 12 " And
for fis enchesoun seynt Gregor sent seynt Austyne into Engeland?,
and xl. goode men wif him, fat were of gode lif, and holy men, to
p?*eche and 13 teche, and to conuerte fe Englisshe peple, and ham 16
twne to God? : and fat was in fe vj $ere fat seynt Gregor hade
bene Pope, 14 fat is to seyne, after f e Incarnacioun of oure Lorde
Ihesu Crist, v. C. iiij and 15 vij $ere, as fe cronicles tellef. 16
How Seynt Austyne baptisede & conuertede Kyng Adelbright, 20
and ij bisshopis fat he callede 17 his felawes. C&pitulo
iiij xvij.
WHen Seynt Austyne come ferst into Engeland?, he 18 arryuede
19 in fe lie 19 of Tenet 1 , and so passede fourth, & come vnto 24
Kauuterbery, and fere soiournede. And Kyng Adelbright of
Kent, fat was of f e lynage of Engist, faire vnderfong seynt Austyn
& his felowes wif michel 20 honozjr, & 21 ham fonde 21 al fat ham
nedede ; & ferfermore he $af ham a faire place fat now is callede 28
fe Abbay of seynt Austynws, in whiche place he lif hira-self
shrinede. U This Kyng 1 Adelbright was a gode man, and wif
godewel herde seynt Austymjs predicaciouns, and ^af him leue to
1 - 1 ofte-tyme togedre D. often- tymes to-gidere 0.
2 hym 0. 3 was 0. 4 weren 0.
5 has pope struck out, and bisshope written in margin, in same (?) hand.
6 to D. 7 >ai D. 8 englisshe-nien D. 9 vpon 0.
1010 ca iied' be 0. n visage D. vysage 0.
12-12 j, a j, an bene cristen D. >ey J>at be cristene 0. 13 & to 0.
14 has pope struck out, and bisshope written over. I5 om. D.
16 tellesD. 17 madeD. made of 0. 18 leaf 51.
19-19 at Totten sic 0. mych 0. 21 - 21 fonde ham D.
CH. xcvn] St. Austin & Rays tails. He ordains 2 Bishops. 97
preche prou^ 1 al his lande of Kent, to tot^rne & to 2 conuerte 3 to
him al ]>e peple 3 pat he mi^t. U Hit bifelle 4 so afterwarde, prou$
Goddes grace, pat in litel tyme pe kyng him-self was conuertede
4 5 to Gode, 5 and all his peple of 1 his 6 lande was 6 baptisede. And in
the 7 mene-while pat 7 pe peple twrnede ham to God', seynt Austyn
come to Rochestre, and pere prechede Goddes worde. 8 pe paynemys
perfor him scornede, and caste on 9 him righe tailes, so pat al his
8 mantel was hongede ful of righe tailes ; and for more despite pai 10
caste oppon him 11 pe guttes of ryghe & of ffisshe ; wherfore pe gode
man seynt Austyn was sore agreuede, 12 and prayede to God 13 pat alle
]>Q childerne pat shulde 14 bene borne 14 afterwarde in pat citee of
12 Rouchestre moste haue tailes. IF And when pe Kyng herde and
wist of pis vengeance pat 15 was falle prou^ seynt Austynws praier 1 ,
he lete make an house in pe 2 honoure of God?, wherein wyramen
shulde haue childerne at pe bruges ende, in 16 whiche hous wymmen
1 6 17 ^it bep delyuere 17 of childe. U When 18 seynt Gregory hade 19 herde
tel pat 20 pe Englisshe-men were twrnede to Gode, and conuertede,
He sent to seynt Austyn his Pallyoun, by a bisshop pat me callede
Paulyn, and made him primate & Erchebisshop 21 of al Engeland',
20 And sent him 22 worde pan 22 pat he shulde 23 make bisshopis in pe
land*. And anone as seynt Austyn hade pe Pallioun of pe 22 dignite
of pe erchebisshop, he made ij bisshoppes of his felawes pat come
wip him fram 24 Rome : on pat me 2 callede Mellite, & he duellede
24 at London, And pat opere me callede lustyn, pat helde pe dignite
of Rouchestre. U And pis 25 bisshop Mellyt 26 went to preche into
Essex, & baptisede pe kyng of pe centre, pat me callede Sicwith,
pat was Kyng Adelbright^ cosyn, his sustres 27 sone. IF This
28 lustyn e went to preche in Southsex", & twrnede miche of pe peple
to 28 god*; and seynt Austyne went him-self prechyng prou^-oute
29 pe lande. 29
1 }mrgh-out 0. 2 om. 0. 3 ~ 3 > e peple vn-to hym al 0.
4 fel D. 5 - 5 om. D. 6 6 house-holde & of the lande weren D.
7 7 mene-tyme whil D. mene-tyme whyle 0. 8 MS. wrorde.
9 vppon D. 10 the sic D. n . oppon him D. on hym 0. oppon R.
12 annoyede & greuede D. anoyed' 0.
13 MS. gode with the e underlined for omission.
14 - 14 be borne D. be bore 0. 15 J>at pus D. 16 in the D.
17 - 17 jit of the Citee beth delyuerede D. ?yt of > e Cytee be deliuered' 0.
18 And when D. 19 om. D. 20 how DO.
21 leaf 51, back. ** om. DO.
23 shulde ]?an ordeyne & D. >an schuld 2 ordeyne & 0.
24 fro 0. a* >e 0. 26 Mellite >o D. Mellyt >o 0.
27 suster D. Suster 0. vnto 0. a - aB Engelond^ DO.
BRUT. H
98 Wales refuses St. Austin & the Pope. It is to be invaded.
How seynt Austyne went into Walys, fere fat ]>e Britouns
were; & how 1 fai nolde nou^t bene 2 obedient to ]>e Erche-
bisshop of Kanterbury. Capitulo iiij xviij .
WHen al Engeland? was baptisede and? ttmiede to God?, seynt 4
Austyn went into fat lande ]>ere fat fe Britons were, and
forto kepe haw fro 3 Englisshe-men, fat is to seyn, 4 into Walys, &
fere 5 he founde monkes & Abbayes, & vij bisshoppes; for )>e
Britons destroiede 6 alwai 7 )>e cristen peple fat seynt Austyne hade 8
baptisede, 8 & saide to f e bisshoppes fat ' he was a legate of Rome,
& priinat of al Engeland?, & fat fai shulde 9 by al resoun to him
bene 10 obedient.' And fai saide fat 'fai nolde but to fe Erche-
bisshop of Kerlyoun ' ; & saide ' fai nolde neuer, for no maner 1 2
f ing 1 , bene obedient vnto f e Englisshe-men ' ; " ffor f e Englisshe-
nim," fai saide, "bef n oure aduersaries & oure enemys,and hauen 12
dryuen vs out of oure owen centre ; & we bef n Cristen men, and
euer haf 12 bene; & fe Englisshe-men 1314 hauef euermore 14 bene 16
Paynymes, but now late fat fai bef 15 conuertede." IT Seynt
Austyne rny^t 16 of ham 16 none of ere ansuere haue, 17 but saide 18
apertely fat 'fai nolde neuer 19 haw meke 19 to him ne to fe 20
peple 21 of Rome.' And seynt Austyne t^^rnede fo a^eyne to Kyng 20
Adelbright, fat was kyng of Kent, and tolde him fat fis 22 folc
23 wolde nou^t 23 to no man bene 24 obedient 25 but to fe Erche-
bisshop of Kerlyoun. and when f e Kyng herde fis, he was sore
annoiede, and saide fat he wolde ham destroye, & sent to Elfride, 26 24
Kyng of Northumberland?, fat was his 20 frende, fat he shulde come
to him wif 27 al fe power 28 fat he my^t, & fat he wolde 29 mete
him at Leycestre, and fro 30 fens fai wolde gone 31 into Walys, &
destroye fe Erchebisshop of Kerlyoun, & alle fo 32 fat hade refusede 28
seynt Austyn.
1 >at 0. 2 be D. 3 from 0. 4 say 0.
5 \>ere he fonde DO. ]>ere R. 6 dystroyeden 0. 7 alwayes D.
8 conuertede D. conuerted* 0. 9 shulde be D.
10 am. D. be 0. " ben 0. )2 haue DO.
13 leaf 52. 14 ~ 14 haue eu<?re D. han euermore 0.
15 bene D. ben 0. 16 - 16 om. 0. 17 haue of hem 0.
18 sayden D. seyden 0. 19 ~ 19 meke hem 0. ^ om. 0.
21 pope D. pope struck out and bisshop written in the margin 0.
22 his 0. 23 ~ 23 nolde noujt bene D. nold? not be 0.
24 om. DO. * obedient ne to nora o]>er man 0. * Elbright D.
27 in D. w hast D. shulde D. schulde 0.
30 from 0. 31 go D. ** om. D.
CH. xcix] King of Leicester slain. Britons rout English. 99
How Kyng- Adelbr[i]ght and fe 1 Kyng- Elfride quellede
Brecyual, fat was a Kyng of Britons fat helde f e contre of
Leicestre. C&pitulo Nonogesimo ix.
4 ITT" It bifelle so fat fere was a Kyng Britoun fat helde fe
i 1 contre of Leycestre, and al fe cuntre aboute him, of
Brecyual. And fis Kyng Briton herde telle fat fo ij Englisshe
kyng^ wolde 2 mete fere at Leycestre, forto wende into Walys. 3
8 he lete ordeyne al f e power fat he hade, forto fei^t wif f ise ij
kynges; but litil hit availede him, for his folc fat he hade was*
slayn, & him-self fledde, & loste his lande^ for euermore. ^1 And
fise ij kynges, Adelbright and 5 Elfride, duellede 6 awhile at
12 Leycestre, 6 & departede fe lande amonges ham, & toke 7 homages
& feautes of fe 8 folc of fe cuntree; and after 1 , fai wenten 9 towarde
Walys, & 10 fo of Walys hade herde telle of fe scoinfitwre of 11
Brecyual hade at 12 Leycestre, and were wonder* sore adrade of f o ij
16 kynges, and toke 13 and chose amonges ham gode men & holy, of
heremytes, monkes and prestes, and 14 of ere folc grete plente, fat
wenten 15 bare-fote and wolward?, forto haue mercy of fo ij kynges.
U But fo 16 kynges were 17 so sterne and so wicked e fat fai nolde
20 neuer speke with ham, but quellede ham euerychon Alias fe
sorwe ! for fai ne sparede ha??^ nomore fan 18 fe wolfe doth fe 18
shepe, but smyten of 19 fe heuedes of 19 euerychon; & so al were
fere martrede fat to ham come, fat is to vnderstonde, v c . & xl.
24 U And after, 20 f o ij kynges went 21 to Bangor, forto quelle al f o x
fat fai 22 my^t fere 22 fynde of fe Britons. And when fe Britons fat
herde, fai assemblede & ordeynede al here power* forto fi^t wif
ham. H fo was fe?*e a Britoun 23 in Walys, fat me callede Bledrik*
28 of Cornwaile, fat so?7?,me-tyme was lorde of Deuenshire, but f e
Kyng Adelbright hade dryuen him into Walys, and ^eue 24 him
bataile ; and at fat bataile was Kyng Adelbright slayne, & Elfride 25
woundede sore, & forsoke f e felde, & f e most parte 26 of his folc
32 slayn ; and Elfride fleye 27 into Northumberland!, fat was his owen
1 om. D. 2 wolden 0. 3 Walys and D. 4 weren D. were 0.
5 MS. and Edelf, with Edelf underlined for omission; om. D.
6 - 6 at Leycestre awhile D. 7 token DO. 8 om. 0.
9 went D. wente 0. 10 leaf 52, back. n >at DO.
12 of 0. 13 nome 0. 14 & of DO. 15 wenten 0. weren R.
16 the D. 17 weren D. 18 - 18 wolfes done D.
19-19 nere hedes 0. 2 afterwarde D. afterward' 0.
21 went fro )>ens DO. a8 - 82 Jwre mi3t D.
23 baron DO. ?af D. 25 Eldryd 0. partye D.
27 flye 0.
100 Cadiv aladre & Elf rid are friends. Their sons quarrel. [CH. c
lande ; and afterwarde be peple of Leycestresfo're made wib strengb
Cadwaladre, bat was Brecyuale} sone, Kyng of Leycestre, & lie
after 1 regnede nobli & wif grete 2 honoure.
How Cadewaladre, 3 Jwt was 3 Kyng 1 of Leycestre, and Elfride, 4
Kyng of Northumberland', weren 4 frendes; & of be debate
fat after was bituene Edwyne & Cadewalayn, bat were
5 bofe here 5 sones. Capitulo Centesimo.
ANd after' fat 6 f is bataile was done, f e Britons 7 assemblede 8
ham, and went pens, and come 8 vnto Leicestre, & made
Cadwaladre, fat was Brecyuales sone, kyng of Leicestr* and of ati
f e centre, and 9 he toke homages & f eautes of 10 f e folc of fat n
centre ; and after fat, he assembled 12 a grete hoste, and saido ' he 1 2
wolde go 1S into Northumberland? forto 14 destroi Kyng Elfride, &
slee him, if ])at he myght.' and when he was comen 15 fider 1 ,
frendes 16 went so bituene ham, & made ham accordede in fis
nianer", fat Elfride shulde holde at f e lande fram Humber* vnto 17 1 6
Scotlande, and Cadwalader 1 shulde halde 18 al fe lande afis half 1
Humbei^ vnto 19 f e South ; and after 1 fat f ai bicome 20 gode frendes
al here lif duryng 1 , & louede to-gedre as [they] hade bene 21 ij
brej>erne. U And )>is Elfride hade a sone )>at me callede Edwy?ine, 20
J)at hade and helde al )>e lande of North umbrelandl after* his fadres
deth, as his fader* hade holde al his lif-tyme. 22 11 And Cadwaladre
hade anopere sone fat me callede Cadwalayn, J?at helde his fadres
lande as he it helde while he was alif ; and J)ai louede to-gedre as 24
)>ai hade bene bre]?ern. and ]>e loue laste bituene ham but onely
ij ^ere, and after biganne debate bituene ham frou} a lu]?er eneuious
cosyne of 23 Cadwalayn, J?at men 24 callede Briens, so fat J>ai
assemblede a grete 25 hoste in bo]?e parties ; & at J?e laste hit bifelle 28
fat 1 Cadewalayn was descomfitede, & Edwyne him pwsuede, and
drof fram 26 place to place, so at J?e 27 laste he fleye into Irlande ;
and fis ofere destroiede his lande, & caste adoune 28 his castelles, 28
and brennede w his maneres, and depa?'tede al Cadwalaynes 30 lande 32
amonge his frendes. 30 1T And longe tyme after come Cadwalayn
1 afterward 0. 2 gode D. *-* om. DO. 4 were DO.
- herbo>e 0. 6 am. D. 7 leaf M.
8 comen 0. * and after J>at D. 10 of al DO. " >e DO.
12 assemblede D. assembled? 0. assemble R. 13 gon 0. 14 to DO.
15 come 0. 16 frende D. " in-to 0. 18 haue DO. 19 into D.
20 becomew 0. a be 0. ffl lyuystyme 0. M MS. of of.
24 me D. stronge D. him fro D. hym fro 0. w rnn. 0.
castett D. castels 0. a brent 0. *-* amonges his frende D.
CH. Ci] King Oswald is kild. Peanda seizes his land. 101
a^eyne fram Irlande, with a stronge power*, and in pleyn bataile
1 quellede Edwy?ine and alle his frendeshippes, & namely po pat
wiphelde his landes prou$ Edwynes ^ifte.
4 How Kyng- Oswolde was quellede prou^ Kyng 2 Cadwaleyne and
Peanda; & how Oswy, pat was seynt Oswoldes^ broker,
regnede after him, & quelde Peanda. Capitwfo Centesimo
primo.
8 ^TWTHen pat Edwynne was slayn, Offris his sone vnderfonge 3
f T pe werr* a3eyns Cadwaleyn his Erne, so pat pis Offris
deide duryng pe werre. and after 1 J)e dep of Offris, po regiied a
gentile Cristen man pat miche louede God, fat hade aH pe lande
12 of Northumberland? by 4 herytage, pat me [called] Oswolde, and
he was kyng of al pat lande. but for-asmiche as he was frende to
Edwyne, and helde a grete parte of pe lande of Cadwalyn, pe same
Cadewalyn werred oppon him, and drof him toward Scotland?.
16 and when Cadwalyn saw pat he wolde 5 nou^t abide, Cadwalyn
wolde no longer him pursue, but toke some of his folc to Peanda,
his broper-in-law, & praiede Peaiida to pursue Oswolde til pat he
were take and slayne; and Cadwalyn twrnede J?o 6 home a^eyn.
20 U When Oswolde herde ]?e tidynges 7 J>at Cadwaleyn turnede home
a^eyne, he wolde no longer flee, but abode Peanda, & $af him
bataile ; & Peanda was descomfitede and fley, 8 and come a^eyne to
Cadwaleyn, & saide pat 2 ' he wolde neuere holde a 9 foote of lande
24 of him but 10 if it were so pat 10 he wolde avenge him oppon n
Oswolde.' Cadwaleyne lete assemble a grete host forto fi^t wip
Oswolde; so pat he and Peanda come into Northumberland*, 12 and
^euen bataile vnto Oswolde ; and in pat same bataile was Oswolde
28 slayn, 13 & his heuede 14 smyten of ; & after he was enterede at pe
Abbay of Berdeneye, in whiche place 15 God hap wrou^t for him
meny a faire miracle, bope pere and elles-where.
H And anone Oswy 16 his 17 broper seisede into 18 his hande al
32 pe 19 lande pat was Oswoldes ; & pe folc of Northumberlande louede
him wonder wel, and helde him for here lorde ; but he hade men
of his kyn worpi ynow pat wolde haue departede pe lande ; & pai
1 leaf 53, back. 2 om. D.
3 viidertok< D. vndirtoke 0. 4 by > e 0. 5 nolde 0.
6 }>o home D. )>o lioom 0. J>o R.
7 Tydynge 0. 8 fled 0. 9 o 0. 10 - 10 om. D. u of DO.
12 leaf 51. 13 y-slayn 0. 14 heed 0. 15 places D.
16 Oswyne D. 17 MS. him. 18 vn-to 0. 19 his 0.
102 Kings Peanda & Oswy are slain. K. Ossa is chief. [CH. ci, en
werrede to-gedre. 1 & for-asmiche as fai were nou^t stronge ynow, 2
J>ai come to Peanda, & praiede him of helpe and socour, & bihight
him of fat lande largely, oppon fat 3 couenant fat he wolde ham
4 ghye, helpe, 4 & conseile. U Peanda herde her* praier 1 , & so spake 4
wif J>e Kyng Cadwalyn fat he shulde ordeyne a grete hoste, and
faste ordeyne him into Northumberland' forto fi^t wif Oswy. and
Oswy was a meke man, & miche louede pees and 5 charite, &
prayede Peanda of loue and pees, & 5 proferede him 2 of golde & 6 8
sillier* grete plente. II And 7 f is Peanda was so proude fat he
wolde 8 graunt him no 3 pees for no maner f ing, but for al f ing
h[e] wolde wif him 9 fei^t. so at fe 2 laste fere was sette a day
of ba[ta]ille; and Oswy euere hade truste oppon Gode, & fis 12
Peanda triste to miche oppon his pride & oppon his host fat he
hade, and to-gedre fai smyten egrely; but Peanda anone was
descomfitede & slayn. And fat was after f e Incarnacioun of oure
lorde Ihesu Oiste 10 V. C. & lv. 10 IT And fis Oswy J>o regnede 16
xxviij J1 3ere. 12 And a kyng 1 13 }?at me callede Oswyn, ]>at was
Peandae^ cosyn, werrede oppon Kyng Oswy, and to-gedre fou^terc ;
but Oswy hade fe victorie ; and Oswyne was descomfitede & slayn,
and lith at Tynnemouthe. 20
Of Kyng Ossa, J>at was souereyne of alle J>e kynges of Engelandl ;
& how eueryche 14 werrede oppon o]?ere in Ms tyme.
CapiYw/o Centesimo Secun&o.
Hit bifelle so )?at alle ))e kynges in )>at tyme ))at were in J>e 24
londe, as ]>o of Westsex, Mercheneriche, Est Angle, of
Kent, & of Southsex & of o]>ere costes, eueryche 14 werrede oppon
o)>ere; and 15 ])ai fat were 15 moste my^tiest 16 toke )>e lande of ham
)>at were moste feblest. 16 ^f But fere was a kyng amonges ham 28
fat me callede Ossa, fat was seynt Oswoldes brofer. fis Ossa
conquerede alle f e kynges of f e lande, & regned aboue ham alle.
11 And so grete was f e werr 1 in euery centre bituene kyngws, fat
no man my^t wete how fe lande went. But Abbotes, prioures, & 32
men of religioun, writen fe lifes and 17 dedes of kynges, & how
I togederes D. 2 om. 0. 3 om. DO.
4 - 4 helpe lede D. gye & helpe 0. 5 ~ 5 om. D. 6 & of D.
7 But D. e no i de D0 . 9 hem 0. 10 - 10 D. & Iv 3eer 0.
II xviij D. 12 leaf 54, back. 13 kyn D. 14 eche 0.
1& - 15 he >at was DO.
i6_i6 bynomen haw )>at were most feblest ]>e lande D. byname J) e lond of
hym >at was feblest 0. 17 & \> e 0.
K. Alfred's Chronicles. K. Osbright rapes Buerne's wife. 103
longe 1 eueryche hade regnede, 1 & in what centre; & in what
2 maner eueryche 2 kyng deide, and of 3 bisshoppis also, and f erof 4
made grete bokes, & lete calle ham f e Cronicles : and f e goode
4 Kyng Alurede hade fat boke in his warde, and lete brynge hit to
Wynchestre, & lete hit faste bene 5 tackede to a piler 1 , fat men
my^t hit 6 nou}t remeve ne bere 7 f enns, so )>at euery man mi^t hit
see and fereoppon loke, for ferin bef 8 fe lifes of alle fe Kynges
8 fat euer wer 1 in Engeland?.
How fe Kyng of Northumberlond*, Osbright, forleye be wif of
Buerne Bocarc? frou} strengf; & after bis Buerne con-
querede fe 9 Kyng wif stronge power". 9 C&ipitulo Centesimo
12 tercio.
AJSTd fus hit bifelle in the same tyme, fat fere was a kyng in
10 Northumberlond* fat me callede Ossebright, & soiowrnede
in 3o*k, and! fis kyng wente him oppon a day into a wode, him
16 forto 11 desporte; and when he come a^eyue, he went priuely 6 into
a gode manws house fat me callede Buerne Bocard?. 6 & fe gode
man of fat 12 place was gone fat tyme to fe see/for ofte-tymes he
was wonede 13 fere aspie 14 feues & robboures, fat ofte-tymes 15 were
20 wont to 6 come into fe londe to robbe & 6 brenne and slee. 1F fe
lady fat was fis Buernes wif, was a 6 wonder 1 faire woman, and
welcomede fe Kyng wif michel 16 honowr, and worfely him seruede
in al fing*. 11 When f e Kyng hade 17 eten, he toke 17 f e lady by
24 fe hande, and lad her 1 into chaumbre, & saide fat he wolde speke
wif here a counsele. and al fe folc fram 18 fe chaumbre he made
voyede, saf onely 19 fe lady and he. but fe Lady wiste nou^t
wherfore he it dede, til fat he hade done wif here his wille. and
28 when he hade done fis dede, he twrnede a^eyne to ^ork 1 , & fe lady
he lefte fere wonder 1 sore wepyng 1 for f e dede fat he hade ydone.
U And when here lorde was come 20 home, & saw here wepe, and
soche mornyng make, he axede of here what she hade done, &
32 whi she made soche sorwe. U "Sire," quod she, " queyntly and
1-1 eueryche regnede hade D. eche had regned 0.
2- 2 manere-wyse eche 0. 3 of his 0. 4 >m>f )>ai D. >m>f >ey 0.
5 be 0. 6 om. DO. 7 bere it DO. 8 ben 0.
9 - 9 lande with strengj) D. kyng wztA poer & streng>e 0. 10 leaf 55.
11 to 0. 12 >e DO. 13 wont DO.
14 aspie & awayte D. aspye &; awayte 0. 15 pftyn-tyme 0.
16 mych 0. 17 - 17 ete he nome 0. 18 fro DO. 19 onlich D.
20 comen D.
104 Buerne defies King Osbright, & seeks Danish help. [CH. cm
falsely pe Kyng 1 Osbright me hap done shame and vilonye, a^eynes
my wille" ; and? tolde him treupe, How the kyng 1 hade her 1 forleyn
wip strengp ; wherfore she l saide she hade leuer* to dye pan leue.
H "Faire leef, bistille," quod he, "for a^eynes strengp 2 [febleness] 4
is litel worj>; perfore of me 3 shal yow 3 neuer pe lesse bene 4
Louede, and namely for yow 5 haste tolde me treupe. and if
Almyghty God? grant 6 me lif, y shal pe wel avenge."
IT This Buerne was 7 a gret man and 7 a mi^ty lorde, and was 8
wel bilouede, & grete frendes hade, and lete sende for pe greteste
lordes of )>e lande, & to ha?ft made his compleynt of pe 8 despite pat
pe kyng to him hade done, & saide pat he wolde bene 9 avengede,
how 10 pat euer it were, and alle his frendes 11 conseilede 12 1 2
and grantede to wende towarde ^ork 1 , pere pat pe kyng was. &
Buerne toke 13 his menye, & u come to 14 pe kyng 1 . and when pe
kyng him saw, he callede him curtesly Buerne by 15 name ; and
Buerne him ausuerede & 16 saide : " Sire, y $ow defye, & ^elde op 16
17 feautes, homages, and 17 londes, and as miche as y haue holde of
^ow ; and so, fro 18 pis tyme afterwarde, y wil no ping of pe holde."
& so he departede fram 19 pe kyng with-outen 20 more speche or
eny abidyng 1 , & toke 21 leue of his frendes, and went to Denmarc, 20
and pleynede to pe Kyng Godryn, 22 & tolde him of pe dispite
pat Kyng 1 Osbright to him hade done of his wif, & p?*aiede him
of socoure & of helpe, him to avenge. 11 When Kyng Godrin 23
of Denmarc & pe 24 Danoys, when pai 24 hade herde pe pleynt of 24
pis Buerne & of pe praer* pat he bade, pai were wonder* glade in
hert, for-asmiclie as pai my^t fynde cause forto gone 25 into Enge-
land? forto werr* oppon pe Englisshe-men, & also forto avenge
Buerne of pe despite pat pe 26 kyng hade done 27 to his wif 1 , & for- 28
asmiche as Buerne was sib to pe Kyng of* Denmarc. II Anone 28 pai
lete ordeyne a grete hoste of men, & lete ordeyne shippis, and as
miche as 29 was nede 29 to pat Viage. and when alle pe hoste was
1 he sic D. 2 streugfe > e 0. 3 ~ 3 shalt >ow D. )>0u shalt 0.
4 be DO. 5 >ow D. )>ou 0.
6 leaf 55, back. 7 ~ 7 ora. D. 8 om. 0. 9 be D.
10 how so 0. n frende D. 12 counceilled' hym 0.
13 nome 0. 14 ~ 14 went towarde D. 15 by his 0.
16 and to him D. & to hym 0.
17 - 17 feautes & homages and D. feautes homages & 0. feautes, homages R.
18 fram D. from 0. 19 fro DO. 2 withoute DO.
21 nome 0. ^ Gordryne D. a Gordyn D.
24 Danoys D. Danes whan ]>ey 0. ^ go DO.
26 MS. has )>e englisshe men, with englisshe men underlined for omission.
27 y-done 0. And anone D. 29 ~ 29 nedede D.
CH. Civ] The Danes kill King Osbright, and take York. 105
redy, pe kyng made : his ij breperne cheueteyns, pat Were noble
Kny^tes and bolde : pat one me callede Humger*, 2 & pat opere
Hubba.
4 How be 3 Danoys toke 3 3ort & quellede 4 Kyng Osbright,
and afterwarde 5 Kyng Elle. IT C&pitulo IT Centesimo
H Quarto.
WHen al ping was aredy, 6 po ij breperne tok 1 leue of pe Kyng
Godrin, and went towarde J>e see, forto wende into
Engelande as faste as pai my^t spede. U Now is Buerne so 7 wel
comfortede, & faste hiede him wip pe 8 Danoys \ and pai arryue 8 in
pe Northcontre, & 9 come prou^-out 9 Holdernesse, & destroiede al
12 pe contre, 10 and brent tonnes and robbede folc, & quellede al fat
pai my^t take, til pat pai come to 3rke. IT And when Kyng
Osbright saw harn come, he toke 11 pe 12 peple pat he hade, and come
out of pe citee, & with ham fau^te; but no foysoun he nade 13
16 a^eynes ham; & miche was pe peple pat pere was slayn in bope
parties ; and Kyng Osbright himself 1 pere was slayn, and pe citee
anone was take, & pe 14 Danoys wenten 14 in. H And pere was also
anopere kyng in Northumberlond? pat Buernes frendes hade chosen,
20 & helde him for kyng, a man pat me clepede 15 Elle, for-asmiche as
pai nolde 16 nou^t to Kyng Osbright bene 17 entendant, for pe despite
pet he hade done to Buerne here cosyn. 11 Hit bifelle pus, pat pe 18
Kyng 1 Elle was gon to pe 18 wode him 19 forto desporte : and of
24 venysoufi somdele he hade tak 1 . and as he satte in the wode at
mete, to a knyght he saide : "we haue wel y 20 spedde, & michel 21
venysoun taken. 223 ' and wip pat worde pere come 23 in 18 a man, 24 &
to him 24 saide : " Sire, if $e so miche of venysoun haue y-wonne, 25
28 an C. tyines so miche pere a^eyns 26 3e hauen 26 loste; for al pis
contre pe Danois hauen 27 gete, & take 28 pe cite of 3ork ; & a^eynes
shal it holde, pat neuer 36 shul come perin; & forsothe pai
1 lea/SG.
2 altered from Humbei , or perhaps Humber* altered from Hunger* ;
number* D. Hungar 0.
3 - 3 Danes token 0. 4 quellede the D. 5 after 0.
6 red D. 7 om. D.
aryu
comen J>rou3 D. comen ]nirgli-out 0. 10 land D.
y
Da
.
noys and arryuede D. Danes ]>at J>ei be> aryued' 0.
11 nome 0. 12 his DO. 13 hade D. 14 ~ 14 Danes went 0.
15 callede D. called O. 16 wolde D. wold 0. 17 be D.
18 om. DO. 19 him al D. 2 leaf 56, back.
21 miche D. mych 0. ^ take 0. ^ cam 0. 24 - 24 om. D.
25 wonne DO. ^-^ haue 3e D. }e hane 0. ^ han D.
28 taken D.
106 Danes ravage England & besiege St. Edmund. [CH. civ, cv
1 hauen slayn 1 Kyng Osbright." U And when Kyng Elle fise
wordes herde, he lete assemble al f e folc of ]>e cuntre, & ordeynede
al fe power* fat he mi^t haue, 2 and wold haue gete 3 fe toune of 3ork
wif streng)). but fe 4 Danois coraen 4 out anon & $af ha??i bataile, 4
& quellede 5 fe kyng 1 & fe moste part 6 of his men pat he hade 7
brou}t wij> him : and f e same place fere fat fai were slayne shal
euer 18 bene 9 callede Ellecrofte; and fat place is a litel fram 3ork<.
and fo 7 abode 10 fe n Danois neuer, 11 til fai hade conquerede al 8
Northumberland!, and in fat contre f ai made Werdeynes, & went
ferf er into f e lande, and token Notyngham. and fere f ai abiden
al fe wynter, and deden 12 al fe sorwe fat fai myght. and after,
when somer* tyme come, fai remevede fram Notyngham, & 13 come 12
vnto 13 Nichole, & to Lyndessey, & to HolancJ, for no man mi^t
ham withstande, so miche power 1 & strengf 14 fai hade. 14
How Seynt Edmuwde fe Kyng was martrede. G&pitulo Gen-
tesimo v to . 16
AJSTd so ferre 15 hade fe Danois 15 passede fram 16 contre vnto 17
contre, & euermore brennyng & robbyng, & destroiede 18 al
fat fai mi^t, til fat 19 fai come vnto 20 Tetteford?. & in fat 21 contre
fai fonden a Cristen Kyng 1 22 fat miche louede God? and 23 his 20
Werkes, fat me callede Edmunde ; & he was Kyng of Northfolc
and 24 Southfolc. 25 1F fis Seynt Edmunde fe kyng ordeynede as
miche folc as he my^t, & fau^t wif fe Danois 26 ; but he and his folc
were scomfitede, 27 & 28 fe kyng 28 him-self dryuen vnto a 29 castel 24
of Framelyngham. & fe Danois 26 him pursuede, & comen 30 vnto
fe same castel. and when Kyng Edmunde saw fat fe castel myst
nou^t ham 31 wifstonde, he comen 32 a^eynes ham. with whame fe
Danois 26 ferst speken 33 ; and anone fai axede of him where Kyng 28
Edmunde was. "now forsoth," quod he, "when y was in fe
casteH, 34 y was 34 kyng ; & when y went oute 7 of fe castel, he went
out also; and 35 whefer fat 35 he shal ascape or dye, at Godes wil
l 1 haue slayn the D. ban slayn 0.
2 haue and wolde haue D. haue & wold haue 0. haue R.
3 y-g 6 ^ 6 0. 4- 4 Danoys come D. Danes comen 0. 5 quelle D.
6 party D. partye 0. 7 om. D. 8 euermore 0. 9 be DO.
10 abide neuer 0. "- 11 Danes 0. 12 dede 0. 13 - 18 comen to D.
14 - 14 om. D. 15 ~ 16 }>e Danoys had D. had >e Danes 0.
16 fro 0. 17 to D. 18 destroyng D. 19 om. DO. 20 to D.
21 the same D. ffl leaf 57. & and al D. M & of D.
25 Suffolk 0. * Danes 0. * descomfitede D. ' 28 ~ w om. D.
29 the D. \P O. 30 come D. 31 hym 0. ** come DO.
:<3 spoken D. 34 ~ 34 ]>er was > e 0. 35 ~ 33 whedir 0.
CH. cv, cvi] St. Edmund is martyr d. Reading is taken. 107
most 1 hit be." H "When Seynt Edmunde hade nempuede God', by
fat 2 worde fai wiste 2 alle fat it 3 was he him-self 1 . and anone
Hubba & Hungar 54 tok 15 him, & saide fat he slmlde God forsake,
4 & al c?isten law, as alle 6 of ere hade 7 done frou$ ham biforn. and
Seynt Edmunde saide fat 8 ' he wolde 9 neuer, but rafer 10 he wolde
suffre deth 10 for Godes sone, 11 and his law 12 to kepe.' IF fo tok 13
fai Kyng Edmunde, & bounde him vnto 14 a tree, and made 15
8 Archires 16 to him 16 shote with Arwes, til fat his body stickede
alse 17 ful of Arwes as an hirchone is ful of prick es ; but for alle fe
payne fat he hade, he wolde 18 neuei^ God forsake. & in 8 fe same
pyne 19 he deide wif fat tz/rmentyng 1 , 19 & bitoke his soule to 20
12 almy^ty GocP. & when fai saw fat he was dede, fai smyten of his
heuede 21 ; & in fis maner 1 was Seynt Edmunde martrede.
22 How Hubba & Hungar 5 toke fe toune of Redyng. C&pitulo
Centesimo vj to .
16 F"VW7 I Hen sent Edmunde was martrede, Hunguar 1 and Hubba
L TY J went fens, with al here Danoys, 23 vnto Redyng 1 . and
as fai went fiderwarde, fai brent tounes & citees, & quellede al
Cristen peple fat wolde nou}t God' 24 forsake, and caste adoun 25
20 cherches, and comen 26 to Kedyng, and toke 27 fe toun, and fere
holde 28 ham til fat fe Kyng Edelf 1 of Westsex come fider 1 wif al
his power* forto take fe toune. U fo come 29 oute fe Danoys 23 forto
$eue bataile to Kyng 1 Elfride 30 ; and at fat bataile was quellede an
24 Erl of Danoys 23 fat me callede Gydrak. 11 Oppon fe morwe come
f e Kyng Eldrede, and his brofe?* Alurede, with a stronge power*
and 31 grete host, and fe Kyng Edelf come a^eyne (fat hade
32 fou3ten wif fe Danois 32 fe day toforne 33 ) to fat bataile. & fe
28 Danois 23 fo comen 34 out forto fei^t wif ham. and fat 35 batale was
wonder strong, for meny a man was fere slayn 36 ; and f e Danois 23
fat day hade f e vittori ; and fe Kyng Eldrede & his brof er
1 im^t D. mote 0. 2 - 2 >ai wisten D. J>ei wysten 0. 3 )>at D.
4 D has Huniber 1 with ber* struck out. 5 nomen 0. 6 meny DO.
7 hadden 0. 8 om. D. 9 nolde 0.
- 10 sutfren deth he wolde D. u loue D. 12 lawes 0.
13 nome 0. 14 to D. 15 made her" D. made here .
is-16 him to D- 17 am< D- as o. is n old 0.
9 19 and twrment he deide D. & turnement he dide 0. ^ vn-to 0.
21 bed' 0. 22 leaf 57, back. Danes 0. om. 0.
25 doune D. come D. 27 token 0. a helde D. held 0.
29 comen 0. 30 Edelf 1 D. Edilf 0. 31 and a D. & a 0.
2 - 32 fou3ten D. fought 0. 33 tofore D. byfore 0. 34 come D.
35 the D. 36 y-slayn 0.
1 08 Danes are at last beaten, and pray for peace. [CH. cvi, cvn
Alurede fat day were descomfited'. but fe xiiij day afterwarde,
)>e Danois 1 and fe Englisslie-men fou^ten to-gederes 2 oppofi
Elkelden, & fere was slayne a kyng of Denmarc fat was callede
Rasyng 1 , and iiij Erles of grete power* ; and fat day liade f e 4
Danoys 1 shame, for fai were dryuen 3 vnto Engelfilde. and J>e xv
day after*, fe Danois 1 & fe Englisshemen foujten 4 anofere tyme at
Rasyng 15 [sz'c], and fere were fe Englisshe-men descomfitede. and
fram 6 pens a Danois, fat me callede Roynt, went to Redyng 1 wif 8
his hoste, & destroiede al fat 7 he myght tak 1 ; and 8 Kyng Eldrede
fau^t wif him, but he was 9 woundede so, wherfore 9 he was dede;
and he 10 nade regnede but v. ^ere, and 11 deide, and 11 lif atte
Wonburne. 1 2
Of Kyng Alurede ; & how f e Danoys x in his tyme praiede him
of mercy, fat fai moste gone 12 out of fe lande. C&pitulo
Centesimo vij.
After fe deth of fis Eldrede, regnede his brofer Alurede, fat 16
Dolfyues was callede. f o went fe Danois, 1 & assemblede
ham, and went forto seche Alurede, fat f o was f e new 13 kyng of
Southsex. and fere fai fonde u him at Wilton, 15 wif a litel peple ;
& nof eles he fau^t with ham ; but at the laste he fledde fens 20
fram 16 f e felde, and went vnto Westsex, and ordeynede so niiche
peple of his owen 17 reaume & also of of ere, so 18 til fat 18 he hade a
stronge host, so fat fe Danois 1 hade non 19 power* ^a^eynes him 20 to
stande. and he come to London wif his host, 21 fere as 21 fe Danois 24
soiowrnede ; and f ere ^ wolde he haue fou^ten 22 wif ham, but f e
Danois 23 derste nou^t wif him 24 fei^t, but praiede him of pees, &
fat fai most gone 25 a^eyne into hei owen contre, & neuermore into
Engeland forto come a^eyne, eny harme forto 26 done, and oppofi fis 28
couenant fai shulde ^eue 27 him to plegge, 27 gode hostages, & soche
as f e 10 Englisshe 28 merc wolde axen. 28
1 Danes 0. 2 togeder* another* tyme D. to-gidere ano]>er tyme 0.
3 dryue 0. 4 foujt D. 5 Rafyng* D. Rasyng O. 6 fro D.
7 leaf 58. 8 but D. 9 ~ 9 wondeth so wherthou^ D. 10 om. D.
n - u om. DO. 12 go 0. 13 mewe sic D. 14 fonden D.
15 corrected from Walton. 16 fro 0. 17 om. 0. 18 - 18 >at til 0.
19 no DO. 20 - 20 MS. a3eynes him a^eynes him.
2 1 - 21 and ]>ere D. & ]>ere were 0. w - w he wolde haue fou^t D.
28 Danes ne 0. * him >o D. hem tho 0. go DO.
26 to DO. s 7 - 27 to hym 0.
28 28 om. D., Englisshe ends a page, and the following page continues with
How Hubba, Ac.
CH. cvm] The Danes flee to Exeter, and take it. 109
How Hubba & Hunguar* were quellede at Chippenham ; & how
fe Danoys 1 brou3t hir 1 kyng- vnto 2 oure kyng*. CapitwZo
Centesimo Octauo.
4 A Td f e same day fat 3 f e Danois 1 depa?'tede fram 4 London, so
JLjL faste fai riden, hope 5 nyght and day, 5 and neuer 1 toke reste
of goyng 1 til fat )>ai 6 7 comen vnto 7 Excestre, and token 8 f e toune,
& fere helde ham. 1T Whe^ Kyng Alurede herde 9 fo tidynges, 9
8 anone he lete tak fe hostages, and went fram 10 fens vnto 11 Excestre
wif al f e power* fat he hade. H And when f e Danois 1 herde tel of
his 12 comyng 1 , fai went fro fens forth into "Westsex, and comen to
Chippenham ; and fere f ai deden miche harme in f e contre ; f ai
12 robbede folc, & brou^t 13 ha??z into 14 prisoun. The Kyng Alurede
ham pursuede, & 15 come oppon ham, and fersly 15 ham assailede; &
fere were 16 slayn bofe Hubba, and Hunguar* his brofer, and' Buerne
Bocard*. and in fat 17 bataile was michel 18 folc slayn in fat 19 o party e
16 and in 19 fat of ere, but fe gree of fe felde lefte wif fe Danois, 1 for-
asmiche 20 as fe kyng 1 fo 20 come but with litel company. 21 U The
Kyng Hastede him as miche as he myght, forto wende a$eyn ; and
when fe Danois 22 fonden 23 Hubba his bodye 23 liggyng dede, fai
20 enterede hit, & made oppon him a grete logge, and lette calle hit
Hubbeslaw ; & so it is callede into f is day ; and fat place is in
Deuenesshire. 1T fe barons of Westsex, 24 Wilteshire and Dorset,
harde telle how fat here 25 kyng was descomfitede ; and ordeynede
24 al fe power fat fai mi^t haue, and come to fe kyng 1 fere fat he
was, & fankede God fat fai hade 26 him fonden 26 alif\ for fai wende
fat fe Danois 1 hade him slayne. IF fo toke 27 fai a 3 counseil, fe
kyng and his barons, & 2S fai wolde 29 gone seche 29 fe Danois, 1
28 30 with ham forto fei$t. 30 and so fai riden al fat ny$t 31 ham forto
seche, 31 and come 32 amorw, 33 about prime, to Abyngdon, fere fat
fe Danois 1 were.
II fe kyng fo, Alurede 34 and his barons, assemblede, and fe?*e
1 Danes 0. 2 to 0. 3 om. D. 4 fro 0. 5 - 5 day & nyght 0.
6 leaf 58, back. 7 - 7 come to DO. 8 toke 0. 9 - 9 > e Tydyng O.
10 fro DO. n to D. 12 >is 0. 13 put D. 14 in DO.
i5_i5 fressheliclie D. 16 was 0. 17 this D. >is 0. 18 mych 0.
19 om. 0. s - 20 tho as the kyng D. 21 meny D. ffl Danes had 0.
23 ~ 23 Hubbaws body D. Hubba his body 0. Hubba his bodyes R.
24 Somerset D. Somersete 0. 25 MS. here here.
a6 - 26 founden him D. founde hym 0. ^ nome 0. w >at 0.
29_j go S echen D. go to seche 0.
so-so f orto f y ^ t w j tn ^ am j) ^/j, nem a i for-to fight 0.
31-31 f orto secne j iam D nera a i f or .t sec he 0. 32 comen 0.
33 in the morwe D. M leaf 59.
110 Danish King baptizd. The Danes leave England. [CH. cvm
assailede f e Danois J egrely, 2 and fere $af ham a strong*??' 3 bataile
f an euere he dede bifore; and fe Danois 1 nobli put ham of, longe
tyme, fat no man wist in whefe?' partie more peple were 4 slayn.
11 But Jms hit bifelle, as God? wolde, fat 5 Kyng Alurede hade fe 4
vittorie with michel 6 honoure; for fe Danois 1 were so dryuen 7 fat
fai 7 wist iiou^t 8 whider 1 to wende. 9 xv dayes fe kyng ham pur-
suede at his wille, fat glade & fayne 10 fai were forto speken 10 of
pees & of accorde, & toke 11 him gode hostages, & saide fat fai 8
wolde 12 neuer* 13 oppoii him werre, ne 14 debate arere. U And more-
ouer fai bihight to fe Kyng Alurede fat fai wolde go and brynge
her owen kyng vnto him, and fat her 1 kyng 8 & fai aft shulde 15
bene 16 baptisede. & oppoii fis condicioun, Kyng Alurede 17 ham 12
grauntede 17 lif and lyme, and saide to ham fat fai shulde gon 18 here
kyng forto fecche, 19 and at a certeyne day to come a^eyne, fat to
ham was sette. IT And so fai went forf fast, and come 20 a^eyne at
here day fat was assignede, and alle fe Danois 1 brou^t kere kyng 16
wif ham. 11 The Kyng Alurede anone lete ham ben 16 baptisede,
and here names chaunged?, 21 so fat fe kyng of 22 Danois was
callede 22 Athelston, & xxx ti of his felawe} names 23 were chaungede
also, & f e of ere, were baptisede to f e right bileue ; and at fis was 20
done 24 at Westmynstre. 25 and after*, 26 Kyng Alurede helde wif
him Kyng Athelstone & alle his Danois 1 xij daies at soiune 27
wif miche 28 solempnite, and? $af ham grete ^iftes after 1 29 fat fai
were overcome, 29 and so fai departede. U Tho was 30 Kyng Alurede 24
al at ese when he hade his enemys 31 ouercomen, 32 & fat fai were
t?*rnede to fe 33 bileue of almi^ty God?.
How fe Danois 1 fat comen 34 into Fraunce wif Gurmonde,
come 35 a^eyne into Engeland' ; & of f e def of Kyng 1 28
Alured*. 11 Capitulo U Centesimo 11 Nono.
1 Danes 0. 2 egreliche 0. 3 strong 0. 4 was 0.
5 J>at J>e 0. 6 my en 0. 7 - 7 MS. |?at >ai >at >ai ; >at J>ei ne 0.
8 om. 0. 9 wende and D. turne and 0.
- 10 they . . spek D. >ey . . speke 0. >ai om. R. n token DO.
12 >ai nolde D. >ei nold 0. nolde R. 13 neuere-more 0.
14 ne no DO. 15 schulden 0. 16 be DO.
17 17 g mn tede ham D. 18 go to D. go 0. 19 fecche him D.
20 comen 0. 21 chaunge DO.
22-22 D an oys callede was D. Danes called was 0. a om. D.
24 do D. ^ Wynchestre 0. after )>at the D. after > e 0.
27 soiowrne 0. soionne or soioune R. ^ michel D.
29 - a9 om. D. >at J>ai were R. 30 was >e 0. ai leaf 59, back.
:J2 ouercome DO. 33 >e right D. M come D.
36 comen DO.
K. Alfred's Reign & Books. Danes come again to England. Ill
ANd pus hit bifelle afterwarde, pat pe Danoys 1 of Northumber
land*, pat were paynemys, comen 2 with a grete host of
Fraunce, pat is to vnderstonde, with ham pat went into Fraunce
4 with Gurmonde of Aufrik 1 , when he hade conquerede Engeland?, &
v it ^af vnto Saxonws. and po pat come fro Fraunce arryuede in
Kent, and sent into Nbrthumberlande pat pai shulde come to ham.
and whan po ij hostes were comen 3 & assemblede, anone pai went
8 to destroie pe Cristen peple of Engeland? frarn 4 place vnto 5 place,
and deden 6 miche sorwe. U Hit bifelle pus, as almi^ty God? hit 7
wolde, an harde chaunce in Engeland' ; ffor pe gode Kyng Alurede,
pat was wont to abate pe Danois, 1 deide in pe mene-tyme. pis
12 Alured? regnede xxx ti ^ere, and a gode kyng 1 hade bene, and 8 wel
coupe 8 chastice his enemys; And 9 was a gode clerc, and lete mak
menye bokes. & on 10 boke he made of Englisshe, of Auentures of
kynges and of batailes pat hade bene 11 done in pe lande; and
16 meny opere bokes of gestes, he lete ham write, pat were of grete
wisdome and of* gode lernyng 1 , 12 prou$ whiche bokes meny man 13
may him amende pat wille 14 ham rede and oppon lok; oppon
whos soule almighty 7 God? haue mercy ! & pis Kyng Alurede
20 lip at Wynchestr 1 .
Of Kyng Edward', pat was Kyng Aluredws sone. C&pitulo Cen-
tesimo x mo .
15 A "^ a ^ er P 18 Alurede, regnede Edward his sone, pat was a gode
24 XjL man & a wise, pat men callede [Edward], pat was 7 wonder
curteise. If The 16 Danois deden 16 miche sorwe in pe lande, and her*
power* encresede, 17 and biganne forto wexe 17 fram 18 day to day, for
pe Danois 1 comen ofte wip here companies into pis lande. and
28 when pe kyng saw pat 7 he 19 mi3t no 19 bettre 20 done, he tok 20 trewes
with ham, and g?*anted ham his pees. U And nopelesse pe trewes
durede nou^t longe, pat pe Danois 1 ne 7 bigonne 21 strongliche forto
were 21 oppon pe Englisshe-men, & dede ham miche sorwe. Wher-
32 fore Kyng 1 Edwarde dede assemble a grete hoste forto fi^t with
I Danes 0. 2 come D. 3 come 0. 4 fro 0.
5 to DO. 6 dede 0. 7 om. D. 8 - 8 couthe wel D.
9 and he D. for lie 0. 10 o 0.
II be 0. 12 lyuyng 0. 13 may sic D. 14 wole 0.
15 leaf 60. 16 - 16 Danes dide 0. 17 ~ 17 om. D. 18 fro DO.
19 - 19 ne mygnte 0. a - 20 do he nome DO.
2i_2i f or to werr* strongliche D. strongly for- to werre 0.
112 Kings Athelstan, Mdred & Edwin fight the Danes. [CH. CXI
ham; and ]>o fis 1 Kyng Edwarde deide when God 2 wolde. This
Kyng Edward regnede 3 xxiiij ^ere, 3 & lif at Wynchestre bisides 4
his fader*.
Of Kyng Athel[s]tone, & of Edmunde, Eldrede, & of 5 Edwynne 4
his broker. 11 Capitw/o Centesimo H Vndecimo.
After 5 fis Edward, regnede Athelston his sone ; & when he hade
regnede iiij ^ere, he helde bataile a^eynes fe Danois, 6 and
drof Kyng Gaufride, fat was kyng of fe Danois, 6 and al his hoste 8
vnto fe see, & restede by Scotland, & nomen 17 strongliche 8 fe
contrey al a $ere. IT And after fat, f o of Cumberland, & f e Scottes
of Westmerlande, bigonne to werre oppon Kyng Athelston ; and he
ham $af so strong 1 bataile fat he quellede so meny of ham fat no 12
man coufe telle fe nombre 9 of ham. 9 and after 1 fat he ne regnede
but iij $ere ; & he regnede in al xxv }ere and lif at Malmesbery.
11 And after f is 10 Athelston, regnede Edmund his brofe?*, for-as-
miche as Kyng Athelston hade none 11 sone. and fis Edmu[n]de 16
was a worfi kny^t, and a dou^ty man 1 of body, 9 and a noble
knyght. 9 and fe 12 fridde ^ere after* 1 fat he was kyng 1 , he went
ouer number 1 , in whiche place he hade ij Kynges 13 of Danois 14 :
fat one me callede Enelaf, and fat 15 ofer Kenaud!. IF This Kyng 20
Edmund! drof 1 ham bofe frara 16 fe lande, and after went and tok 1
grete preye in Comberland*. IT This Edmund! ne 5 regnede but vij
^er*, and lif at Glastynbery.
11 And after 1 fis Edmunde, regnede 17 Eldrede his brofer, 18 fat 24
vengede Edwarde his fadre of his enemys fat him quelde ; and aftir-
warde 19 he seisede 20 Northumberland* into 21 his hand!, 22 and made
fe Scottes abowe and meke vnto his Wille. 1T And fe secunde
^ere 23 fat he hade regned 23 [come] Arnalaf Quyran, fat was kyng 28
of Denmarc, and seisede al Northumberland*, and helde fat lande ij
3ere. and after* fat come Kyng Eldrede wif a 1 grete power, and
drof him oute of fis 24 lande. U And fis Kyng Eldrede was a 25
noble man and a goode, of whos godenesse seynt Dunston prechede. 32
& 26 fis Kyng Eldrede 26 regnede xj ^ere, & lif at Wynchestr 1 .
1 om. D. 2 MS. gode with the e underlined for omission.
3 - 3 xiiij D. 4 bysyde 0. 6 om. 0. 6 Danes 0. 7 nome DO.
8 strongly 0. 9 - 9 om. D. 10 leaf 60, back. no DO.
12 and the D. & > e 0. and R. 13 knyghtes 0. u Danes 0. 15 >e 0.
16 fro 0. 17 regne D. 18 sone D. 19 after >at 0.
20 sesed att 0. 21 in 0. 22 honde D. hond 0. Ian* R.
23 M of his regne D. after >at he had regne* 0. }>at he hade reg R.
24 his 0. a* was a DO. was R. ^^ he 0.
CH. cxil] The lad King Edwin, and good King Edgar. 113
U And after pis Eldrede, Edwynne his brope?' regnede, & was
a J lupe?- man towarde God? and to ]>e peple ; for he hatede f olc of
his owen land', and louede & honourede 2 strange men, 2 & sette litel
4 by holy cherche, and 3 bynom 4 of holy cherche aH pe tresoure pat
he my3t haue : pat was grete shame and velonye to himself 1 , and
perile of his soule, & perfore God? wolde nou3t pat he shulde regne
no longe?* than iiij 3er*, 5 and after 6 deide, and Lith at Wynchestre.
8 Of Kyng Edgare, pat regned aboue pe kyngws r of Scotland' &
of Walys; & how he was bigilede prou^ takyng 1 of his
wif. H Capitulo U Centesimo IF Duodecimo.
ANd after* pis Edwynne, regnede Edgare his sone, a man pat
8 miche louede 8 God, and pees, & holy cherche also, and
was a worpi lorde, bolde and myghty, & mayntenede wel pis land?
in* pees. U And pis Edgare was 9 Kyng< and lorde aboue 9 alle pe
kynges of Scotland? and of Walys : fram 10 pe tyme pat Arthure
1 6 was gone, 11 neuer was sipen 12 kyng of 13 his power*. II And pis
Edgare was seynt Edwardes fader*. And when Edgaras wif was
dede, pat was seynt 1 Edwardes mode?-, & enterede, he herde speke
of pe fairenesse of Estrilde, pat was Organs dou^te?', a baroun of
20 Deuens/wVe, pat was so faire a woman pat alle men spake 14 perof .
He callede one of his kny^tes pat he miche louede & trust oppon,
and tolde him : " Go," quod he, " to pe noble Baron Orgar 1 of
Deuenshire, and se if his dou^te?* be so faire as men speke 15 of ; &
24 if it be sop. y wil haue here vnto 16 my wif." IT pis kny3t, pat me
callede 17 Edelwolde, went forp 18 pere pat 19 pe lady po 20 was; &
when he saw her 1 so faire, he pou^t haue her* himself 1 to wif, and
perfore 21 spake to Orgar* here fader*, and Orgar was an olde 22 man,
28 & hade no mo childerne but here on ; and saw pat Edelwolde was
a faire ^onge kny^t, and worpi and riche, & was wel with pe kyng*.
& pou^t his doubter shulde wel 23 bene 24 mariede, & wel bisette
oppon him, and grauntede him his dorter, if pe gode lorde pe
32 Kyng wolde assent 25 per to. U pis Edelwolde come a^eyn to pe
I om D. 2 - 2 Straungers 0. 3 and DO. ne R.
4 MS. bynom an with an underlined for omission. 5 leaf 61.
6 om. DO. 7 kyng 0. 8 8 loued mych loued sic 0.
9 - 9 lorde and kyng< of D. lord & kyng aboue 0. 10 fro 0.
II gone & D. agoo & 0. ia seth 0. 13 of Walys of 0.
14 speke 0. B speken D. 16 to DO. 17 clepede D.
18 forth his way & come DO. 19 as D. ^ om. 0. 21 >erof 0.
22 MS. holde, with h under lined for omission.
23 leaf Gl, back. w be DO. 25 consent D. consente 0.
BRUT. I
114 Ethelwold deceives King Edgar about Estrilde. [CH. cxin
Kyng 1 , and saide * ' she was faire ynow oppofi to see, but of body
she was wonder* 2 loply.' U po ansuerede pe Kyng, and saide pat
he toke of her litel charge. U " Sire," quod Edelwolde po, "she is
her* faderes heire, and y am nou^t riche of londes, 3 and if $e wolde 4
consent and grant 4 }>at y most her haue, pan shulde y be riche
ynow." "In Godes name," quod )>e Kyng, "I assent 5 perto."
IT Edelwolde pankede po michel 6 pe Kyug, and went a^eyne into
Deuenshire, & spousede pe damisel, and in 7 pat contre 8 duellede. 8
11 And pus hit bifel oppon a tyme, pat he tolde his conseil & al pis
ping 1 vnto his wif\ how & in what maner* he hade bigilede his
lorde pe Kyng 1 , pat wolde haue hade her* to 9 wif\ and anone as
she it wist, she louede him neuermore af terwarde 10 as she hade 1 2
done bifore. 11 pis lady conseyuede by him a sone ; and when
tyme was pat pis n childe 12 shulde ben born, 12 Eldelwolde come to
pe Kyng 1 , & praede him to heue a sone of his at pe fountston. pe
Kyng him grantede, and lete calle him Edgare, after* his owen 16
name. U And when pis was ydofi, he pou^t pat he was Biker*
ynow of pe Kyng, for bifore pat tyme pis Edelwolde him 13 drede
lest Kyng Edgare wolde haue taken u his wif 1 , forasmiche 15 as his
lorde was a loly man and an ArnerMs. 20
How pat 16 Kyng Edgare wedede Estrilde afte 17 pe deth of
Edelwolde. U Capitulo U Centesimo U terciodecimo.
THus hit bifelle, pat al men in Kyng Edgares court po speken,
and saide pat ' Edelwolde was richely auansede prou$ pe 24
niariage pat he hade by his wif 4 '; 'and ^it,' pai saide, ' he was
auauncede an hundredl-folde more, for he hade spousede pe fairest
woma?i pat euer* \vas seyn.' and when pe Kyng herde speke so
miche of here beaute, he poi^t po pat Edelwolde 18 hade him 28
desseyuede & bigilede, & pou^t priuely 19 in his hert pat he wolde
gone 20 into Deuenesshire, as it were forto hunt for hert and hynde
and ope?*e wilde bestes, and pan he shulde see 21 pere pe lady 21 or he
departede pens. U And pis lady was duellyng at a manere 22 bisides 32
1 tolde him J>at D. told' hym Jxit 0. 2 om. 0. 3 om. D.
4 grant J^rto D. 5 consent D. consente 0. 6 myche D. mych 0.
7 in DO. om. R. 8 contre he D. Curctre he 0. 9 MS. to to.
10 after 0. " >e DO. 12 - 12 shulde be be borne sic D. was bore 0.
13 hade D. had 0. 14 tak D. take 0. 15 leafGZ.
16 >at Estrilde sic D. 17 after DO. 18 Edelde D. 19 priuelich D.
20 go DO. a- 21 >an the lady >ere D.
22 maner* D. Manere 0. mane R.
CH. cxin] Ethelwold is Tcild, & King Edgar weds Estrilde. 115
f e forest* fere fat f e Kyng wolde hunte, and at pat maner was
herburghede al 1 nyght. and when tyme come fat f e Kyng shulde
sope, and fe sonne shoone, fe Kyng 1 axede after 1 his Gossib and
4 after his godsone, and Edel wolde made here 2 come bifore ]>Q
Kyng 1 ; and no]>eles, 3 and it 3 ofer my^t haue bene, she shulde
nou^t haue corner 4 in his sight bi his wille. IT fe lady welcomede 5
f e Kyng, and suetely him kissede ; and he 6 toke 7 her* by 8 f e
8 hande, & fo 9 nexte him 10 her* sette, and so 9 soppede fai togeder*.
1T And f o was a custume and an vsage fat, when a man drank 1
vnto n anofer, fe drynker 5 12 shulde say ' Wassaile,' and fat of ere
shulde ansure 8 ' drynkhaile ' : and fus dede 13 fe Kyng 13 & fe lady
12 meny tymes, & also kiste. H And after sopor*, when tyme was to
gone 14 to bede, fe Kyn[g] went vnto his bed, hertly 15 fenkyng
oppon fe 16 ladies fairenesse ; and fo was ouercomen 17 for here loue,
fat him fou^t he wolde 18 dye, but of here his wille he hade.
16 IT Oppon fe morwe fe Kyng aroos, and into fe fforeste went, him
fere to desporte 19 & salace 19 wif hertes 20 and hyndes, and alle ofer
wilde bestes; & of fe 6 hertes grete plente, to fe 21 lady he sent;
and f rise 22 he went to salace 23 and speke wif fat lady whiles he
20 duellede in fat centre. IT And after fat, fe Kyng remevede fens,
and fou^t how he myghte best delyuer 1 Edel wolde 24 f[r]am his wif*,
as he hade him ferste desceyuede. and f e Kyng anone, after* viij
dayes, lete ordeyne a parlemewt at Salesbury of al his baronage,
24 conseile to haue, & forto ordeyn how f e centre of Northumberland 1
mi^t beste bene 25 kepte, 26 fat fe Danoys 27 come nou^t fere, the
londe forto destroye. IT And f is Edel wolde come also to 28 fe Kynges
Parleinent ; and f e Kyng sent him to $ork< forto bene 25 keper 1 of
28 fat contre. H And fus hit fel, 29 fat men fat knew 30 him nou3t,
slow him by f e waye. U And anone as f e Kyng horde fat he was
dede, he lete sende after f e lady Estrilde, fat she shulde come to f e
citee of London, and f ere bene 31 weded' to 32 f e Kyng wif grete 33
32 solempnite & worshipe ; and? 34 helde a solempne fest ; and he
werede 35 a crone of [gold], and 36 fe Queue 36 anofer. U And seynt
1 al a 0. 2 here to 0. 3 - 3 if it D. if fat 0. 4 come 0.
5 welcomed' J>o D. 6 om. D. 7 name 0. 8 om. 0.
9 - 9 she sate next by him and D. 10 hym by 0. " to 0.
12 leafQZ, back. 13 - 13 om. D. I4 go DO. 15 hert sic D.
16 >at 0. 17 owrcome DO. 18 shulde D. schulde 0.
19 - 19 om. DO. 2 herte D. 21 bat DO. ffi iij 0. a solacen 0.
24 Edwolde D. ^ be 0. 26 kepede D. Danes 0.
28 vnto 0. a byfett 0. ao knew D. knewe 0. know K. 31 be DO.
32 vnto 0. 33 miche D. 34 leaf 63. 35 wei D. 36 - 36 sche 0.
116 K. Edgar & Q. Estrilde. K.Edward the Martyr. [OH. cxiv
Dunston l on f e morwe l come vnto f e Kyng 1 into fe Kyngws 2
chaumbre, and fonde J>e Kyng 1 abed, & ))e quene also in fere 3 ;
and seynt Dunston axede who pat she was. H J>e Kyng ansuerede,
" fis is fe Quene Estrilde." and )>e Erchebisshop seynt Dunstan 4
saide fat 'he dede grete wrong 1 , and a^eyns Godes wille to tak
a woman to wif , \vhos childe he haf 4 take at f e f untston ' ;
and fe Quene for fat worde neuer after* louede seynt 1 Dunston;
and nof eles ]>Q gode man 5 warnede haw ofte-tymes 6 fat f olie to 8
lete; but his warnyng availede litel, for fe loue bituene 7 ham
was so miche. H )>e Kyng bigate oppon her 18 a sone fat me callede
Eldred; and when 9 fis childe was vj ^er 1 olde, fe Kyng his
fader* deide; & aboute fat tyme he hade regnede xvij ^er 1 , and lith 12
at Glastynbery.
Of seynt Edward* f e Marti! ; how Estrilde his stepmoder 1 lete
him quelle, forto make Eldred', her 1 owen sone, Kyng 1 . 10
Capitwfo ll Gentesimo xiiij . 11 16
A]S"d after fis Edgare, regnede Edward 1 his sone, fat he bigate
in 12 his ferst wif 4 , fat wel and noble 13 goue?*nede fe lande;
for he was ful of al mane?- 14 godenesse, and lad' ful holy lif 1 ; &
aboue 15 al fing he louede God? & holy cherche. & fe quene 20
Estrilde, his stepmoder 1 , lete him slee, for enchesoun to make her 1
owen sone Eldred? kyng 1 ; and f us was he slayn, 16 as afterward 36
shul her*. U Hit bifelle f us oppon a day, fat fis Kyng Edwarde
went him into a wode forto play in fe Southcontre, bisides a toune 24
fat is callede Warham; in fe whiche forest was grete plente of
Hertes & of hyndes. and as he hade bene awhile fere him forto
playe, he fou^t 17 him 18 oppon his brofer Eldred*, fat Was wif his
model fe quene, for her place was ney$ f e forest* ; & f ou^te forto 28
go 19 visite & see his brofer ; and tok 20 wif him but 21 a litel meny, 21
and went him f o toward? his Stepmoders house, fat in fat tyme
soiowrnede in f e castel of Corf, and as he rode in f e f ickenesse
of fe wode, to aspie his game, hit bifelle fat he went amys, & 32
loste his meny fat were wif him. 22 & at fe last he come out of fe
l - 1 amorowe 0. 2 om. DO. 3 y-fere 0. 4 hade D. had 0.
5 man often-tymes 0. 6 om. 0. 7 bitue D.
8 >is womman D. )>is woman 0. 9 >o 0. 10 MS. kyng* kyng^.
11-11 cxvto o. 12 on D0> 13 nobly D0 . u manere of 0.
15 abo>e sic D. 16 y-slayn 0. 17 leaf 63, back.
18 MS. he ; om. DO. 19 and forto sic D. go & 0. 2 nome 0.
21 ffl litil meny D. a litil mayne 0. ffi him comen D. hym come 0.
CH. cxiv, cxv] King Edward the, Martyr is murderd. 117
wode; & as he lokede about, he saw fere faste Asides him 1 fe
maner 1 fat his Stepmoder 1 duelled' in ; & f iderward he went 2 allon.
and anone hit was tolde fe Quene how fat fe Kyng was comew 3
4 allone wif out 4 company; and f erf ore 5 she made ioye ynow, &
fou3t how 6 she my^t do 6 fat he were 7 slayn as priuely as she my$t.
IT And anone 8 priuely she called' to her* 8 on of here kny3tes, to
whom she hade tolde miche of here consel bituene 9 ham. and
8 bofe fai come 10 to fe Kyng 1 , and curtesly him resceyuede; & fe
Kyng tolde fat he was com 11 her* to Yisite, & also forto speke wi)>
Eldrede his broker. U f e Quene meny tymes him fankede, and
him praiede to 12 ali^t and herburgh wif her 1 13 forto haue 13 al fat
12 nyght. fe Kyng saide fat he myght nou^t, but a^eyne he wolde
wende vnto his folc, if he myght ham fynde. IT And when f e
Quene 14 saw fat he wolde nou^t abide, she praiede him fat he
wolde ones drynk 1 ; & he gmuntede her 1 . 15 and anone as f e drynk
16 come, fe Quene drank 1 to fe Kyng 1 , & fe Kyng toke 16 fe coppe &
sette hit to his mouf. & in fe mene-tyme whiles fat he drank 1 ,
f e kny^t fat was wif f e Quene, wif a knyf smote euen f e Kyng
to 17 fe hert, & fere he felle adoune dede of his palfray 18 vnto fe
20 erfe. U the Quene, for fis dede, $af to fe Kny3t golde & siluer 1
grete plente, and of of er richesse ynow. and f e kny^t, anone as fis
was do, 19 went him overe 20 fe see; & so ascapede he oute of fis 21
lande. H When fis Kyng Edward fus was martrede, Hit was in
24 fe 3ere 22 after fe 22 Incarnacion of 23 oure Lorde Ihesu Oistf,ix C. &
XX
iiij ^er 1 , and he hade regnede xij 3ere & an half, & lith at Glastenbery.
Of Kyng Eldrede; & how fe 24 Kyng Swyn of Denmarc helde
Engelond? ; & how Eldrede, fat was seynt Edwardes brof er,
28 was nou3t bilouede in his 25 reme, and f erfore fledde into
Normandye. 11 Capitw/o f Centesimo U Quintodecimo.
After 1 fis Kyng Edward, regnede Eldrede his 26 brofer;
and seynt Dunstan cronede him. & fis seynt Dunstan
32 deide sone after fat he hade for^eue f e Quene her 1 trespasse,
1 - 1 bisides D. beside allone 0. 2 rode D. 3 come 0.
4 withouten D. 5
6 - 6 >at she mi^t done D. >at sche myghte done 0. she ne my^t do R.
7 nere DO. ne were R. 8 - 8 she callede to her* priuely D.
9 bituene D. betwen 0. bitue R. 10 comen DO. n comen D.
12 forto D. al for-to 0. ia - 13 om. D. 14 kyng 0. 15 om. D.
16 nome DO. 17 vnto DO. 18 leaf 64. 19 done D. I-done 0.
20 ouer DO. oj*re R.. 21 the D. 22 - 22 of D. of of J> e sic 0. a aftir 0.
24 om. 0. w ]>e 0. * MS. his cosyn with cosyn underlined for omission.
118 The Danes conquer England. Eldred fights them. [CH. CXVI
Estrild, for encheson fat she was cause of Kyng Edwardes deth.
and seynt Dunstan hade her 5 assoilede, and penaunce her* en-
ioynede ; and she leuede after, chaste lif & clene. U f is Kyng
Eldrede wedede an Englisshe-woman ; & on 1 here he 2 bigate 4
Edmunde Irenside, and anofer sone 8 fat me callede Edwynne ;
and after*, deide fe Queue his 4 moder\ U And in fat tyme come
into Engeland? Swyn, fat was Kyng of Denmarc, forto chalange
and 5 conquere al fat his Ancestres hade 6 bifore fat tyme. & so 8
he conquerede, & hade it al at 7 his axing*; ffor fe gode Erie
Cuthbert of Lyndeseye, and al fe peple of JSTorthumberlond*, &
almost al fe grete of Engeland!, helde with Swyne fat was 2 Kyng
of Dennemarc, for-asmiche as fai louede nou^t Kyng Eldrede, 12
ffor cause 8 fat his gode brofer Edward was slayn falsely 9 for
enchesoun of him 2 ; and f erf ore no man sette but litil bi hym;
Wherfore Kyng Swyn hade al his wille, and toke al f e lande.
II And Eldrede fe Kyng 10 fo fledde 10 into Normandye, 11 and so 12 16
spak to fe Duk<, fat fe Due $af him his sustre to wif ; oppoii fe
whiche he bigate ij sones : fat on me callede Alrud, & fat of ere
Edward. And when Swyn hade conquerede al fe lande, he
regnede' nobli, & leuede but xv 36^, & deide, and lif at ^ork 1 . 20
How Kyng 1 Eldrede come a^eyne fram 13 Normandye; & how
Knoth 14 fe Danoys 15 regnede; & of fe wen j bituene him
& Edmunde Irenside. H Capitulo U Centesimo 11 Sexto
decimo. 24
After* fe def of Swyne, fat was a Danois, Knoght, 16 his sone,
duellede in Engeland, and wolde haue bene 17 kyng 1 . and
f o come a^eyn Eldrede out of Normandy, with miche 18 peple &
wif 19 stronge meny, 19 fat Knoght derst nou^t abide, but fley 28
fens into Denmarc. II fe Kyng Eldrede hade a^eyn his reaume,
& helde so grete lordeship fat he bigan to destroi al 20 fat hade
holpen 21 Swyn, fat was a Danois, a^eynes him. 22 II And after-
warde come a3eyn fis Knoght 1 fram Denmarc, with a grete power 1 , 32
so fat Kyng Eldre[de] derst nou3t wif him fi^t, but 23 fley fro 23
1 in 0. 2 om. D. 3 broker D. 4 her 0. 5 & to 0.
6 haden D. 7 after D. 8 enchesoun D. encheson) 0.
3 leaf 64, back. 10 - 10 fled >o 0. " Norway D. 12 J>o 0.
13 fro DO. 14 Knogh D. Knoght 0. " Danes 0.
16 knyght 0. 17 be 0. ^ 8 michel D.
i9_i9 a strong^ nauye D. a strong meyny 0. ^ alle ham D. att ]jo 0.
tl holpe 0. ^ hym & his reume 0. *-* fledde D. fledde fro 0.
CH. cxvii, cxvin] Kings Cnut & Edmund share England. 119
pens vnto J London, & ]>ere helde him. 1F po come Knoght, and
him bisegede so longe til 2 Kyng Eldrede diede in }>e cite of London,
and li)> at seynt Paules ; & he regnede ix
4 Of Kyng Knoght. U Capitulo H Centesimo f Septuagesimo. 3
After 5 pe deth of pis Eldred', Knoght, pat was a Danois, bigan
po forto regne, but Edmimde 4 Irenside, 5 pat was Kyng
Eldredws sone by his ferst wif 1 , ordeynede a grete host, & bigan to
8 werr* oppon Kyng Knoght ; and so he dede meny tymes and ofte ;
and pe werre was so st[r]onge and harde, pat wonder* hit 6 was to
wete. IT And pe Quene Emme, pat duelled? 7 po at Wynchestre,
hade grete drede of her* ij sones, for 8 pe werr* of 6 Alured & Edward,
12 leste pai shulde ben 9 defoulede & misdon prou^ pis 10 werre, wherfore
she sent ham over pe se into Normandy, to pe due 10 Kichard? her*
Vncle ; and pere pai duelled 1 n in safte and pees longe tyme. ^ pis
Edmunde 12 Irenside 13 & Knou^t u werrede strongliche to-geder ) 14 ;
16 but at pe laste pai were accorded? in pis maner*, pat pai shulde
departe pe reaume bituenes 15 ham ; and so pai deden ; & after*, pai
bicome 16 gode frendes, and so wel louede 17 togederes as pai 18 hade
bene briper, 18 gete?i 19 of o 20 body, & of 21 o moder born.
20 How Kyng Edmunde Irenside traiterousely 22 was slayn, prou}
atratour' pat me callede Edrith 23 of Statton. VipttulQ
Cejitesimo xviij mo .
ANd after*, po regnede Kyng Edmunde Irenside and Knoght
pe Danois. but pus it fel 24 aftirward, and in pe same $ere
pat pai were accorded?, and somiche loueden 25 togeder, wherof 2G a
false pef traitoure hade enuy vnto pe loue pat was bituene ham,
and frendeship, whos name was Edrith 27 of Stratton, pat was a
28 grete lorde, pat 28 was Edmurade Ironsides man, & of him helde alt
pe londe pat he hade. 1T And nopeles he pot^t his lorde to bitraie,
1 in-to 0. 2 til >at D. 3 Sextodesimo D. 4 leaf 65.
5 Irensides 0. 6 om. 0. 7 dwelt 0. 8 of DO. be DO.
10 - JO om. D. n dwelt O. I2 Edward D. 13 Irensides 0.
1414 W errede strongely togederes D. werreddyn strongly to-gidere 0.
15 betwen 0. 16 becomen 0.
17 loued }>at >ai bicome sworen brej>mie and so wel loueden D. loued' Jjat
|>ei becomen swore bretheryn & so wel loued O.
18 - 18 hadene ben bre^rne D. had ben brethryn 0. 19 gotyn 0.
20 on 0. a om. D. l22 om. D. traytoursly 0.
23 Edrik D. Edrich 0. bifel D. w loued 0. 2S wherfore D.
27 Edrik D. s & D.
120 Edmund is Jeild, and his Murderer droumd. [CH. cxvui
<fe make Knoght kyng 1 of fe lande, Ho fat 1 entent 1 richely to ben
auauncede, & wif him bene 2 wel bilouede. U Wherfore he praiede 3
his lorde, Edmunde 4 Irenside, 5 6 oppon a day 6 wi)> him forto eten,
and wif him duelle. and fe kyng curteisly him grantede, & to 4
him come at his praier*; and at fe mete fe kyng richely 7 was
seruede with diuerse metis & drynkes. U And when nyght come
fat he shulde gone 8 to bede, 9 fe kyng 19 tok 1 his owen meny, & went
into chambre. & as he lokede 10 aboute, he saw 11 a wonder faire 8
ymage, & wel made, 12 & in 13 semblant 14 as it were 14 an Archire,
wif a bowe bent in his honde, & in )>e bowe a fyne Arwe. IF Kyng
Edmunde went ]>o neir 1 , to biholde hit bettr*, what it mi3te bene 15 ;
and anone as his honde tochede fe Arwe, anone fe arwe him smote 12
16 frou$ fe 16 body, & fere slough fe kyng 1 ; for fat engyne was made
to quelle his 17 lorde tmiterousely. 18 IT And 6 when f e 6 Kyn[g]
Edmund? 19 f?/s was dede & 19 slayn, he nad 20 regnede but x ^ere.
his peple for him made miche sorw, and his body fai bare to 21 16
Glastenbury and fere ]>ai him enterede. 1T And fus 22 traitour
Edrik 123 anone went to f e Quene, fat was Kyng Edmundes wif 1 , fat
wiste of here lordes def. anone he 24 toke fram her" hir 124 ij sones,
fat were faire and ^oug 1 , fat her 1 lorde hade oppon hier 1 geten, & 25 20
fat on me callede IT Edward, & fat of er Edwyn, & lade ham wif
him to 26 London, and toke ha?^ vnto Kyng Knoght, fat he shulde
done 27 with ham what his willes 28 were ; & tolde him how queyntly
he hade 29 quellede Kyng Edmunde, 29 for enchesoun & loue of him, 24
so fat Kyng Knoght aH Engeland? 30 in his power* holly 31 mi$t haue.
1T "0 fow false traitoure ! haste fow my trewe wedbrofer 32 slayn
for cause 33 34 of me 1 a man fat y moste Louede in f e Worlde. now,
be myn 35 heuede, 36 I shal for fi trauail fe wel reward? as fow hast 28
deseruede ! " and anone 87 lete him take and bynde, 37 hondes & feete
in mane?' of a traitour 1 , & lete caste him into 38 Thamise ; and in fis
J- 1 in 0. 2 be D. 3 praiede oppon a day D. 4 leaf 65, back.
5 Irensides 0. 6 ~ 6 om. D. 7 realy D. rially 0. 6 go DO.
9 - 9 om. 0. 10 MS. lokede lokede. " say 0. 12 y-made DO.
13 in the D. 14 - 14 of D. 15 be 0. 16 - 16 ]>routoute his D.
17 his owen D. his owne 0. 18 treitously 0.
i9_i9 was dede & }>us D. 2 had 0. 21 vnto DO.
22 Jris false D. J>is fals 0. 23 Edrith 0.
a4 - 84 toke fram sic D. nome fro here 0. M om. DO.
26 vnto DO. * do DO. * wil DO.
29 w quellede Edmund' Irenside D. y-qwelled Kyng Edmund' 0.
30 Engeland* holich D. 31 om. D. hollych 0.
32 wedded? bro>er D. brother 0. :i3 encheson DO. 34 leaf 66.
35 my 0. 36 om. D. hed 0. 37 - 37 lete bynde hi??i D.
38 into the D. in-to > e 0.
CH. cxix] K. Cnut sends St. Edmund's sons to be murderd. 1 21
maner 1 fe false 1 traitour* endede his lif\ H fe Kyng 2 tok" fo ij
childerne to 2 fe Abbot of Westmynstr*, 3 to warde 3 and to kepe til
he wiste what was beste 4 wi)> ham to done. 4
4 How Kyng Knoght sent Edmundes sones 5 bof e into Denmarc
forto slee; & how 6 fai were sauede. Capitulo Centesimo
xix mo .
Hit bifelle sone after 5 fat Kyng Knoght hade al f e lande into 7
his hande and spousede fe 1 Quene Emme frou^ consent of
his baronage, for she was a faire wo??iman,& was Eldredes wif 1 , and
fe dukes Blister* of Normandye : & fai 8 leueden to-gedei 08 with
miche 9 loue, as resoun wolde. H fe Kyng axede oppon a day conseile
12 of fe Quene, what was beste forto 10 done 11 wif the sones fat wer*
12 Edmundes Irenside. 12 U " Sire," qiiod she ; " fai 13 bef fe 13 right
heir's of )>e londe; & if J>ai leuen, fai wille do $ow miche sorwe with 14
wen-*; and perfor lete sende haw into a strange lande aferr 5 , 15 to some
16 man )>at may ham defoule 16 & destroie." 1T The Kyng anone lete
calle a Danois ]>at me callede Walgai J , and cowimandede him fat he
shulde lede 17 ]>o ij childerne into Denmarc, and so do for ham 18
fat neuer 1 19 ]>ai herde 19 more tydyngws 20 of ha??i. " Sir 1 ," saide fis
20 Walger, " gladely ^oure cowmandement shal bene 21 done," U And
tok 22 fo 23 ij childerne, & lad ha??^ into Denmarc. & for-asmiche
as 24 he saw fat fe childern were wonder* fair*, and also meke, 25
he had of ham grete pitee and reuthe, & wolde nou^t ham slee,
24 but lade ham to f e Kyng of Hungrie forto norisshe : For this
Walgar 5 was 26 wel knowen 26 wif fe Kyng, and 27 wel bilouede. 27
H Anone fe Kyng axede whens fe childern were. 1T And Walger
tolde him, & saide fat *' f ai were f e right heir's of Engelandl, &
28 f erf or men wolde ham destroye ' ; " and f e?*fore, sire, to 30 w f ai 28 bef
comen, 28 mercy & helpe to biseche ; & forsof 29 if fai mowen leue, 29
1 om. 0.
2 - 2 nome }>e ij chelderne & tooke hawi D. norae > ij Childryn & took
hem 0.
3-3 f orto norisshe D. 4 - 4 to done with hem 0.
5 sones Irenside D. 6 bo>e D. 7 in DO.
8 - 8 leueden togedercs D. loued to-gidere 0. 9 mychel 0.
10 to D. do 0.
12-12 Edmunde Ironsides D. Edmund 1 Irensides 0.
13-13 be^ j) ^ en Q u 80rwe w ith D. sorow with 0. sorwe R.
15 wel ferre D. 16 defoyle 0. 17 lete 0.
38 hem & ordeyne 0. 19 - 19 we her 1 D. w tydynge 0.
21 be 0. 22 noine 0. 23 the D. 24 leaf 66, back. *> om< D-
26_26 we j biknowen D. y-knowen 0. 27 m beloued wel 0.
ben come 0. 29 a and >ai mow leuen D. if >ey now lyve 0.
122 K. Edward's son Edward is King of Hungary. [CH. cxix
3our > men pai sliullen 1 becomen, and of $ow pai 2 3 shal holde 3
al hire land?. H The Kyng of Hung?ie ha??? 4 vnderfonge with
michel 5 honour 1 , and lete ham worthely to bene 6 kepte.
IT And pus liit bifelle after warde, pat Edwyne, pe jonger broper, 4
deide, and Edward ]>e elder 7 broker leuede, a fail 1 ' man, 8 a stronge,
& a 9 large of body, and gentil and curteise of condicions, so pat alle
men him louede. U And pis Edward, in }>e c?-onicles is callede
amonges 10 Englisshemen, 'Edward' pe outelaghe.' And when he 8
was made knyght, J>e Kyngws doughte?* of Hungary so miche him
louede, for his godenesse and his fairenesse, "pat she made & callede
him her* derlyng 4 . U The Kyng pat was her* fader*, perceyuede wel
pe loue pat was bituene ham too, And hade non heir* but pat 12
doughte?-. And pe Kyng fouchede his doi^ter to no man so 11 wel
as he dede vnto him pat her* 12 louede, & she him ; & he $af here to
him wip gode wille; and Edward* her 1 spousede wip rnichel 13
honowr. U The Kyng of Hung?ie sent after* al his baronage, & 16
made a solempne 14 fest and 15 ryche weddyng 1 , and made al men
to 16 vnderstonde pat he shulde ben ir Kyng when 18 he were
dede; and 19 pe?-of pai maden al 19 gret ioye; and of pat tydyng 20
pai wei' f ul glade. 51 pis Edwarde bigate oppon pis lady a sone 20
pat me callede Edgar Helyng 1 , and afte?*ward, a doughte?* pat me
callede Margarete, pat afti[r]ward was Queue of Scotland' ; and,
by pe Kyng of Scotland pat me callede Maucolom, she hade a
dot^ter pat was 21 callede Maude, 22 pat afterwarde was Quene 22 24
of Engeland? prou^ Kyng Henry, pat was pe ferst sone of pe
Conqueroure, pat her* weded'; & he bigate on her* a dorter* pat
me callede Maude, pat afterward was Empe?-esse of Almaign ; and
of pis Maude come Henry 23 pe Kyng of Engeland, pat into pis 28
day is callede ' Henry, pe Emperesse sone.' U And ^it hade pis
Edward anoper* doi^ter 16 by his wif, pat me called? Cristian, and
she was a none.
1 shul D. 2 JL^. ]>ai sla, with sla underlined for omission.
3 3 schullen holden 0. 4 he?;i vndirtook H & 0.
5 mych 0. 6 be 0. 7 eldest D. 8 man & DO.
9 om, 0. 10 araong^ 0. u as 0. ia he DO.
13 mvch 0. 14 leaf 67. l5 and a DO.
16 om. D. 17 be 0.
18 when Jjat D. whan >at 0.
i9_i9 j,erfore alle >ai maden D. ]>erfore alle J>ey made 0.
20 tydynges D. 21 me DO.
22 *? >at was quene afterward' D. Jxit was o wen afterward' 0.
23 om. DO.
CH. cxx] Cnut conquers Norway. Tries to stop the Thames. 123
How Kyng Knoght, fat was a proude man, conquered' 1 lTor-
waye; & how he bicome afterwarde 1 meke. 2 Ca^YwZo
Centesimo IT xx mo .
W haue 30 3 herde of Edmundes 4 sones wif fe 4 Irenside, fat
Kyng Knoght wende 5 fai hade ben dede, as he hade com-
mandede Walger bif or*. 11 And this Knoght 6 hade in his honde al
Engeland? and Deninarc. A'nd after 7 fat, he went to 7 Norway e,
8 fat londe to conquere. IT But f e Kyng of J>e lande fat me callede
Elaf, come with his peple, & wende his lande wel 8 haue kepte &
defendede; & so 3 fere he fau^t with ham, til at f e laste he was
slayn in fat bataile ; & fo 3 fis Knoght toke 9 al fat lande 10 into his
12 hande. U And when he hade conquerede al 6 Norwaye, and taken 11
feautes & homages fere, he come after* a^eyne into Engelond', and
helde him-self 1 so grete 12 lorde, fat him foi^t in al fe worlde 13 no
man his pier* 13 was ; & bicome so prout & hauten fat hit was grete
16 wonder 1 . U And so 3 hit bifelle, oppon a day as he hade herde
masse at Westmynstre, and wolde haue gone 14 into his palice, fe
15 water of 15 Tamise so swiftely 16 a}eynes him comen, 16 fat Almost
hit 17 tochede his fete, f o saide f e Kyng with a prout hert, " y com-
20 maftde fe water 18 turne a^eyn, or elles 19 y shal fe make." fe wawys
for his coramandement wolde nou^t 20 spare, but 21 flowede euer 1 on 21
hye more & more. 11 The Kyng was so prout of hert fat he wolde
nou^t flee f e water, but abode stille in f e wate?*, and bete fe water
24 wif a smal ^erd fat he helde in his hande, & comandede fe water
fat it slmlde wende no ferf ere ; but for al his co??miandement f e
water wolde nou^t cesse, but euer 1 waxe more & more an hye, so fat
fe Kyng was al wete, and stode depe in fe water. 11 And when he
28 saw fat he hade abide fere or 22 longe, & fe water wolde nofing
done 23 his co??imandement, fo sone he wifdrowe him, and fo stode 24
oppon a stone & helde his hondes 3 an hye, & saide fis worde 25 in
heryng 1 of al f e peple : " U fis God fat makef f e see 26 fus arise an 27
l l Normandy & after become 0.
2 mek and milde D. meke & mylde 0. 3 om. D.
* 4 sones with 0. sone wij> >e R. B went >at 0. 6 om. 0.
7 - 7 he went into D. 8 weel to 0. 9 nome DO. 10 leaf 67, back.
11 tok D. 12 stronge a D. gret a 0.
i3_i3 nomas sic D. his pere no man 0. u go 0.
isis wawys O f the D. wawys of 0. 16 - 16 aroos a^ens hym 0.
17 ]>ai D. |?ei 0. 18 water to DO. 19 ett 0.
20 wolde noujt D. wold not 0. wolde R.
a1 - 21 folwede euer on D. flowed in 0. ffl oucre to D. to 0.
23 do D. 24 stepe D. 23 wordes DO. ^ water D. 27 a D.
124 K. Cnut dies. Harold the Harefoot reigns. [CH. cxxi
hye, he is Kyng< of alle Kynges, & of myghtes most ; & y ame a
caitif and a man dedly, & he 1 may neuer 1 dye; & alle ping 2 doth
his cowmandernewt, & to him is obedient 1 . 11 To pat God* Y praye
3 pat he be my waraunt, for y knowliche me caitif feble, & of none 4 4
power'; and perfore y wil gone 5 to Borne wipout eny lettyng 1 , my
Wickednesse 6 forto 7 punisshe, and me to amende; U ffor of pat
God! y cleyme my landes 8 forto holde, and of none opere"; and
anone made his heir*, and him-self 1 [went] 9 to Rome wipouten 10 eny 8
lettyng*, & by pe way dede meny almes dedes, & when he come to
Rome also. U And when he hade bene n pere, and for his synnes
done penaunce, he come a}eyne into Engelandl, and bicome a gode
man and an hoty, and lefte al maner pride & stoutenesse, & leuede an 12
holy lif al his lif* after, and made ij Abbayes 9 of seynt Benet, one
in Engeland* & 12 pat opere 12 in Norway, for-asmiche as he louede
specialy 13 seynt Benet bifore al opere seyntes ; and miche he louede
also seynt Edmunde pe kyng 1 ; & of te he $af grete ^iftes to pe hous, 1 6
wherfore it 14 was made ryche. and when he had' regnede xx 3ere,
he deide, & lip at Wynchestr*.
Of Kyng Harolde, pat leuer* hade gone in 15 foot pa?i ryde on
hors. Capitw/o Ventesimo xx[i] mo . 20
THis Knoght, of wham y 16 haue spoken 17 bifor, 18 hade ij sones
by his wif ; & pat on me callede Herdiknoght, & pat opere
Harolde ; and he was so 19 lip of 19 fote pat men callede him perfore 20
Harolde Harefote. & pis Harolde hade noping pe 21 condicions ne 24
maners 21 of Kyng Knoght pat was his fader 5 , for he sette but litil
pris of chyualry ne of curtesye, neyper of worship, but onely by
his owen wille ; & he bicome so wickede pat he exilede his moder*.
& po 22 she went 22 out of pe 23 land' into Flaundres, & fere she 24 28
duellede 25 wip pe Erl ; wherfor after pere was neuer gode loue
bituene him & his broper, for his broper him hatede dedely ; and
when he hade regnede ij [yere] & a litil 26 more, 27 he deide, & lip at
Westmynstre.
1 and he DO. and R. 2 t>ing DO. >is R, 3 leaf 68. 4 no DO.
5 go DO. 6 wyknesse 0. to DO. 8 londe D. land 0.
9 oin. D. 10 with-oute 0. n be 0. 12 another* D.
13 specialy R. specialy seynt Benet D. specially Seynt Benet 0.
14 is sic D. 15 on DO. 16 we DO. 17 spoke O.
18 tofore D. 19 ~ 19 light on D.
20 )>erfore cowmuneliche D. >crfore comu?ilich 0.
2i_2i man ers ne condicions D. Condicions in )> e manure 0.
22-22 went she D. went 0. * this D. oni. DO.
25 dwelt 0. a Zm/68, back. * MS. mory.
CH. cxxn] K. Hardicanute recalls his Mother to England. 125
Of Kyng 1 Hardiknoght, pat was Haroldes broker. CapzYwZo
Gentesimo xx[i]j mo .
After* pis Harolde Harefoot, regnede his broker Hardiknoght 1 , a
noble Knyght & a worpi, & miche louede chiualrye and al
maner* godenesse. H And when pis Hardiknoght 1 hade regnede a
litil while, he lete vncouere his broker Harolde, and 2 smote of his
Heuede 2 pat was his brope? 1 , at Westmynstr 1 , and lete caste pe
8 heuede 3 into a gonge, and pe body 4 into pe 4 Tamyse. and after*
come fisshers, & toke 5 pe body wip her* nettes by nyght, and! bere
him vnto 6 seynt Clement^ cherche, & pere him buryede ; and in pis
maner 1 avengede him Hardeknoght of his brope?-, for in none opem
12 maner? pai 7 mygh nou^t 8 hy??i avenge. 8 U This Kyng Hardiknoght
was so large 3euer ) of mete and of 9 drynk 1 , pat his tables were sette
10 euer > pre tymes ful 10 wip real 11 metes for his owen mayne 12 , & for
al pat 13 comen to 13 his court 1 to bene 14 rychely smiede of 15 real metes.
16 H And pis Kyng 1 Hardeknoght sent after 1 Emme his moder 1 , & made
hir* come a^eyne into EngelancH, ffor she was dryue 16 out of Enge-
land! whiles pat Harolde Harefote regnede, poru^ conseil of pe ErI
Godwyne, pat po was pe grettest lorde of al Engeland' next pe kyng 1 ,
20 and moste myght done 17 what he wolde 18 prou} al 18 Engeland? 19 prou}
his cowmaundement, 19 for-asmiche as he hade spousede pe doughter
of pe gode Kyng Knogfrt pat was a danoys, whiche doughter he
hade by his ferst wif 1 . U And when pis quene was dryuen 20 out of
24 Engelancf, & come to pe Erl of Flaundres pat me callede Balde-
wynne, her* 21 cosyn, 22 he fonde here pe?'e al ping 1 pat hir nedede, 2a
Vnto the tyme pat she 24 went a^eyne into Engeland', pat pe Kyng 1
Hardiknoght hade sent for 25 her', pat was her* sone, & made here
28 come a^eyn wip michel 26 honowr. U This Kyng Hardeknoght, 27
when lie hade v ^ere regnede, he deide, & lip at Wynchestre.
Of pe Vylonye pat pe Danoys 2S dede to pe 29 Englisshe-men ;
wherfore fro pat tyme afterward' was none 30 Danoys 28
32 made Kyng 31 of Engeland'. 31 11 Capitulo H Centesimo
Vicesimo iij.
1 MS. Harolde. 2 - 2 smyte of his heed' 0. 3 heed 0. 4 - 4 in 0.
5 to sic D. 6 to DO. 7 he DO.
8 - 8 bene avenged' D. be auenged 0. 9 om. DO.
- 10 euery tyme >rise ful D. eueryday iij tymes O. n ful ryal 0.
12 mayme?i R. meny D. meyne 0. is 13 come V nto D. u be D.
15 with D. 16 dryuen D. 17 do D. 18 - 18 >rou3-oute D.
19 - 19 om. D. 2 dryve 0. 21 his RO. her 1 D. ^ leaf 69.
23 nedeth D. * he D. 25 after D. miche D. mych 0.
27 Harolde D. * Danes 0. ^ om. 0. 30 no DO. 31 - 31 om. 0.
126 The Danes are driven out of England. [CH. cxxni
After* pe deth of pis Kyng 1 Hardeknoght 1 , forasmiche as he nad
1 non heire 1 of his body bigeten, 2 pe Erles and barons
assembled? and maden 3 a counseil; and neuer'-more after* pat tyme
no man pat was a Danois, pou$ he 4 \vere ner* 4 so grete a man 4
amonges ham, he shulde neuer* bene 5 Kyng of Engeland?, for Jje
despite pat )>e Danois hade done to pe 7 Englisshemen. 11 For
euermore biforne-honde, 8 if it were so pat Englisshe-men & Danois 9
hapden to mete oppon a bruge, pe Englisshe 10 -men shulde nou^t 8
bene 11 so herdy to meve no stere on 12 foot 1 , but stande stiU, til 13 pat
J>e Danois 13 were passede forth. U And more-oner 5 , if pe Englisshe
men hade nou^t bowede adoun here heuedes, 14 to done reuerence
vnto pe Danois, 9 pai shulde haue bene bete & defoulede; & soche 12
maner* despites and Vilonyes deden pe Danois 9 to oure Englisshe
men ; Wherfore pai were dryuen out of pe lande after pe 15 tyme pat
Kyng Herdeknoght was dede, for pai 16 had? non 16 lord pat ham
my ght mayntene. In pis maner 1 voided? pe Danois 9 Engeland?, pat 16
neuer 1 pai comen 17 a^eyne. U pe Erles and barouns, by here com
mune assent & conseile, sen ten 18 into Normandy forto seche po ij
brepern Alurede & Edward, pat were duellyng wip pe duk H Richard
pat was here erne, 19 to pat 19 intent forto crone Alurede pe elder* 20
broper, & him make Kyng 1 of Engeland*, and of pis ping to make
an ende, pe erles & barons made 20 her 1 oth ; But pe Erl Godwyne of
Westsex falsely 21 pou^t to slee po ij brepeme anone as pai shulde
come into Engelonde, 22 to pat 22 entente forto make his sone Harolde 24
Kyng 1 , pe whiche sone he hade bigete oppon his wif 1 , pat was Kyng
Knoghtes doughter, pat was a Danoys. 11 And pis Godwyn pryue-
liche 23 went him to Southampton, forto mete pere po ij brepern
when pat pai shulde come to lande. U And pus hit bifelle, pat pe 28
messagers pat wenten 24 into Kormandye, fonden 25 nou^t but onely
Alurede, pat was pe eldest 26 broper; for Edward?, his Conger 127
broper, ws gone 28 to Hung?ie forto speke wip his cosyn Edward' pe
outelaw, pat was Edmondes sone wip pe Irenside. 29 U pe messagers 32
1 - 1 none childe D. no Child? 0. 2 bigete D. begete 0.
3 made D. 4 - 4 wer 1 neucr D. neucre were 0. 5 be DO.
6 Danys 0. 7 om. DO. 8 bifore-honde D. 9 Danes 0.
10 MS. Trin. Coll Dubl. 490 (D) has a page cut out here, and docs not
continue until leaf 70, lack, of the Raivlinson Mti.
11 he 0. I2 o 0. w - 13 J> e Danes 0. 14 hedes 0. 15 om. 0.
16 - 16 nad non 0. 17 come 0. 18 leaf 69, lack. 19 - 19 en 0.
20 maden 0. 21 falsly & traytously 0. 22 - 22 in 0. * priuily 0.
24 wente 0. 25 founde 0. 26 Eldere 0. om. 0.
28 went 0. a Irensides 0.
CH. cxxiv] Godwin has Prince Alfred murderd. 127
tolde & saide to Alurede, how fat f e Erles & barons of Engeland?
senten 1 after 1 him, and fat he boldeliche shulde come into Engekwd
and vnderfonge f e reaume j for Kyng Herdeknoght was dede, &
4 alle fe 2 Danois were dryuen 2 out of fe lande.
How Godewyne, fe false trra'toure, tok Alurede oppofi Gildes-
doun, when he come fro Normandye to bene 3 Kyng of
Engeland?, & dede him bene 8 martrede in }>e He of Ely.
8 Capitw/o Centesimo xxiiij to .
WHen Alurede herde f is tydynges, 4 he fankede God?, & into
shipp went, wif al f e hast fat he myghtf, and passede f e
see, & arryuede at Southampton, fe?'e fat Godewyne fe traitour*
12 was. And when 5 fis tr[a]itoure 6 saw fat he was comen, 7 he wel-
comede him & vnderfonge him wif michel 8 ioye, and saide fat he
wolde lede him to London, Ipere fat al fe 9 lordes & barons 9 of
Engeland' him abode, forto maken 10 him kyng 1 . and so fai wenten 11
16 in her* way toward? London. & when fai comen 7 oppon Gildes-
doune, fo saide f e traitoure Godwyne to Alurede, 12 " takef kepe," 13
quod he, "aboute ^ow, bof on 14 fe lefte side & in fe ryght side;
and of aft $e shul bene 3 kyng 1 , & of suche an hundrede more."
20 H " jSow forsof e," quod Alurede, " I behote, & if y be kyng 1 , I
shal ordeyn & make soche lawes wherof God & aft folc shulleu
15 holden ham wel paied." 15 U Now hade fe traitoure comaunded
alle his men fat were wif him, fat when fai were comen 7 oppon
24 Gildesdonn, fat fai shulde slee alle fo fat were in Aluredes com
pany fat comen wif him fram 16 Xormandye, and after fat, taken 17
Alurede, & lede him into f e He of Ely, & fere put out bof e his
eyne of his heued*, 18 and afterward bryng him vnto fe 19 deth. & so
28 fai deden, ffor fai quellede al his company fat xij [hundred] were in
nombre, 20 of gentil-men fat were comen 7 wif Alurede fraw 16 Nor-
mandye ; And after token 21 Alurede, & lade hiwi into f e He of Ely,
& put out his 22 eyen of his heuede, 23 & rent his wombe, & token 24
32 fe chief of his bowailes, & put a stake into fe gronde, & an ende
of his 22 bowailes ferto fastenede, & wif nedles of Iren 25 pricked fe
body of 25 fe gode childe, and so made 26 him gone 27 aboute fe stake
1 sent 0. 2 - 2 Danes dryven were 0. 3 be 0. 4 tydynge 0.
5 J>o 0. 6 leaf 70. 7 come 0. 8 mych 0.
9 - 9 barons & lordes 0. 10 make 0. n went 0.
12 Alured & seyd 0. 13 heed 0. 14 in 0. 15 - 15 hem wel paye 0.
16 fro 0. 17 take 0. 18 heed' 0. 19 om. 0. 20 Cumpanye 0.
21 nomen 0. <22 ]> 0. 23 heed' 0. 24 nomew 0.
prikeden 0. 26 maden 0. 27 go 0.
128 St. Edward the Confessor is made King. [CH. cxxv, cxxvi
til fat his bowales were 1 alle drawen 1 out : & so deide fere Alurede,
frou$ treson of fe Erl Godwyne. U When f e lordes of Engeland?
2 hade herde & wist how Alured, fat shulde have ben her* kyng 1 ,
was put to 3 def frou$ fe false t?*aitoure, )>e Erl Godwynne, fai 4
weren* al wonder 5 wroth, & swore bituene haw, by 5 God? & 6 by
his 6 names, fat he shulde die in mor worse deth fan dede Edrik of
Stratton, fat hade bitraiede his Lord* E[d]munde Irenside. 7 and
f ai wolde haue taken him, & put him vnto f e def , but f e f ef 8
traitoure fley 8 fens into Denmarc, & fere helde him iiij ^ere &
more, & loste att his londes 9 in Engeland?.
Of Seynt Edward fe Confessoure, fat was Aluredes brofer;
10 How he was Kyng n of Engelande. 11 11 CapitwZo U Cen- 12
tesimo IT xxv t0 . 12
ANd when fis 13 was done, 13 alle fe Barons of Engefland] senten
anofer tyme into Normandye, for fat Edward shulde 14 come
into Engeland? with michel 15 honowr. And fis Edward in his 16
childehode louede al-myghty God*, & 16 him drade, 16 & in honeste
and clennesse leued 17 his lif, and hatede synne as def. U And
when he was c?-onede 18 and annoyntede wif 19 real power 1 , he fo^ate
nou^t his gode maners & condicions 20 & custumes 20 fat he ferst 20
vsede, 21 for no maner* honour, ne for no 5 ricliesse, ne for no maner
hyenesse, but euer more & 22 more ^af him to godenesse, and wel
louede God & al mekenesse, & louede God & holy cherche passyng
al maner fing 1 , & pore men also, & ham 23 helde as fai hade bene 24
his owen breferne, & to ham ofte $af grete almesse wif gode wille.
Of fe ferst specialte fat God' shewede for seynt Edwardes 24
loue by his lif 1 . U Capitulo U Centesimo U xxv[j] to .
25 "T"" It bifelle oppon a day as he went fram 26 fe che[rch] of 28
I I Westmyntre, & hade herde masse of seynt lohan
Euawngelisf, for-asmiche as he louede seynt lohan
1 - 1 drawen al 0. 2 leaf 70, back. 3 vn-to 0. 4 were 0.
6 mn. 0. 6 - 6 his holy 0. 7 Irensides 0. 8 fledde 0. 9 lond' 0.
10 MS. Trin. Coll. Dubl. 490 (D) continues here. n ~ n om. 0.
12 MS. xxiiij to ; Secundo D. 13 - 13 Traytour had al >us ydone 0.
14 shul D. sclmld 0. 15 mycli 0. I(J - 16 drad hym 0.
17 lade D. lad 0. 18 crouned? kyng^ D. 19 with a 0.
2 - 20 om. DO.
21 vsede ne formate nou3t alle gode custumes D. vsed & forgate not al good
Custumes 0.
22 om. D. ^ ham louede & D. hem loued & 0. * Edward' 0.
25 leaf 71. * froO.
CH. cxxvn] King Edward reproaches Godwin for treachery.
most 1 specialy after* God and oure lady, pan he dede eny o]>er
seynt. H And so pe?*e come to him a pilgrime, & praede him, for
pe loue of God? & of seynt lohan Euaungelisf, some god him forto
4 $eue. And pe Kyng 2 priuely toke 2 ]>e ryng of his f eager*, priuely 3
pat no man perceyuede hit, & ^af it pe pilg?*ime ; & he it vnder-
fonge, & went pens, pis goode Kyng Edward made alle pe gode
lawes of Engeland* pat ^itte bep 4 most holden, & 5 was so nwcyable
8 & 6 ful of pite pat no marc my^t bene 7 more.
How pe Erl Godwyn come a^eyn into Engeland', & hade a}eyne
al his land*, & afterward' s Seynt Edward' wedede his
doubter. (j&pitulQ 1F Gentesimo xxv[i]j to .
12 ~T~YTHen pe Erl Godwyn, pat was 9 in Denmarc duellyng 1 , 9 hade
f Y michel 10 herd of pe godenesse of Edward, & pat he was
ful of me?'cy & of 11 pitee, & pou^t pat he wolde gon 12 a^eyn into
Engeland? forto seche and 13 to haue 13 grace of him, & pat he myght
16 haue pe 14 lande a^eyn in pees, & arraiede him as miche as he might,
& put him toward pe see, & come into Engeland', to London, pere
pat pe Kyug was pat tyme, & al pe 15 lordes of Engeland*, & helde 16
paflemenf. IT Godewyn sent to ha??^ pat were his frendes, & were
20 1T pe moste 17 gretteste lordes of pe londe, & praiede ham to biseche
pe Kynges grace for him, and 18 pat he wolde his 19 pees & his
londes 19 graunt 20 him. his 21 frendes Lade 21 him bifore pe Kyng 1
forto biseche 22 grace. U And anone as pe Kyng him saw, he appelede
24 him of tresoun, & of pe dep of Alurede his broper, and pise wordes
vnto 23 him saide : 11 " Traitowr Godwyn ! " quod 24 pe Kyng, " I pe
appele, pat pow haste bitraede & slayne my broper Alurede."
U " Certes, sire," quod Godwyn, " saf jour grace, 25 ^our 1 pees &
28 ^oure 26 lorde-shippe, y neuer* \\\m bitraede ne sloughe; and pe?'of 2r
y put me [in] rewarde of 3our ) cou[r]tf." H " .Now, faire lordes, 28 30
pat bep 29 my lieges, erles & barons of pe lande, pat here bene alle
1 more fan D. more 0. 2 2 priueliche nome D. priuyly nome 0.
2 om. DO. 4 ben 0. 5 & he 0. om. R. 6 and so DO. 7 be DO.
8 afterward' seynt Edward' D. after seynt Edward 0. afterward' E.
9 9 duellyng in Denmarc D. dwellyng in Denmark 1 0.
10 miche D. n om. 0. 12 go DO. 13 - 13 haue mercy and D.
14 his DO. 15 the gret D. 16 helde a gret D. held a gret 0.
17 - 17 fe the sic D. 18 om. D.
i9_i9 i on( j e an( i his pees D. pees & his land' 0. 20 graunten 0.
21 - 21 enemyes ladden 0. * seche DO. 23 to D. M leaf 71, back.
25 grace & D. grace & 0. 2(j 3oui J D. ^oure 0. poure R.
27 >erfore 0. ffl lordes qworf >e kyng< DO. ffl bene D. ben 0.
BRUT. K
130 Edward forgives Godwin & weds his Daughter. [CH. cxxvn
assernblede, 1 wel 36 hauen 1 hercle myn appele, and pe ansure 2 of
Godwyn ; & perfore y wil pat 36 award and do ryght." f pe erles
and 3 barons po drowen ham 4 al to-geder 1 , 4 forto done 5 pis award by
ham-self*, and so pai 6 spoken diuerseliche 6 amonges haw; for 4
somme sayde ]>at 7 ]>ere was neuei j allyaunce by homage, serment, 8
seruise, ne by 7 lordeship, bituene Godwyn & Alurede, for which
ping pai might him draw. U And at pe laste pai demede pat he
shulde put him into 9 J>e Kynges mercy altogeders. 51 po spake pe 8
Erl Leueryche of Couentre, a gode man to God & to alle )>e worlde,
& tolde his resoun in pis mane?', & saide : " pe Erl Godwyne is pe
best frendede man of Engeland 1 after 5 ]>e kyng ; and wel my$t it
nou3t behe 10 gaynsaide pat, wipout consel of Godwyn, Alurede was 12
neuer* put vnto 11 dep; Wherefore y awarde, as tochyng my part 1 ,
pat him-self 12 and his sone, and eue?-yche 13 of vs xij Erles pat bep 14
his frendes, wende bifore pe Kyng 1 chargede wip alse miche 15 golde
and siluei* as we mowe here bytuene oure hondes, & pmyng pe 16
Kyng for^eue his euel wille to pe Erie Godwyn, and resceyue his
homage, & his landes 16 $elde a^eyn." & alle pai accordede vnto pat
awarde, and 17 comen in pis 17 maner as 18 is aboue-saide, eueryche 19
of ham wip golde & siluer 1 , 20 as miche as pai myght bere bituenes 21 20
here hondes, bifore pe Kyng 1 ; and pai saiden 22 pe fou[r]me and pe
maner 1 of her 1 accord? and of her awarde. 11 The Kyng wolde nou^t
ham 23 gayne-saie; but alse miche 24 as pai 25 wolde ordeyne, 25 he 26
grauntede & confermede; And so was pe Erl Godwyn accordede 24
wip pe Kyng 1 , & hade a3eyne al 27 his lande ; and aftirward he bar"
him so wel & so wiseliche 28 pat pe Kyng louede him wonder 1 myche,
<fe with him was ful priue. And 29 wipin a litel tyme 30 pe Kyng
louede him so miche pat he spousede Godwynws doughter, and 28
made her* Quene ; and neuerpeles, 31 for al pat, pou3 pe Kyng 1 hade
a wif, he leuede eue?Tnore in chastite & in clennes of body, wip-
outen 32 eny flesshely dede 7 doyng 1 with his wif 1 ; & pe Quene also,
33 in her' Halfe, 33 lade holy lif 134 ij 3ere, and deide; & afterward pe 32
1 - 1 ful wel 3e haue D. ful weel }e haue 0.
2 ansuere also D. answere also 0. 3 & the D. 4 - 4 togederes D.
5 do D. 6 6 speken diuersly 0. 7 om. D. 8 seriant D. om. 0.
9 in DO. 10 be 0. n to D. to J>e 0.
12 MS. him-self and him-self. 13 euery DO. 14 ben 0.
15 as mych 0. 16 lande D. land' 0. 17 - 17 come in the D.
18 >at DO. 19 eche 0. ^ leaf 72. 21 bituene D. betwene 0.
22 seid 0. w hym 0. M asmiche D. as mych 0.
25 ** ordeynede D. ** & 0. ^ om. 0. 28 wisely D. wysely 0.
29 and so D. 30 while D. 31 no>elesse D. netheles 0.
32 with-oute DO. a*- 83 om. D. w lif on hir' half D.
CH. cxxvin] King Edward's Miraculous Sight. 131
Kyng leuede al his lif wifouten 1 eny wif\ U The Kyng $af fe
Erldome of Oxenford? to Harolde, fat was Godwynes sone, & made
him Erie; and so wel ]>ai were 2 bilouede, bofe fe fader and 3 fe
4 sone, 3 4 & so pryue wif fe Kyng 1 , fat fai myght 4 do 5 what fing 6
fai wolde by righte, for 7 a^eynes ryght he wolde nou^t 8 done 9
for no maner 1 man, so gode and trew he was of consciens ; and
f erf ore our 1 Lorde Ihesu Crist 1 , grete special 10 loue to him shewed!.
5 How seynt Edward saw Swyn, Kyng of Denmarc, drenche 11 in
fe see at 12 fe sac?*ament, as he stode & herde 13 masse.
C&pitulo Centesimo. U xxviij mo . 14
Hit bifelle oppon 15 Whitsonday, as Kyng Edward herde his
masse in fe grete cherch of Westmynstre, ryght at fe
leuacioun of Ihesu Cristes body, and as al men were gaderede into
fe cherche, & comerc neyer 116 17 fe auter, 18 sacring forto see, U The
19 Kyng 1 his 19 hondes lifte vp an hye, and a 2 grete laughter toke op ',
16 wherfore all fat aboute him stode, gretly gon wonder 120 ; & after
masse fai axede whi fe kyngws laughter was. 21 1T " Faire lordes,"
quod f e Kyng, " Swyn f e Conger 1 , 22 fat was Kyng of Denmarc,
come into fe see wif al his power 1 forto haue comen 23 into
20 EngelancP, oppon vs forto haue werrede ; and y saw him and ati
his folc drenche 24 iu fe hye 25 see : & al fis saw y in fe 25 eleuacioun
of Ihesu 26 Cristes body bytuene fe prestes hondes ; & y hade ferof
so miche ioye, fat y myght nought my laughter wifholde."
24 U And fe Erl Leueriche bisides him stode at fe leuacioun, &
openlich he saw fe fourme of brede twne into fe 27 lickenesse of a
28 knaf childe ^ong, 28 and toke 29 op his right hande,& ferst 2 blessede
fe Kyng, and afterward fe Erie. And fe Erie 30 twrnede him
28 anone 31 toward fe Kyng 1 , to make him see fat holy sight. U And
fo 32 saide fe Kyng 1 : "sir 1 Erie," quod he, " I see 33 wel fat $e seef, 33
1 witAoute 0. 2 oni. D. 3 - 3 he 0.
4 4 )>at J>ai wolde D. & so pryve with }> e kyng bo)>e )> e fadir & ]> e sone Jmt
)>ei myght 0.
5 done 0. 6 >mg >at D. 7 and D. 8 no bing 0.
^ do D. 10 specialte & 0. " drenched' DO. 12 in 0.
13 herde his D. herd his 0. 14 MS. has xxvij mo . 15 oppon a D.
16 ney? D. ny 0. 17 leaf 72, back. 18 Autei* >e D.
i9_i9 ky n ges 0. ^ wondryn 0.
21 lat^ter was D. laughter was 0. laughter E. ^ wonger* sic D.
23 come 0. drenched' 0. 25 om. 0. 26 om. D. Ihesus 0.
27 om. DO. s 8 - 28 jonge childe D. Child ?ong 0. a nome DO.
30 Erie anone D. Erie anon 0. 31 om. DO. 32 bus 0.
33-33 j, et ?e see ry j t we i bi ess ede be god' D. wel bat sight 0.
132 Miraculous Appearance of St. John to Pilgrims. [CH. cxxix
pankede be God? pat y haue honowrrede my God, my saueoure,
Visibili 1 Ihesu Crisf 1 in fourme of man, whos name bene 2 blessede
in al worldes ! Amen ! "
How pe ryng pat Sent Edward hade ^euen 3 to a pore pilgrime, 4
for pe lone of seynt lohan Euaungelist, come a3eyn vnto 4
Kyng* Edward'. Capitulo Centesimo xxix mo .
THis noble man Seynt Edwarde regnede xiij 3ere. & pus hit
bifelle oppon a tyme biforne 5 er he deide, pat ij men of 8
Engeland! were went to pe Holy Lande, & haden done her*
pilgrimage, & wer* goyng a^eyne toward her 1 owen centre. U And
as pai went in )>e way, pai 6 mette a pilgrime fat curtesly ham
7 Saluede, and axede of ham in wh[a]t lande & in What contre )>ai 12
were born; & pai saide "in Engeland?." U po axede he 8 who was
Kyng of EngelancJ; and pai ansuerede & saide "pe goode Kyng
Edward." "Faire frendes," )>o saide pe pilgrime, "when pat 36
come into ^our 1 centre a^eyne, y pmye 30 w pat 36 wolde 9 gone 10 1G
vnto 11 Kyng Edward, and ofte-tymes him grete in my name, &
ofte-tymes pank him of his grete curtesye pat he to me hap done,
A[nd] nameliche 12 for pe ryng pat he 3af me when he hade herde
masse at Westmynstre, for seynt lohnes loue JLuaungeUst," and 20
13 toke po 13 pe Ryng' 14 to pe pilgrimes, and saide, "y pray 3ow forto
J gon & 1 here pis ryng, & take hit to Kyng Edward, & telle him
pat y sende hit 15 him; and a ful ryche 16 3ift y wil him 3eue; for
oppon pe tuelfep 17 day he shal come to me, & euermore duelle in 24
blisse wipouten ende." U " Sir*," saide pe pilgrimes, " what man
hep 18 36, & in what place is 3our ) duellyng 1 ?" 51 " Faire frendes,"
quod he, " I ame lohan Euwngek's# & am duellyng 1 wip Almyghty 19
GoiJ ; & 3our > Kyng Edward is my frende, & y loue him specialy 2
for encheson pat he hap euer 1 Leuede in clennesse, and is clene
maide ; and y pray 3ow my message al forto done as y haue to 8
3ow saide." 11 When seynt lohan ULuaungelist hade pus li&m
chargede, sodeynly 20 he voidede out of her sight. 32
pe pilg?*imes po pankede Almyghty Gode, & went forp in her 1
way. 51 & whew pai hade gon ij or iij myle, pai bigon to waxen 21
l - 1 om.D. 2 be DO. 3 3eue DO 4 to 0. * byfor 0.
6 MS. >at. 7 UaftZ. s om. 0. 9 wol 0. 10 go DO.
11 to >e 0. 12 namely D. 13 - 13 >o toke D. nome >o 0.
14 ryng & toke it 0. 15 om. D. 16 rychere 0. 17 xij 0.
18 be DO. 19 almyjt D. sodenlicn 0. 21 wax D. wexe 0.
CH.cxxix, cxxx] Pilgrims' miraculous Journey to Edivard. 133
wery, & sette adoune ham forto reste; & so fai felle a and slepte. 1
11 And when 2 }>ai hade slepte 3 wel, one of ham 4 awoke, & lifte vp
his heuede 5 & lokede aboute & saide vnto 6 his felaw, "arise op, and
4 wende we in oure way." " What," saide fat on 7 felaw to fat
of er, " where be we nowe ] " 11 " Certis," saide fat ofere 8 felawe,
"it semef 8 me fat it 2 is nou^t fe same contreye fat we laide vs in
9 forto reste & 9 slep, for we were fo fro lerwsalem but iij mile." 10
8 H fai tok 11 op her* hondes, and blessede ham, & went forf in her 1
waye. & as fai went in here way fai saw sheperdes goyng
wif her 1 shepe, fat spoken 12 none ofere langage but Englisshe.
IF "Leue frendes," quod on of fe pilgrimes, " what centre is fis, &
-12 who is lorde ferof 1 ?" and one 2 of fe sheperdes ansurede : "fis is
fe cuntre of Kent, in Engelarcrf, of )>e whiche fe gode Kyng
Edward is lorde." 1) fe pilgrimes 13 fankede fo 13 Almyghty Gocfe &
seynt lohan 14 euauugelist, & went forf in her way, & come to
16 Kaunterbery, & fro fens vnto 15 London; and Ipere fai fonden 16 fe
Kyng, & tolde him 17 fro fe bigynny[n]g vnto fe encle as miche as
seynt lohan hade ham chargede, & of al fingws how fai spedden 18
by fe way, & toke fe ryng to 19 Kyng Edward; & he vnderfonge
20 hit, & f ankede Almyghty God? & seynt lohan EuawngeZ^, & f o
made him aredy euery day, 20 fram day to day, 20 forto wende out of
fis lif 1 when God wolde for him sende.
How seynt Edwarde [de]ide on the xij 21 day. Capitulo U Cen-
24 tesimo IT Tricesimo.
AKd after hit bifelle 22 fus in Cristenmasse 23 eve: as fe
holy man Edward was at Godes seruice, matynes forto 24
hure of fat holy 25 fest, he bicome ful 26 sik, and in fe morwe
28 27 endurede wif rnichel payn 27 masse forto here, & after* lete him
bene 28 lade into his chaumbre, fere forto resten 29 him; but 30 into
his 30 halle amonges 31 his barons and his knyghtes myght he nou^t
1 - 1 aslepe DO. 2 oin. D. 3 sleped' D. 4 leaf 73, back.
5 hed? 0. 6 to D. 7 o 0. *- 8 it semes D. it semetfc 0.
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17 him al D. hym al 0. 18 spedde DO. 19 to }> e 0.
- 20 om. D. fro day to day 0. from day K.
21 tvvelfe 0. 22 fel 0. cristemasse DO.
24 MS. has forto done, with done underlined for omission.
* hye DO. leaf 74.
27 ^ durede with miche payne the D. endured with mych peyne > e 0.
28 be DO. rest DO.
30-30 ] into hig into hig> 31 among 0.
134 Edward dies. Harold is made King. [CH. cxxx, cxxxi
come, ha??i forto comfort and solace, as he was 1 \vonte forto 1
done at fat worfi feste ; Wherfore al his 2 merf & comfort amongws
alle fat were in fe halle was turnede into 3 care and sorwe, for
enchesoun fat fai drade 4 forto lese 5 her* gode Lorde fe Kyng 1 . 4
IT And oppon seynt lohnes 6 day EuowngeKrf 8 fat fo come next,
f e Kyng* vnderfonge his rightes of holy cherche, as fallif to Query
Oisten man, & abode fe me?*cy & 7 wille of God. U And fo ij
pilg?*iines he lete bifore him come, and $af haw riche ^iftes, & 8
bitoke ha?^ vnto God*. And also fe Abbot of Westmynstre he
lete bifore hi??i come, & toke him fat ryng in honoi^r of Gode
& 8 of Seynt Iohn 8 Euctuugelist. And fe Abbot 9 toke hit & 9
put hit amonge ofe?-e reliqes, so fat it is at Westmynstre, & 12
euer* 10 shal be. and so lay f e Kyng sike to 11 fe xij eve ; 12 & J>o
deide )?e gode Kyng Edward? at Westmynstre ; & fere he lif, for
whos loue God ha]? done meny miracles. And f is was in j?e 3ere
of 13 Incarnacioun 14 of oure Lorde Ihesu Crist 1 , 14 M* .Ixv. ^ere; & 16
after he was tranalatede, & put into fe shryne, )?rou^ J>e noble
Martir Seint H Thomas of Kaunterbery.
How Harolde, fat 1 was Godwynws sone, was made Kyng 1 ; &
how he scapede 15 fro fe Due of Britaign. Cap/faZo Cen- 20
tesimo xxxj.
WHen Seynt Edward was gone oute of fis worlde, & was
gone to God, & worfely ente?-ede, as 16 perteynede to 16
soche a lorde forto bene, 17 fe barons 18 of fe Land? Wolde haue 24
hade Edward? Helyngws, sone 19 to Edward fe Outlaghe, fat was
Edmund^JS sone 20 Irensyde, to bene 17 Kyng 1 , for-asmiche as 21 he was
moste kyndest kynges blode of f e reaume. 11 But Harold, 22 sone
f rou$ f e Erie Godwyn, 23 & f e strengf of his fader* Godwyn, & f rou^ 28
of ere grete lordes of fe reaume fat were of here 24 Kyn & vnto him
sib, seisede al Engeland 25 into his Honde, & anone lete crone him
Kyng 1 , after fe enterement of Seynt Edward. U This Harolde,
1 - 1 woned to 0. 2 here 0. 3 vnto D. 4 dradden 0.
5 lesen 0. 6 - 6 Enoungelist day 0. 7 & > e 0.
8 8 seynt Marie and of seynt lohan the D. seynt Marye & of sevnt
lohn) J>* 0.
9 - 9 owi. D. nome & 0. toke & hit & sic R. 10 euermore DO.
11 til DO. 12 euen 0. 13 of the D. 14 - 14 om. D. 15 ascaped' 0.
16 apperteynede D. perteyne> to 0. 17 be 0. 18 leaf 74, back.
9 Helyngws sone D. Helyngis sone . Helyngi^s R.
20 Edmundws sone D. Edmundes sone 0. Edmundws R. 21 for D.
22 MS. has Haroldes, with es underlined for omission ; Haroldis 0.
23 Godwynne D. Godwyn 0. Godwy R. w his DO. ^ > e lond' 0.
CH. cxxxi] Harold's Oath to Duke William. He breaks it. 135
fat was Godwynws sone, f e secuncle l ^ere after fat Seynt Edward
was dede, Wolde haue gone into Flaundres, but he was dryuen 2
f rou3 tempest into f e centre of Pountif*, & fere he was take &
4 brou^t vnto 3 Due William. U And fis Harolde wende fo fat fe
Due William wolde haue bene avenged oppon him, for encheson
fat fe Erl Godwyn, fat was Haroldes 4 fader 5 , 5 hade done 5 quelle
Alurede, fat was Seynt Edwardws brofer, and principaly for
8 Alurede, 6 Quene E??imes sone, fat was Richardes moder 1 , Duk 1 of
Normandye, fat was Aile to f e Due Willia???. H And nofeles,
when fe 7 Due William hade Harolde in prisoun & vnder 1 his
power 1 , 7 for-alse s -miche as fis Harold* was a noble knyght, wise, &
12 worfi of Body, & fat his fader & he were accordede wif fe gode
Kyng Edward', & f erf ore 9 wolde nou3t 10 mysdone n him, 10 but al
mane?' fingws fat bituene ham were spoken & ordeynede, Harolde
by his gode Wille suore oppon a boke & oppon Holy seynt}, fat he
16 shulde 12 spouse and wedde Due Williams doubter after fe def of
Seynt Edward, and fat he shulde besely 13 done His deuer* forto 14
Kepe & saue f e reaume of Engeland, to f e p?-ofite & auauntage of
Due Willia??i. IT And when Harolde hade fus made his oth vnto 15
20 Due William, he lete him gone, 16 & $af him 17 riche 3iftes ; And 18 he
fo 18 went fens, & come into Engelawc?, & anone dede in fis maner*
when Seint Edward was dede; and as 19 man falsely forsuore, he
lete crone him Kyng of Engeland!, & falsely brae f e 20 couenaunt$
24 fat he hade made bifore 21 wif Due William; wherfore he was
wif him wonder wrof e, & swore fat he wolde 22 oppon him bene 7
avengede, 23 whateuer so 23 him bifelle. H And anone William 24
lete assemble a grete hoste, and come into Engeland?, to avenge
28 him oppon Harolde, & to conquere fe lande if fat he myght.
51 And in f e same 3ere fat Harold* was cronede, Harold* Hare-
strenge, Kyng of Denmarc, arryuede in Scotland*, and f ou3[t] haue
be 25 kyng of Engeland. & he come into Engeland*, & quellede &
32 robbede, & destroiede al fat he might, til fat he come to 3orke ;
& fere he quellede meny men of Armys Mt, 26 & an 27 C prestes.
I ij 0. 2 dryue D. dryve 0. 3 into the D. to > e 0.
4 Harold' 0. 5 -* lete D. had lete 0.
6 enchesoun >at Alured was D. encheson) \>ai Alured* was 0.
7 om. D. 8 as DO. 9 JxjHbre he 0. 10 - 10 hym mysdone 0.
II mysdo D. 12 wold 0. 13 leaf 75. 14 to 0. 15 vn-to J> e 0.
16 go DO. 17 him meny D. hym meny 0. 18 ~ 18 tho he D.
19 as a DO. 2 his 0.
21 MS. has bifore )>is, with J>is underlined for omission. ^ wolde be D.
28 - 28 what-so-euere 0. William bastard' 0. ^ bene D. ben 0.
26 a Jxrasand D. a M l 0. om . Q.
136 William invades England and slays Harold. [CH. cxxxn
11 When pis tyding come to pe Kyng 1 , he assemblede a strong
power 1 , and went forto fei^t wip Harold* of Denmarc, & wip his
owen honde him quellede, and j?e Danois 1 were descomfitede ; &
po pat 2 lafte alyue, 2 wip myche sorwe went 3 to her 1 shippes ; and 4
jms Kyng Harolde of Engeland quellede Kyng Harold! of Denmarc.
How William Bastard, Due of Normandy, come into Engeland!,
XX
& quellede Kyng Harold*. Oapttofo 4 vj xij. 4
ANd when pis bataile was done, Harolde bicome 5 so prout, and 8
wolde 6 nou}t departe 6 with his peple of ping 1 pat he hade
gete, but helde it al towardes 7 him-self 1 ; Wherfore pe most part 8
of his men were wrop, and fram 9 him depa?'tede, so pat oneliche
wip him lefte no mo but his soudeows. II And oppon a day, as 12
he sate at pe 10 mete, messages 11 cowme to hi??^, & saide pat William
Bastard*, Due of Normandye, was Arryuede in Engeland* wip a grete
host 1 , and hade taken 12 al pe lande aboute Hastynge, & hade also
mynede pe castett. U When pe Kyng hade 13 lierde pis tydynges, 14 16
he went pider wip a litil peple in 15 al pe hast pat he myght, for 16 a
litel peple was wip him lefte. If And when he was comen 17 pider*,
he ordeynede forto 3eue bataile to pe Due William ; but pe Due
axede him of pise iij pingws : 18 if pat 18 he wolde haue his dough ter 20
to wif 1 , as he hade made 19 & swore 19 his othe 19 & bihight 1 ; 19 or pat
he wolde halde pe lande of him in truage ; or pat he wolde determine
pis ping bi 20 bataile. U pis Harold* was a prout man & a stout, and
truste wonder* 21 miche oppon his owen strengp, & fau^t wip 22 the 24
due & wip his peple ; but Harold* & his men were descomfitede, &
himself 1 23 was pere 23 slayn. & pis bataile was endede at Tonbrigge,
in pe secuwle $ere 19 of his regne, 19 oppon seynt Kalixtes day; and
he lip at Waltham. 28
Of Kyng 1 William Bastard*, & how he gouernede him 24 wel & 24
wisely ; & of pe werr> bituene him & 25 pe Kyng 1 of Fraunce.
Ga^itulo Centesimo xxxiij . 26
1 Danes 0. 2~ 2 were laft on lyf D. 3 fley D. fled 0.
4 - 4 centesimo tricesimo tercio D. 5 leaf 75, back.
6 - 6 no>ing parte DO. 7 toward' DO. 8 partye 0. 9 fro 0.
10 om. 0. n a messenger D. a messager 0. ^ y-take 0.
13 om. D. 14 Tydynge 0. 15 with 0. I6 and D. 17 come 0.
18 - 18 it sic D. 19 - 19 om. D. 2 bureli 0. 21 om. D.
^ wi> the D. with > e 0. wi> R. 23 -^ 3 >ere was 0. ^-^ om. 0.
25 or D. ^ xiij sic 0.
CH. cxxxiil] Williamof Normandy crownd King of England. 137
WHen Willia??i Bastard', Due of Normawdye, hade cowquerede
al fe land 2 , oppon Crifsjtenmasse 1 day fo next sewyng 1 he
lete crone him kyng at Westmynstre, & was a worfi kyng 1 , & $af 2
4 to Englisshemen largly landes, & to his knyghtes. IT And after
ward he went 3 one?* fe see, 4 & come 4 5 into Normandye, & fere
duellede a while ; & in ]>e secunde }ere of his regne he come a^eyne
vnto 6 Engeland*, and brou^t 7 wif him 7 Mande his wif, and lete
8 crone here 8 quene of Engeland', on 8 Whitsonday. IT And fo anone
after, fe Kyng 1 of Scotland' fat me callede Mancolum, bigon to
9 weri- > and stryue 9 wif 10 Due William ; and he ordeynede him fo
toward Scotland wif his men, bofe by laude and by see, forto
12 destroy fe Kyng 11 Mancolum. but fai were accordede, & fe Kyng
of Scotland', Mancolum, bicome his man, and helde al his lande of
him ; and Kyng 1 William resceyuede of him his Homage, and come
a^eyne into Engeland. IT And when Kyng William hade bene 12
16 Kyng xvij ^ere, Mande fe Quene deide, on whom Kyng William
hade geten meny faire cheldern, fat is forto seyne, Robert Curthose,
William le Rous, Richar* also fat deide, Henry Beauclerc, & Maude
also, fat was fe Erles wif 1 of Bleyns, and ofere iiij doughtre. 13
20 IT And after his wifes deth, grete debate bigan bituene him & fe
Kyng of Fraunce, Philippe ; but atte f e laste f ai were accordede ;
and f o duellede f e Kyng of Engeland? in Normandye, and no maw
him werrede, ne 14 he no man, longe tyme. and fe Kyng of Fraunce
"24 saide oppon a day in scorne of Kyng William, & saide fat 'Kyng 1
William hade longe 15 ley en a 16 childe bed', & longe tyme haf 17
restede him.' U And fis worde come to fe Kyng of Engeted fere
fat he laye in Normandy, atte Roen ; and for fis word 18 was f o
28 euel 19 paiede 4 for fat worde, 4 & ek 1 wonder 2 wrothe toward fe
Kyng of Fraunce. and swore fo by God' fat, when he were arise
of his gisyne, he wolde li^t a fousand' candelles to fe Kyng of
Fraunce. 1T And anone lete assem 20 ble a grete hoste of Normandye
32 and of Engelisshe-men ; and' in f e bigynnyng* of Heruesf he come
into Fraunce, & brent 21 alle fe tounes fat he come by, frou$ alle fe
contre, & robbed', & dede al fe euel fat he might frou^-out al
1 cristusmasse D. Cristesmasse 0. 2 om. D. 3 sent D.
4 - 4 om. D. 5 leaf 76. 6 into D. 7 ~ 7 hym with 0.
88 kyng [sic] at D. qwene of Engelond* in 0.
9 - 9 stryue and were D. 10 with J> e 0. n om. 0. 12 be 0.
13 doujt^ D. doughters 0. 14 & 0.
15 longe tyme D. long tyme 0. 16 in DO. " had 0.
18 word he 0. 19 ille 0. 20 leaf 76, back. 21 bi-ennede D.
138 William the Conq. dies. William the Red succeeds. [CH. cxxxiv
Fraunce. & at fe laste he x brent fe toun 1 of Mandes, & co??i-
mandede his peple forto bere wode, & as miche as 2 myght brenne ;
& him-self halpe f erto, al }>at he myghte, wij) 3 gode wille. IF And
fere was grete hete, what of fyre fat was so grete, & of )>e sone )>at 4
}>o was wonder* hote, fat al stuffled? 4 him-self was, 5 & felle into a 6
grete sikenesse. and when he saw fat he was so stronge sike, he
ordeynede and assignede al Normandy vnto 7 Robert Curthese, his
sone, and al Engeland? to William )>e Rous, & biquaf to Henry 8 &
Beauclerc al his tresoure. II And when 9 he hade }>us done, 10 he
vnderfonge alle his sacrament} of holy cherche, & deide, fe xxij
$ere of his regne, & lif at Caam in Normandy e. 11
Of 12 Kyng William Rous, fat was William Bastardes sone, fat 12
destroiede 13 tounes & hous of religioun 13 fort[o] make fe 14
new Foreste. Ca$itulo 11 Centesimo xxxiiij to .
ANd after fis William Bastard, regnede his sone William 15
Rous, & 16 was a wonder* contmrious ma?z to God and to holy 16
cherche, & lete amende & make fe toune of Cardeys fat fe
paynemys hade destroied. 17 f This Kyng William destroiede holy
cherche 6 and alle here possessions, in what partye 18 he mijt ham
fynde ; and f erf ore fere was so miche debate bituene him & f e 20
Erchebisshope of Kaunterbery, Ancelyn, for enchesoun fat he
19 vnderfonge him of his Wickednesse, 19 fat he destroiede Holy
cherche ; & for enchesofi f erof, f e Kyng to him bare grete wraf ;
& for fat cause he exilede him out of f e lande ; & f e erchebisshop 24
fo 20 Went to fe courte of Rome, and fere du[e]llede wif fe Pope.
U & fis Kyng made fe new Forest 1 , and caste doun 21 & destroiede
xx vj tounes & iiij house 22 of religign, al forto make his foreste longer
& broder*, 23 & bicome wonder glade & prout of his wode & of his 28
Forest 1 , and of fe wilde bestes fat wer* ferin, fat it was mervailous
forto 24 wete, so fat men callede him ' keper 1 of wodes & of pastures.'
& fe longer fat 6 he leuede, fe more Wikkede he bicome, bof e to
1 - 1 brennede the citee D. brent > e Cytee 0. 2 as he D.
:{ with a 0. 4 stuft'ed 0. 5 bicome D. bycome 0. 6 oni. D.
7 to D. 8 Kerry 0. 9 }>o DO. 10 do D. n Northfolc D.
12 How D. 13 - 13 houses of Kegilion) [sic] & tovnes 0. 14 om. 0.
15 William J>* 0. 16 and this William D. & >is William 0.
17 destruede D. 18 parte D.
1919 vndertok^ him for his wickednesse and D. vndirtoke hym for his
wikkednesse 0.
20 leaf 11. 21 adoune D. adoun) 0. w houses 0.
* wider* D. ** to D.
CH. cxxxiv] The Dreams of & about King William Eufus 189
God & to holy cherche, & to alle his men. & fis kyng lete make
fe grete halle of 1 Westmynstre ; 2 and so 2 oppon a 3 Whitsonday
4 he helde fe?*in 4 his ferste feste, he lokede aboute him, 5 & saide
4 fat 6 fe halle was to litel by haluendele. 11 And at fe laste he
bicome so co?*trarious, fat al f ing fat plesede God, displesede him ;
and al fing fat gode men louede, 7 he hatede dedly. 7 IT And? so
hit befel fat he dremede 8 & mette 8 oppon a ny^t, bifore a litil or
8 fat 6 he deide, fat he was 9 bloode, & bledde a grete qwantite of
bloode, and a streme of blode lepte 10 an hye toward Heuen more 11
fan an hundred Venithe 12 ; and fe clerenesse of fe 6 day was
turnede al to 13 derkenesse, and fe firmament also. U And when he
12 awoke, he hade grete drede, so fat he nyste what to done ; & tolde
his dreme to meny of his conseile, & saide fat he hade grete drede,
& supposede fat him was some meschaunce to come. IT And fe
secunde nyght bifore, 14 a monke dremed of fe househaltf, fat fe
16 kyng went into a cherche wif miche peple; and he was so prout
fat he despisede al fe peple fat was wif him; & so 15 he toke 16 fe
ymage of fe c?'ucifixe, & 17 shamefully bote hit with his teif ; and
f e crucifix mekely soffrede al fat he dede ; but f e kyng, as a wode
20 man, rent of* fe Armys 18 of fe 18 19 crucifixe and caste it vnder
his feete, & defoulede it and frewe it al 20 brode 21 ; and a grete
flame of fire come out of fe 22 crucifixe3 mouthe 22 ; of fe whiche
dreem, meny a man 23 hade grete wonder 1 . U The gode man fat
24 dremede fis dreem 24 tolde it to a knyght fat fo was moste priue wif
f e Kyng 1 of al men ; & f e knyght me callede Hamundws sone ; &
fe monke and he tolde fe dreem to 25 [the] Kyng, & saide fat it
shulde bitoken of ere f ing fan gode; and nofelesse f e Kyng 1 lau^hede
28 ferat ij 26 or iij, 27 & litil sette fef'oF; II And fou^t fat he wolde
gone 28 Hunte & pleye in fe forest 1 , and his men 29 conseiled? him 29
fat he shulde nou^t fat day, for no maner* f ing, come in f e wode,
1 at 0. 2 - 2 so ]>at DO. 3 a day of 0.
4 - 4 >mn he helde D. & held >erin 0. 5 om. DO. 6 om. D.
7 - 7 hated he dedlich 0. 8 ~ 8 om. D. 9 was lete DO.
10 lappe D. n mo D. 12 Vedine 0. 13 in-to 0. 14 to-fore D.
15 that D. >at 0. 16 nome 0.
17 & cast it vndir his feet & defouled it & threw it al abrode & 0.
IB-IS MS , of j, e of j, e> 19 i ea f 77, back.
20 MS. has al adoun, with adoun underlined for omission; om. 0.
21 abrode DO.
22 - ffl crucifix mouth of the crucifix sic D. Crucifix mouthe 0.
23 men DO. ** dreme hade D. dreme had 0. 25 vnto D.
26 twyes 0. * iijes D. thryes 0. * go D.
Cou?iceyled' 0.
140 Rufusshot. Henry Beauclerc reigns. [CH. cxxxiv, cxxxv
so fat he abode at home bifore mete. IT But anone as he hade
etew, 1 nofing 12 might him lette 3 but he wolde go 3 to fe wode forto
haue his disporte. IT And so hit bifelle fat one of his knyghtes
fat hight Walter Tyre], wolde haue shotte to 4 an 5 herte ; & his 4
Arwe glasede oppon a braunche, & frou^ misauenture smote fe
Kyng 1 to f e herf ; & so he felle doune dede to 6 f e grounde, wif-
outen T eny worde spekyng 1 , & so he endede his lif\ 1T And it was
8 non grete 8 wonder*, for fat 9 day fat he dede, he hade late to ferme 8
fe Erchebisshoppriche 10 of Kaunterbery, and xij Abbays also, &
euennore dede grete destruccioun to holy cherche f rou^ wrongeful
takynges and askyngws; for no man derst wifsayeu 11 fat he wolde
haue done ; & of his luf ernesse he wolde neuer* wifdrawe 12 neyfer, 12
to 12 amende his lif ; and* ferfore God? wolde suffre him no longer
regne in his wickednesse. & he hade bene 13 kyng 1 xiij $ere and vj
wokes, & lif 14 at Wynchestre. 15
Of Kyng 1 Henry Beauclerc, fat was William 1617 le Bousws 17 16
brofer; & of fe debate bituene him & Robert Curthose,
18 his brofer. 18 Cfynttilo Centesimo H xxxv.
ANd when 19 fis Willia??^ Rous 20 was dede, Henry Beauclerc his
brofer* was made kyng 1 , for enchesoun fat William Rous 20
hade non 21 childe 22 bigeten of his body. 22 & fis Henry Beauclerc 23
was cronede kyng* 24 at London, f e ferf e day after* fat his brofer was
dede, fat is to seyiie, fe v day 24 of August 1 . U And anone as 25
Ancellyn, fat was Erchebisshop of Kaunterbery, fat was at fe 24
court of Rome, herde fat William Rous was dede, he come a^eyne
into Engelandl ; & 2t3 Kyng Henry Beauclerc welcomede him wif
michel 27 honoure. H & f e ferst ^er 1 fat Kyng 1 Henry was cronede,
he spused Maude, fat was Margaretes doubter, fe Queue of Scot- 28
land!; & fe Erchebisshop 28 Ancellyn 29 wedede ham. f And fis '
Kyng 1 bigate oppon his wif ij sones & a doubter, fat is to seyne,
William, Richard, and Maude; & fis Maude was afterward
1 ete 0. 2 noman DO.
3 - 3 )>at he ne wolde gon D. }>at he nolde gon 0. 4 vn-to 0.
5 on D. 6 vnto DO. 7 wit^-oute 0. 6 - 8 no D. no gret 0.
9 the D. 10 bisshopriche D. " withsay D. with-sey 0.
12 - 12 ne D. neither 0. 13 be 0. 14 om. DO.
16 Wynchestre he lith O. 16 leaf 78. 17 ~ 17 Kous DO.
18 - 18 om. D. 19 om. 0. 2 Rous whan he 0. 21 no DO.
**-** of his body bigete D. begete of his body 0.
23 Altered from Beaucherc in MS. ** om. D. ^ >is 0.
26 and the D. & > e 0. ^ miche D.
28 Erchebisshop of Kaunterbery D. a Ancelyn of Caunterbury
CH.cxxxv] Henry I's Church disputes. Conquers Normandy. 141
Emperesse of Almayne. IT And in pe secunde 1 }ere of his regne,
his bropere Eobert Curthose, pat was due of Normarcdye, come wip
an huge nauy 2 into Engeland', forto chalange pe land?; but prou$
4 conseile of pe 3 wise men of pe land?, pai were accordede in pis
mane?- : pat pe Kyng shulde ^eue pe Due his broker a pousand? ii 4
euery $ere ; and which e of ham longeste leuede, shulde bene operes
heire ; & so bituene ham shulde 5 bene none 5 debate ne stryf.
8 IT And when pai were Jms accordede, pe Due went home a}eyne
into Normandy. And when pe Kyng hade regnede iiij jere, 6 arcs a
grete debate bituene him & pe Erchebisshop of Kaunterbery,
Ancellyn, for cause pat pe Erchebisshop wolde "nou^t graunt pe
12 Kyng 1 forto take taliages of 8 Holy cherche 8 at his wille ; and per-
fore 9 pe Erchebisshop eftesones 10 went ouer pe see vnto 11 pe court
of Rome, & pe?-e duellede 12 wip pe Pope. IF And in J>e 3 same ^ere ]?e
Due of Normandye come into Engeland? forto speke wij) his brojje? 1 .
1 6 And amonges 13 o^? ( e J)inges, J?e due of Normandy fo^af to ]?e
Kyng, his broker, ]>& forsaide 14 M* ti 15 by ^ere pat he shulde 16 paie
him 16 ; & wi}) gode loue fe Due went ]?o 17 into Normandye
a^eyn. 10
20 11 And when J>o ij ^ere were gone, jjrou} enticement of ])e deuel
& of 18 a lulper man, 18 a grete debate aros bituene ham, J?e Kyng &
Jje due, so pat pe Kyng, prou^ conseile, went Quer 119 into Norma?dye.
And when pe Kyng of EngekmcZ was comen 20 into Normandye,
24 alle J?e grete lordes of Normandye twrnede ]?o 3 to J?e Kyng of
Engeland 4 , & helde a^eyns 21 J?e Due, here owen lorde, & him
forsoke, & to pe Kyng ham 3olden, 22 and alle Jje castelles & 23 gode
tounes of JSTonna??dye. And sone aftei-' was ]?e Due taken, & lad
28 wij) ]?e Kyng into Engeland', and pe Kyng 1 lete put J?e Due into
prisoun. & pis was 14 pe vengaunce of God ; for when pe Due was
in pe Holy Land? God $af him suche might 1 & honowr pere,
wherfore he was chose 24 to ben Kyng 125 of lerwsalem; and he 3
32 wolde nou^t 2(5 bene hit, but 26 forsoke it; & perfore God sende 27
1 ij 0. 2 meynye 0. 3 om. 0. 4 pound' 0.
5 - 5 be no D. be non 0. 6 3ei >ere D. ?eer }>er 0.
7 leaf 78, back. 8 - 8 cherches D. Chirches 0.
9 \>erf ore eftesones D. perfore eftsone 0. 10 om. DO. n to DO.
r2 he dwelt 0. dullede R. 13 amonge al D. among 1 0.
14 om. D. 15 pound 0. 16 - 16 him pay D.
17 }>o a3eyn D. }> a3en 0. 18 18 lufyer men D. Hther men 0.
19 ouere the see D. ouer )> e see 0. ' 20 comen ouere the see D. Come 0.
21 a^eyne D. l22 jelden 0. ^ and the D. & ]> Q 0.
24 chosen DO. ^ lord' D. a 6 - 26 and D. * sent 0.
142 K. Henry I. drives K. Louis out of Normandy. [CH. cxxxvi
him )>at shame & despite, forto bene 1 put into his broberes prisoun.
^F )5o seisede Kyng Henry 2 al Norma?*dye into his hand?, & helde
hit al his lifes 3 tyme. & 4 be same $ere come be bisshop Ancellyn
fra??i 5 be cowrt of Eome into Engeland? a^eyne, & be Kyng 1 & he 4
were accorded. U And in be $ere nexte comyng 1 after, 6 bere bigar*
a g?*ete debate bytuene Kyng 1 7 Philippe of Fraunce & Kyng Henry 8
of Engeland?. Wherfore Kyng Henry 8 went into Normandye;
and be wen-* was 9 stronge bituenes 9 ham ij ; and bo deide be Kyng 8
of Fraunce ; & Lowys his sone was made Kyng 1 anone after his
dej> ; and bo went Kyng Henry 8 a^eyne into Engelawo 1 , & mariede
Maude his doughter to Henry, 10 J)e Emperowr of Almayn.
Of be debate bat was bituene n Kyng Lowys 11 of France & 12
Kyng 1 Henry 12 of Engeland & how Kyng Henrie^ ij sones
were loste in be hye see. U Capitulo U Centesimo U Tri-
cesimo U Sexto.
WHen Kyng 1 Henry had? bene 1 Kyng xvij ^ere, a grete 16
debate aroos bituefw] 13 him & 13 Kyng Lowys of Fraunce, 14
for enchesoun )>at fe Kyng hade sent into Normandy to his men,
for 15 J>ai shulde bene 1 helpyng to )>e Erie of Bleynes as miche as
))ai myght, in werre a^eynes 16 fe Kyng 1 of Fraunce, and ]>at )>ai 20
were as redy vnto him as J)ai wolde bene 1 vnto 17 here owen lord,
for enchesoun J>at fe Erie hade spousede his sustre, Dame Maude ;
for whiche enchesoun J>e Kyng of Fraunce dede miche harme 18
<fe 19 sorwe 6 to Normandye. wherfore fe Kyng of EngelawZ was 24
wonder wro]?, & in hast went ouer Jje see 20 into Normandye wij) a
grete powei^, 20 forto defende fat londe; & J>e werre bituene "ham
laste ij ^ere, til at j?e laste fai ij fou^ten to-geder 4 , 21 & fe Kyng of
France was descomfitede, & vnnefe 22 scapede away wij? miche 28
peyn; and fe moste part 23 of his men were taken, & 24 dede wij)
ham what him liked ; and some of ham he lete goii 25 freliche, 26 &
1 be D. 2 Harry 0. 3 lif 1 D. 4 and in DO. 5 fro D.
6 om. D. 7 leaf 79. 8 Kerry 0.
* 9 so strong 1 bituene D. strong betwen 0.
10 om. D. Kerry 0. 11 - 11 Lowys the kyng 1 D.
12 Kerry here, and elsewhere in 0. is is om JJQ
14 France and Kyng Henry of Engeland* D. Fraimce & Kyng Kerry of
Engelond? 0.
15 that D. 16 a$en 0. 17 to 0. 18 om. 0. 19 om. DO.
ao ^ with gret 4 power" and come into Normandye D. vrith a gret power &
come in-to Normandy e 0.
21 togederes D. ffl vnne])es D. a partye 0.
24 and >e kyng 1 DO. ^ go DO. frely 0.
CH. cxxxvi, cxxxvn] Henry I's sons. His daughter Maud. 143
some he lete put to def ; but afterward f o ij kyngz^s were
accordede. IT And when Kyng Henry hade holiche 1 al fe land 1
2 of No[r]mandye, and scomfitede his enemys of Fraunce, he turned
4 a^eyne into Engeland? wif michel 3 honowr. and his ij sones,
William and Eichard, wolde come after 1 her 1 fader 1 , and went to f e
se wif a grete company of peple ; but er fat 4 fai might come to
lond?, fe shipp come 5 a^eyn a grete 5 roche, and brake 6 al into 6
8 pices ; and alle were drenched fat were 7 f erin, saf one 7 man fat
was in fe same shipp fat ascaped ; and fis was on seynt Katerynes 8
day. 1F And f ise were f e names of ham fat were drenchede, fat
is to seyn : William, }>e Kynges sone, Eicharde his brof er, f e Erl
12 of Chestre, Octouyle his brofe?*, Geffray Ridel, Walter Emurcy,
Gedfreye Erchedeken, f e Kynges doughter, f e Countesse of Perches,
fe Kyngws nece, fe Countesse of Chestre, and meny ofer.
H When Kyng Henry and of ere lordes arryued were in Engeland*,
16 and harde fise tidyngws, fai made sorwe ynow^ ; & al her 1 merfe &
ioye was twrnede f o 9 into sorwe 9 & care.
How Maude f e Emperesse come a3ey[ne] into Engeland ; and
how she was afterward wedded to Gaufrey, 10 j?e Erl of
20 Angoy. Capitw/o Centesimo xxxvij.
A]N"d when fat 11 ij 3ere were gone, fat f e Erl hade duellede wif
fe Kyng 1 , fe Erl went fo fro fe Kyng 1 , and biganne to
werre oppon him, & dede miche harme in f e lande of Normandye.
24 Wherfore Kyng Henry was sore annoiede when he herde fe
tydynges. 12 wif al fe haste fat he myghf, he passede fe see, and
come into Normandye, and toke fere a stronge castel, & fere
13 helde him 13 al fat $ere. And fo come to him tydyuges 14 J>at
28 Henry, 15 fe Emperowr of Almaigne, fat hade spousede Maud 16 his
doubter, was dede, and fat she duellede no longer 1 in Almaigne,
and fat she wolde come a^eyne into Normandy to her 1 fader 1 .
U And when she was comen 17 to hi??i, he toke 18 her 1 fo wif 19 him,
32 and come a3eyne into Engeland?, & made fe 10 Englisshemen to 16
done 20 oth & feaute 21 vnto fe Emperesse. IF And fe ferst man fat
1 holly D. holy 0. 2 leaf 79, back. 3 mych 0.
4 MS. J>at >at ; om. D. 5 - 5 ajeynes a D. a^ens a 0. 6 - 6 alto D.
7 7 within saf o D. >mn saf o 0. 8 Kateryne 0.
9 9 in mornyng D. into Mornynge 0. 10 om. 0. n ]>o 0.
12 tydyng 0. ls - 13 he duellede D. he dwelled 0. 14 tydyng 0.
15 leaf SO. 16 om. D. 17 come 0. 18 nome 0. 19 to 0.
20 do 0. 21 feautes D.
Henry I. dies. Stephen succeeds him. [CH. cxxxvn, cxxxvm
made j>e oth was Willia??i J?e Erchebisshop of Kaunterbury, and
J>at o]>ere Kyng Dauid of Scotland?, & after him, al J>e 1 Erles &
barons 1 of Engeland!. II And 2 after j?at, 3 j>e noble man, )>e Eii of
Angoy, a worj>i kny^t, sent to j>e Kyng of Eugeland? )?at he wolde 4
grant him forto haue his doughter to spouse, Maude J?e Emperesse.
U And for enchesoun J>at her 1 fader* wist 1 j>at he was 4 a noble maw,
j>e Kyng grauntede him, & consentede J?erto, and J?o tok 5 his
doughter, and ladde her 1 into Kormandye, & come to jje noble 8
kny^t 6 )>e Erl 6 Gaufrid! ; & he spousede jje forsaide Maude wij>
rnichel honoure; & Jje Erl bigate 7 oppon her* 7 a sone )?at men 8
callede ' Henry, J>e Emperesse sone.' IF And after, when al jns
was done, Kyng Henry duellede al J>at 3ere in Normandy, and 12
after J?at, longe 9 tyme, a grevous sikenesse toke him, wherfore he
deide. & J>is Kyng Henry regnede xxxv 3ere & iiij mounjjes ; &
afte?* he 3 deide, 10 as bifore is 10 saide, in Normandy ; & his hert was
enterede in )?e grete cherche of oure Lady of Roen, & his body was 16
brou^t wijj michel 11 honowr into Engelawrf, & enterede 12 at Eedyn^ 1
in ]>e Abbay; & 12 of )?e which Abbay he was 13 bigynner & 13
Eoundoure.
14 How Stephene, Kyng Henryes suster 3 sone, Was made Kyng< 20
of Engeland?. Capitulo U Centesimo H Tricesimo 1F Octauo.
After J>is Kyng Henry )?at was J?e ferst 1 , was made Kyng his
Nevew, his sustres 15 sone, Stephen, 16 Erl of 1 Boloigne ; For
anone as he harde j>e tidynges 17 of his Yncles 18 deth, he passede Jje 24
see, and come into Engela^e?, Jjrou^ conseil & 19 streng)j & helpe 19
of meny grete Lordes 20 of Engekmc? (a^eyn^ heir* oth fat ]?ai hade
made to Maude J>e Empe?-esse), tok 21 j?e reaume, & lete c?*one
Stephen Kyng* of 22 J>e land'. 22 IF And )>e erchebisshop 23 William of 28
Kaunte?'bery, 23 ]?at ferst made j>e 24 oth to 25 Maude J?e Ernperesse,
sette J?e crone ferst opon Kyng Stephenws heuede, & him annoyn-
tede; and Bisshop Eoger of Salesbery mayntenede J?e Kyngz*
1 - 1 barouns & Erles 0. 2 And also 0. 3 om.D.
4 wistf >at he was DO. wist R. 8 nome 0.
6 - 6 erle of D. Erie 0. 7 - 7 on his wiF D. 8 me DO.
9 a longe D. 10 - 10 as is before 0. n mych 0.
1>2 - 12 in the Abbay of Redyng^ D. at Redyng in >e Abbey 0.
13 - 13 om. D. 14 leaf 80, back. 16 ' susfor 0. 16 Stephenene sic 0.
17 tydyng 0. 18 brojwes D. 19 - 19 helpe & strengb D.
20 londes *ic D. 21 uome 0. ^-^ Engeland D.
2} - 2J of Kanterbery William D. om. 0.
25 of feaute vnto D. & feaute vn-to 0.
CH. cxxxviil-ix] Stephen takes Lincoln. TkeEmpressMaude.\5
partye in-as-miche as he 1 might. 11 The ferst ^ere fat Kyng 1
Stephen biganne forto regne, he assembled? a grete host, & went
him 2 toward Scotland?, forto haue fo 3 werrede oppon fe Kyng of
4 Scotland' but he come a^eynes him in pees & in gode maner*, &
to him trust; but he made 4 to him none homage, for-asmiche as 4
he hade made 5 homage to 5 fe Emperesse Maude. IF And fe iiij
^ere of his regne, Maude f e Emperesse come into Engelrt^d ; & f o
8 bigan debate bituene 6 Kyng Stephen and Maude fe Emperesse.
fis Maude went vnto fe citee of Nichole; and fe Kyng 1 her* 7
bisegede longe tyme, & might nou^t spede, so wel f e cite was kepte
and defendede. and f o fat were wif in f e citee queyntly scapede 8
12 away wifouten 9 eny maner 5 harme; and fo tok fie Kyng fe citee,
& duellede ferin to 10 Candelmasse. IF And fo come fe barons fat
helde 11 wij> fe Emperesse, fat is forto seyn, 12 fe Erl Randulf* of
Chestre, fe Eii Robert of Gloucestre, Hughe Bigot 1 , Robert of
16 Moll eye, 13 & brou^t wij) ham a stronge 14 power*.
How Maude fe Emperesse Went fram 15 Wynchesti J vnto 16
Oxenford'; and after she ascapede 17 to 18 Wallyngforo? ; &
what sorwe & disese IF she hade. Ctyntulo Centesimo
20 xxxix .
WHen fe Kyng 1 was taken 19 & brou^t 20 into warde in 20 fe
Castel 21 of Bristow, 21 }ris Maude fe Emperesse anone was
22 lady of Engelcm<i, & alle men helde her for 22 lady of J?e lande.
24 H But 1 J)0 of Kent helde wij) Kyng 123 Stephenes wif ; and also
William of Pree & his retenue halpe ham, and helde werre a^eynes
Maude ]?e Emperesse. & anone after*, fe Kyng of Scotland come to
ham wi]> 24 a grete 24 nombre of peple ; and po went fai in fere vnto
28 Wynchestre, ]?ere fat f e Emperesse was, & wolde haue take 25 here ;
but J?e Erl of Gloucestre come wi]> his power 1 , & fou^t wif ham ; &
fe Emperesse, in fe menewhile fat f e bataile durede, scapede fro
fens, & went vnto Oxenford*, & fere her 326 helde. & in fat batail
32 was fe Erl of Gloucestre descomfitede & taken, 19 & wif him meny
of ere lordes. U And for his delyueraunce was Kyng 3 Stephen
I J)ey 0. 2 om. DO. 3 om. D.
4 4 viito [him] homage bicause ]>at D. 5 5 vnto sic D. homage vnto 0.
6 bituene the D. betwen > e 0. 7 hem 0.
8 ascapede D. ascaped* 0. 9 with-oute DO. 10 tul 0.
II helden 0. 12 leaf 81. 13 Morley 0. 14 stronge D.
15 fro DO. 16 to 0. 17 schaped 0. 18 vnto D. 19 take 0.
20-20 21-21 22-22
23 kynges 0. 24 - 24 an huge 0. 25 taken DO. * he 0.
BRUT.
146 The Empress Maude's son Henry gets Normandy. [CH. CXL
delyuerede out of* p?'isoun. U And when he was delyuerede out
of* 1 prisoun, he went fens to Oxenford', & 2 bisegede fe Emperesse
fat was fo at OxenforcJ ; & 2 fe sege endurede fro Michelmasse vnto
Seynt Andrewws tyde. H And fe Emperesse 3 lete fo 3 clofe 4 her 15 4
al in white lynen clof, for enchesoun fat she wolde nou^t bene 6
knowe, for in }>e same tyme fere was michel of snowe ; and so she
scapede 7 by fe 8 Tamyse 9 fram ham awaye 9 fat were her* enemys ;
& fro pens she went to Wallyngford, & 10 fere here helde. 10 IT And 8
f e Kyng wolde haue bisegede her* ; n but he hade so miche to done
wif fe Erl Randulf of Chestre, & wif Hugh Bigot, pat strongelich 12
werrede oppon him in euery place, fat he ne wist whider to 13
turne ; and fe Erl of Gloucestre halpe 14 ham wif his power. 12
How Gaufride, Erl of Angoy, 15 3af vp vnto 16 Henry, fe
Emperesse sone, al Normandye. C&pitulo Centesimo xl.
ANd after fis, fe 17 Kyng went vnto Wilton, 18 & wolde haue
made a castel fere ; but fo come to him fe Erl of Gloucestre 16
wif a stronge power, & almost hade take fe Kyng; but $it fe 19
Kyng ascapede wif miche payn; & William Marcil 20 fere was
take, & for whos delyuerance f e Kyng 1 $af to 21 f e Erl of Gloucestre
fe gode castel of Shirburn fat he hade tak. U And when fis was 20
done, f e Erl Robert, & alle fe Kynges enemys, went to Faryndon,
& bigonne 22 forto make fere a stronge 22 castel; but fe Kyng 1 , wif
a stronge power 1 , drof ham fens.
In fat same $ere IT The Erl Randulf of Chestre was 23 accorded 24
wif fe Kyng 1 , and come to his 24 cowrt at his co7?zmandeme?it; and fe
Erl went 25 haue safliche 26 corner 27 ; & fe Kyng anone lete 28 take
him, and put him into prisou?*, & most neuer for nofing come out
ferof til fat he hade $elde op to 29 fe Kyng 1 fe castel of Nichole, 28
f e whiche he hade tak fro f e Kyng wif strengf in f e xv $ere of
fe 30 regne of Kyng Stephene. H & Gaufride, fe Erl of Angoy, 31
$af vp to Henry 32 al Normandy. In fe $ere fat next sewede,
1 MS. of of. 2 - 2 om. D. 3 - 3 >o lete D. 4 clo>en 0.
8 MS. her* her*. 6 be D. 7 ascaped DO. 8 om. 0.
9 - away fram ha?ft D. 10 - 10 helde her \>ere D. n leaf 81, back.
12 strongly 0. 13 for-to 0. u holpe D. 15 Angon) 0.
16 to 0. 17 >is the D. bis J>e 0. >is R. 18 Walton D. 19 b 0.
20 Macytt D. 21 vnto DO.
22 ^ bcre to make a fair* D. }>ere for-to make a strong 0.
23 was made 0. M the Kynges D. * wende D.
26 safly D. sauely 0. ^ come 0. ffl le sic D. vnto 0.
30 his 0. 31 Angon DO. 32 Henry his sone D. Kerry his sone 0.
CH. CXL-I] K. Stephen dies, & Henri/ II succeeds him. 147
1 deide pe Erl 1 Gaufrid'; and Henry 2 ]>o anon twrnede a^eyn to
Angoy, 3 & ]?ere was made Erl wij? 4 michel ioye & 4 honour 1 of his
rnerc of ]?e lande ; & to him deden f eaute & homage J>e most parte 5
4 of his land'. IF And ]>o was J>is Henry, J?e Emperesse sone, Erl of
Angoy 6 & Due of Nor 7 mandye.
U And 8 in J?e same }ere Was made deuorse bituene J?e Kyng of
Fraunce & J?e quene his wif, J>at was ryght heir* of Gascoigne, for
8 encheson J>at it 9 was knowe 10 & prouede J>at ]?ai wer* sib & ney of
blode ; & ]?o spousede her 1 , Henry ]>Q Emperesse sone ; & J>o was
he 8 Erl of Angoy, 6 Due of Normandy, & Due of Gascoigne. 11 J>e
xviij $ere of fe 11 regne of Kyng Stephen, )ns Henry come into
12 Engeland wi]> a 12 stronge power 1 , and bigan 13 forto werre oppon
Kyng 1 Stephen, & toke J?e castel of Malmesbery, & dede miche
harme. And f>e 12 Kyng Stephen hade so miche werre fat 1 he
34 wist nou^t 14 winder 1 to 15 wende; but at J?e laste ]?ai wei j accorded',
16 j?rou^ ]?e Erchebisshope Theobalde and prou^ o]>er worfi lordes of
Engeland', oppon J>is condicioun, J>at ]?ai shulde departe ]?e reaume
of Engelaud' bituene ham, so fat 12 Henry, ]?e Empe?-esse sone,
shulde haue holliche halfe ]>e reaume, and when Kyng Stephen
20 were 16 dede, he shulde haue al J?e lande of Engeland?; & yus J>ai
were accordede, & pees criede 17 J?rou3-out al Engeland'. U And
when ]>e accord was made bituene ]?o ij lordes, Kyng Stephen
bicome so sori, for cause fat he hade loste half Engelarad, & felle
24 into soche a malaldy, & deide in ]?e xix ^er 1 , viij wokes & v dayes
of his regne, al in were* & in contain ; & he lij? in J?e Abbay of
Feuersham, J?e whiche he lete make, 18 J?e vj 19 ^ere of his regne.
Of Kyng Henry j?t was )>e Empe?-esse 20 sone, in whos tyme
28 21 Seynt Thomas of Kaunterbery 21 was Chaunceller. 22
11 Capitulo U Centesz'wo xl p?imo.
ANd after J)is Kyng 1 Stephen, regnede Henry 23 fe Emperesse
sone, ]?at 24 Was cronede 25 of ]?e Erchebisshop Theobalde
32 })e xvij day bifore Cri[s]tesmas. 26 And in J>e same ^ere Thomas
1 1 om. D. 2 Henry his sone D. Herry his sone 0. 3 Angon DO.
4 4 miche D. mych 0. 5 party D. partye 0. 6 Angon) 0.
7 leaf 82. 8 om. DO. 9 is sic D. 10 knowen 0. n his (
leaf 82. 8 om. DO. 9 is sic D. 10 knowen 0. l his 0.
om. D. 13 bigonne D. I
16 was D. 17 ycryed^ 0. 18
12 om. D. 13 bigonne D. 14 - 14 nyst D. nyste 0. 15 for-to 0.
16 was D. 17 ycryed^ 0. 18 mak in D. make in 0.
19 sixte O. 20 Emperesses D.
21 21 the words seynt & of Caimtirbury are struck out, & Beket is inserted
after Caiwtirbury, in 0. w Ch[a]unceller of Englond' 0.
23 leaf 82, back. M and DO. 25 Crouned' kyng 0.
26 Cristemasse 0.
148 Henry Ilinvades Wales. Becket quits England. [CH. CXLI
Beket of London, Erchebisshop of Kaunterbery, was made pe
Kyngws Chanceller 1 of Engeland*. IT pe secunde ^ere pat he was
cronede, he lete caste doun alle pe newe castelles 1 pat were longyng
vnto J)e crone, pe whiche Kyng 1 Stephen hade ^eue 2 vnto diuerse 3 4
men, & ham hade made erles & barons forto holde wip him, & 4 him
helpe 4 a3eyns Henry, 5 pe Emperesse sone. 11 And pe iiij $ere of his
regne he put vnder his 6 lordeship pe Kyng 1 of Walys. And in pe
same ^er*, when pe Kyng of Scotland? had in his owen hande, pat is 8
to seyne, pe citee of Kerlil, pe castel of Bamburghe, pe newe castel
op 7 Tyne, and pe Eiidome of 1 Lancastre, pe same $ere pe Kyng<,
wip 8 gret power 1 , went into Walys, & lete caste adoun 9 wodes, &
make 10 waies, and made stronge pe castel 11 of Rutland & Basynge- 12
were ; and amonge pe castelles 12 he made an house of pe temple.
If And in f e same $ere was Kichard his sone born, pat afterward
was Erl of Oxenford.
H And pe iiij ^ere of hes regne, he made Gaufride, Erl of 16
Britaigne ; & in pat ^ere he chaungede his mone. 13 And pe vj ^ere
of his regne he lade 14 an huge 14 host vnto Tolouse, & conquerede
hit. And pe vij ^er* of his regne, deide Theobalde, pe 5 Erche-
bisshofp] of Kanterbery; and po al pe citee of Kaunterbery, 15 prou3 20
meschief, almost 15 was brent.
[Thomas a Becket is made Archbishop of Canterbury, and quarrels
with the Kingl\
)3e ix ^er* of his regne, Thomas Beket, his Chaunceller 1 , was 24
chosen to 16 ben Erchebisshop of Kaunterbery; and oppon seynt
Bernardes day he was sacrede. II And in pat 3ere, born was
Alienore, pe Kynges doubter. IF And pe x ^ere of his regne, seynt
Edmund pe Kyng was translatede wip miche 17 honowr. II And 28
pe xj $ere of his regne he helde his parlement at Northampton ; &
fro pens fled? Seynt 18 Thomas, Erchebisshop 19 of Kaunterbery, 20 for
pe 5 grete debate pat was bituen 21 pe Kyng and him ; for if he hade
bene 22 fonde on 23 pe morwe, he hade bene 22 slayn; & pe?*fore he 32
1 castel D. 2 Jeueu D. 3 diners 0.
* 4 help him D. helpe hym 0. c om. 0.
8 his owen D. his ovne 0. 7 vpon 0. 8 with a DO.
9 doune D. 10 made 0. n cast sic D. 12 castel D.
18 mony D. 1414 j^^ /^ an huge an huge.
i5_i5 almost 1 >ouj meschif D. almost Jmrgh myschef 0. 16 leaf 83.
17 michel D. 18 seynt struck out in 0. 19 om. D.
20 Caunterbury fro > e kyng 0.
21 bituene D. betwen 0. bitue R. be 0. * in DO.
CH.CXLI-II] Hen. IPs children. Thomas a Becketismartyrd. 149
fledde pens wip iij felawes, in 1 fote oneliche, 2 pat no maw wist wher*
he was, and went ouer pe see to pe Pope 3 of Eome. U And pis was
pe principal enchesoun, forasmiche as pe Kyng wolde haue put
4 clerkes to 4 deth pat were atteint of felonye, wipouten 5 eny pryuelege
of holy cherche. 1F And pe xij ^ere of his regne, was lohn, his
sone, bore. 6 And pe xiij ^ere of his regne deide Maude pe
Emperesse, pat was his moder ) ; And in pat same ^ere was lohane
8 his daughter born. 7 U pe xiiij ^ere of his regue, pe Due Henry of
Saxoyne spousede Maude, his doughter; & he bigate on here iij
sones, Henry, 8 Othus, & William. U And in pe xv ^ere of his
regne, deide pe gode Erie Eobert of Gloucestre, pat foundede pe
12 Abbay of Nonnes of Eton. U And in 9 pe same }ere, Marik 1 , Kyng
of Jerusalem, conquerede Babilon. IF pe xvj ^ere of his regne, he
lete crone his sone Henry at Westmynstre ; & him cronede, Eoger,
pe Erchebisshop of 3ork 1 , in harmyng of Thomas pe Erchebisshop of
16 Kaunterbery; wherfore pe same Eoger was acursede of pe Pope. 3
10 Of Kyng 1 Henry, pat was pe Emperesse sone ; & of pe debate
pat was bituene him & his fader 1 whiles 11 pat he was in
Normandy e. G&pitulo Centesimo xlij do .
20 A fter* pe coronacioun of Kyng 1 Henry, pe sone of Kyng Henry,
_/jL the 12 Emperesse sone, pat same Henry pe Emperesse 13 sone
went ouer into Normandy e ; and pere he lete marie Elianore, his
doubter, vnto Dolfynes, 14 pat was Kyng of 15 Almaigne. And in pe
24 vij $ere pat pe Erchebisshop Seynt 16 Thomas hade bene outlaghed?,
pe Kyng of Fraunce made pe Kyng & 17 pe Erchebisshop 1T accorded z ;
and po come Thomas pe Erchebisshop, to Kaunterbery a^eyne to
his owen cherche. And pis accord* was made in pe bigyrcnyng 1 of
28 Aduenf, and afterward he was quellede & 3 martirede, 3 pe v day of
Crista^masse 18 pat 9 po next comme. For Kyng 1 Henry pou3t oppon
19 a day of 19 Thomas, Erchebisshop of Kaunterbery, oppon Cristes-
masse 20 day as he sate 21 at pe 22 mete, and pise wordes saide : pat if
32 he hade eny gode kny^t with him, he hade bene, 23 meny day go, 9
1 on 0. 2 onely D. only 0. 3 struck out in 0. 4 to the D.
5 witfamte 0. 6 borne D. 7 bore 0. 8 Hen sic D.
9 om. 0. 10 leaf ^83, back. n while DO. 12 MS. the fe.
13 emperesse? D. 14 Delfines D. 15 MS. of of.
16 om. D. struck out in 0.
i7_n^ seynt Thomas D. 0. has seynt Thomas, with seynt struck out.
18 cristesmasse D. Cristemasse 0.
i9_i9 seynt D> seynt s t ruc k out i n o. Cristemasse 0.
21 set D. ^ his D. om. 0. be 0.
150 Thos.a Becket slain, A.D.1172. Henry II dies. [CH. CXLII-III
avengede of 1 the Erchebisshop Thomas. If And anone Sir 1 William
[Breton], Sire Hughe Morvile, Sir 1 William Tracy, & Sir 1 Reynold!
Fit}- Vise, Beressone in Engelisshe, 2 went into 3 J>e see, and come
into Engelawc?, to J>e cherche of Kaunterbery, & him ]>ere ]?ai 4
matrede, at seynt Benetes auter in J>e moder 1 cherche ; And J?at was
in )>e 3ere of ]?e 4 Incarnacioun of 5 Ihesu 6 crist, M 1 . C. Ixxij 7 ^ere. 8
U And anone after 1 , Henry, ]>e new Kyng 1 , biganne forto make werr 1
oppon 9 Henry, Kyng, 9 his fader 1 , & eke oppofi 10 his brefern. 11 8
IT And so oppon a tyme )>e Kyng 1 of Fraunce and al fe Kynges
sones, & ek 14 J?e Kyng of Scotland? & J>e gretestf lordes of Engela??d,
were arisen a^eynes Henry )>e fader 1 ; & at 12 last, as God wolde, he
conquerede 13 his enemys; and J?e Kyng 1 of F?wmce & he were 12
accorded?, and ]?o sent Kyng Henr 1 , ]?e fader 1 specialy vnto fe Kyng 1
of Fraunce, and praede him hertly, for his loue, pat he wolde sende
to him by lettre )>e names of ham )>at bigonne J>e werr 1 oppon him.
IF And pe Kyng of France 14 sent a$eyn to him 14 by lettre J?e names 16
of ham fat bigon J>e werr 1 : fersf was lohn his sone, and Eichard
his broker, 15 & Henry his sone, 15 ]>e newe Kyng 4 . IT ])o was Henry
J?e Kyng wonder wro)>, & cursede J?e tyme ]?at 16 euer 1 he ham 16 bigate.
And 17 while )>e werre durede, Henry his sone, 18 )>e newe kyng 1 , 20
1T deide, sore repentyng his mysdede ; and moste sorw made of eny
man for cause of Seynt 19 Thomas de]? of Kaunterbery ; & prayede
his fader, wij? miche sorwe of hert, mercy of 20 his trespasse ; and
his fader 1 for^af it him, & hade of him grete pite; & aft[er], he 24
deide, )>e xxxvj 3ere of his regne, and li)> at Eedynge.
How >e Cristen men loste }>e Holy Land' in )>e forsaid Kyngws
tyme, jjrou^ a 21 false Cristen maw }>at bicome a 17 Sarasyne,
Cxpitulo Centesimo xliij t0 . 22 28
ANd while J>at Kyng Henry, ]?e Emperesse sone, leuede &
regnede, ]?e grete batail was in ]?e Holy Land 1 bituene fe
Cristen men & )>e Sarasynws ; but ]?e Cristen me?* were Ipere quellede
grete tresoun of ]?e Erl of Trype, fat wolde haue hade to wyf 32
1 oppon D. vpon 0. 2 Englisshe priuely D. Englissh pryuyly 0.
3 vnto DO. 4 om. DO. 5 of oure lorde D. 6 Ihesus 0.
7 Ix and xij DO. 8 om. 0. 9 - 9 kyng* Henry D. kyng Herry 0.
10 leaf 84. " bre>em also D. bre>erin also 0.
12 at the D. at > e 0. 13 conquerede alle D. conquered ntt 0.
14 14 sent to him a}eyne D. is is om< Q ie_i6 j ie } 1 y m euere Q.
17 om. D. 18 om. sic D. 19 struck out in 0. 20 for DO.
21 o DO. MS. has xliiijo.
CH, CXLIV] How the Holy Land was lost. The Crusade. 151
J>e Quene 1 of Jerusalem, J?at somme tyme was Baldewynws wif ; but
she forsoke him, & toke to her 52 lorde a Kny^t, a worpi ma?i J>at
me called? Sire Gy Perche^. 3 Wherfore J?e Erie of Trip 3 was wroj>,
4 and went anone ryght to Saladyn, ]?at was Soudan of Babilon, &
bicome Saresyn, 4 & his marc, & forsoke 5 Cristendome and aft Cristen
law; and J?e Cristen mew wiste 6 nou^t 7 of ]?is dede, 7 but wende 8
forto haue 9 hade grete helpe of him, as J?ai were wont to 9 haue
8 bifore. And when J>ai comen 10 to J?e batail, pis false Cristen maw
twrnede vnto ]?e Sarasynes, and forsoke his owen naciounes 11 ; & so
were J?e Cristen men fere quellede wif fe Sarasynws ; and Jms wer*
pe Cristen men slayne & put to horrible de]>, and J?e citee of 1
12 lerwsalem destroiede, & ]>e holy croice born away. 1F J?e Kyng of
Fraunce 12 & al fe grete 12 Lordes of fe land* lete ham croice 13 forto
go into the Holy Lande; and amorcg ham went Richard, Kyng
Henries sone, ferst after the Kyng 1 of* France pat tok the crois 13 of
16 fe Erchebisshop of Toures; but he toke 14 nou^ft] fe viage at )>at
tyme, for enchesoun J>at he was lette by ofere manei j waies 15 j?at
nede 15 moste 16 bene 17 done. 11 And when Kyng Henry fe 18 fader 1
hade regnede xx^v* 1 3 ere & 19 v mounfes and iiij dayes, he deide,
20 & lij> [at] Founteueraro?.
Of Kyng 1 Richard, fat conquerede aH 19 J?e Holy Land 1 J?at
Cristen men hade loste. Capitulo Centesimo Quadragesimo
quarto. 20
24 A Nd after 1 21 ]>is Kyng 21 Henry, 22 regned Eichard his sone, a
^L\_ stronge man & a worj)i, & also bolde ; & he was cronede at
Wynchestre 23 of J>e Erchebisshop Baldewynne, Erchebisshop 24 of
Kaunterbery, 25 the frid day of Septembre; and the secunde ^ of
28 his regne Kyng Richard him-self 1 and Baldewyne the Erchebisshop
of Caunterbury, 25 & Huber[t], Bisshop of Salesbery, & Randulf, Erl
1 leaf 81, back. 2 here a O.
3 - 3 MS. has Wherfore >e Erie of Trip Wherfore >e erl of Trip.
4 a sarasyne D. 5 forsok his D. 6 wist it D. 7 ~ 7 om. D.
8 went 0. 9 om. 0. 10 come 0. n nacion 0.
ia_i2 MS , has & al >e grete & al >e grete.
i3_i3 f or to . . crois D. for-to gon in-to ]> e holy land' ; & among hem went
Richard 2 , kyng Herrys sone, ferst aftir >e kyng of fraunce >at toke > e Cros 0.
om. R.
14 nome 0. 15 ~ 15 and nedes DO. 16 to 0. 17 be DO.
18 his DO. 19 om. D. 2 MS. has quinto.
21-21 om> j) t j,jg p. 22 Herry kyng 0. ^ Westmyustre DO.
24 MS. has erchebisbisshop ; om. DO.
25 ^ the . . Caunterbury D. J> e iij day of Septembre & )> e ij 3eer of his regne
Kyng Richard hym-self & Baldewyn Erchebisshop of Caunterbury 0. om. R.
152 Richard I & the Crusade. He is imprisond. [CH. CXLIV-V
of Gloucestre, & o]>ere meny lordes of Engelattd, went into ]>e Holy
Land?. And Mn pat viage deide pe Erchebisshop 2 of Kaunterbery ;
and Kyng Eichard went bifore into pe Holy Londl, & 1 reste 3 nou3t
til pat 4 he come forpe in his way vnto 5 Cypres, and toke Cipres 4
wij) grete force. & sipen 6 he went four]) toward pe Holy Land', &
gete a^eyn as miche as pe Cristera men 7 haden 8 loste bifore, Kyng
Richard 1 9 cowquerede & gete hit a3eyn, 9 saf onely pe Holy Croice.
IT And when Kyng Richard come to pe toune 10 of Acres, forto gete 8
11 pe citee, 11 a grete debate aroos bituene him and pe Kyng of
Fraunce, so pat Kyng Richard went a^eyne into France, & was
wro]> toward 12 pe Kyng of Fraunce; but 13 ei J pat 13 Kyng Richard
went a^eyne, he toke pe Citee 14 of Acres. U And when he hade 12
taken 15 pe citee, he duellede perin 15 awhile; but to him come
tydynges 16 pat pe Erl lohn of Oxenford', his broker, wolde haue
seisede al Engelcmd into his honde, & Normandy also, and wolde
crone him Kyng 1 of pe lande. H And when Kyng Richard herde 16
pis tydynges, 17 he went a^eyn toward' Engela?^ wip 18 al pe spede
pat he myghf ; but pe Due of Estriche mette wip 19 him & tok him,
& brou^t him to 20 pe Emperoure of Almaign; & pe Emperowr
brou^t him into 21 his prisoun. And afterward he was delyuerede 20
for an huge Raunsoun, 22 pat is, for to paien 22 an .C M< ti. 23 IT And
for whiche ransoun to bene 24 payede, eche opere chalice of Engelcm^
was molten 25 & made into monye. And alle pe monkes of pe
ordre of Cisteaux 26 ^euew alle her 1 27 bokes prou^ 27 Engela??^, to 24
done ham forto selle, and to 28 pat ransofi forto paye.
How Kyng Richard 1 come a^eyn fro pe Holy Lande, & avenged'
him of his enemys. Capitulo Centesimo .Q^adragesimo
quinto. 29 28
iles pis 19 Kyng Richard was in p?*isoun, pe Kyng of
Fraunce werrede oppon him strongeliche 31 in !N"orma?idye,
and lohn his broper werrede oppon him 32 in JLugeland \ but pe
l - 1 om. D. 2 leafSS. 3 rested 0. 4 om. D.
5 to [sic] he come to D. 6 sip D. 7 peple O. 8 hade D.
9 9 get it & conquered it prou} grete streng> D. gete it and conquered' it
ajen burgh gret myghte 0.
10 Citee 0. n - n it 0. 12 wi> D. 13 - 13 or DO. toune D.
i5_i5 j t he duellede in the Citee D. it he duellid in be Cite 0.
16 tydyng DO. 17 tydynge 0. 18 in D. 19 om. 0.
20 vnto DO. 21 to D. 8a - 2a forto paye D. >at is for-to paye 0.
23 pound 0. ^ be DO. * meldede D. molte 0.
26 Cistenaux D. 272? boker [sic] breu^oute D. bokes burgh 0.
28 om. DO. * MS. has Sexto. 30 leaf 85, back.
31 strongly 0. ^ hym strongly 0.
CH. CXLV] Rich. Us wounded to the Death at Castle Gaillard. 153
bisslioppis & fe barons of Engelawrf wifstode 1 ham 2 wif al fe 3
power fat fai hade & myght getew, 4 & helde 5 fe castel of Wynde-
sore and alle of ere castelles. U And f e forsaide lohn saw fat he hade
4 no might ne power' a^eynes fe barons of EngelemcZ forto fei^t ; but
anone him went ouer ) fe see to 6 fe Kyng of Fraunce. IT And
when Kyng Eichard come out of prisoun, and was delyuerede, and
come into Rngeland, anone after Candelmasse, in grete haste he
8 went vnto 7 Notyngham, and 8 fe castel of Notyngham to him was
golden ; and f o disheritede 9 he lohn, his brof er, and alle fat wif
him helde; and after, he went vnto fe citee of Wynchestre, and
fere he lete him crone Kyng eftesones ; and after, he went into
12 Normandy forto weir* oppon fe Kyng of Fraunce. 51 And fe
Kyng of France come wif vj C. kny^tes toward Gisers ; and 10
Kyng Eichard mette him, & ]>o wolde haue ^eue him bataile, but
fe Kyng of Fraunce fledde ; & an C. kny^tes of his were take, & ij
160. stedes were trappede wif yren. U And anone after, went Kyng 11
Eichard forto bisege f e castel of Gaillard?. U And as he rode oppon
a day by fe castel, forto take avisement of J>e castel, an 12 Arwe-
blaster* smote him wif a quarel fat was e[n]venymede ; and fe Kyng
20 drow out ]>Q shafte of fe quarel, but fe quarelle hede abode stille in
his heuede, 13 & hit bigan forto 14 rancle, fat he might nou3t helpe
him-self 1 ne 15 meve his Armes. U And fo he wist fat he hade
dethe 16 Wounde, fat he might nou^t bene 17 hole for no maner fing*.
24 He co?ftmandede anone 18 alle his men 18 sharply forto 19 assaile fe
castel, so fat fe castel was taken 20 or fat 21 he deide. And so man-
liche 22 his men deden, 23 fat fe peple fat were in fe castel were al
taken ; and fe Kyng dede wif ha??i what fat 21 he wolde, & com-
28 mandede his men fat fai shulde bryng 1 tofore 24 him f e maw fat him
so hade 25 hurte & so hade 25 wondede. U And when he come bifore
f e Kyng 1 , f e Kyng axed* what was his name ; & he saide ' ' Sire,
26 my name is 26 Bertram Gurdon." "Wherfore," saide fe Kyng,
32 "hast fow me slayn, sif fat y dede fe neuer 5 none harme 1 ?"
1F " Sire," said? he, " fouj $e dede me neuer 27 harme, 30 haue done 28
to my frendes miche harme ; For ^our'-self, wif $our owen honde,
1 withstonden 0. 2 him D. 3 here D. 4 gete DO.
5 geten DO. 6 vnto 0. 7 into 0. 8 ad sic D.
9 disherite 0. 10 & > e 0. n om. 0. 12 hike 0.
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24 bifore D. byfor 0. ^ om. DO. a*- 26 om. 0.
27 neuere non 0. ffl do D.
154 Rich.IdiesA.V.1216. K. John loses Normandy. [CH. CXLVI
quellede my fader* & my broker; and ferfor now y ban 1 $ow
quytte ^oure trauaile." H fo saide Kyng Richard : " He fat deide
oppon fe croice to bryng mannws soule 2 fram fe 2 pyne of belle,
for^eue $ow my de]> ! and y also fo^eue hit ]>e." fro commandede 4
fe Kyng fat no man sbulde him misdone 3 ; but for al fe kyng^s
defendyng, IT Sorame of bis mew 4 hi?ft folwed, 4 & priuely him
quellede. And fe vj day afte?', fe Kyng deide shryuen, and sore
5 repentance hauyng 15 of his misdedes, 6 & was houselede & 8
annoyntede. And fis kyng ne 7 regned but ix }ere & xxxix
wokes, & 8 deide, & lif bisides 8 his fader 5 at Founteuerard*.
Of Kyng lohn, fat in fe 9 ferst $ere of his regne loste al
Normandye. C&pitulo Centesimo xlvj mo . 10 12
WHen Kyng Richard was dede, for enchesoufi fat n he hade
none heir*, nofere 12 sone ne doughter, bis brofer lohau was
made Kyng 1 , an[d] cronede at Westmynstre of Hubert, fat was fo
Erchebisshop of Kaunterbery. IT And when he biganne forto 16
regne, he bicome so mervaillous a 7 maw, and went ouer into
Normandye, & werrede oppon fe Kyng 1 of France. And so longe
fai werrede to-gedre, til att fe laste Kyng lohn loste Normandye &
Angoy 13 - wherfor he was sore annoiede, & was none 14 mervaile. 20
U f o lete he assemble byfore him at London, Erchebisshoppis,
bisshoppws, Abbotes & Pryowrs, Erles & barons, and helde fere a
grete Parlemenf, & axede fere of fe clergye 15 fe tenfe of euery
cherche of Engeland?, forto 16 corcquere & gete a^eyne Normandy & 24
Angoy 17 fat he hade loste. and! fai wolde nou^t graunt fat fing 1 ;
wherfore he was wonder 5 wrof. IT And in fe same tyrne deide fe
Erchebisshop 18 Hubert 1 . And fe Priour & fe Couent of Kaunter-
bery chosen, a^eynes fe Kyngws wille, to bene Erchebisshop, 28
Maistre Stephen of Langeton, a goode clerc fat wonede at f e court
of Rome, & sende 19 to fe Pope 20 here elleccioun ; & fe Pope 20
confermede hit, and sacred hit 21 at Viterbe. U When fe Kyng
wiste fis tydyngws, 22 he was wonder 5 wrof, & drof fe Prioui & fe 32
couent fro Kanterbery, & exilede ham 23 out of Engelarad, &
1 haue D. 2 - 2 oute of D. 3 mysdo D. - 1 - 4 folewede him D.
5 5 repentyng 1 D. repentaunt hauy?tg 0. 6 mysdede D.
7 om. DO. 8 - 8 lith beside 0. 9 the D. >e 0. om. R.
10 MS. has xlvijmo. " leaf 86, lack. 12 ney>cr D. ne\>er 0.
13 Angon DO. 14 no DO. 15 MS. chergye ; Clergie of Engelond' 0.
16 forto DO. for R. " Angon DO. I8 bisshop D. byssliop 0.
19 sent DO. 2 struck out in 0. 21 hym 0. ^ tydyng 0.
23 hym 0.
CH.CXLVII] K.John. England inter dieted ly the Pope's order. 155
command ede 1 fat no maner* lettre fat come fro fe court of Rome,
ne no 2 comandement, 3 shulde be 4 vnderfong 1 ne pledede 5 in
Engelondl. IF When fise tydyngws 6 come to fe Pope, 7 he sent
4 vnto Kyng John by his lettre, & pryede him wif gode wille &
gode hert fat he wolde vnderfonge Stephen, 8 Erchebisshop of
Kaunte?-bery, vnto His cherche, & soffre fe Priowr & his monkes
to 9 come a$eyn to 10 her 5 owen duellyng 1 ; but fe Kyng 1 wolde nou3t
8 grant hit for noting. 11
How Kyng lohan wolde 12 noii3t do 12 for 9 fe Popes 13 com-
mandeme?*t; wherfore al Engeland was enterdite 14 15 &
suspended'. 15 C&pitulo Centesimo xlvij . 16
12 A Nd at fe 17 laste, ])e Pope 7 sent by his autorite, and ennioynede
jL\_ to ls bisshoppis of Engeland* fat, if f e Kyng 1 wolde nou^t
vnderfonge fe Prioure of Kaunterbery and his monkes, fat fai
shulde do 19 general ente?*dityng< frou^-oute al Engeland! ; & granted e
16 ful power* to iiij bisshopis to p?'onounce fe enterdityng, if 20 it were
nede : U J>e ferst was Bisshop Willia??z of London, & fat ofer
Eustace, Bisshop of Ely; fe fridde 21 was Walter, fe Bisshop of
Wynchestre; And fe ferf 22 was Giles, fe Bisshop of Herford. 23
20 II And fise iiij bisshoppis praiede fe Kyng 1 , knelyng on here knees
& sore wepyng 1 , fat he wolde do 24 fe Popis 25 command emenf, and
shewede him f e bullis of the 9 enterdityng 1 ; but, for no prayer* fat
fai myght praye, he wolde nou^t consent ferto. And when fe
24 bisshopes saw fis, fai went fro 26 fe Kyng 1 ; 11 And in 17 fe morwe 27
after* fe Annunsiacion of oure Lady, fai pronouncede fe general
enterdytyng 1 frou^-oute al Engeland?, so fat f e cherchedores were
shitte 28 wif Keyes & wif 29 ofer fastnyng 1 , and wif 29 wallys. H And
28 when fe enterdyting was pronuncede, fan fe Kyng bigan forto 30
wax al out of mesure, and toke 31 into his honde 32 alle fe possessions
of fo 33 iiij bisshopis, and of al fe clergye frouj-out 84 al fe lande,
1 commandede D. Comauwded' 0. commande E. 2 none D.
3 mandement D. mauwdement 0. 4 J>ai D. 5 plede D.
6 tydyng< D. 7 struck out in 0. 8 leaf 87. 9 om. D.
10 vnto D. n nomancr in D. 12 - 12 no->ing done 0.
13 MS. has Pope struck out ; it is also struck out in 0.
14 enterditede D. entirdited 0. 15 - 15 om. 0.
16 MS. has xlviij ; D has xxxvij . 17 om. 0.
18 to Jje 0. 19 don 0. 20 if fat D. 21 >irde 0. ^ iiij 0.
23 Hereford' 0. M don) 0.
25 Popes struck out, and bysshoppcs inserted by another hand in 0.
26 from 0. * morne DO. shitte in D. 29 - 29 om. D.
30 to 0. 31 nome 0. y2 hondes D. 33 the D. >e Q.
34 >rou3 D. Jrargn 0.
156 Compromise between the Pope & King John. [CH.CXLVII-VIII
and ordeynede men forto kepe 1 ham, fat 1 fe clerkes might nou^t
haue here leuyng 1 . Wherfore fe biss[hopis cursjede 2 ha??i aH fat
put, or slmlde medle 2 wif, holy cherche} 3 godes, a^eins 4 the Wille
of ham fat ham 5 owede. 4
II And Whe[n] fe Kyng Wolde nou^t cesse of his malice for
no maner f ing 1 , f e 6 iiij bisshoppis aboue-saide 7 went oner f e see,
and went to fe Erchebisshop 8 of Kaunterbery, and tolde him al
fe tidyngws. 9 U And fe Erchebisshop to ham saide, fat fai shulde 8
go 10 a^eyn to Kanterbery, and he wolde come fider 1 to ha??z, or
elles he wolde sende fider 1 certeyn persones in his stede, fat shulde
done n as miche as him-self were fere. IT And when f e bisshopis
herde fis, fai twrnede a^eyne vnto 12 Engelandl, & come 13 vnto K[a]un- 12
terbery. 14 U the tydynges comen to the kyng 1 fat f e bisshoppes
wer 1 come a^eyne to Kanterbery, 14 and [as] him-self might nou^t
come fider 1 fat tyme, he sent fider 15 bisshopes, Erles, Abbotes, forto
trete wif ham, fat fe Kyng shulde vnderfonge fe Erchebisshop 16
Stephen, & f e priour 1 and alle 16 f e monkes of Kaunterbery, and
fat he shulde neuer 1 after 1 fat tyme nofing take of Holy Cherche
a^eynes f e wille of ha??i fat owede 17 f e godes ; and fat f e Kyng
shulde make ful amendes to ham of whame he hade eny godes 20
taken, & fat holy cherche shulde haue alle here Eraunchises as
ferforf 18 as she hade in Seynt Edwardws tyme f e Confessoure.
How Stephen of Langetone cowme into Engeland frou^ fe
Popis 19 co??imandement, & the[n] 20 went a^eyn. C&pitulo 24
Centesimo xlviij . 21
WHen f e fourme of accorde fus was ordeynede, 22 hit was in a
peire of endentures ; & fai put her* selx 23 to fat 24 o party, 24
and fai fat comen 25 in fe Kyng?w name put her 1 selx 26 to fat of ere 28
parte 16 of fe endentwres. And fe iiij bisshoppws aboue-saide toke
J- 1 it for D. it J>at 0.
2 - 2 al men fat ham medlede D. al hem ]>at put or schuld medle 0.
3 Cherche 0. 4 leaf 87, back. c it D. 6 J>o D.
7 aforesaide D. 8 Bisshope 0. 9 doyng< D. doynge 0.
10 gon D. n do D. 12 to 0. 13 comen 0.
14 -* 4 the . . Kanterbery D. The tydynge come to > e kyng ]>at }> e Bisshopes
were come a3en to Cavwtirbury 0. om. R.
16 J>ide sic D. 16 om. 0. 17 owen D. owe 0.
18 alseferforth D. as ferforf 0. afferfor)> R.
19 MS. has Popis struck out ; struck out also in 0. 2 he D. om. 0.
21 MS. has xlix ; D lias xxxviij ; has Ixviij .
22 ordenede D. ordeyned? 0. ordeyne R. w sealles D. seeles 0.
one parte D. ^ come D. '* seeles 0.
CH. CXLVIII] K. John refuses to restore the Church's goods. 157
fat o l parte 2 of f e endentwres 3 wif ha?ft ; And f e of er parte of
fe endenture fai 3 bare wif ha??i forto shew fe Kyng 1 . 1f When fe
Kyng saw 4 f e f ourme, and hit 4 5 vnderstode, he helde him f ul wel
4 paiede 6 of al maner f ing fat 7 fai hade ordeynede, saf as tochyng
f e restitucion of f e godes 8 forto make 8 a3eyne ; to fat fing 1 he
wolde 9 nou^t accorde ; and so he sent worde a^eyne to fe 10 forsaide
iiij "bisshoppis, 10 fat fai shulde done n out and put awey fat o pynt
8 of restitucion ; and fai ansuerede fat fai nolde 12 nou}t done 4 13 out
a word!. 13 U fo sent fe Kyng 1 to fe Erchebisshop by fo iiij
bisshopes, fat he shulde come to Kaunterbery forto speke wif him
fere, and sent vnto him saf condit, vnder 5 plegges, fat is to seyn,
12 his lustice^, Gilbert Peytevyn, "William de la Breuer 5 , & lohn le
fi[t]z Hugh, fat in here condit safly he shulde come, & gon a}eyn at
his wille ; & in f is maner* f e Erchebisshop Stephen come vnto
Kaunterbery. 51 And when the Erchebisshop was [come], 14 fe
16 Kyng 1 come to Chilham, for he wolde come no nyer 115 Kaunterbery at
fat tyme; but he sent by his tj'esorer 1 , fe 16 bisshope of Wynchestre,
fat he shulde done 17 out of fe endentwes fe clause of restitucioun
forto make of fe godes. U And fe Erchebisshop made his oth fer,
20 fat 18 he wolde neuer 1 do 19 oute a 20 worde ferof, ne chaunge of fat
fe bisshopes 21 hade spoken 22 & ordeynede. & so fe Erchebisshope
went a3eyn to Rome, wif -ou ten 23 eny more doyng 1 . IF Kyng 1 [lohn]
was fo 24 miche wrofer 25 fan euer he was bifore, and lete make a
24 comen 26 crie frou^-out al Engelawd, fat al fo fat haden 27 holy
cherche rentes, and wen ten 28 oner fe see, fat fai shulde come a^eyn
into EngekwcZ at a certeyn day, and elle3 fai shulde lese her 1 rentes 29
for euermore; and fat he commandede to 4 euery shirryf frou^out
28 Engelaw<i, fat fai shulde enquer 1 if eny bisshop, Abbot, 30 Pryoure,
or eny ofer prelate of Holy cherche, 31 fro fat day afterward?
resceyuede eny mandemewt fat come fro fe Pope, 32 fat fai shulde
tak fe body, & brynge hit bifore him ; & fat fai shulde take into
32 fe Kynges hande al her 1 londes 33 of holy cherche 34 fat were
1 one D. 2 partye 0.
3 - 3 and D. with hem & ]>at o}>ere partye of J> e endentwres J>ey O.
4 om. 0. 5 leaf 88. 6 apayed D. 7 as DO. *-* om. D.
9 nolde 0. 10 - 10 iiij bysshopes aforseid' 0. n do D. 12 wolde D.
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15 neire D. ner 0. 16 om. D. 17 do D. 18 that D. fat 0. at R.
19 don 0. 20 o 0. 21 Archebisshop D. 22 spoke 0.
23 withoute DO. M om. D. so 0. * wrofer f o D.
26 comune 0. ^ hade D. had 0. a went DO. ffl Rente 0.
30 Abbot or D. 31 leaf 88, back. 32 struck out in 0.
83 godej D. 34 che sic D.
158 K.Johnruins the Cistercians. The Popes Demands. [CH.CXLIX
to l eny man frou$ f e Erchebisshop Stephen or by ]>e Pryour 1 of
Kaunterbery, fram f e tyme of fe elecciouii of f e erchebisshope ;
IT And co??imandede fat alle fe wodes fat were fe erchebisshopws
shulde 2 bene 3 cast adoufi to l ]>e grounde, and aH solde. 4
How Kyng- lohn destroyed fe ordre of Cisteaux. G&pituto
Centesimo xlix . 4
ANd in ]>e same tyme J>e Irisshe-mett bigon to 5 werr 1 oppon
Kyng lohn; and Kyng lohn ordeynede hi??? forto 6 wende 8
into Yrland?, and lete arere an huge tax 7 f rou^-out al Engekmrf, 7
fat is to seyn, xxxv M* mar} 8 ; & sent f rou$-out 9 al Engelawd to
f e monkes of f e ordre of Cisteaux, fat fai shulde helpe him of vj
M* marc of Siluer 1 ; and fai ansuerede 10 & saide 10 }>at fai derst 1 2
noting done wifoutew 11 her 1 chief Abbot of Cisteaux. Wherfore
Kyng lohn, when he come 12 a^eyne 13 fram Irland!, 13 he dede ham
so miche sorwe & care, J?at ]?ai nist wher 1 forto abide ; for he toke so
miche ransoun of euery hous of ham, 14 J>e so?7ime amountede ix M* 16
& iij C rnar}, 15 so fat }>ai were clene loste 16 and destroyede, &
voidede her 1 hous & her 1 landes prou^-out al EngelanA H And the
Abbot of Wauersey 17 drade so miche his manace, J?at he forsoke al
his 18 Abbay, & went fens, and pryuely 19 ordeynede him ouei j f e 20
see 20 to J>e hous of Cisteaux. IT When fe tydynges 21 come to f e
Pope, 22 fat f e Kyng 1 had done so miche malice, fo was he toward 1
f e Kyng 1 ful wrof , and sent ij legates to 1 f e Kyng 1 , fat on me
callede Pandolf 1 , & fat of ere Duraunt, fat fai 23 shulde warne fe 24
Kyng 1 , in f e Popis 22 name, fat he shulde cesse of* his persecucion
fat he dede vnto holy cherche, & amende fe 24 wrong 1 and trespasse 24
fat he hade done to f e Erchebisshope of Kanterbery, & 25 vnto fe 25
monkes of Kaunterbery, & to al fe clergye of Engelaftrf, and fat 28
he shulde restore f e godes a^eyn fat he hade taken 26 of ha??z a3eyns
her 1 wille, & elles 27 fai shulde curse the 2S Kyng 1 by name ; and to
done 29 fis fing 1 , 30 & to conferme, 30 fe Pope 22 toke ham his leftres in
1 vnto 0. 2 shul 0. 3 be DO. 4 MS. has l mo . 5 forto DO.
6 foro sic D. 7 - 7 om. 0. 8 Mark 1 0. 9 frou3 D. furgh 0.
10 10 om. D. n with-oute DO. 12 come home 0.
ia - 13 into Engelan* D. fro Irlond' 0. 14 ham >at D. hem J>at 0.
15 Mark 0. 16 ylost 0. 17 Waruersey 0. 18 }> e 0. 19 om. D.
20 see pryuely D. 21 tydyng D. tydynge 0. ^ struck out in 0.
23 leaf 89. a * ^ trespas and wrong D. wrong and J> e trespace 0.
25 - 25 to the Priour' and D. to > e Priour & to ]>e 0.
26 take 0. ett 0. w the D. fe 0. om. R. do D.
30-30
CH. CXLIX.] K. John's Exceptions to the Popes Demands. 159
bulles patent. II fise ij legates comen 1 into Engeland, and comen
to f e Kyng 1 to Northampton, fere fat he helde his pa?iement ; &
ful curteisely fai 2 him salued!, 3 and saide : "Sire, we befe 4 comew
4 fro 5 J>e Pope 6 of Rome, f e pees of holy cherche & 7 f e lande forto
amend? ; and we monest }ow ferste in J>e Popis half 1 , fat 36 make
ful restitucioun of fe godes fat 36 haue rauisshede of holy cherche
& of fe land?, & fat 30 vnderfonge Stephen, 8 Erchebisshop of
8 Kanterbery, into his dignite, and fe Priour 1 of Kaunterbery & his
monkes, & fat 36 ^elde a3eyn to 9 f e Erchebisshope alle his landes
& rentes, wifout eny wifholdyng. IT And Sire, 10 more-oiier*, fat
36 n soche restitucioun ham 12 make, as holy cherche shal holde her*
12 paiede.''
U f o ansuerede f e Kyng 1 ; " as tochyng 1 f e Priowr & his
monkes of Kaunterbery, al fat 30 haue saide, y 13 wille gladelyche 13
do, & al fing 1 fat 36 wille ordeyne. U But as tochyng 1 fe
16 Erchebisshop, y shal telle 3ow in 12 myn hert as it lif, fat fe
Erchebisshop lete his bisshopriche, & fat fe Pope 6 14 fan for him 14
wolde praye, & fan oppofi aventure me shulde like some ofere
bisshopriche 15 forto 3eue him 15 in Engelandl; and oppon 16 fis
20 condicioun y wil 17 him resceyue and vnderfonge. 1T And nof eles
in Engelawd, as Erchebisshop yf 1 18 he abide, he shal neuer* haue so
gode saf condit fat 19 he ne shal ben 4 tak." IT fo saide Pandolf
vnto fe Kyng 1 : "holy cherche was neuer' wont to disgrade 20
24 Erchebisshop wif outen 21 cause resonable ; but euer she was wont
to chastice Pry[n]ces fat to God 1 & holy cherche were in-obedient."
U " What ! how now?" quod f e Kyng, " manace 36 me ?" U " Nay,"
saide Pandolf 1 , " but 30 22 now openly haue tolde as it stondef 22 in
28 3owr hert ; & to 3ow we wil tel what is f e Popis 6 wille ; & f us it
stant : fat he haf 3ow holiche 23 enterditede & accursede for f e
wronges fat 30 haue done to holy cherche & to fe clergye. & for-
as-miche as 36 duellif & bef in wil to abide in 3our ) malice, and
32 wil nou3t come to none emendement, 24 30 shal vnderstond' fat fro
fis tyme afterward fe centence is oppon 30 w 3euen, & halde 25 stede
1 come DO. 2 om. D. 3 salewed hyra 0. 4 be 0.
5 frara D. 6 struck out in 0. 7 & of DO. 8 Stephen the D.
9 vnto DO. 10 Sir* 3itte D. sir ^it 0. u 3e hem 0. 12 om. 0.
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i5_i5 j^ f orto ^ eue D> 16 jfg m oppon oppon. 17 wolde DO.
18 leaf 89, back. 19 MS. J>ak. & descharg D. 21 witAoute 0.
22 22 'haue tolde openly how it stondes D. haue now openlich haue told
as it standith 0.
23 holy DO. 2* amendemewt 0. 25 holde> D. halt 0.
160 The Popes Legates declare the Excommunication of England.
& strengf ; and all 1 fo fat wif ^owhaj) 2 communed e or 3 fis tyme,
Whefer )>at fai be]) 4 Erles or 5 barons, 6 knyghtes or eny o]>er,
what-so- 7 euer fat 7 fai bene, we ham assoile safly vnto fis day.
And fro fis tyme afterward', of what condicion so-euer 18 he 9 be, we 4
ham acurse fat wij) ^ow communen, and 10 do we sentence oppon
ham openly & specialy. 11 And we assoile quyte 11 Erles & 12 barons,
kny^, & al ofer maner 1 me?*, of her 1 homages, seruices & feaute^,
fat fai shulde vnto 3ow done. 1T And fis fing to cowferme, We 8
3eue 13 pleyn power* to fe Bisshop of Wynchestre & to fe Bisshop
of Norwich; U And fe same power we 14 3eue into 14 Scotland to fe
Bisshop 15 of Rouchestre & of Salesbery; & in Walys we ^eue 16 )>e
same power* to fe Bisshop 17 of seynt Dauid, 18 of Landa & of 19 12
Assa. II And more-ouer we seude 20 frou3 al Oistendome, fat al fe
bisshopis bi^end fe see, J>at fai 21 22 acurse alle J>o fat helpef 30 w, or
in 12 eny conseile ^eue 23 in eny maner nede fat 30 haue forto done in
eny party of the world? ; and 24 we assaile 24 al ham fat a^eynes ^ow 16
meuef 25 eny maner 1 werre. U And we assoile ham al also, by f e
autorite of fe Pope, 26 & co??imanden 27 ha?w 28 also wif 30 w forto
werr 1 , as wif him fat is enemy to 29 al holy cherche." IF f o
ansuered? fe Kyng, "what mow 36 done 30 more?" IT fo saide 31 20
Pandolf : " we seyn 32 to 3ow ' in verbo Dei,' fat 36, ne none heir 1
fat 30 haue, neuer after 1 fis day may be cronede." IT Tho saide fe
Kyng: "by Him fat is Almyghty God 1 , & y hade wist of fis fing 1
er 1 fat 30 come into my land?, fat 30 me 12 hade brou3t 33 soche 24
tidynges, 34 y shulde haue made 3ow ride 35 al an hool 3ere." H f o
ansuerede PandolF : " ful wel wende we, at oure ferst comyng 1 , fat
30 wolde haue ben obedient to God and to 5 holy cherche, & haue
f ulfillede f e Popys 26 cowmandement ; and nowe we haue shewede 28
& pronuncede vnto 36 3ow f e Popis 26 wille, as we were chargede
fenvif . IT And as now 36 haue saide fat, if 36 hade wist fe cause
of oure co??imyng, fat 30 wolde haue made vs ryde al an hool 3ere,
1 oppon alle D. vpon att 0. allo R. 2 hauen D. haue 0.
3 bifore D. before 0. 4 be D. ben 0. 5 om. D. 6 Barons or 0.
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10 and so DO. n quvtely D. quytly 0. 12 om. DO. 13 jeuen 0.
14 - 14 3eueth in 0. " bysshops 0. 16 3euen D. yeuen 0.
17 bisshoppis D. bysshopes 0. 18 Dauid and DO.
19 of seynt DO. *> sende> D. seiidith 0.
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26 struck out in 0. a comraande D. K om. 0. a vnto 0.
30 do me D. don nie 0. 31 answered 0. & saie D.
33 broght me 0. * Tydynge 0. ^ riden 0. 36 to D.
CH. CL] A clerical Coiner is set free ty Pandulf. 161
and as wel 30 myght haue saide fat 30 wolde haue take l an hool
3ere of respite by )>e Popys 2 leue. H But forto suffre what de]>
fat 3 30 couf e ordeyne, we shulle nou3t spare forto tel 30 w holliche
4 al fe Popis 2 message, & his wille fat we 4 wer 1 chargede with."
How Pandolf 1 delyuerede a clerc fat hade falsede 6 & contre-
fetede fe Kyngws monye 5 6 bifore fe 6 Kyng 1 . 7 C&pifulo
Centesimo I . 8
8 A Non fo commandede fe Kyng to 3 the Shirrif 19 & bailifs 10 of
J^\_ Northampton fat n were in fe Kynges presence, fat 11 fai
shulde bryng 1 forth alle 12 f e prisoners, fat" 13 J>ai my3t bene 14 done
to defe bifore Pandulf 1 , for encheson fe Kyng wende fat fai
12 wolde haue gaynesaide here dedes for cause of def, al fing fat
fai 15 hade spoken bifore. 16 U When f e prysoners were comen 1T
bifore fe Kyng 1 , fe Kyng 1 commanded? 18 sowme to bene honget, &
some to bene 19 drawe, & somme to draw out her* eyen of her*
16 heued. 20 and amonge alle ofer, fere was a clerc fat hade falsede
f e Kynges monye ; & f e Kyng cowmaundede fat he shuld?
bene 21 honged & drawe. 1T And when Pandolf herd fis com-
mawdement of fe Kyng 1 , he stert 22 op smertly, and anone axed
20 a book 1 & candel, 23 and wolde haue 23 cursed alle ham fat sette
oppon fe clerc eny honde. 1T And Pandolf him-self went forto
seche a croice ; and f e Kyng folwede him, and delyuerede him f e
clerc by f e honde, fat he shulde do 24 wif him what-euer* fat he
24 wolde. And fus was the clerc delyuerede, and went fens ; and
Pandolf & Duraunt 1 25 went f o fro 26 Kyng lohn, & come a3eyne to
fe Pope 27 of Rome, and tolde him fat Kyng lohn wolde nou3t
amendede ben, but euer^ abide so acursede. U And nojjeles f e Pope
28 graunted! fat 36^ frou3~out Engeland?, fat men might synge masse3 28
in couenable cherches, & make Godes body, and 3if it to sik 1 men
fat 29 shulde passe 29 out of fe 30 worlde, & also fat men might cristeu
1 tok D. 2 struck out in 0. 3 om. DO. 4 he D.
5 5 the kynges mony and counterfetede it D. & coimterfete j) e kynges
money 0.
6 - 6 om. 0. 7 Kyng 1 himself D. om. 0. 8 MS. has lj.
9 Shereves 0. 10 balie^ D. "- 11 om. D. 12 leaf 90, back.
13 fat wer 1 in the kynges prisoun ]?at D. 14 be DO.
15 he 0. 16 afore DO. 17 Come 0.
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BRUT. M;
162 King John surrenders his Crown & Realm to the Pope. [CH.CL
childern oueral. 11 And when f e Pope wist 1 & sawe fat f e Kyng
wolde nou^t bene 1 vnder* f e rewele of holy cherche for no maner
fing 1 , fe Pope 2 fo sent 2 to fe Kyng of France, in remissioun of his
synnes, fat he shulde take wif him al f e power* ]>at he myght, & 4
wende into Engeland? forto destroye Kyng lohan.
[King John gives in to the Pope.]
When fis tydyngws 3 come to Kyng 1 4 Iohn, fo Was he sore
annoyede, & sore drade Laste fat he shulde lese his reaume, and 8
him-self 5 be done vnto )>e 5 de)>. 11 f o sent he to f e Pope messa-
gers, 6 & saide fat he wolde bene 7 iustifiede, & come to amende-
ment 1 in al maner f inges, atte his owen wille. f e messagers comen 8
to fe Pope, & tolde him 9 fe Kyngws wille, & saide fat he wolde 12
come to emendement in al maner 10 finges, & wolde make satis-
faccion to al maner* men after* f e Popys ordenaunce. U f o sent
fe Pope a^eyne into EngelewcZ, Pandolf* and ofere messagers, &
comen to Kaunterbery fere fe Kyng abode, and fe xiij day of 16
May, fe Kyng made 11 an hoth forto stande to fe Popes ordenaunce,
bifore Pandolf fe legat, in al maner fingws for fe whiche he was
accursede ; & fat he shulde make ful restitucion to alle fe 10 men of
holy cherche and of religioun, of fe gode 12 fat he hade take of ham 20
a^eyn^ heir* wille. And alle fe grete lordes of Engeland? suore
oppon a 13 book 1 & by fe holy dome, fat if fe Kyng wolde nou^t
holde his oth, fai saide fat 14 fai wolde make him 15 holde hit bi
strengf . U And 10 fo put fe Kyng 1 him to fe courte of Rome & to 24
fe Pope, and fo ^af* vp fe reaume of Engelarad & of Irland?, for him
& for his heires for euermore fat shuld? come after him, so fat
Kyng lohan & his heires shulde tak f o ij reaumes of f e 16 Popis
Hand*, & shulde holde fo ij reaumes of the Pope 16 as to ferme, pay- 28
ing euery ^er* to fe court of Rome a f ousand? marc of siluer*. And
f o toke 17 f e Kyng f e croune of his Heued?, and sette him 18 on his
knees, and fise wordes 19 saide in heryng 20 of alle fe 21 grete 22
lordes of Engeland? : " Here y resyngn) op fe crone of 23 fe reaume 32
of Engeland? into fe Popis Hande, Innocent fe fridde, and put
24 me Holliche 25 in his mercy & 26 ordenance." U f o vnderfonge
I be D. 2 - 2 sent >o 0. 3 Tydyng 0. 4 leaf 91.
B 6 ben done to D. to be don to O. 6 messagers DO. messager R.
7 be DO. 8 come DO. 9 him D. hym 0. ham R. 10 om. DO.
II made & swore 0. 12 godes D. goodes 0. la >e 0. 14 om. D
16 hem 0. 16 - 16 Pope D. 17 nome 0. 18 it 0. 19 worde D
20 audience D. 21 pepte 0. w gre sic D. & 0. and DO
24 leaf 91, back. 2r> holy O. * and in his DO.
CH. CLI] King John 's Deed of Surrender to the Pope. 163
Pandolf pe crone of Kyng lohn, and kepte hit v dayes, as for
seising-takyng 1 of J?o ij reaumes of Engetod and of Yiland, and
confermede al maner* pinges by his chartre J>at folewej? after*.
4 Of J>e lettre obliga[to]rie bat Kyng lohn made to be court of
Rome; wherfore be Petrus pens be]? 1 gadrad broil} al
Engeland*. Cap^wZo Centesimo Quinqwagesimo primo. 2
" rflO 3 alle 4 Oisten peple pro^-out 5 the worlde duellyng 1 , lohn,
JL
8 by J>e grace of God, Kyng 1 of Engeland*, gretyng to
vniuersite ! and knowen 6 ping 1 it be J>at, for-asmiche as 7 we haue
greuede & offendede 8 God & our* moder* cherche 9 of Rome, and
forasmiche as we haue nede to pe mercy of oure lord Ihesu Crist,
12 and we may noting so worpi offre competent satisfaccioun to make
to God* & to holy cherche, but if it were our* owen body, as wib
oure 10 reaumes of Engeland* and of Irland*, Thanne, by pe grace of
God*, 11 we desirefi forto meken 12 vs for ]>e loue of Him bat meked
16 Him to be de]> of J>e Croice, brou^ conseil of ]>Q noble erles &
barons, we soffren 13 and frely g?*anten to God, and to be Apostoil^
seynt Petre & seynt Paule, & to oure moder 1 cherche of Rome, &
to our* Holy fader be Pope, Innocent be bridde, & to alle be Popis
20 bat come]? 14 after him, al J?e reaume & 15 patronages of cherches 16 of
Engeland* 16 and of Irland*, wij? alle ]>e appurtenances, for remissioun
of oure synnes, and helpe & helj? of oure Kyn 17 soules, and of aH
Cristen soules, so J>at fro 18 pis tyme afterward, we wille resceyue &
24 holde of oure moder che[r]che of Rome, as fee ferme, doyng 1 feaute
to our* 19 holy fader* 20 21 J?e Pope, Innocent J)e pridde, and to alle J)e
Popes pat come]? 22 after* him, in 23 maner* abouesaide. U And in
presence of J?e wise man Pandolf, J?e Popis Suthdekne, 24 we make]) 25
28 liege homage, as it were in pe Popes presence, & bifore him were ;
and we shul 26 do al maner* pinges 27 aboue-saide; and* 28 J?erfore
we byndep 28 vs, and al J?at comen after* vs, & oure heirs for-euer 1 -
more, wipouten 29 eny gaynsaying, to ]?e Pope, & eke J?e ward 30 of
1 ben D. 2 MS. has secimdo. 3 So sic D.
4 MS. alle al ; alle the D. 5 >rou^-out al D. 6 knowe D.
7 >at DO. 8 offende D. 9 MS. has cherche of cherche.
10 MS. has cures. u the holy gost D. >e holy gooste 0.
12 meke D. 13 offren DO. 14 comen DO. of Engelond of 0.
16-ie om o. n Kynes D. 18 from 0. 19 om. D.
20 fade sic D. 21 leaf 92. ** comen 0. in the D. in > e 0.
24 Sudekene 0. ^ make DO.
26 MS. has shulde, with de underlined for omission. ^ Jring* 0.
28_28 j, erto we by n( j e D. -tyerto we bynde> 0. M witAoute
30 wardes D.
1 64 K. Johns Deed of Surrender. Exiled Papists to come lack.
cherche} 1 vacaunt}. and in token 2 of pis ping euer forto last, we
wille, conferme & 3 ordeyn, pat our* special rent} of ])e forsaide
Reaumes, sauyng seynt Petrus pens, in al 4 ping to pe moder
cherche of Rome, paying by }er* 5 M* mar} 6 of sillier* at ij termes of 4
pe }ere, for al maner custumes pat we 7 shulde do to 7 pe forsaide
Reaumes, pat is to seyn, at Mighelmesse & at 8 Ester*, pat is to 8
seyn, 9 vij C mar} 10 n for Engeland?, 11 & iij C mar} 12 for Irland*,
sauyng to vs and to oure heires, oure 3 Justice} and oure oper 8
ffraunchisis, and oper realtes pat apperteynep 13 to 14 pe crone. And
alle pise pinges pat 15 bifore ben 15 saide, we wille pat hit be ferme &
stable wipouten ende ; and to pat obligacion we, and alle our*
16 successoures & oure heires, 16 in pis maner bep 17 bonde, pat if we, or 12
eny of our heires, prou} 18 presumpcioun falle 19 in eny poynt a}eyne
pise pingws abouesaide, & he bene 20 warnede, & wille nou}t 21 ri}t
amende him, he shal pan lese pe forsaide 3 reaumes for euermore.
and pat 3 pis chartre of 22 obligacioun, & oure warant, 22 for euermore 16
be ferme and Stable wipouten 23 gaynsaying 1 , we shul fro pis day
afterward be trewe to God & to pe 24 moder 1 cherche of Rome, and
to pe Pope Innocent pe pric?, 25 and to al pat 1 2G comep 27 after him ;
and pe reaumes of Engeland & of Irland? we shul mayntene 20
trewely 28 in al maner poynt} a}eyn} al maner men by oure power 1 ,
prou} 29 pe grace of GooV' 29
How pe clerkes pat werne 30 outlawed of Engeland', come a}eyn,
& how Kyng lohn was assoiled*. G&pitulQ Centesimo Iij . 31 24
WHen pis chartre 32 was made and enselede, pe Kyng Vnder-
fonge a}eyn his crone of 1 Pandolfes hondes, and sent
anone vnto 33 pe Erchebisshop Stephen, and to al his oper clerkes
and lewed men pat he hade exilede out of his 84 lande, pat pai 28
shulde come a}eyne into Engeland?, & haue a}eyn her 1 londes &
heir 1 rentes, & pat he wolde make restitucioun of pe godes pat he
1 Cherche 0. 2 tokenyng 1 D. 3 om. D. 4 al maner D.
5 }ere a 0. 6 marc D. Mark 1 0.
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14 vnto 0. 1515 biforne be D. ie ie heires and successoures D.
17 ben 0. 18 >rou} eny D. jmrgh ony 0. 19 faile D.
20 be 0. 21 no 0.
22-22 war aunt and our oMigacioun D. M withoute 0. 24 our" D.
25 >irde 0. a leaf 92, back. ' a comen 0. trewlich 0.
i_29 go( j eg ijeipe D. goddes helpe 0. 30 were DO.
31 MS. has lijjo. lettre D. M to D. 34 him sic D.
CH. CLII] King John welcomes Archbishop Stephen. 165
hade J take of heres, 1 a^eyns her 1 wille. U f e Kyng him-self fo,
and Pandolf, & Erles & barons, went fo 2 vnto Wynchestre a3ein3
)>e Erchebisshop Stephen. & when he was comen, 3 f e Kyng went
4 a^eynes him, & felle adoun vnto 4 his feet 1 , & saide vnto 4 him :
" faire sir 1 , 36 bef welcomes 5 ; and y crie ^ow mercy, for encheson
fat y haue trespassede a3eyn^ ^ow." U fe Erchebisshop toke him
vp fo in his Amies, & cussede him curteisely ofte-tymes, and after
8 lad him to fe dore of Seynt Swythynus cherche by f e honde, &
assoilede him of ]>e centence, and him reconselede to God and to
holy cherche; and fat was on seynft] Margarites day; and fe
Erchebisshop anone went forto synge f e masse, and f e Kyng offred
12 at ]>e masse a mark of golde. U And whew fe masse was done, alle
fai went forto vnderfonge 6 her* londes, wifoutew 7 eny maner*
gaynesaying ; and fat day J>ai made ali mer)>e and ioye ynow ; but
3itte was nou^t fe enterdit 8 relessede, for enchesoun 9 fai hade sent
16 fat fe enterdityng 1 shulde nou^t bene vndone 9 til fe Kyng 1 hade
made ful restitucioun of J>e godes that he 10 hade take of Holy
cherche, and also fat him-self shulde done n homage to f e Pope by
a certeyne ligat fat he shulde sende into 12 Engeland?.
20 IF ]>o toke 13 Pandolf his leue of 14 f e Kyng 1 and of f e Erche
bisshop, and went a^eyne vnto 15 Eome. And fe Erchebisshop
anone lete come bifore him prelates of holy cherche at Eedyng 1 ,
forto trete and conseil how miche and what f ai shulde 16 axe of f e
24 Kyng 1 forto make restitucioun of f e godes fat he hade take 17 of
ham. II And f ai ordeynede and saide, fat fe Kyng shulde $eue to
fe Erchebisshope iij M* mar} 18 for fe wronge fat fe Kyng hade
done to 19 him, and also to ofer clerkes 20 xv M* marc, by porcyons. 20
28 and in fe same tynie Nicholas, 21 bishop of 21 Tuscan, Cardynal
Penitauncer ) of Eome, come into Engeland? frou$ fe Popis com-
mandement, fe v kalencZ of Ottobre, and come to London fe v
None of Octobre, for enchesoun fat Kyng lohfL, and alle fe 22
32 kynges fat comen after him, shulde euermore halde fe reaumes of
EngelaraZ and of Irland of God & of fe Pope, paing 4 to fe Pope
by ^er* as 23 is aboue saide.
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15 to 0. 16 mi3t D. 17 taken D. 18 marc D. Mark 1 0. 19 vnto DO.
2020 by porcions xv M* marc D. by porctons xv M* Mark 1 0.
om. D. 22 om. 0. 23 as it 0.
166 The 7 '-years' Interdict is ended. K. John's Misdeeds. [CH. CLIII
How f e enterditing was vndone in Engeland ; and of f e debate
fat was bituene Kyng lohn & fe barons of fe reaume.
IT Capitwfo Centesimo liij . 1
WHen Kyng lohn 2 hade done his 2 homage to fe legat fat 4
shewede him fe Popes 3 lettre, fat he shulde paye to lulyan
and ^elde a^eyn, fat was Kyng Bichardes 4 wif H , ]>e fridde part 4 of
fe londe of 1 Engeland & of Irland? J>at he hade wifholde si]? fat
Kyng deide, IT when Kyng lohn herde fis, he was wonder 1 wrof, 8
for vtterliche 5 )>e enterdityng might nou^t bene 6 vndone til fat he
hade made gree & restitution to 7 fe forsaide Julian of fat she 8
axed!. 1T The legate went fo a^eyn to fe Pope 9 after 1 10 Cristesmasse,
and fe Kyng sent fo messagers 11 ouere 12 see to lulian, fat was Kyng 12
Bichardes wif, forto haue a relesse of fat she axede 13 him. IT And
so hit bifelle 14 fat lulian deide anone after 1 Ester 1 , and insomiche fe
Kyng was quyt of 15 fat she axede ; but fo, at fe feast 16 of Seynt
lohn fat 17 come next 17 after 1 , frou$ fe Popis 18 cowmandement fe 16
enterdytyng was ferst 1 relessede frou^ 19 al Engelcmc? fe vij day of
lull; and seuen ^ere almost 20 was fe londe enterditede, and on 21
fe morwe men ronge, 22 & songe masses frou^-out London, and so
after frou^-out 23 aH Engelandl. 20
IT And fe next $ere after, fere bigan a grete debate bituen 24
Kyng lohn & f e lordes of Engelawd, for encheson fat he wolde
nou^[t] graunt fe lawes, & halde, fe 25 which Seint Edward* hade
26 ordeyned, and hade ben 26 vsede & holde vnto fat tyme fat 27 he 24
hade ham broken ; for he wolde none 28 lawe holde, but dede al
fing fat him likede, & disheritede 29 meny men wif-outen 30 consent
of lordes & pire^ of f e land ; And he wolde haue disheritede 81 fe
gode erle Eandolf of Chestre, for encheson fat he vndername him 28
of his wickednesse. & for cause fat he dede so miche shame &
1 MS. has liiijo. 2-2 (mim D>
3 popes struck out and Bisshopes written over in a different hand in 0.
4-4 wyves j>e jij par tye 0. 5 onliche D. 6 be D.
7 ofO. 8 heO.
9 Pope atte sic D ; struck out, and Bisshope written, over in a different
hand in 0.
10 leaf 93, back. n MS. has messagers messagers.
12 ouere the D. ouer }> e 0. 13 axede of D. axed? of 0.
14 felle D. 16 of thyng' D. of J>ing 0. 16 MS. has ferst.
ITI? nex t com e D.
18 popes struck out, and Bisshoppis written over in a different hand in 0.
19 J>ou3 D. 2 om. DO. * in O. ^ rong belles 0.
23 >rou3 D. jjurgh 0. M bituene D. betwen 0. bitwe R.
26 om. D. *-* made and ordeynede and D. ^ and D.
28 no DO. 2 disherite 0. withoute 0. 31 disherite 0.
CH. CLlli] Magna Cart a. The Barons conspire against John. 167
vilony to God* & 1 holy cherche, & also for he helde & hauntede
his owen broferes wif, & lay also by meny o]>ere wymmen, grete
lordes doubters, for he sparede no wowman fat him likede forto 2
4 haue, wherfore alle fe lordes of fe lande wer 1 toward 3 him wonder 1
wrof, and went 4 wif him 4 to London, & toke J>e citee.
[King John grants the Great Charter.]
U And forto cesse f is debate and sorwe, fe Kyng 1 and f e
8 Erchebisshop, and of ere grete lordes of 5 Engeland*, assemblede
ham bifore J>e fest 1 of Seynt lohn fe Baptiste, in a medowe bisides 6
fe toune of Stanes fat is callede 7 Eome- 8 mede. And fe Kyng
made ham fere a chartre of ffraunchise^, 9 soche as fai wolde axen ;
12 & in soche maner 110 fai were acordede; and pat accordement laste
nou$t ful longe, for fe Kyng him-self 1 11 sone after 11 dede a^eynes fe
poyntes of fe same chartre fat he hade made. Wherfore f e moste
12 party of fe 12 lordes 13 of Engelcmd 14 assemblede ham, & bigon to
16 were oppon Kyng lohn, and brent his tounes & robbede his folc,
& dede al fe sorwe fat fai myght 1 , 15 and made ham alse 16 stronge as
fai might', 17 wij> aH her 1 power 1 , 17 & fou^t 18 to dryuen 18 him out of
Engelarcd, and make Lewys, J?e Kynges sone of Emnce, Kyng 1 of
20 Engelemd*. H And Kyng lohan sent J>o oner 1 fe 19 see, and ordeynede
so miche peple of Normannes & of Picard^, and of Elemynges, so
fat fe lande mi^t nout ham sustene, but wif miche 20 sorw. 51 And
among Alle fis 21 peple fere was a Norman 22 fat me callede 23 Erankes
24 of Brent 23 ; and fis Norman & his company sparede neyfer cherche
ne house of Eeligion, fat fai ne brent & robbed hit, & bare away
alle fat 24 fai might tak 1 , so fat fe land* was al destroiede, what 25 in
o 25 side & in 26 fat of ere. 1T fee barons & fe 27 lordes fo of Enge-
28 land ordeynede amonges 28 ham fe best spekers & wisest men, &
sent ham ouer fe 19 see to Kyng Philip of Eraunce, & prayed him
fat he wolde sende Lowys his sone into Engeltmet, to ben 29 Kyng
of Engelandl, and vnderfonge 30 fe crone.
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5 of the lande of D. of > e land' of 0. 6 biside D.
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28 among 0. a be DO 30 haue D.
168 Louis of France invades England & takes Castles. [CH. CLIV
How Lowys, fe Kynges sone of Fmunce, come into Engeland?
wif stronge 1 power* of peple, to ben 2 Kyng of Engela^.
G&pitulo Cevtesimo liiij t0 . 3
"YYTHen Kyng Philip of Fraunce herde fis tydynges, 4 he made 4
f f certeyn aliance bituene ham by her' commune eleccion, fat
Lowys, Kyng 1 Philippis sone of Fraunce, shuld? 5 gone 6 wij> ham
into Engeland, & dryue out Kyng 1 lohn of J>e land. And alle fo 7
)>at were in presence of Lowis made to 8 him homage, and bicome 8
his men. 9 And fe barons of Engeland* 10 helde ham 10 stille at
London, & abode 11 fere Lowys, fe Kyngws sone of Fraunce. And
J>is was fe nexte Satwresday 12 bifore fe Ascencioun of our* Lore? fat
Lowis come into Engeland wif a 13 stronge power*; & fat tyme 12
Kyng lohn hade take alle fe castelles 14 of Engeltmrf into Aliens
hondes. U And Lowys come f o to Rochestre, and bisegede fe
castel, & tok 1 hit wij> strengj>, & |>e Jjoresday in Whitson weke, 15
lete honge alle J>e Aliens J)at were J?erin. And J>e Jjoresday ]?o next 16
sewyng 1 , he come to London; & J>ere he was vnderfong wi]>
michel 16 honour* of fe lordes ]>at aboden 17 him fere; & alle to him
|>ai maden 18 homage. U And 19 afterward, in pe Tywesday J?o next
sewyng 1 J>e 19 Trinitee Sonday, 20 he toke ]?e castel of Ryegate, and 20
in fe morwe after, ]>e castel of Gildeford*, & fe Friday 21 ]>o next
sewyng 1 , 21 ]>Q casteH of Farnham ; and J>e Moneday next after, J>e
cite of Wynchestre to him 22 was 3olden 28 ; and in J>e morwe nexte 13
after* seynt lohns day, )>e maner* of Wolneseye ; And fe Tiwesday 24
next afte?- J>e viij 1 ^ 824 of Seynt Petre & seynt Poule, fai token 25 J>e
castel of Odyham. f And fe Moneday next after seynt Margaretes
day, he ordeynede him toward Beaumer*, 26 forto bisege J?e 27 castel ;
& fere he duellede xv dayes, & might nou^t gete fe castel ; & 28
J>o 28 went he 29 fens, and come to London, & fe Toure to him
^olde.
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* go D. 7 om. DO. 8 vnto D. 9 men DO. man R.
ltt - JO hem hel* 0. n abiden D. 12 Satirday 0.
13 om. D. castel D. 16 MS. weke &. 16 mych 0.
17 abiden 0. 18 made D.
1919 on |, e Tywesdav next after ]>e D. after in J>e tewsday next aftir 0.
20 (j ay D 2121 nexte a f ter D^ next aftir Q
22 J/S. him him. ^ ^olde D. yolde 0.
24 viij 0. toke DO. M Bremer 0. s 7 ^/
28 t>ai D. 2 om. D. >ey 0.
CH. CLV] A Siuineshead Monk prepares Poison for K. John. 169
J And in fe same tyme 1 fe Pope 2 sent into Engeland a legate fat
me callede Swalo; & of Kyng lohnes def. C&pitulo
Centesimo lv t0 . 3
4 A Nd in fe same tyme fe Pope 4 sent into Englond? a legate fat
j\ me callede Swalo, and he was 5 prest Cardinal of Rome,
forto mayntene Kyng 1 lohnes cause a^eyn} f e barons of Engelarad ;
but fe barons hade so huge partye and help frou3 Lowys, fe
8 Kyngws sone of Fraunce, fat Kyng 1 lohn wist nou^t winded forto
turne ne go. 6 11 And so it bifel, 7 fat he wold 4 haue gon to Mchole ;
and as he went fiderward, he come by 8 fe Abbay of Swyneshede, 9
and fere he abode ij dayes. U & as he satte at fe 10 mete, he axede
12 a monk 1 of fe hous, 'how miche a lofe was worf, fat was sette
bifore him oppofi 11 fe table.' & fe monk saide fat 12 ' f e lof 1 was
worf but an halpeny.' "0," quod he, "fo here is grete chepe of
brede. II Now," quod fe Kyng, " and y may leue, soche a lof
16 shal bene 13 worf xxs., or halfe 3ere be gone." 14 and when he hade
saide fis word, michel 15 he fou^t, and ofte-tyme sichede, and toke 16
& ete of f e brede, & saide : " by God*, f e worde fat y haue saide, 17
hit shal ben 13 soth." IT fe monk fat stode bifore fe Kyng 1 , 18 for fis
20 word! was 19 ful sory in hert 1 , and fou^ft], rafer he wolde him-self
soffre pitouse def, & fou^t to 20 ordeyn ferfor somme maner 1 remedy.
IT And anone f e monk 1 went to his Abbot 1 , and was shryuen of
him, and tolde fe Abbot al fat fe Kyng 1 saide, and praiede his
24 Abbot forto assoile him, for he wolde 3eue fe Kyng 1 soche a
wassaile fat al Engeland 21 shal be f erof glade 21 and ioyful. IT Tho
went fe monk 1 into a gardeyn, & founde a grete tode ferin, & tok 22
her 1 vp, & put here in a coppe, & 23 prickede fe tode frou3 12 wif a
28 broche meny tymes, til fat fe venyme come out on 24 eueryche 25
side 12 into fe coppe. and fo tok 22 he 12 fe coppe, and 26 fellede hit
wif god ale, & 26 brou3[t] hit bifore f e Kyng, & kneTyng 127 saide :
i- 1 How 0.
2 struck out in MS. ; also struck out in 0. and Bisshop of Rome written
over in a different hand.
3 MS. has Ivjto.
4 struck out, and Bisshope of Rome written over in a different hand in 0.
5 leaf 95. 6 gon D. gone 0. 7 felle 0. 8 to 0.
9 Swynesheuede D. Swynesheued? 0. 10 om. 0.
11 on D. at 0. 12 om. D. 13 be DO. 14 agon 0.
15 miche D. myche 0. 16 nome 0. n spoke D.
18 kyng was DO. 19 om. DO.
20 is he my^t sic D. if he myghte 0.
21 - 21 shulde be glade >erof D. shuld? be glad ]>erot 0. ^ nome 0.
23 & felled it with good ale & 0. ^ of D. in 0. 25 eche 0.
26_26 OTO- a 27 knelyng & 0.
170 K. John dies of Poison. Henry III succeeds him. [CH. CLVI
" Sir'," quod he, " Wassaile ! for neuer*, dayes of 3our ) lyue, 1 dranke 2
$e of soche 3 a 4 coppe." "Bygynne, monk," quod fe Kyng, and fe
monk dranke a grete drai^t, and toke fe Kyng fe coppe; & 5 fe
Kyng 6 drank also 6 a grete dra^te, and sette doune fe coppe. 4
IT J)e monk anone right went 7 into f e fermory, & fere deide anon,
on whos soule God! haue mercy, Amen ! & v monkes siwgef 8 for
his soule, 9 & shal whiles 10 fat 11 Abbay stanf. IF The Kyng arcs
vp anone ful euel at ese, & commanded anon 12 to remeve f e table, 8
& axede after 1 f e monk 1 ; and men tolde him fat he was dede, for
his wombe was broken 13 in sondre. U When fe Kyng herde Jris
tidynges, 14 he comandede forto trusse ; but al it was for nou^t, for
his bely biganne 15 to swelle, for fe drynk fat he drank, fat he 12
deide wifiii ij daies, 1 ^ f e morwe after Seynt Lukes day. H And
fis Kyug John hade fair* childerne of his body bigeten, 17 fat is to
seyn, Henry his sone, fat was Kyng after his fader*, & Bicharde,
fat 18 was Erl of Cornewail, and Isabel!, fat was Emperesse of 16
Rome, and Alienore, fat was Quene of Scotland*. H And fis Kyng
lohn, when he had regnede xvij ^ere v mounfes & v dayes,
he deide in fe castel of Newerc, & his body was buriede 19 at
Wynchestre. 20
Of Kyng Henry 20 fe fridde, fat was cronede at Gloucestre.
Cap^wZo Gentesimo lvj t0 . 21
ANd after fis Kyng lohn, regnede Henry his sone, & was
cronede at Gloucestre when he was ix $ere olde, on seynt 24
Symondws day & lude, of Swalo f e legat, f rou$ conseile of alle f e
grete lordes 22 of Engelawo 122 fat helde wif Kyng lohn, his fader 1 ,
fat is to saien, fe 18 Erl Randolf of Chestre, William, Erl Marchal,
William Erl of Penbrok 1 , 23 & William 23 Breuere, 24 Erl of Ferers, 28
Serl de Maule, baron ; & alle of ere grete 25 lordes of Engela?^ helde
with Lowys, f e Kynges sone of Eraunce. & anone after, when
Kyng Henry was cronede, Swalo the legat helde his conseil at
1 lif ne D. lyf ne 0. 2 dronk 0. 3 leaf 95, back.
4 At the top of this page is written in faint ink, by a different [?] hand : A
lambe,
5 a sic D. 6 6 also drank D. also dranke 0. 7 MS. went went.
8 syngen 0. 9 soule specialich D. soule speciallich 0.
10 while 0. " the D. >e 0. 12 om. DO. 13 broke 0.
14 tydynge 0. 15 began so 0. 16 dayes after 0. 17 geten 0.
18 om. 0. 19 y-buryed* 0. w Kerry here, and elsewhere in 0.
21 MS. has Ivijo. 22-22 o^. D0>
William >e D. William )> e 0. M leaf 96. ^ gete sic D.
CH. CLVI] Wales is interdicted. Louis is defeated. 171
Bristow, at Seyrit Martynes fesfr; & fere wer* xj bisshopis of
JLugeland & of Walys, & of ofer prelates of holy cherche a 1 grete
nombre, & Erles & barons, & meny kny3tes of JLngeland ; and alle
4 fo fat were at fat conseil swore feaute vnto 2 Henry fe Kyng, fat
was Kyng lohnes sone.
U And anone after, 3 f e ligate enterditede Walls, for enchesoun
fat f ai helde with f e barons of EngelcmtZ ; and also alle f o fat
8 4 holpen or ^af conseil 4 to meve wen? a^eyn^ fe new Kyng Henry,
he acursede ham ; And in the bigynnyng he put in ]?e 5 sentence
fe 5 Kyngws sone of Eraunce Lowys. IT And nofeles fe same
Lowys 6 wolde nou^t spare forto werr 1 for al fat, but went anone,
12 & tok fe castel of Berkhamstede, & eke 7 fe castel of Hertford'.
IT And fram 8 fat day aftirward, fe barons 9 dede miche 9 harme
frou} al EngetocZ, and principaly fe Frenche-men fat wer 1 comen 10
wif Lowys; wherfore fe grete lordes n of Engela??^, 11 & alle fe
16 commune peple, 12 lete ha??i croice forto dryue out 13 Lowys & his
company out of Engelcmd. If But somme of fe barons, & ek of f e
Erenchemen, were gone 14 to fe cite ef Nichole, & tok 15 16 fe Cite, 16
& helde hit to Kyng 1 Lowys profite. But fider 1 come 17 Kyng
20 Henryes 18 men wif 19 a grete 19 power 1 , fat is to seyne, f e Erl Randolf
of Chestre, and William Erl Marchal, & William de la Bruer 1 , Erl
of Eerers, & meny ofer lordes wif ham, & ^af 20 Bataile 21 vnto
Lowyse men. IF And f e?*e was slayn f e Erl of Perches ; and
24 Lowys men 22 were fere 22 foule descomfitede 23 ; and fe?*e was taken 24
Serl, Erl of Wynchestre, & Humfray de Boun, Erl of 25 Herford?,
& Robert, f e sone of Walter ; & meny ofer fat hade bigonne werr*
a^eyn^ fe Kyng 1 fere were taken, 26 and lad to 27 Kyng Henry 28 fat
28 was 28 Kyng lohnes [son]. U When fe tydyng of fis scomfiture
come vnto 2 Lowys, he remevede fens, & went 29 vnto London,
and lete shette f e ^ates fast* of f e citee. IT And anone after 1 , f e
Kyng sent to 30 fe 31 burgeys of London, fat fai shulde ^elde ham
32 vnto him, & fe citee also, and he wolde ham graunt alle fe
1 om. D. 2 to D. 3 afte D. 4 - 4 3af conseil and halpen D.
5 - 5 om. D. 6 MS. has Lowys Lowys. 7 also D. 8 fro D.
9 - 9 de somiche sic D. dede so myche 0. 10 Come 0. n n om. DO.
12 peple of Engeland* D. peple of Engelond' 0. 13 om. 0.
14 go 0. 15 token 0. 16 - 16 it D. 17 Corner 0.
18 Henryes men D. ' Herryes men 0. Henryes R.
i9_i9 MS ^ has a grete a grete> 20 ^ euen o. 21 leaf 96, back.
22 - 22 >ere were 0. scomfited' 0. M tak D. take 0.
25 MS. has of of. * tak D. ^ vnto DO. 28 - 28 om. DO
29 come D. 30 vn-to 0.
31 MS. has >e bisshop, with bisshop underlined for omission.
172 French fleet is destroy d. Louis goes lack to France. [CH. CLVII
Fj-aunchises 1 fat 2 pai were wont forto haue, & wolde conferme
ham by his 3 new charts 4 vnder* his grete sele. IT And in the
same tyme a gret Lorde, pat me callede Eustace pe monk 1 , come
out of Fraunce wip a grete company of Lordes, & wolde haue come 4
into Engela/^ forto haue holp Lowys, pe Kyngws sone of Fmunce.
1T But Hubert of Burgh 5 and 6 pe v portes, wip viij shippis, & no
mo, mette wip ham in pe hye see, and assailede ham egrely, &
ouercome ham prou} strengp, and smyten of Eustace-pe-monkes 8
heuede, 7 & token also x grete Lordes of Fraunce, and put ham
into prisoun, & quellede almost alle pe men pat comen 8 wib 9 ham;
and anone drenchede 10 pe shippis in pe see.
How Lowys turned aseyn into Fmunce; and of pe confirm- 12
acioun of Kyng lohnes chartre. IT Capitulo Centm'mo 1
Septimo, 11
WHen Lowys herd pis tydynges, 12 he drade sore to ben 13 dede
and loste, and lete ordeyne, & spok 14 bituene pe Kyng 16
and Lowys 15 by pe legat Swalo, and poru3 pe Erche 16 bisshop of
Kaunterbery, and prou^ 17 opere grete lordes, pat alle the prisoners
of 18 pat one halfe and of 18 pat oper shulde bene 19 delyuerede, &
gone 20 quit 1 , and Lowys him-self shulde haue for his costages 21 a 20
M* ti 21 of siluer*, & shulde gone out of Engeland, and come neuer
perin a^eyne. and in pis maner* was pe accord made bituene 22 Kyng
Henry & Levvys. And po was Lowys assoilede of pe Popis 23 legat
pat me 24 callede Swalo, of pe sentence pat he was in, and pe barouns 24
of Engelawd also. IT And after pis, Kyng Henry & Swalo pe legat,
& Lowys, went vnto Merton ; and pere was pe pees confermede, &
bituen 25 ham ordeynede. and afterward Lowys went fro pens vnto
London, & tok 26 his leue, & was brou^t wip miche 27 honoure at 28
pe 28 see wip pe Erchebisshop of Kaunterbery & wip oper bisshoppis,
and also wip erles and 29 barons ; and so went Lowys into Fraunce.
1 ffraunchise D. 2 J>at euere 0. 3 his gret DO.
4 Chartre and D. 5 Brugh DO. 6 in 0. 7 heed' O. 8 come 0.
9 MS. has wi]> wi)j, and the second wij? is underlined for omission.
10 drenched ati 0. n MS. has Octauo. 12 tidynge 0. 13 be 0.
14 speke O. 15 him D. 16 leaf 97. 17 om. D. 18 on D.
19 be DO. 2 go 0.
21 21 an J>ousande pounde D. a >ousand? pound 1 O.
22 bituene D. betwene 0. bitwe R.
23 Popes struck out, and bisshope of Rome written over in a different hand
inO.
24 mew D. * botwen 0. bitue R. a nome 0. * michel D.
28 om. 0. a and with D.
CH. CLVII] Henry III confirms King Johns Charter. 173
U And aftirward pe kyng & pe Erchebisshope, & Erles & barons,
assembled ham at London, at Michelmasse l fat next J>o sewede, 1 &
helde pere parlement. 2 & pere were po renewede alle pe Fraun-
4 chises fat Kyng lohn hade 3 grauntede at Komemede; and Kyng
Henry po confermede ham by his chartre, pe which ^itte bep holden
prou^-out 4 Engela/26?. U And in pat tyme J>e Kyng toke of euery
ploughe of 5 londe ij s; and Hubert of Burgh 6 was made po chief
8 lustice of 7 Engeland. II And pis was in 8 pe iiij $ere of Kyng
Henryes regne; & in pe same $ere was 9 seynt Thomas 9 of Kanter-
bery translatede J>e I 10 $ere after his martredome. 11 H And after, it
was ordeynede by alle pe Lordes of Engeland, pat alle Aliens shulde
1 2 gone out of EngelancZ, & come nomore perin.
And pe Kyng 1 12 po toke 12 alle pe castelles into his honde, fat
13 Kyng lohn his fader hade $eue & taken 14 vnto Aliens forto kepe,
pat helde wi]> him. IT But pe prout 15 Frankes of 1 Brent, 15 Eichely
1 6 lete arraie his 16 castel of Bedford, whiche he had of pe Kyngws 17
^ifte lohn 18 ; & he 19 helde ]?at castel a^eyns Kyng Henries wille
wip might and strengf. ^ And the Kyng come pider wij> a streng
power 5 , & biseged J>e castel. And }>e Erchebisshop 20 Stephen of
20 Langeton come to )>e Kyng 20 wif a faire company of kny^t^, 21 him
forto helpe; and fra J>e Ascencioun vnto pe Assumpcion of pur*
Lady, laste J>e sege : & fo was ]?e castel wonne & tak, and pe Kyng
lete honge ali po pat were wipin 22 pe castel, pat 23 wip her gode wille
24 24 helde pe castel a^eyn^ pe Kyng, 24 pat is 25 forto seyn, foure score 25
men. 11 And po afterward Fra[n]kes 26 himself 1 was fonde in a
cherche of Couentre ; and pere he forsuore al EngelaftcZ wip miche
shame, and went 27 po a^eyn into his owen centre.
28 U And whiles pat Kyng Henry regned, Edmund of Abyndon,
pat was tresorer of Salesbury, was consacrede 28 Erchebisshop of
l 1 >o next sewyng* D. >at next J> Come sewynge 0.
2 a parlement DO. 3 era. 0. 4 }>rou$-ouV al D. ]>urgh-out al 0.
5 om. DO. 6 Brugn 0. 7 of al DO. 8 om. DO.
9 9 0. has seynt struck out. and Beket written after Thomas in a different
hand.
10 fifti]>e 0. n MS. has martredomo. 12 12 nome > 0.
13 Zea/97, back. 14 tak D. 15 - 15 Faukesof Brut 0. 16 the D.
17 kvnge D. 18 lohn his fadir 0. 19 om. D.
2 ^ of Kaunterbury D. of Caunterbury Maister Stephene of Langeton) 0.
21 kny3t3 come to the kyng D. knyghtes come to > e kyng 0.
22 went into 0. * and D. om. 0.
24 a * a3eynes him hit held D. for-to hold' >e Castel 0.
XX
2 s - 25 for seyn iiij sic 0. * faukes 0. * MS. went went.
28 Sacrede D. Sacred' 0.
174 Henry III marries, & grants Charters. [CH. CLVIII
Kanterbery. And pis Kyng Henry sent ouer 1 see vnto pe Erie
of Prouince, pat he shulde sende him his dourer into Engelarco 7 ,
pat me called Alienore, & he wolde wedde her. And so she come
into Engeland? after Oistes-niasse, 2 and in pe morwe 3 after seynt 4
Hillary, pe Erchebisshop' Edmunde 4 spousede ham to-gedre 5 att
Kaunte?*bery ; and at pe viij 6 of seynt Hillary she was crounede at
Westmynstre wip miche solempnite ; & pere was a swete sight
bituene ham, pat is to seyn, Edmund, pat was next Kyng 1 after 8
him, his broker*, 7 f clour* 8 of curtessi and of Larges, and Margaret,
)>at was afterward* Quene of Scotland, & Beatrice, pat was afterward
Countesse of Britaign, & Katerine, pat deide maide in religioun.
Of pe quin^ime of godes pat were granted for pe new charters ; 1 2
& of pe puruyance of 9 Oxenfordl. Capitw?o IF C Iviij. 10
ANd pus hit bifelle 11 pat pe lordes of* Engeland wolde haue
somme addicions mo in the Chartre of Eraunchises pat pai
hade of pe Kyng 1 , & spoken pus bituene 12 ham; & pe Kyng 16
grauntede 13 ham alle her* axing 1 , and made to ham ij 'Chartres : pat
on is callede 'pe grete 14 Chartre of Fraunchises' & pat oper is
callede <pe Chartre of pe 15 Forest 1 '; and for pe grante of pise 16
chartres, prelates, Erles and barons, & alle pe communes of Enge- 20
land, ^af to pe Kyng 17 M* mar} 18 of siluer*.
H When Kyng Henry hade bene 19 Kyng xliij ^ere, pat same $ere
he and 20 his lordes, Erles, and barouns of pe reaume, went to Oxen-
ford, & ordeynede a lawe in emendement 21 of pe reaume, and 22 suore 24
pe Kyng him-self*, & after, alle pe lordes of pe reaume, pat pai wolde
holde pat statute 23 euermore ; and who pat it 24 brak shulde bene 19
dede. U But pe secunde 361-' after pat ordenance, pe Kyng, prou$
conseile of Sire Edward his sone, & of Richard his broper, pat was 28
Erl of Cornwall, & also of opere, repentede him of pat ope pat he
hade made forto holde pat lawe & ordynance, and sent to pe cowrt
of Rome to bene assoilede of pat oth pat he hade made. IT And in
pat ^ere next comen 25 after, was 26 grete derp of corne in Engelarct?, 32
1 ouer |> e 0. 2 Cristemesse 0. 3 morne D. 4 om. D.
5 togederes D. 6 viijt* 8 D. 7 leaf 98. 8 floure DO. 9 om. 0.
10 C Ivijo 0. " felle 0. 12 bitue D. 13 grantede to D.
14 MS. has grete pe, with pe underlined for omission. 15 of \> e 0. of R.
16 pise ij D. pese ij 0. 17 kyng a 0. 18 Mark 1 0. 19 be 0.
20 & att 0. a ame?idement 0. ^ and ferst DO.
ffl statute for D. statut for 0. M ham D. hem 0.
25 comyng* D, commynge 0. ^ was the D. was J> e 0.
CH. CLVIII] Civil War. The Battles of Lewes & Evesham. 175
for a quarter of 1 whete was worf xxiiij s, 2 & fe pore peple ete
netles for hunger, and of ere wedes; & 3 deide meny M* 4 for
defaute 5 of mete.
4 U And in fe xlviij $ere of Kyng Henries regne, biganne werr 1
and debate bituene him and his lordes, fo[r] enchesoun fat he
6 hade broken fe couenaunte} 6 fat were made bituene ham at
Oxenford*. U And in J>at r same ^ei*, in Lent, was fe 8 castel of
8 Notyngham 8 tak, and fe folc slayne fat were ferin, for enchesoun
fat fai hade ordeyned wilde fire forto haue brent fe citee of London.
U And in the morwe 9 of May fat come next after, oppon seynt
Pancras day, was the batail at Lewes, fat is to seyne, 10 fe Wed-
12 nesday bifore seynt n Dunstanws day 11 ; and 12 fere was tak,
Kyng Henry ^him-self 1 , & 13 Sire Edward 14 his sone, & Sz're 14
Eichard, Erl of Corn wail, & meny 15 of ere lordes. 11 And in J>at
same 3 ere next sewyng 1 , S^Ve Edward, fe Kynges sone, brak out of
16 fe 1 ward of Sire Symond' of Mountford', Eii of Leicestre, at Here
ford, 16 and went to J>e barons of f e Marche ; and fai vnderfong 1 him
wif michel 17 .honour 1 . 1T And in J>e same tyme Gilbert of Clare, 18
Erl of Gloucestre, fat was in J>e ward also of fe forsaide Symond?,
20 prou$ fe co??imandement of Kyng Henry, fat went fram him in 19
grete wraf, 20 for enchesoun fat he saide fat fe forsaide Gilbert was
a fool in his conseile, wherfore he ordeyned him 21 so, & helde wif
Kyng Henry. 1T And fe 22 Satwresday next 22 after fe middes of
24 August 1 , 23 Sir Edward, f e Kyngws sone, descomfitede StVe Symond?
de 24 Mountford* at Kemworf ; but fe grete lordes fat were fere wif
him wer* taken, fat is to seyn, Baldewyne Wake, Willia?w of Moun-
chesye, 25 and meny of er grete lordes : and fe Tywesday next after,
28 was f e bataile 26 done at 26 Euesham ; & fere was quellede Sire
Symond de 24 Mountford, Hughe f e Spensei , and Mountford, fat
was Eauf Basset^ 27 fader of Dratton, & ofer meny grete Lordes.
U And when fis batail was don, alle fe 1 gentiles fat had be 28 wif fe
1 om. D. 2 shilynges 0. 3 leaf 98, back. 4 fousand 0.
5 faute D.
6 6 wolde haue broke the couaunt D. had* broke J) e Couenawntes 0.
7 > e 0. 8 8 toune of Northampton D. Toun) of Northampton) 0.
9 monthe D. mon>e 0. 10 say D. lx n Dunstaand sic D.
12 MS. has bifore seynt and, with bifore seynt underlined for omission.
i3_i3 an( j ^s sone D. 14 14 and D. his sone & 0. 15 mey sic D]
16 Herford? DO. 17 mych 0. 18 Clarence DO.
19 wi> D. with 0. 2 herf D. herte 0.
21 him afterward' D. hym afterward O. 22 - a2 Satirday 0.
23 Aust sic 0. M of D. ^ Monchensey 0. aa - fl6 of D.
27 leaf 99. bene D. ben 0.
176 Siege of Kenilworth. The exiled Rebels are for given. [CH. CLIX
Erl Symond?, were disheritede ; & *fai ordeyned 1 ham togedres, 2
and dede miche harme to 3 al fe land, for fai destroiede her* enemys
in al ]>at fai might.
H Of f e sege of Kemworf ; & how f e gentilmen wen 1 * dis- 4
heritede, f 10113 conseil 4 of lordes of fe reaume of
Engeland! 4 ; & how fai come?i 5 a3eyn, 4 & had her* landes. 4
C&pitulo Gentesimo lix no .
ANd in )>e ^er 1 next 6 sewyng 1 , in May, ferst 6 day bifore fe fest 8
of Seynt Dunstaw, was bataile and scomfiture at Chesterfeld*,
of ham fat were disheritede ; & fere meny of ham were quellede ;
and Eobert, Erl of 7 Ferers, fere was take, and also Baldewyne
Wake; & lohn de la Haye, wi)> miche 8 sorwe scaped fens, and 12
in 9 Seynt lohnes Eve 10 )>o next sewyng 1 , bigan fe sege of fe castel
of Kemworth 11 ; and fe sege 12 laste to 12 Seint Thomas Eve 13 fe
Postoil, in whiche day Sir 1 Hughe Hastyngws 14 had fe castel forto
kep, fat 3elde vp fe castel vnto 15 fe Kyng* in fis maner 1 , fat him- 16
self and alle ofere fat were wifin fe castel shulde haue her lif and
lyme, and as 16 miche fing as fai hade ferin, bofe hors & herneys,
and foure dayes of 17 respite forto delyuer 5 clene 18 fe castel of ham-
self*, & of al maner 19 fing fat fai hade wifin fe castel; & so fai 20
went fram fe castel, and fe kyng & his men went fo into f e castel.
U and Sir* Symond? fe Mounford fe ^onge, 20 and fe Countesse his
moder, were fledde oner fe 21 see into Fraunce, and fere helde ham
as peple fat were exilede out of Engelawd 22f or 23 euermore. U And 24
sone after hit was ordeyned by the Legat Octobon, & by 24 of ere
grete lordes 25 of Engela^d, 25 fe wisest of 26 fe land*, 26 fat alle fo fat
hade bene 27 a^eyns fe Kyng 1 , & wer disheritede, shulde haue a^eyn
her* londes, and by greuous ransoun, 28 after fat it was ordeyned ; 28
and f us fai were accorded wif f e Kyng, fo was pees criede f rou^ al
Engelawd ; and fus fe werr 1 was endede.
And when fis was done, fe legat toke 29 his leue at 30 fe Kyng 1 ,
a -! gadered D. 2 to-geder 1 D. to-gidere 0. 3 til D.
* 4 om. 0. 5 come DO.
s 6 comyng' be iiij D. Comynge in Maij fe fer>e D.
7 o D. michel D. 9 on D.
10 eve the Baptist D. Eue > e baptist 0. n Kenilworthe 0.
ia - 12 lasted' til 0. 13 day 0. 14 Hastyng^ DO. 16 to D.
16 om. D. 17 or D. clenliche D. clenlich 0. 19 otyre D.
20 longer D. yonger 0. a om. DO. ffl leaf 99, back.
23 A lambe written in the margin at the head of this page, in faint ink.
En
24 om. 0. s 6 - 25 om. DO. 26 - 26 Engeland' D. Engelond* 0.
27 be 0. ransons D. a nome DO. 3 of D.
CH. CLX] Hen. II dies, A.D.I 272. Merlins prophecy of him. 177
& of J the Quene, & of alle pe grete lordes of Engeland, & went po
to Eome, pe lv 2 3ere of Kyng Henryes regne. IT And 3 Edward,
Kyng lojines sone of Britaigne, lohn Vessy, Thomas of Clare,
4 Roger of Clifford, Othus Grauntson, 4 Robert le Brus, lohn of
Verdon, & meny oper lordes of EngelcwcZ & of by^ende pe see,
token her way toward J>e Holy Lond! ; and pe 3 Kyng Henry deide
in pe mene-tyme at Westminster, 5 when he hade ben Kyng 1 lv ^er*
8 & ix 6 wokes, 5 on 7 seynt Edmundws day, pe Erchebisshop of
Kaunterbery; and he 1 was enterede 5 at Westminster 5 on seynt
Edmundes day, pe Kyng, 8 1T In the 3er > of 9 Incarnacioun of oure
Lord Ihesu Crisf M 1 CC Ixxij.
12 10 Prophecie of Merlyn 10 of Kyng Henry, expounede, pat was
Kyng lohnes sone. IF CapiYwZo U Centesimo lx mo .
ANd of pis Kyng Henry, propheciede Merlyn, & said pat ' a
lornbe shulde come out of Wynchestre in pe 3ere of Incar-
16 naciofi of our Lord 11 M* CC & 3 xvj, wip trew lip pis, and holynesse
wrytew in his hert.' And he saide soj>, for pe gode 12 Henry pe
Kyng 12 was born 13 14 in Wynchestre in pe 3ere abouesaide, and he
spake 15 gode wordes & swet, and was an holy man, and of god
20 conscience. U And Merlin said pat ' pis Henry shulde make pe
fairest place of 16 [the] world, 17 pe whiche 17 in his tyme shulde nou3t
18 fulliche bene 18 endede'; and he saide sop, for he made pe newe
cherche 19 of pe Abbay of seynt 20 Petre of 20 Westminster, pat is
24 fairer* of sight pan eny 21 cherch pat men knowep 22 prou3 al Cristen-
dorne; but Kyng Henry deide er pat were were ful 23 made, & pat
was grete harme. 11 And 3itte saide Merlyn, pat ' pis Lambe shulde
haue pees pe most tyme of his regne ' ; and he saide ful sop, for he
28 was ne[uer] annoiede prou3 24 wen , ne disesede in no maner* wise, til a
litel bifore his dep. U And 3itte saide Merlin more in his prophecie,
pat 'in pe regne & ende of pe forsaide lambe, a wolf of a stmunge 25
land! shulde do 26 him grete 27 harme prou3 his werr*; and pat he
1 om. 0. 2 fyve & fyfty 0. 3 om. D. 4 of Graunston 0.
5 5 om. 0. 6 xix D. 7 in D.
8 kyng and had? regned? lv 3eer & xix wokes 0. 9 of the D.
io_io A n cl of Merlynws prophecie D. n lorde Ihesu crisf D.
12_12 kyng Henry D- 13 om> D< bore Q 14 Ua f 10 Q.
16 MS. has spakek. 16 of al D. 17 - 17 >at DO.
18 - 18 bene ful D. be ful 0. 19 werk^ D. werke 0.
2o_2o Petrus cherche at D. Petris Chirche at 0.
21 eny o>ere D. eny other 0. ffl knowen 0. w fully DO.
24 with D. stronge 0. M done 0. ^ miche D.
BRUT. N
178 Merlin's Prophecies about Hen. II. Their fulfilment.
shulde at fe last be 1 maistre 10113 ne lp e f a reede ffox, fat shulde
come oute of fe Northwest, and shulde him ouercome ; & 2 f at he 2
shulde dryue him vnto f e water ' : and fat prophecie fut wel was
knowe, for wifin a litel tyme or f e Kyng deide, Symond? of 4
Mountfordl, Erl of Leicestre, fat was bore in Fraunce, 3 bigonne
a^eyn3 3 him stronge werre; frou3 whiche doyng, meny a gode
bachiler was shent and dede and disheritede. 11 And when Kyng
Henry hade fe vittori at Euesham, & Symond? f e Erl was slayn 8
frou3 helpe & myght of Gilbert of Clare, Erl of Glou 4 cestre, fat
Was in Kepyng 2 and ward 2 of J>e forsaide Symund?, frou^ orden-
ance of Kyng Henry, fat went a3eyn to f e Kyng wif miche power*,
wherf ore f e forsaide Symund? was shent ; and fat was grete harme 1 2
to f e communes of EngelawcZ, fat so gode a man was shent for truf,
& deide in charite, and for f e commune profi te of f e same folc ;
and f erf or Almighty God, 5 for him haf sifennws 5 shewede meny
faire 6 miracle to diuerse men and wy?ranen, of fe sikenesse and 16
disesse fat fai haue had, for f e loue of him.
IT And Merlyn also tolde 2 & saide 2 in his prophesie, fat ' after
fat tyme fe lambe shulde leue no 7 while; and fan his sede shulde
be 8 in straunge land wif -out 9 pasture' ; and he said sof, for Kyng 20
Henry leuede no while after fat 10 Symund? Mountford.was ded,
11 fat Kyng Henry ne 11 deide anone after* him. IT And in fe mene-
tyme, Sir* Edward his sone, fat was fe best kny^t of f e world of
honour, 12 was fo in the Holy Land, and gete fere 13 Acres. U And 24
in [that] contre he bigate in 14 Dame Alianore his wif, lohne of
Acres his doughter, fat aftirward was countesse of Gloucestre.
And he made in f e Holy Land soche a viage, fat alle f e world
spok 15 of his 16 knyghthode, & euery man drade him, hye and lowe, 28
frou^-out 17 al Cristendome, as fe s[t]ory 18 of him 18 19 tellef, as 19
afterward! 30 shul here more openly. U And 20 fram the tyme fat 20
Kyng Henry deide, til fat Sire Edward was croned Kyng 1 , alle f e
gret Lordes of Engeland were as faderles children, wif out 21 eny 32
socowr fat ham might mayntene and 22 gouerne, and 22 defende
her* dedeliche 23 enemys.
1 MS. be be. ^^ om. D. 3 - 3 began a^en 0. 4 leaf 100, back.
R 5 haf sifens for him D. had for hym sethenes 0.
6 a faire D. a fayre 0. 7 non D. 8 ben 0. 9 withouten D.
10 when 0. "- 11 for he D. 12 honour and D. 18 om. D.
14 on D. 15 spak D. 16 his worbinesse and D. his vyage &
brou? D. *-M om. 0. 19 - 19 telles and D.
20 2 fro the tyme bat D. from be tyme bat 0. fram R.
21 wi>outen D. 22 - 22 om. D. a dedly 0.
CH. CLXI] Edw.IsucceedsHen.il. Coronation Festivities. 179
IT Of Kyng 1 Edward, bat was Kyng 1 Henrie3 sone. Cwpitulo
[Centesimo] Ix 1 primo.
2 A Nd after 1 ]>is Kyng Henry, regned his sone Edward, fe
4 XX. worthiest knyght 13 of 4 J>e worlde, 4 of honowr, for Godes
grace was in him, for he hade J>e vittorie of his enemys. And
as sone as Kyng Henry deide, he come to London wi)> a faire com
pany of prelates, & 5 of Erles & barons ; & al maner men dede him
8 michelle 6 honour; for in euery place ]?ere 7 Sir Edward rode in
London, )>e stretes wer 1 couered ouer his heued 8 wij? riche clones of
silk, 9 wit[h] tapit$ of 9 riche coueryng 1 . IT And for ioie of his
comyng, J?e noble burgeys of J?e cite 10 of London 10 cast out at 11 her*
12 wyndowes, golde and siluer handes-ful, 12 in 13 tokenyng of loue and
of 5 worship, sendees & reuerence^. IT And out of J>e condit in 14
Chepe ran reed 15 wyne & white, 16 as stremes do]> 17 of water; and
euery man 18 might 19 drynk J>erof 20 at her 1 owen wille. U And J>is
16 Kyng Edward was cronede and annointede as right heire of Enge-
land with michel 6 honoure ; and after masse J?e Kyng went into his
palice, forto halde a real 21 fest amonges 22 ham bat him had done
honour*. 11 And when he was sette vnto his mete, the Kyng 1 Alis-
20 ander 1 of Scotland come forto done him honour 123 and reuerence wib
a queyntise 24 : an hundred Knyghte^ 25 wib him wel horsede and
arraiede; & when bai were light done 26 of her 1 stedes, bai lete ham
goo whider 27 bai wolde; & bai 28 bat might tak ham, tok ham 29 at
24 her* owen wille, wib out eny chalange. U And afterward co[me] Sir 1
Symond', Kyng Edwardus brober, a curteise Knyght, and a 30 gentil
of renoun, and fe Erl of Cornewaile & j>e Erl of Gloucestre ; and
after ham come j?e Erl of 31 Penbrok and ))e Erl of 1 Garrein ; and
28 eche of 32 ham by him-self 32 lade in 33 his hond' 33 an 34 hundred
knyghte^ gayliche 35 disgisede in her* Armes. U And wen fai were
light of her 1 horse, 36 J>ai 37 lete ham go 38 whider pat ham liked; and
I Ixxx sic 0. 2 leaf 101. 3 MS. has kynghtf.
4 4 al the worlde D. al }> e world 0. >e worde R. 5 om. D.
6 mycfr 0. 7 ]>er >at 0. 8 heed' 0.
9 9 of tapyt3 and with D. of tapites & with 0. 10 10 om. DO.
II of 0. 12 handfutt 0. 13 in DO. & R. 14 ofO.
15 white D. whit 0. 16 rede D. reed' 0. 17 done D.
18 man therof D. 19 myght >erof 0. w om. DO. 21 riatt 0.
22 among D. w seruice O. M queyntise and 0. w Kny3t D.
26 adoun D. adon) 0. * whider 1 >at DO. ^ who D. ho 0.
29 tok 1 ham D. toke hem 0. tok R. 30 om. 0. 31 leaf 101, back.
32_32 hemself 0. 33 ^ 3 her> hondes D. here hand' 0.
34 a 0. gaylist 0. 36 horses 0. 37 and DO.
38 gon 0.
180 Edward I subdues Lewelyn of Wales. [CH. CLXII
who fat might ham take, holde 1 ham stille, with-outen 2 eny lette.
U And when al fis was done, Kyng Edward dede his diligence and
his might forto emende 8 and redresse fe wrongws 4 of fe reame 4 in
J>e beste maner fat he might, to the honowr of God* & holy cherche, 4
and to mayntene his honowr, and to amende fe noyaunce of fe
commune peple.
How Ydoyne, fat was Lewelynws dorter, Pri e of Walls,
& Aymer 1 fat was fe Erles brofer 5 Mounford', wei j taken 6 8
in fe see. CapzYw/o Centesimo Ixij. 7
THe ferst $ere after 8 fat Kyng Edward was cronede, Lewelyn,
Prince of Walys, sent into Fraunce to fe Erl Mountford
fat, 9 frou$ conseile of his frendes, fe Erl shulde wedde his doubter. 12
And f e Erl f o avisede him of 10 f is f ing 1 , and sent a^ein to Lewelyn,
& saide fat he wolde send after 1 his doubter. And so he sent
Aymer 1 , his brof er, after f e damisel. And Lewelyn arraiede shippis
for his doughter and for Sir' Aymer 1 , & for her 1 faire co??ipany fat 16
shulde wende wif her 1 . And fis Lewelyn dede grete wronge, for
hit was couenant fat he shulde ^eue his doughter to no maner man
wifouten 11 consel and consent of Kyng Edward. U And so hit
bifelle, 12 fat a burgeys of 13 Bristow come in f e see wif wyn lade, 14 20
and mette ham, & 15 ham toke 15 wif might & power* 16 ; and anone fe
bu[r]geys sent ham to f e Kyng 1 . U And when Lewelyn herde this
17 tydynges, 18 he Was Wonder 1 Wrof & eke sorweful, and 19 bigon
fo 19 forto werre oppon Kyng Edward, & dede miche harme vnto 20 24
Englisshe-men, and bete adoune f e Kyngws castelles, 21 & biganne
fast to destroi Kyng Edwardes lande. 22 U And when tydyngws 23
come to Kyng Edward of fis f ing 4 , he went into Walys ; and so
miche he dede, by 24 Godes grace & his grete power 1 , fat he drof 28
Lewelyn vnto miche meschif, fat he fleye al maner strengf , and
come & ^elde him to Kyng Edward, and $af him 1 M 1 mar^ 25 of
siluer forto haue pees, and toke fe damisel & al his 9 heritage, and
made an obligacion vnto 26 Kyng Edward, and 26 come to his 32
pa[r]lament ij tymes of fe ^ere.
1 haue 0. 2 wijxrat D. withoute 0.
3 amende the realme D. amende > e reaume 0. 4 4 om. DO.
6 bro>er of DO. 6 take 0. 7 lxj mo D. Ixix R. 8 afterward 0.
9 om. D 10 on D. vpon 0. n wij>out D. wztAoute 0.
12 felle DO. 13 in D. 14 late 0. 15 - 15 toke hem 0.
16 strengthe 0. 17 leaf 102. 18 tidyng 0. 19 19 gan D. gan > 0.
20 vnto the D. vnto J> e 0. 21 Castett 0. ffl landes 0.
23 tiding* D. tydyng^ 0. M Jmrgh 0. 25 Mark 1 0. to DO.
CH. CLXli-in] Edw.I again conquers Lewelyn. Bad Coinage. 181
IT And pe 1 secunde 3ere after pat Kyng Edward was cronede,
he helde a general parlament at Westminster, and pere he made pe
statutes for 2 defaut of lawe, by commune assent of al his baronage.
4 And at Ester nexte sewyng 1 , pe Kyng sent by his lettre to Lewelyn,
Prince of Walis, pat he shulde come to 3 parlement for his londes 4
and for his holdyng in Walys, as pe streng]) of pe lettre obligatorie
witnessede. II po Lewelyn hade scorn and despite of pe Kynges
8 commandement ; & for pur wrap biganne a^eyn forto 5 werr> opon
Kyng Edward, & destroied 6 [his lands]. IT And 7 when Kyng
Edward 7 herd pis tydynges, 8 he was 9 wonder 10 wrop toward 11
Lewelyn, & in haste assembled* his peple, and went him toward
12 Walys, and weired so oppon Lewelyn pe prince, til pat he hade 12
brou^t him in miche sorw and disese ; IT And Lewelyn saw that his
defence myght nou^t 13 availe, and come a^eyne, & 14 ^elde him to pe
Kyngws 15 grace, and criede him me?*cy, and Longe tyme knelede
16 bifore pe Kynges feete. IT The Kyng had* of him pite, and com-
maundede him forto arise ; and for his mekenesse for^af him his
wrap, and to him saide, 16 that 'if 16 he toke on amys a^eyns 17 him
anoper tyme, fat he wolde destroie him for euer'-more.' 1T Dauid,
20 pat was Lewelynws broker, 18 duellede pat 19 same tyme 18 wij> 20 Kyng
Edward!, & was a felle man & a sotil, & enuyows, & ferre castyng 1 ,
and miche tresoun pou^fr, and euermore helde him stille for[to] wete
& aspie J>e Kynges wille, and euermore made god semblaunf, and
24 semede so trew pat no maw myght perceyue his falsenesse.
How Lewelyn, prou^ enginge 21 of Dauid Ms broper, Werrede
a^eyne vppon Kyng^ 10 Edward'. Capitwfo Centesimo Ixiij .
Hit was nought longe after 1 pat tyme, pat Kyng 1 Edward ne $af
vnto 22 Dauid, pat was Lewelynws broper, pe lordeship of
Frodesham, and made him a knyght ; and so miche honowr dede he
neuer 23 to no man of Walys after, 12 for encheson of him.
1T Kyng Edward helde his parlamewt at London, when he hade
32 done in Walys aH pat he wolde, and chaungede his mony, pat po
was 24 foule cotte & rounded* ; wherfore pe commune peple pleynede
1 in the D. in )> e 0. 2 in D. 3 to his D. 4 land' 0.
5 to DO. 6 destroy D. 7 - 7 ]) kyng sic 0. 8 tydyng 0.
9 wox D. 10 om. 0. n vnto DO. 12 om. DO.
13 nou3t him D. hym not 0. 14 leaf 102, back. 15 Kynge D.
ie_i6 j,f sic D 17 a3eyne D. a^en 0.
18 - 18 >at same tyme dwelled' 0. 19 the D. <2 with the D.
21 eggyng 0. ffl to DO. 23 neuer* after 1 D. neuere aftir 0.
24 was fill 0.
182 Coinage reformd. Lewelyn' s 3rd Rebellion. [CH. CLXIII
ham wonder 5 sore, so fat fe Kyng lete enquere of ham fat soche
trespasse deden ; and iij were atteynt of soche maner 1 falsenes ;
wherfore somme were honged, and some 1 draw, and afterward 2
hongede. U And afterward, the Kyng 1 ordeynede fat f e sterlinge 4
halfpeny and ferthinge shulde go 3 frou3-out his lande, and cow-
mandede fat no man, fro fat day afterward 1 , 4 $af ne feflede hous of
Keligioun with lande 5 and tenement} wifouten 5 special leue of fe
Kyng 1 ; and he fat dede hit, 6 shulde ben 7 punisshede att fe 2 8
Kynges wille, and the 3ifte shulde be for nou^t.
U And hit was nou^t longe after, fat Lewelyn, Prince of Walys,
f rouj ticement 1 of Dauid his brof er, and by bof e here consent, f ai
fou^t disherite Kyng Edward in-asmiche as fai might, so fat frou^ 12
haw bofe fe Kynges pees was broken. 8 U And when Kyng
Edward herde fis, anone he sent 9 his barons into Northumberland,
and fe Shirreyues 10 also, fat fai shulde gone 11 & take her Viage
oppon fe traitoures 12 Lewelyn and Dauid. 51 And wonder herde 16
was forto werr 1 fo, for it [is] 13 wynter in Walis when in ofer cuntres
it is somer*. And Lewelyn 14 lete ordeyn 14 and wel arraie 15 his gode
castel of Swandon, and was f erin an huge nombre of peple &
plentee of vitailes, so fat Kyng Edward wist nou^t wher forto 16 20
entre. 51 And wen f e Kynges men hit perceyuede, and also f e
strengf of Walys, fai lete come in fe see, 13 barges 17 and botes, and!
grete plankes, as meny as fai might ordeyn and haue, forto gone to
the forsaide casteH of Swayndon wif men on foot 1 and? eke on hors. 24
But f e Walshemen hade so miche peple, and were so strong 1 , fat
fai dryuen 18 fe Englisshe-men a^ein, 19 so fat fere was so miche
presse of peple at the turnyng a^eyne, 19 fat fe charge & fe berdeyn 20
of ham made f e barges and botes synk 1 ; and fere was drenchede 28
ful meny a gode Knyght, fat is to seyn : Sir 1 Eoger of Clifford, Sir 1
William of Lyndesey, fat was Sire lohnes sone Fit} Robert 1 , and
Sire Richard Tauny, and an huge nombre of of ere folc ; and al was
21 frou$ her 1 owen folye; for yf fai had hed gode espies, fai had' 32
nou^t bene harmed.
1 some were 0. 2 om. 0. 3 gon DO.
4 leaf 103. 5 6 ne tenement with-out D. ne tenement withoute 0.
6 om. DO. 7 be DO. 8 broke 0. 9 sent his barons DO. sent K.
10 Shirreyues D. Surreys OR. u go 0. 12 tmitous D.
13 om. D. 14 u lete & ordeyned' 0.
16 array and vitaile D. arrayd & vitailled? 0. 16 to D.
17 MS. barges barges. 18 drof D.
I9_i9 so j, a {; j, gre was so m i cne presse of peple at the turnyng a^eyne D. so
]>at \er was so myche prese of peple at ]> e turnynge a$en 0. om. R.
20 berthen D. berj>ene 0. a leaf 103, back.
CH. CLXin-iv] Lewelyn is slain. His brother rebels. 183
II When Kyng 1 Edward harde tel ]>at his peple were so ydrench-
ede, 1 he made sorwe ynow. II But )>o come Sir 1 lohn of 2 Yessy
frara 3 ]>e Kyng 1 of Aragoun, and brou^t with him miche 2 folc of
4 bachilers & 2 of Gascoignes, 4 and wer> soudioures, and duellede 5
wij) J>e Kyng 1 , and tok 6 of him wages, & wij> him were wijjholde,
& noble-men ; hit were forto fi^te, & brenne meny tounes, & quelle 7
miche peple of Walshemen, al J?at fai myght take. IF And alle J>o,
8 wij) pure strengjj & might, maden 8 assaute to J?e castel of Swandoii,
& gete the castel.
IF And when Dauid, J?e Prynce 9 broker, herde 10 }>o tidinges, 11 he
ordeined? him to flight. 12 1F And Lewelyn J?e Prynce saw Jjat 13 Dauid
12 his broker 13 was flowen, [and] 14 sore he was 14 abasshed?, for he had
none 15 power 1 J>o, his werr 1 forto mayntene. IT And so Lewelyn gan
forto flee, and wend wel forto 2 haue scaped ; but on a 16 morwe Sir
Koger pe 17 Mortymer 1 mette wi]> him oneliche 18 wij? x kny^tes, and
16 sette him rounde aboute, and to him went, and smote of his
heuede, 19 & presentede him vnto 20 Kyng 1 Edward : & in )>is maner
]>e Prince of Walys was taken, 21 and his heued 22 smyten 23 of 1 , and
alle his heires disherited for euermore, frou^ right 24 dome of j>e
20 lordes of J?e reaume.
IT How Dauid, ]?at was Lewelynes brofer, Prynce of Walys, 25
was put to 26 dej>. CapeYw/o IF Centesimo lxiiij to .
DAuid, fat was 27 Lewelynw5 broker, 27 frou^ pride 28 wende forto
haue bene 28 Prince of Walis after his bro]?eres deth; and
oppon J?at, he sent after Walshemen to his parlement at Denbegge,
and fulliche 29 made Walys 30 arise a3eynes the Kyng 1 , and biganne
to meve Werr 1 31 a^eyns J?e Kyng 1 , 31 and dede al J?e sorwe and dissese
28 ]?at he myght by his power 1 .
IT When Kyng 1 Edward harde of ]>is J>ing, 2 he ordeyned men to
pursue oppon him ; and Dauid ferseliche 32 him defended til J)at he
I drenchede D. drenc-hed' 0. 2 om. D. 3 fro DO.
4 Gascoyng sic D. 5 dwellyng 0. 6 vndirfong 0. 7 queld 2 0.
8 made DO. 9 Prynces 0. 10 lierde >o D. herd' >at 0. herde E.
II tydynge 0. 12 flight 0. fight R.
- 13 his broker Dauid' 0. 14 14 was sore D. sore awas 0.
15 no DO. 16 > e 0. 17 om. D. le 0. 18 only 0. 19 heed 0.
20 to D. 21 take 0. ^ heed 0. * smet D. smyte 0.
24 rijtful 0. ^ MS. Walys Walys. ^ to >e 0.
27 ^ the Prince broker of Walys D. J>e Prynces brother of Walya 0,
-^ went haue be 0. folylich 0. w leaf 104.
31 Sl om. D. a3en > e kyng 0. 32 fresly D. fersly 0.
184 Edw. I subdues Wales, & is helpt by the Welsh. [CH. CLXIV
come to f e toun of Seynt Morice ; and fere was Dauid take as he
fley, 1 and lad to f e Kyng 1 ; & )>e Kyng commanded fat he shulde
ben 2 hongede & ydraw, 3 & smyten 4 of his heuede, 5 & 6 quarter
him, 6 & sende his heuede 7 to London, and fe iiij quarters sende to 4
8 the iiij 8 9 chief tonnes 9 of Walys, for fai shnlde take ensample, &
f erof be-war\
U And afterward Kyng Edward lete crie his pees frou} 10 Walys,
& seisede al 11 the londe into his honde ; and alle f e grete lordes of 8
Walys fat were lefte alif, come fo to done 12 feaute and homage
vnto 13 fe Kyng 1 as to her 1 Kynde Lord 2 ; and fo lete Kyng Edward?
amende fe lawes of Walys fat were 14 defectif 1 . IT And after, he
sent to 15 alle fe lordes of Walys, by his lettre patent, pat 16 fai 12
shulde comme alle to his parlement. And when fai were comew, 17
fe Kyng saide 18 to ham ful curtesly : "Lordyng, 30 be]? wel-
comen 18 ; and me bihoueth ^our 1 conseile and ^our* helpe forto
wende into Gascoigne, forto amende fe trespasse fat to me was 16
fere done when fat 19 y was fere, 19 and forto entrete of Pees bituene
fe Kyng of Aragon & fe Prynce of Morrey." U And 20 alle fe
Kynges Iege 21 -mew, Erles & barons, consentede 22 and granted 22
fereto. And f o went f e Kyng 1 into Gascoign, and lete amende f e 20
trespasse fat him was 23 fere don, 23 and of f e debat fat was bituene
f e Kyng of Arragon & the Prynce of Morrey, he cessede, & made
ham accordede.
H And while the 24 Gode Kyng 1 Edward and Alianore his Quene 24
was 25 in Gascoigne, fe gode Erl of Cornwaile was made Wardeyn
of* Engeland? til fat Kyng 1 Edward come a^eyn. And f o enquerede
he of his traitoures fat coniectede falsenesse a^eyn^ him ; and eche
of ham alle vnderfonge his 26 dome, after* fat fai hade deserued. 28
IT But in the mene-tyme, while 27 Kyng 1 Edward was bi3onde f e see,
to done 28 ham forto make amendes 29 fat a^eyns him hade trespas-
sede, a false f ef 30 traitowr fat me callede ' Eys ap Meriedok,' bigan
forto make werr 1 a^eyns the 19 Kyng 1 Edward ; and fat was for 32
enchesoun fat 31 Sire Payn Tiptott 1 wrongefully greuede & disesede f e
1 fled 0. 2 be DO. 3 drawe 0. 4 smyte DO. 5 heed' 0.
6 - 6 quartred' 0. 7 heed 0. 8 -* iiij the D. 9 - 9 Tounys Chef 0.
10 >rou3-out al D. >urgfc-out al 0. n of O. 12 do 0. 13 to D.
14 weren 0. 15 vn-to 0. 16 om. 0. 17 Come to >e kyng 0.
isis f u i curteysly lordynges $e ben welcome 0. 19 om. D.
20 Anow 0. a lieges D. 22 ^ om. D.
2S - 28 done }>ere D. don) in Gascoigne 0. leaf 104, back.
25 were DO. her' D. w while )>at 0. do D.
29 amende D. >ef a 0. 31 >at D. of R.
CH. CLXV] Edw. I punishes bad Judges, & banishes the Jews. 185
forsaid Rys ap Meriedok 1 . U And when Kyng 1 Edward herd al f is,
he sent by his lettres to Rys ap Meriedok 1 , fat he shulde bigin to 1
make non 2 wen-*, but fat he shulde be 3 in pees, for his loue ; and
4 when fat 4 he come a^eyn into Engeland, he wold vndertake f e
querel, and wolde done 5 amende al fat was misdone. H The for-
saide Rys ap Meriedok dispisede the Kynges coramandement, and
sparede nou$t forto done 5 alle fe sorwe fat he might to fe Kyngws
8 men of Engeland ; but anone after* he was taken, 6 and lad' to 3orke,
and fere he was drawe and hongede for his folye. 7
Of fe redressing 1 fat Kyng 1 Edward made 8 of Ms Justice^ & 9 of
his clerkes, fat fai had done 9 for her 1 falsenesse 8 ; & how
12 he drof fe 10 Gewes out of Engeland, 11 for her 1 Vsurye and
her 1 mysbileue. 11 Cap^wZo Centesimo lxv t0 . 12
WHen Kyng 1 Edward had duellede iij ^er* in Gascoigne, 13 ful
wel hit bicome vnto 13 him forto Wende a^eyn into Enge-
16 land?. And when 14 he was comen 15 16 a3eyne, he toke 17 so meny
pleyntes made to him of his Justice^ and of his clerkes, fat had don
so meny wronges & falsenesse}, 18 fat wonder 1 hit was 19 forto wete 19 ;
U and for whiche falsenesse, Sir* Thomas of Weylond*, f e Kyngws
20 Justice, forsuore Engelarco 7 at the Toure of London, for falsenesse fat
men put oppon [him] ; wherfore 20 he was teint, 21 & prouede false.
U And anone after, whew fe Kyng had don his wil 22 of fe 22 Justice^,
fo lete he enquere & aspie how f e Gewys desceyuede & bigilede
24 his peple, frou$ here 23 synne & 24 falsenesse of 25 Vsurie ; and lete
ordeyn a priue parlement amonges 26 his lordes ; and fai ordeynede
among^^s 26 ham fat ' alle fe Gewes shulde voide Engeland', for here
misbileue, & also for her* false Vsurye fat fai deden vnto Cristen
28 men.' II And forto spede and make an ende of fis fing 1 , al fe
cowmunite 27 of Engekmd 28 3eue to 28 fe Kyng 1 fe I. 29 peny of alle
here Godes moeble : and so were f e Gewis dryuen out of Engeland' ;
and fo went fe Gewis into Fraunce, [and there dwelled], frou^ fe 4
32 leue of Kyng 1 Philip fat fo was Kyng 1 of Fraunce.
1 forto DO. 2 no DO. 3 by D. 4 om. DO. 5 do D.
6 take 0. 7 felonye DO. 8 om. D. 9 - 9 clerkes O. 10 om. 0.
n - n om. 0. 12 Ixxxvto sic 0. 13 ~ 13 wel come to D. wil come to 0.
14 >o 0. 15 come 0. 16 leaf 105. 17 founde D. fond 0.
18 falsenesse D. falsnes 0. 19 - 19 to here 0.
20 wherof D. 21 atteynt D. atteint 0.
!2 - 22 with his D. a 3 his 0. * of DO. 25 and D. and of 0.
26 among 0. ^ communes D. Conmnalte 0.
28 - 28 jaf vnto D. xv D. fyfty>e 0.
186 Edw. I declares Balliol King of Scotland. [CH.-CLXVI
How Kyng 1 Edward was seisede in al J>e lend of Scotland*, f rou$
consent & g?-unt of alle fe 1 lordes of Scotland Capitwfo
Centm'mo U l[x]yj t0 , 2
Hit was nou^t longe after, fat Alisander 1 , 3 Kyng 1 of Scotland, 4
nas dede, and? Dauid Erl of Huntyngdon, fat was fe Kynges
brofer of Scotland, axede and chalangede 4 fe Kyngdome of
Scotland, for encheson J>at he was rightful 5 heir 1 . H But meny
grete lordes of Scotland saide * nay ' ; wherf ore grete debate arose 8
bituene 6 ham & her* 7 frendes, for-asmiche as 8 fai wolde nou^t
consent to his 9 coronacion ; and in the 10 mene-tyme fe forsaid
Dauid deide. U And so hit bifelle fat fe 8 same Dauid had iij
doughtres, fat worfiliche 11 wer> maried : fe ferst doughter was 12
mariede to Bailoille, fe secunde to Brus, fe fridde to Hastinges.
U And }>e forsaide Bailol & Brus chalangede 12 J>e land of 12 Scotlawo* ;
and grete debate and strif aroos bituene ham J>re, for enchesoun fat
eche of ham wolde haue bene 13 Kyng 1 . IT & when J>e lordes of 14 fe 16
land? 14 saw fe debate bituene 15 ham fre, 16 fai come to Kyng Edward
of Engelawd, and seisede him in alle J>e land 1 of Scotland? as [tjheir*
chief 1 lord!. U And whe/i )?e Kyng was seisede of alle 17 fe lordes
of Scotland 1 , J?e forsaide Bailol, Brus, and Hastyngws, comew 18 to 20
}>e Kyngws court 1 , and axede of J>e Kyng 1 ' whiche of ham shulde
be Kyng 1 of Scotland?.' 1[ And Kyng 1 Edward, ]>at was fulle 19
gentil and trewe, lete enquere by ]?e Cronicles of Scotland?, and of
j>e gret lordes of Scotland?, whiche of ham was the Eldeste blood 1 24
and it was founde J>at Bailoil was J)e 20 eldest 1 , 21 and j>at J>e Kyng
of Scotland shulde holde of the Kyng 1 of Engeland*, and do 22 him
feaute and homage. U & after J?at 23 Jris was don, Bailoil went into
Scotland*, and Ipere was cronede Kyng of Scotland?.
And J?e same tyme was oppon J)e see 24 grete strif 24 bituene ]>e 25
Englisshe-mew and the No[r]mannes. H But oppon [a tyme] fe
Normans arryuede 26 al at Douer 1 ; and fere fai martrede an holy
man fat me callef 27 seynt Thomas of Douer 5 . And aftirwarde 28 32
1 >e gret D. 2 iiij vjt*> sic 0. 3 Alisandgr the D.
4 cleyraede D. Claymed? 0. 6 ri^t D.
8 bituene D. betwene 0. bitue R. 7 MS. has her* her 9 . 8 ]>at D.
9 Jris 0. 10 leaf 105, back. u worthily 0. 12 - 12 om. D.
13 be 0. 14 - 14 Scotland' DO. 16 of D. 16 om. 0.
17 MS. has alle London, with London underlined for omission ; om. DO.
18 come 0. 19 bothe D. om. 0. 21 eldest bloode D.
22 done 0. a om. DO. 24 2A strong werr > D. stronge werre 0.
25 om. D. a arryued vp 0. * callede D. Called' 0.
28 afterwardes D.
CH. CLXVI-VII] The defenders of Gascony taken. Balliol rebels. 187
were pe Normans quellede, pat pere 1 scapede none of ham. 1
H And* sone afterward, 2 Kyng Edward shulde lese pe Duchee of 13
4 Gascoign, 5 prou^ Kyng Philipp of Fraunce, prou^ false castyng 6
4 of pe Dossepere^ of ))e lond! ; wherfore Sir 1 Edmund', pat was sire 7
Edwardes broper, $af vp his homage vnto 8 the Kyng 1 of Fraunce.
And in pat tyme pe clerk es 9 of Engelawd [granted] vnto 10 Kyng
Edward haluendel n holy cherche 11 godes, in helpyng 1 forto recouer 1
8 his land a^eyn in Gascoign. II And pe Kyng 1 sent pider a noble
company of his bachilers; and 12 himself 1 wolde haue went 13 to
Portesmouthe, but he was lette prou$ on Maddok 1 of Walys, pat
hade seisede pe castel of Swandon into his honde. And for pat
12 enchesoun the Kyng 14 twrnede a^eyn into Walys at Oistus-masse. 15
If And for enchesoun pat pe noble lordes of EngelawcZ pat were sent
into 16 Gascoign, had no 17 comfort of here lord pe 14 Kyng Edward,
pai wer 1 take of Sire Charles of Fraunce, pat is to seyn, Sir 1 lohn
16 of Britaigne, S*re Eobert Tiptott, Sire Eauf Tauny, 18 Sir Hughe
Bardolf 1 , & Sir 1 Adam 19 of Cretingws. 19 And ry3t at pe 14 Ascencion
was Maddok taken 20 in Walys, and anoper pat me callede Morgan ;
and pai were sent to pe Toure of London, and 21 pai wer 1 honget. 22
20 How Si^ lohn of 14 Balol, Kyng of Scotland?, wipsaide his
homoge 23 ; and of Sir 1 Thomas 24 Tourbeluile. CapitwZo
Cewte^'mo 14 Ixvij . 25
AlSTd when sir 1 lohn Bailol, Kyng of Scotland, vnderstode pat
Kyng 1 Edward was werrede in Gascoign, to whom pe
reaume of Scotland was delyuerede, falseliche 26 po a3eyn$ his oth,
wit[h]saide 27 homage, prou^ procuryng 1 of his folc, and sent to the
court of Rome, prou^ a false suggescioun, to bene assoiled 28 of pat
28 oth pat he swore 29 vnto the Kyng 1 29 of Engeland? ; and so he was,
by lettres enbullede. IT po chose 30 pai of Scotland' Dossepers forto
bynime Edward his right.
l 1 ascapede of ham neuer on D. scaped of hem not on 0.
2 after D. aftir 0. 3 MS. of 1 of. 4 leaf 106. 5 Lancastre 0.
6 tysyng^ D. 7 kyng DO. 8 to D. 9 clergy D. 10 to DO.
*- u _of holy cherches D. of holy Cherche 0. 12 and >e kyng D.
13 gon D. 14 om. D. 15 cristen-masse D. Cristemasse 0.
16 vn-to 0. 17 none D. 18 Tauny and D.
i9_i9 Cretyngi D. of Cretynge 0. 20 tak D. take 0.
21 & ]>ere 0. ^ biheuedede D. beheded* 0. 23 homages 0.
24 lohn D. a 5 MS. has Ixviij ; 0. has Ixxxvij . falsly 0.
27 gaynesaide his D. withsayd his 0. a leaf 106, back.
29 ffl to Kyng Edward' D. 30 chosen DO.
188 Turlevilles deceit. France & England negotiate. [CH. LXVII
6 in fat tyme com 1 ij Cardinalles 1 fro fe court of Rome, fram
f e Pope 2 Celestyne, forto trete of accorde bituene fe Kyng of
Fraunce & fe Kyng of JZngeland. IT And as fo ij Cardinalles
speken of accord', Thomas Tourbeluile, fat was take 8 at Ryouns, 4
made feaute and homage to the Wardeyn of Parys, and to him
put his ij sones in hostage, 4 for fat he f ou^t 5 gon into Engelawa 1
forto aspie the centre, and telle ham whew he come into Engelawd,
fat he hade broken fe Kynges prisoun of Fraunce by nyght, and 8
saide J>at he wolde done, fat alle Englisshe-merc and Walshe-men
shulde abowe to f e Kyng of Fraunce : and f is fing forto brynge to
)>e ende, he swore ; and oppon f is couenaunt, dedes 6 wer 1 made
bituene 7 ham, and fat he shulde haue by $ere 8 an hundrede 12
poundes 8 worf of land?, to bryng 1 fis f inge 9 to fe 10 ende. fl This
false traitowr toke his leue, and* went fens and come into Engeland?
vnto 11 fe Kyng 1 , & saide fat he was broken out of prisoun, and fat
he had? put him in soche perile for his loue. Wherfore fe Kyng 1 16
couf him miche 12 f ant, & f ul glade was of his comyng 1 . IT And
J>e false J>ef traitoure fro J>at day aspiede al the Doyng of fe Kyng 1
and also his Conseile, for ]>e Kyng 1 louede him ful 13 wel, & was wij>
him ful priuee. IT But a clerk of Engelandl, J?at was in the Kynges 20
hous of France, herde of J>is tresoun & of the falsenesse, and wrote
to anopere 14 clerk 1 fat Was duellyng 1 wij? J>e Kyng 1 of Engelcmd, al
how Thomas Tourbeluile hade done his false 15 coniettyng 1 . And al
J?e Conseil of Engeland was writew 16 forto haue sent vnto 17 J?e Kyng 24
of Fraunce ; and Jjrou^ J)e forsaide lettre ]?at J)e clerc hade sent fro
Fraunce, hit was founden 18 oppon him ; wherfor he was lade to
London, & drawen & honged fere for his tresoun ; and his ij sones,
fat he hade put in 19 Fraunce for hostages, were 20 21 fo biheuedede. 21 28
Of fe Conquest of Berwik 1 . Cap^Zo Centesimo Sexagm'rao 22
viij.
WHen fo ij Cardinales wer 1 gone 23 a3eyn into France, forto
trete of 24 pees at Cambrey, fe Kyng sent fider 1 of his 32
Erles and barons, fat is to seyn, Sire Edmund? his brof er, Erl of
l 1 to ham a Cardynal D.
2 pope struck out, and bisshop written over in a different hand in 0.
3 taken DO. 4 hostages D. B foghte haue 0. 6 dede D.
7 bituene D. betwen 0. bitue R. 8 a C ti 0. 9 tydynge 0.
10 an D. n to D. 12 michel D. 13 om. DO. 14 leaf 107.
16 false D. fals 0. falso R. 16 wryte 0. om. D. 18 founde 0.
19 into 0. 2 weren 0. 21 - 21 biheued' D. fo byheded* 0.
22 Ixxx sic 0. ffl went DO. M of f 0.
CH. CLXVIII] Edw. I& his long shanks. He defeats Balliol. 189
Lancastre & of Leycestre, Sir* Henr 1 Lacy, Erl of Nichole, and
"William Yessy, a baron ; & of opere baronettes, aboute xiiij of Jje
best and wisest of Engelanrf.
4 And in J>e same tyme 1 Kyng Edward tok 2 his viage in 3
Scotland, forto werr 1 oppon lohn 4 Bailol, Kyng of Scotland?. 11 And
Sir* Eobert Eoos at 5 Berwik 1 fley 6 fro be Englisshe-men, & went to
be Scottes. 11 And Kyng Edward went him toward Berwik, and
8 bisegede be toun; and bo fat were wijrin 7 manliche 8 ham
defendede, and sette afire 9 and brent ij of Kyng Edwardes shippis,
and saide, in despite and in reprofe of him : " U Wenes 10 Kyng
Edward, wib his longe shankes, n forto wyn 11 Berwik 1 , al our*
12 vnbankes 12< 2 gas pikes him! and when 13 he hab hit, gas diche
him 13 ! " 11 When Kyng Edward herd jjis scorn, anone brou$ his
mightynesse he passede ouere be diches, and assailede be toun, &
14 come to be ^ates, and gete 15 and conquered be toune, and, brou$ his
16 gracious power 1 , quellede xxv M* & vij C of 16 Scottes. & Kyng
Edward loste of his mew, no maw of renoun sane Sir* 4 Eichard of
Cornwaile ; and him quellede a Flemyng 1 out of the Eeede Halle
wij> a qztarel, as be forsaid Eichard dede of his helme; and
20 commandede ha??^ forto ^elde ham, and put ham into 17 the Kyngws
grace ; and be Scottes wolde nou3t ; wherfore J>at halle was brent,
18 and cast 1 adoune, and alle fo ]>at were within were brent. 18 And
Kyng Edward loste 19 no man 19 at pat viage, of simple State, 20
24 but xxviij Englisshe-men ; and ])e wardeyn of J?e castel $af vp 21 J)e
keyes wifouten 22 eny assaut. And }>ere was take, 23 William
Douglas, and Sir 1 Symond? Frisel ; and ]?e Erl Patrik 1 3elde him to
))e pees; but Ingham of Hunfreuil and Eobert of 4 Brus, ])at were
28 wij> J?e 24 Kyng Edward 1 , forsoke Kyng Edward, & helde wij? pe
Scottes : and afterward J>ai were tak 1 , 23 and put into pryson ; &
afterward J>e Kyng 1 for^af ham her 1 trespasse, & deliuered ham out
of prisoun ; and po lete Kyng Edward close in Berwik 1 wij? wallis
32 and wi]? diches. U And aftirward, Eobert Brus 25 went to Tyndale,
and sette Woxebryge afire, and Excelham and Lamerstok 1 , and
1 tyme ]> e 0. 2 nome D. 3 into D. to 0. 4 om. D.
5 of DO. 6 fly 0. 7 wij> sic D. >mn 0.
8 manly 0. 9 on fir* D. 10 wende DO. u u haue gete 0.
12 ovne ]>ankes 0.
isis haj, so (j gas (jj^gg j) h e i^j, g as ftfees him 0.
14 leaf 107, back. 15 gate DO. 16 om. 0. 17 to DO.
ia - 18 and .... brent D. & cast adon) & att > >at were with-Inne were
brent 0. om. K. w 19 no mo j) no mo men Q.
20 estate D. 21 vp b e Castett & 0. ffl with-oute D. witn sic 0.
23 taken D. om. DO. ^ Kous DO.
190 Balliol is beaten at Berwick Castle. [CH. CLXVIII
quellede & robbit f e folc of f e contrey ; and aftirward he went fro
fens vnto Dunbarr 1 .
IT And fe ferst Wedenesday of Marche, fe Kyng sent 1 fe Erl
of Garreine, Sir 1 Hughe Percy and Sir 1 Hught Spenser 5 , 2 wif a 4
faire company, forto 2 bisege fe castel. But on fat me called Sir*
Richard Siward, a traitowr, a false man, ymagynede forto bigile 3
fe Englisshe-men, & sent 4 to 5 the 6 Englisshemen, 7 ham forto
desceyue, 7 and saide fat he wold 3elde to ham fe castel if 8 fai 8
wolde gr#unt him viij dayes of respite, fat he might sende & telle
to Sir 1 lohn Bailol, Kyng 1 of Scotland', how 9 fe Englisshe-men 9
ferde, 10 as fai 10 werr 1 in fe casteH, and sende him word? n< if fat he
nolde 11 remeve fe sege of fe 12 Englisshe-men, fat 13 14 fai wolde fe 12
castel 3elde to fe 14 Englisshemen.' IT The messanger 15 fo come to 16
lohn Bailol, Kyng of Scotland?, fere fat he was wif his host ; and
17 fe messager tolde him. 18 IT And Sir" lohn 19 tok f o his host 1 , and 17
come in fe morwe eiiy toward fe castel. & Sir 1 Richard Syward 16
saw him come, fat was maistre of f e Conseile and keper 1 of f e
castel, and saide vnto f e 12 Englisshemew : " God ! " quod he,
"now y se of folc a fair 1 company, and wel apparailed, y wil go 20
a3eynes ham, & 21 wit[h] ham to 21 mete and ham 12 assaile." f And 20
Sir 1 Hugh f e Spenser 1 saw the f alsenesse of him & f e tresoun, and
saide to him 22 : "0 traitow, tak and prouede, 23 ^our 1 falsenesse
shal nou^t 24 $ow availe." 24 IT And Hugh the Spenser 1 25 com-
mandede anon 25 forto bynde him, and in al haste ;went a3eins 26 24
her* enemys, & quelled of f e Scottes 27 xxij M* ; for f e Scottes 28
had 29 wif ha?ra 29 fat tyme no maw 30 of honour, 30 saf Sir 1 Patrik
Graham, fat manliche 31 fau3t, and Longe tyme, and at f e last he
was quelled. & f o saide f e Englisshe-men in reprof of f e Scottis : 28
1 sent to D. s- 2 to D. 3 desceyue D. 4 om. 0.
5 vnto D. 6 leaf 108. 7 - 7 in desceyte D. 8 if >at 0.
9 9 his men D. >at his men 0.
io_io MS ^ frag ag j, ai were ^ j, ai j, at . j, at D
n - n but if he wolde D. 12 om. D. 13 MS. has fat >at ; om. D.
14 he saide he wolde jelde the castel to D. J>ey wold? Jeld' >e Castett
to > e 0.
15 Messager 0. 16 to sire D. to sir 0. " " om. 0.
18 him the message D. 19 lohn Bailol D.
20 gone 0. 2i_2i nam D witll hem .
22 and saide to him D. & seyde to hym 0. om. E.
23 MS. has prouede is. 2424 av aile Jow D. vayle ^ow 0.
25 ^ anone comandet D. * a?en 0. w Scottes DO. Scotte R
28 Scotte D. - om. DO.
soso W j t j 1 h &m j) w j t ^ ^ n O f ij 0nour Q
31 was of honour & manlich he D. manly 0.
CH. CLXIX] Edw. I forgives BallioL and the rebel Scots. 191
1F Thus 1 staterand Scottes,
holde y for sottes,
of wrenches vnwar*,
4 H Erly in a mornyng 1 ,
in an euel tyming 1
went 36 2 fro Dunbarr*.
H fo 3 fat wer 1 in the casteH: saw fe scomfitwre, and 4 ^elde 5 fe
8 castel to 6 fe Englisshemen, and bonden her* bodyes, londes &
castelles to 7 Kyng 1 Edward : and so fere 8 wer 1 9 take in fe 9 castel,
10 iij Erles, and 11 vij barons, & 11 xxviij 11 Knyghtes, 12 & xj clerkes,
and xij 13 Picardes ; and alle were presentede vnto Kyng Edward!, 12
12 and he sent ham to fe Toure of London, 14 to ben kepte 14 fere.
How Kyng 1 Edward, of his grete grace, delyuered a^ein 11 fe
Scottes out of prison, 15 fat were cheueteyns of the londe ;
and fay 16 drow ham fo 17 to fe Frenchemerc, 18 brou} conseil
16 of William Waleys. 18 Capitwfo Cente^'mo Sexagessrao 19
Nono.
WHen Kyng Edward hade made 20 fo an ende of the werre,
and taken the chyueteyns of Scotland', fo come Sir* lohn
20 Bailol, and $elde him vnto 21 Kyng Edward, and put 22 ham in 22 his
grace ; and he was lad 23 to London. And when Kyng 1 Edward was
comen 24 jnder, fai were brou^t bifore him ; and J>e Kyng 1 axede of
ham how J?ai wolde make amendes of fat trespasse and losse fat fai
24 hade done him ; and fai put ham 25 in his mercy.
IF " Lordynges," quod fe kyng, " y wille nou^t ^our 1 landes, ne
none of jour godes, but y wille fat }e make to me an oth, oppon
Godes body, forto bene 26 trewe to me, and neuer after* fis tyrne
28 a^ens me bere Amies." And alle fai consentede to fe Kynges
wille, and swore oppon Godes body, IT fat is to seyn, Sir 111 lohn of
Comyn and f e Erl of Stratthorn, 27 f e Erl of Carryk* ; and also iiij
bisshopws vndertoke for alle 11 fe clergye; & so fe Kyng delyuerede
32 ham, and $af ham saf condit to wende into her* owen Land?. 1T And
I This 0. 2 >ai D. 3 And >o D. When >o 0. 4 J>ai D. >ei 0.
5 yolden 0. 6 vnto 0. 7 to the D. to > e O.
8 )>ey 0. 9 - 9 taken in that D. take ]>er in >e 0. 10 leaf 108, lack.
II om. D. i2_i2 x j clerkes an( j v jj Picardes D.
13 vij 0. 14 - 14 forto bene kepede D. to ben y-kept 0.
15 prisoun a^eyne D. 16 om. 0. 17 om. DO. 18 18 om. 0.
19 Ixxx sic 0. 2 y-made 0. 21 to D.
22 22 him vnto D. hym in 0. ffl led 0. M come 0.
25 hym 0. ^ be 0. Stratthorn and D.
192 Wallace, King of Scotland. Truce with France. [CH.CLXIX
hit was nou^t longe after*, 1 fat fai ne risen 2 a^eyns 3 Kyng Edward,
for enchesoun fat fai wist 14 )>at Kyng Edwardws folc 5 were 6 take
in Gascoigne, as bifore is saide; but Sir* lohn Bailloil, 7 Kyng 1 of
Scotland?, wiste wel fat his lande shulde haue 8 sorwe and shame 8 4
for her 1 falsenesse, and in haste went him ouer* fe see vnto 9 his owen
londes, and fere helde him, and come neuer 10 a^eyne. "Wherfore f e
Scottes chosen to bene 11 her* kyng 1 , William Walis, a rybaude, an
harlot, come/i vp of nou^t, and miche harme dede to f e Englisshemen. 8
U And Kyng Edward fou^t how he myght haue deliuerance
of his peple fat were tak 112 in Gascoigne, and in hast went ouer
f e see into Flaundres, forto werr* oppon f e Kyng 1 of Fraunce. And
fe Erl of Flaundres vnderfonge him wij> michel 13 honour*, and 12
grauiitede him alle his landes at his owen wille. 1F And when f e
Kyng 1 of 14 Fraunce herde telle fat fe Kyng of Engeland? was
arryuede in Flaundres, and come wif an huge power*, him forto
destroye, he prayede him of trewes for ij 3ere, so }>at Englisshe 16
marchaunt}, and also Frenche, my^t safliche 15 gon in bofe sides.
IF The Kyng Edward grantede hit, so J>at he mi^t 16 haue his men
out of prisoun fat were take 11 in Gascoigne ; and fe Kyng of
Fraunce grauntede anone ; and so fai wei j Delyuerede. 20
IF And in the same tyme fe 17 Scottes sent by fe Bisshop
of seynt Andre wes into Fraunce, to fe Kyng 1 , and to Sir* Charles,
his brofer, fat Sir* Charles shulde come wif his power*, & fai 18 of
Scotland? 18 wolde come wif heir*, and so fai shulde gone into Enge- 24
land*, fat lande forto destroye, fram Scotland', til fat fai 19 come
into 19 Kent. And fe Scottes truste 20 ful 11 miche oppon 21 fe
Frensshe-mew ; but of fat fing fai hade no maner graunt. and
22 nofeles fe Scottes bigon to robbe and quelle in Northurnberlond?, 28
and dede 23 miche harme.
How William Wallis lete slee Sir* Hughe of Cressingham ;
and of fe batail of Foukirk*. C&pitulo Centesimo Septua-
gesimo. 24 32
I afterward' D. 2 arysen 0. 3 a^eyn D. a^en 0.
4 wist wel D. wist weel 0. B men D. 6 was 0.
7 leaf 109. 8 8 shame and sorwe D. 9 to DO. 10 neuer more D.
II om. DO. 12 om. D. 13 mych 0.
14 MS. has of Engela?u2, with Engeland underlined for omission.
16 safly D. sauely 0. 16 must 0.
17 MS. has J>e kyng, with kyng underlined for omission.
18 18 om. D. 19 19 comen to D. come to 0. 2 trist 0.
21 to 0. ^ Zea/109, back. * deden 0.
24 MS. Octogesimo ; Octogesimo D. Ixxxx 0.
Wallace defeats the English. Edward I ravages Scotland. 193
WHen pis tydyng was comen 1 to Kyng Edward?, pat William
Walis hade ordeynede soche a stronge power 1 , and pat al
Scotland? to him was entendant, and redy to quelle Englisshemen
4 & destroye his 2 lande, he was sore annoied?, and sent anone by his 8
levies 4 to pe Erl of Gerrein, and to Sir 1 Henry Percy and to Sir"
William Latomer 1 , and to 5 Sir* Hugh of Cressinghaw his Tresorer 1 , 6
pat pai shulde take power 5 , and wende into Northumberlond?, & so
8 forp into Scotland?, forto kepe pe contres. U And when Willia??i
Waleys herde of her 1 comyng 1 , he gan 7 forto flee ; & 8 Englisshe-men
him 9 folwede, and drof him til pat he come to Streuelyn ; & pere
he helde him in pe castelt; and pe Walshemen euery day ham 10
12 ascriede & manacede, & dede al pe despite pat pai myght. 11 U So
pat pe Englisshe-men 12 oppofi a tyme in a morwenyng 1 , 13 went
out fraw 14 pe castel pe mountance 15 of x mile, and passede ouer 1 a
bruge ; and? William Walys come wip a stronge power 1 , and drof
16 ham abak 1 , for pe Englisshe-men hade a^eynes him fo no myght,
but fledde ; and J?o pat might take J?e brugge scapede. U But Sir 1
Hughe, Jje Kyngws Tresorer 1 , fere was slayn, and meny opere also ;
wherfore was made miche 16 sorwe.
20 )5o hade Kyng Edward spedde alle his nedes in Flaundres, 51 and
was comyng 17 a^eyn into Engeland?, 18 and in haste toke 19 his Way
toward 20 Scotland?, and come Jrider at fe Ascencioun ; and al ]?at he
founde, he sette 21 on fire 21 & brent 1 . But J?e pore peple of Scotland?
24 come to him wonder Jnk 1 , and prayed him, for Godes loue, 22 J>at he
wolde 22 haue 3 on 23 ha??i 24 mercy and pitee; wherfore pe Kyng J)o
commandet pat no ma?j shulde done 25 harme to ham pat were
3olden 26 to ham, ne to no maw of ordre, ne to no 27 hous of religion,
28 ne no maner 1 cherche; U But lete aspie 28 al pat he myght, where
pat he myght fynde eny of his enemys. \)o come an 29 espie to
pe Kyng 1 , and tolde wlier* 30 pe Scottes were assembled? forto abide
bataile.
And on seynt Marie Magdaleynws 31 day, pe Kyng 1 come to
1 come 0. 2 the D. J> e 0. 3 om. 0. 4 lettre D. 5 om. D.
6 fader & 0. 7 bygan 0. 8 and the D. & )>e 0. 9 hem 0.
10 him D. hym 0. n listen D. 12 MS. has Englisshemen went.
13 mornyng 1 DO. 14 fro D. 15 montynaunce O.
16 michel D. 17 comen D. come 0. 18 leaf 110.
19 nome 0. 2 into 0. 2 1 - 21 afere 0.
22 22 MS. has |>at he wolde >at he wolde. * of D.
24 hem haue 0. do D. * ^olde 0. non 0.
28 aspye in 0. om. DO. M wher >at D.
31 Magdaleyn D. Maugdeleyne 0.
BRUT. O
194 Edw. I defeats the Scots and marries Margaret. [CH. CLXXI
Foukirk 4 , and $af bataile to fe Scottes; and at fat bataili fere 1 wer 1
quellede of 2 Scottes 3 xxxiij M>, 4 and 3 of Englisshemen but xxviij 5
and no mo ; of f e whiche was a worf i Knyghfr slayn, fat was a
knyght 6 of the Hospitatt, 6 fat me called? Frere Brian lay ; for, when 4
Willia??i Waleys fley fram fe bataile, fat 7 same Frere Brian him
pursuede fersly 8 ; and as his hors 4 ran, hit sterte into a mere 9 of
marreys 9 vp to f e bely ; and William Waleys twrnede fo a^eyn,
and fere quellede f e forsaide Brian ; and fat was niiche harme. 8
51 And while Kyng Edward went f rou} Scotland 4 forto enquere if 10
he might fynde eny of his eiiemys ; and in fat lande he duellede
as 11 longe as him likede, and fere was none enemy fat derst him
abide. 12
U And so 12 aftirward Kyng Edward went to Southa??ipton, for
he wolde nou^t abide in Scotland* in 13 wynter seson, for esement of
his peple. IT And when he come to London, he lete amende meny
misdedes fat were done a3eynes 14 his pees Whiles 15 fat He Was 16
in Flaundres.
Of fe laste mariage of Kyng Edward; and how he went fe
f ridde 16 tyme into Scotland?, Csipitido Centesimo Septua-
gesimo 17 primo. 20
ANd after 1 , 18 hit was ordeynede frou$ 19 fe court of Rome, fat
Kyng Edward shulde wedde Dame Margarete, Kyng
Philippws suster of France ; and f e Erchebisshop Robert of
Wynchelse spousede ham togedre ; f rou$ whiche mariage pees was 24
made bituene Kyng Edward of Engeland* and Kyng 1 Philippe of
Fraunce. 1F Kyng 20 Edward 21 went fo 4 fe f ridde 16 tyme into
Scotland? ; and fo, with-inne f e ferst ^ere, he had enfamenede f e
land? so fat fere ne 21 lefte nou^t on 22 but fai 22 come to 23 his mercy, 28
saf f o fat \vere in f e castel of Estreuelyn, fat was 24 vitailede &
storede 25 for vij
I om. DO. 2 of the D. 3 - 3 xxx Ml iij Ml & 0. 4 om. D.
5 Englisshe-men but xxviij D. Englessli-meTi but xxviij 0. Englisshe
men R.
6 6 an hospitaler* D. an hospyteler 0. 7 >e D.
8 fersliche D. 9 9 om. 0. 10 if >at 0.
II alse D. 12 sone DO.
13 )> e 0. 14 leaf 110, back. xx 15 and his lawe while DO.
16 iij 0. 17 MS. has Ottogesimo ; iiij D. Ixxxx 0.
18 afterward' D aftinvard' 0. 19 by 0. 2 And Kyng D.
21 om. 0. 22 2* >at >ai ne D. >at >ey ne 0. a vn-to 0.
24 was wel D. was weel 0. ^ astorede D. astored 0.
CH. CLXXII-III] Stirling Castle surrenders. Trailbaston. 195
How f e castel of Estreuelyn was bisegede. U V&pitulQ Cent-
esimo Ixx
Kyng 1 Edward come with an huge power* to fe castel of
Estreuelyn, and bisegede f e casteli ; but hit litil availede,
for he myght do 2 the Scottes none harme, for fe castel was so
stronge an[d] wel Kepte. 3 11 And Kyng 1 Edward saw fat, & f ou^t
him oppon a queyntise, and lete 4 make fere anone 4 ij peire of hye
8 Galwes bifore f e toure of f e casteH, and made his oth fat, as meny
as were in 5 fe casteH, 6 were he 6 Erie or baron, and he were take
wij) strengj), but if he wolde fe 7 rafer him ^elde, he shulde bene
hongede on 8 fo Galwes. U And when fo fat were in fe castel
12 herde fis, fai come and ^elde ham alle to fe Kynges mercy & grace;
and f e Kyng 1 for^af l\am al his inaletalent. 9 And fere were alle
fe grete lordes of 10 n Scotland sworne to Kyng 1 Edward, fat fai
shulde come to London to euery p?*lement, and .shulde stonde to
16 his ordenaunce.
12 How Troillebastoun 12 was ferste ordeynede. Capi^/o Gente-
simo Ixx 13 iij.
THis 14 Kyng 1 Edward went J)ens to London, and wende haue
hade 15 rest and 15 pees of his werr 1 , wij? whiche werre he was
ocupiede xx 11 ^er*, fat is to seyn, in "Walys, in Gascoign, and in
Scotland', and fou3t how he myght recoue?*e his tresoure fat he
hade spendede about his werre, and lete enquere frou^ f e reaume
24 of alle J>e 16 mistakyngws and wrongw^ done frou^ misdoers in 17 Enge-
land*, of alle fe tyme fat he hade bene out of his realme, fat 18 me
callede 18 ' Troylebaston ' ; and ordeynede ferto Justices. And in fis
maner f e Kyng 1 recouped? 19 tresoure 20 wif out noumbre. 11 And his
28 encheson was, for he 21 hade fou^t 22 forto haue went into 22 fe Holy
Land? forto 23 haue werrede 23 oppon Godes enemys, for enchesoun
fat he was croisede longe tyme bifore ; and nof eles, fat law fat he
had ordeynede dede miche gode f rou^ al Engeland*, to ham fat were
XX XX
1 MS. iiij ; iiij D. Ixxxx 0. 2 done 0. 3 ykept 0.
- 4 make anone }>ere D. amake anon >ere 0. 5 with-Inne 0.
' 6 whedir he were 0. 7 om. 0. 8 oppon D.
9 maletalent DO. ale talent R.
10 MS. has of engel with engel underlined for omission. n leaf 111.
12-12 Of Traillebaston how it D. 13 MS. lias iiij ; iiij D.
14 The D. fe 0. 15 - 15 om. D. 16 om. DO. 17 of 0.
IB-IS men ca ii es D. men Called . w recouerede >o D. 20 good 0.
21 om< J), 22_22 ofi to D 23-23 wefe D< werre Q.
196 Edw. limprisons his Son. Wallace is hangd. [CH. CLXXIV-V
mysbode; for po pat trespassede were 1 wel chastisede, and after
ward pe meker 1 and pe 2 bettre ; and pe pore comunes were in pe 3
more reste and in 4 pees.
U And 5 pe same tyme Kyng Edward enprisonede his owen sone 4
Edward, for encheson pat Walter of Langeton, Bisshop of Chestre,
pat was pe Kyngws tn?sorer ) , hade made oppon him compleynt, and
saide pat pe forsaide Edward, prou$ conseil and procurme?*t of on,
Piers of Gauastofi, a squyer 1 of Gascoigne, 6 had broke 6 pe parke$ of 8
pe forsaide bisshope, and pe forsaide Piers conseilede and ladde pe
same Edward, pe kynges sone; and for pis cause 7 Kyng Edward
exilede him 8 out of Engeland for enermore.
Of pe dep of William Waleys, pe false traitoure. Cap/Yw/o 12
Centesimo Ixxiiij.
ANd when pis god Kyng Edward 9 hade his enemys ouercome 9
in Walis, Gascoign, & in Scotland?, and destroyede his
traitoures,but 10 oneliche 11 pat 12 rybaude William Waleys, pat neuer* 16
to pe Kyng 1 wolde him ^elde. and at pe laste, in pe toune of Seynt
Dominic, in pe ^er 1 of Kyng 1 Edwardws regne xxxiij ^er 1 , pat false
traitoure was take, and presentede to pe Kyng ; saf pe Kyng wolde
nou^t seen 13 him, but sent him to London to vnderfonge his iuge- 20
[ment]. 14 And on Seynt Bartholomeus Eve he was honget and
drawe, and his 15 heuede smyten 15 of, & his bowailes take 16 out 17 of
his body, 17 and brent, and his body qwartarede & sent to iij 18 pe
best tounes of 19 Scotland 1 , and his heued 20 sette oppon a spere, and 24
sette oppon London Brugge, in sample 21 pat pe Scottes shulde
haue in mynde forto bere ham amys a^eyn^ hei 022 lorde eftesones.
How pe Scottes come to Kyng Edward, forto amende here
trespasse pat pai had done a^eyns Mm. [Capitulo] Gen- 28
tesirao lxxv t0 . 23
ANd at Michelmasse po next coming, Kyng 1 Edward helde his
parlement atte Westmynstre ; and pider come pe Scottes,
pat is to seyn, pe Bisshop of Seynt Andrewws, 24 Robert pe Brus, Erl 32
I weren O. 2 om. D. 3 om. 0. 4 om. DO. 5 and in D.
6 - 6 hade broke DO. om. R. 7 leaf 111, back.
8 his sone 0. 9 - 9 om. D. 10 saf D.
II only 0. 12 the D. 13 see D. se 0. 14 Ingement }>ere D.
i5_i6 ^eej 8myte 0< IB taken D . 17-17 om< D.
18 iiij of D. foure 0. 19 in D. 2 heed 0. 21 ensample DO.
22 her liege D. her lege 0. ffl lxxxv to 0. M Andrew 0.
CH. CLXXVI] Bruce claims Scotland and repudiates Edw. I. 197
of Carrik, Symond 1 FriseH, lohn, 2 Erl of AtheH 3 ; and fai were
accordede with 4 fe kyng 1 , 5 anc& bonden 5 by her* 6 oih sworn, fat
after, 7 if eny of ham 8 misbare ham 8 a^eyns Kyng Edward, fat fai
4 shulde bene 9 disheritede for euermore. And when here pees was
fus made, fai toke her* leue priueliche, 10 n and went Home into
Here owen 12 contree.
How Robert fe Brus chalanged Scotland'. C&ipitulo Centesimo
8 lxxvj t0 . 13
ANd after, 14 Eobert 15 fe Brus, Erl of Karrik, sent by his lettre
to })e Erles and barons of Scotland*, fat fai shulde come to
him to Scone, in the morwen 16 aftir'fe concepcioun 17 of oure Lady,
12 for hye nedes of fe land?; and fe lordes come at fe day assignede.
IT And at f e same day, Sir* Robert f e Brus saide : " Faire lordes !
ful wel 30 wete 18 fat in my persone du[e]llef fe ryght of )>e
reaume 19 of Scotland*; and as 36 wetef 20 wel, as ry^tful heir*, sif
16 21 fat Sir> 21 lohn Bailoil, fat was our 1 Kyng 1 , 22 haf vs 22 forsak 1 , &
also lefte 23 his lande. 51 And fou$ it 24 so be 24 Jjat Kyng Edward
of ~Engeland, wij) wrongeful powei ha]? made me 25 to him 25 assent
a^eyns my wille, yf J?at ^e wil g?-nt Jat y be Kyng 1 of Scotland, y
20 shal kepe $ow a^eyns Kyng 1 Edward & a^eyns alle maner 126 men."
And wij) J?at worde, ]?e Abbot of Scone aros, 27 and bifore ham alle
saide, fat hit was resoun forto helpe him, and fe lande to kepe and
defende ; and fo saide, in presence of ham alle, fat he wolde 28 3eue
24 him 28 a fousand? pound* 29 forto mayntene fat land*, and alle fe 30
of ere grantede fe 31 lande to him, and wif hir* power* him forto
helpe, and defiede Kyng 1 Edward of Engeted, and saide fat
Eobert fe Brus shulde bene 32 Kyng of 1 Scotland*.
28 How Sire lohn 33 Comyn gaynesaide fe crounyng 1 of 34 35 Robert
]?e 35 Brus. CapitwZo Centesimo 36 Septuages^o Septimo. 36
1 Symond' the D. Symorwd >e 0. 2 lohn > e 0. 3 Athels 0.
4 to 0. 5 6 and bonden and D. & bound' & 0. bonden R.
6 om. 0. 7 afterwarde D. aftirward' 0. 8 - 8 bere hem amys 0.
9 be DO. 10 priuelys D. preuyly 0. n leaf 112.
12 om. DO. 13 lxxxxvj to 0. 14 after >is D. aftir Jns 0.
15 ymage sic 0. 16 morwe D. morne 0. 17 Ascencioun D.
18 wete> 0. 19 me sic D. 2 wote D. weten 0. 1 - 21 om. 0.
22 - 22 vs hath DO. * lost 1 D. 24 - 24 be so 0. 25 - 25 his 0.
26 mancr of 0. w roos vp D. w ~ hym 3eue 0. a ti 0.
30 om. D. 31 }>at 0. 32 be D. xx lohn) of 0.
34 & Q> 35_35 sir Robert D . 36-36 jj xvi jO Q.
198 Comyn opposes Bruce, whom the Nobles support. [CH.CLXXVIII-
Ordynges," saide Sir* lohn of Comyn, "fenketh oppon fe
treuthe and fe 1 oth ))at 36 2 made vnto Kyng 1 3 Edward of
Engelandl ! and as tochyng* 4 myself, y \Vil nou^t breke myn oth
for no man." And so he went fra??^ 5 fat company at fat tyme; 4
wherfore Robert fe Brus, and alle fat to him consentede, were
wonder 1 wrofe, & fo 6 manacede Sir 1 lohn of 1 Comyn. 11 fo .
ordeynede fai 7 anofer conseil at Dumfrys, to fe whiche come fe
forsaide Sir* lohn Comyn, 8 and duellede 8 but ij mile fram 5 8
Dunfris, fere fat he was wont 9 to soiourne and abide.
How Sir 1 lohn Comyn was traiterousely slayn. 10 V&pitulQ Cent-
esimo Ixxviij . 11
WHen 12 Robert J)e Brus wiste fat al fe grete 13 of Scotland? 12
were comen 14 to Scone, saf Sir* lohn Comyn, fat soiourned
f o ney3 Scone, he sent after* him specialiche, 15 fat Sir* lohn Comen
shulde com & speke wif him ; and oppon fat* he sent after* him 1
Sir* lohn Comyn us ij href erne, and praiede him forto 1 come 16 and 16
speke wif him atte fe Gray Freres at 17 Donfris; and fat was fe
Thoresday after Candelmasse; & Sir* lohn grauntede ham forto
wende wif ham. And when he had 18 herde masse, he toke a sop
and drank 1 , & 18 afterwarde he bistrode his palfray and rode his way, 20
and so come to Dunfris. & Robert 19 Brays sawe him comme atte
a wyndow, as he was in his chaumbre, and f o made ioye ynow, &
come a^eyn 20 him, and halsed 21 hi??i aboute fe nek 1 , & made wif
him gode semblaunt. And when alle f e Erles & barons of 24
Scotland were present, Robert fe Brus spake and saide: "Sires,"
quod he, " 36 weten 22 wel the 23 enchesoun of f is corny ng, & wherfore
hit is : if fat 36 wil Graunt fat Y mote 24 be Kyng of Scotland,
25 26 as ryght heire of the londe." And al f e lordes fat were f ere, 28
saide wif on 27 voys fat he shulde bene 28 crouned Kyng 1 of Scot
land, 26 and fat fai wolde him help and mayntene a3eyns al maner 1 .
men on lif ; and for him, if it wer 1 nede, dye. U f e Gentil kny3t f o,
I om. D. 2 3e DO. he R. 3 leaf 112, back. 4 MS. tothyng*.
5 fro 0. 6 so 0. 7 >ey ]>o 0.
8 - 8 he duelled no D. dwelled? not 0. 9 woned 0. 10 quekV 0.
XX
II iiij xviij 0. 12 Whenne >at 0. 13 gret lordes D. 14 come 0.
15 specially 0. 16 kepe 0. 17 of 0. 18 om. 0.
19 Robert >e D. Robert > e 0. 2 a3eynes D. a3ens 0.
21 collede D. colled 0. ^ wete D.
23 the D. t>e 0. om. R. most 1 D. ^ ^a/113.
^-^ om. D. ^ o 0. ^ be 0.
CH. CLXXVIII-IX] Bruce kills Comyn, and is crownd King. 199
Sir' 1 John of Comyn, ansuerede & saide : " certes, neuer* for me, ne
forto haue of me as miche 2 lielpe as f e value of a botoun ; for, fat
oth fat y haue made to Kyng 1 Edward of Engeland*, y shal holde f e 1
4 while my lif laste. 3 " And with fat worde he went fro fe company,
and wolde haue went oppon his palfray. And Eobert the Brus
pursuede him wif a drawen 4 s worde, and bare him frou^ the body,
and Sir 1 lohn Comyn felle 5 adoune vnto 5 the Erfe. H But when
8 Eoger, fat was Sir 1 lohn Comines broker, saw f e falsenesse, he 6
stert vp 7 to Sir 1 Eobert the Brus, and smote him wif a knyf 1 ; but
f e false traitoure was armed vnder 1 , so fat f e stroke myght done
hi?ft none harme ; and so miche helpe come aboute Sir 58 Eobert the
12 Brus, so fat Eoger Comyn was fere quellede and alto-hewe into
smale pices. U And Eobert f e Brus twnede a}eyn fere fat Sir*
lohn Comyn f e noble Baron lay 9 woundede and pynede 9 towardes 10
his def , bisides fe hye auter in the cherche of fe Gray Freres, and
16 saide vnto Sir 1 lohn Comyn : " traitour 1 ! fow shalt be 11 dede, &
neuer 1 after 1 lette myn avauncementt" j and shooke his suorde at
fe 1 hye auter*, and smote him on 12 the heuede, 13 fat fe brayn
felle adoune 14 oppon 15 fe Gronde, and fe blode stert 1 vnto 16 the
20 wallis; and ^itte into fis Day that 17 blode 18 is seyne fere, 8 and 19
no Water may wasshe it away ; and so deide fat noble kny^t in
holy cherche.
How Robert fe B[r]us was cronede, 20 and made 20 Kyng 1 of
24 Scotland*. Cap^wZo Centesimo Ixxix . 21
ANd when f e intrusowr 22 Eobert fe Brus saw fat no maw f o
wolde lete his coronaciouii, he commandede alle ham fat
were of power 1 shulde come to 23 his crounyng 1 , 24 to Seynt 25 Iohnes
28 toun 25 in Scotland*. U & so hit bifelle fat on 1 oure Lady Day,
fe 26 Anunciacioun, fe Bisshop of Glascowe 27 and fe Bisshop of
Seynt Andrews 28 crounede 29 for her Kyng, Eobert the Brus, 29 in
Seynt lohnes toune, 30 & made him Kyng 1 . And anone after 1 he
I om. 0. 2 michel D. 3 laste> 0. 4 draw DO.
5 5 doun to D. doun vnto 0. 6 all three MSS. have and.
7 om. DO. 8 om. D. 9 9 wounde and pynyng 1 D. 10 toward' 0.
II bene D. I2 oppon D. 13 heed' 0. 14 doun 0. 15 to D.
16 an hye oppon D. on hye in-to 0. xx 17 the D. 18 leaf 113, back.
19 >at 0. s - 20 om. 0. 21 ii'ij ix 0.
22 traitoure D. traytour 0. w vnto 0. u Corounynge 0.
25 - 25 lohn 0. of 0. ^ Glaston DO. ^ Andrew 0.
2929 for ner Kyng R b er t the Brus D. for her Kyng Eobert >e Brus 0.
her* Robert R.
30 MS. has toune toune, with the second toune underlined for omission.
200 Edw. I invades Scotland, and defeats Bruce. [CH. CLXXX-I
drof out al 1 fe Englisshe-men out 1 of Scotland?; & fai fledde, 2 and
come & pleynede vnto 3 Kyng 1 Edward, how Robert fe Brus hadde
dryuew 4 ham out 1 of the lande, & disherite 5 ham.
How Kyng Edwarde dobbit at Westminster xiiij score knyghte^. 4
Capit?/fo Gentesimo Ottogesimo.
ANd when Kyng Edward? herde of fis meschief 1 , he 6 suore
fat he wolde ferof bene avenged, and saide fat 'alle fe
traitours 7 of Scotland? shulde bene 8 hongede and draw, and fat fai 8
shulde neuer bene 9 raunsonede.' IT And Kyng 1 Edward fou^t
oppon fis falsenesse fat f e Scottes hade done, and sende 10 after alle
11 fe bachilers 11 of EngelaraZ, fat fai shulde come to London at
Whitsontyde ; and he dobbit 12 at Westminster iiij 13 kny^tes. 12
11 f o ordeynede him f e noble Kyng Edward forto wende into
Scotland 1 , to werr* oppon Robert f e Brus ; and sent bif ore him x
into Scotland ^Sir* Aymer of 15 Valance, Erl of Penbrok*, & Sir*
Henry Percy, 16 wij> a fair 1 company, fat pwrsewede fe Scottes and 16
brenede 17 tounes & castilles; & after warde come the Kyng him
self, wif Erles 18 and barons a fair* co??zpanye.
How Robert fe Brus was scomfitede in bataile; and how 19
Symond FriseH was 19 slayn. C&pitulo Gentesimo Ottogesimo 20
primo.
THe 20 Fryday next bifore 21 fe Assumpciciofi of our* Lady, Kyng
Edward mette Robe?'t the 1 Brus bisides Seynt lohnes toun in
Scotland, & with his co?wpany 22 ; of fe 23 whiche company 1 Kyng 24
Edward quelled? vij Mt. 51 When Robert f e Brus saw fis mes
chief', he 24 gan to flee, and hudde 25 him fat mew myght nou^t
him fynde; but Sir 1 Symond FriseH pursuede him so sore, so 23 fat he
twrnede 26 & abode bataile, for he was a worfi 27 kny3t and a bolde 28
of body 27 ; and? fe Englisshe-mew pursuede him 28 sore on 29 euery
1 om. 0. 2 fley D. 3 to D. 4 dyve sic 0. 5 disheritede D.
6 MS. has he sor with SOT underlined for omission.
7 traitoures D. Traytours 0. traitors R. 8 be 0. 9 be DO.
10 sent 1 DO. n - n bachelrye D. }>e Bachelrye 0.
12 tobbetD. dubbed' 0. fourtene score DO. 14 ^a/114.
15 om. D. )>e O. 16 Percy baroun D. Percy Baron 0. 17 brent 0.
18 erler sic, D. 19 om. O. the 0.
21 fefore sic 0. ffl Curapanye Kyng Edward' 0. a om. D.
24 and DO. ^ hyd 0. 26 turnede ajeyne D. turned ajen 0.
a7 - 27 Kny^t of body and bold D. M hym eu^re 0. a in 0.
CH. CLXXXI-II] Sir S. Frisell is hangd,& Earl ofAthol taken. 201
side, and quellede f e stede fat Sir? Symond FriseH roode oppon ;
and fai toke him and lade him into 1 fe hoste. IT And Sir*
Symond bigan forto flater and speke faire, and saide : "lordes, y
4 shal ^eue $ow iiij M* mar^ 2 of Sillier 1 , and myn 3 horse and myn 3
herneys, and att myn 3 armure, and bicome a begger." fo ansuerede
Theobalde of Peuenes, 4 }>at was fe Kyngws Archil , "Now God
me so helpe, hit is for nou^t fat f ow spexte ; for alle f e golde of
8 Engekwd y wolde 5 nou3t lete fe 5 gone 6 with-out co??zmaundement
of Kyng Edward." And f o was he lade to f e Kyng 17 but 8 f e
Kyng wolde nou^t 9 see him, but commaundede 10 him to ben ledde 10
away to haue his dome at 11 London. In oure Ladies Eve, fe 12
12 Natiuitie, he was hongede 13 and drawe, & his 14 15 heuede smytew 15
of 1 , and hongede a$ein wif cheynes of yren oppon f e Galwes ; &
his heuede 16 was sette 12 oppon London Brugge vppon a spere ; and
a^eyns Cristenmasse 17 fe body was brent, for enchesoun fat )?e men
16 J?at kepte fe body by nyght, saw meny deueles raumpande wij>
yren crokes rynnyng oppon ]?e galwes, and horribliche tormented e
j?e body ; and meny J?at ham sawe, an one after J>ai deide for drede,
or woxen made, or sore sikenesse fai had. 1T And in pat bataile
20 was taken 18 fe Bisshop of Glascowe, 19 fe Bisshope of Seynt
Andrewes, 20 pe Abbot of Scone, aH armede wij) yren as men of
Armes, & 21 false traitoures and false prelatis a^eyns hei^ oth; and
fai were brou3t to f e Kyng 1 , and fe Kyng sent ham to fe Pope of
24 Rome, fat he shulde done 22 wif ham what his wille were.
How lohn, Erl of Atheles, was take, & put to 23 def . CapiVwZo
IT Centesimo Qttogesimo secun&o.
ANd at fat bataile fledde 24 Siro lohn 25 Erl of Ateles, 25 and went
into a cherche, & fe?*e hudde 26 him for drede. But he mi^t
haue fere no refute, for enchesoun fat fe cherche was enterditede
frou^ a general sentence ; and in fe same cherche he was take. 27
II And fis Sir 1 John wende wel haue scapede fram 28 fe deth, for
32 enchesoun fat he cleymede kynrede of Kyng 1 Edward. And
1 to D. vnto 0. 2 Mark 0. 3 my 0.
4 MS. has Peueneseye, with eye underlined for omission.
55 j>e no t lete 0. 6 go DO. 7 om. 0. 8 and DO.
9 leaf 114, back. 10 - 10 to lede him D. to lede hym 0. u to 0.
12 om. D. 13 honge 0. K h sic D. 15 - 15 he* smyte 0.
16 heed 0. 17 Cristemasse 0. 18 take O. 19 Baston DO.
20 Andrewes and D. Andrews and 0. 21 as 0. ffi do D.
23 to >e D. M fley D. flye 0. a 5 - 25 of Atheles Erie 0.
26 hid 0. * taken D. * fro D.
202 Bruce flees to Norway. Edward I prepares for Death.
1 Kyng 1 Edward wolde 1 no longer 2 bene taried 2 of his traitoures,
and sent him to London in haste ; & fere he 3 was 4 Hongede, and
his 5 6 Heuede smyten 6 of, and his body brent 1 7 al into smal 7
asshes. If But at f e prayed of f e 8 Quene Margarete, for 4
enchesoun fat he cleymede 9 of Kyng Edward kynrede, 9 his
drawyng 1 10 was for^euen him. 10
How lohn, fat was n William Waleys brofer, 11 was put to fe 12
def. CaptYw/o Ceniesimo iiij iij. 8
WHen fe gretteste maistres of Scotland? 13 were fus 13 done to
euel defe, & shent for her 1 falsenesse, lohn, fat was
William Waleys brof er, was tak 14 as Sir 1 lohn, Erl of Atheles, was.
How Robert fe Brus 15 fley fro 15 Scotland to 16 Norwaye. Cape- 12
tulo Centesimo ottogesimo iiij to .
ANd at 17 fat same tyme, was Robert fe Brus miche hatede
amonges 18 fe peple of Scotland? ; so he 19 wist nou^t what to 20
don ; and f orto hide 21 him, he went into Norway, to J>e Kyng fat 1 6
had spousede his sustre, and fere helde him, socoi^r 22 forto haue.
IF And wherc Robert fe Brus might nou3t 23 bene founde 23 in Scot
land, Kyng 1 Edward f o lette crye his pees f 1-0113 24 al f e land', &
his were vsede, and his ministres seruede frou^-out al 17 fe land'. 20
How Kyng Edward' deide. Cwpitulo Centesimo Ottogesiwo
quinto.
WHen Kyng 1 Edward hade abatede his enemys, he turnede
a^eyn Southward, and a maladye toke him at Burgh op 25 24
Sande, in f e Marche of Scotland And he wiste wel fat his def
was ful ney3, and callede to him Sir 1 Henry fe Lacy, Erl of
Lyncohi, 26 Sir 1 Gy, Erl of Weurwyk, Sir 1 Aymer 1 Valence, Erl of
Penbrok 4 , and Sir 1 Robert of Clifford, baroun, and pmyede haw, 28
oppofi f e faif e 27 fat fai to him owede, fat fai shulde make Edward
l 1 the kyng 1 nolde D. ]>e kyng nold 0.
2- 2 be trayede D. be taryed' 0. * leaf 115. 4 shulde ben D.
5 >e D. 6 - 6 heed smyte 0. 7 ~ 7 alto DO. 8 om. 0.
9 - 9 kynred of Kyng< Edward D. 10 - 10 fo^eue hym was 0.
iiii Williarmts broker Waleys D. 12 om. DO. 13 13 >us were D.
14 tak and done to deth D. take & done to deth 0.
i5_i5 fl e( ide fram D. 16 in-to 0. " om. D. 18 among 0.
19 h sic D. 2 forto 0. 21 abyde 0.
22 socoure al D. socour al 0. 2a <23 be fonden D. be fouwle
24 f rou^-out* D. f urgli-owt 0. ffl oppon D. vpon 0.
26 Nichol D. Nichole 0. 27 fay 0.
CH. CLXXXVI] Edw.Idies. Merlin s Prophecies about him. 203
a of Carnaryuan, Kyng 4 of 1 Engeland', his sone, as rape as pai
myght ; H and pat pai shulde nought suffre Piers of Gauaston come
a^eyn into Engeland forto make his sone vse ryaute. And pai
4 grantede him wip god wille ; and pe Kyng toke his sacrament^ of
holy cherche, as a gode Cristen ma?i shulde, and deide in Verray
repentaunce. U & when he hade bene 2 Kyng 1 Iv ^er 1 , he deide, &
was buried at Westminster wip miche solempnite : oppon whos
8 soule, God' haue mercy !
Of Merlynws 3 prophecies, pat were 3 declarede of Kyng 1 Edward,
XX
pat was Kyng^ 4 Henries sone. Capi'luto Centesimo iiij vj to .
ANd of pis Kyng 1 Edward, 5 p?-opheciede Merlyn, and callede
him a dragon, pe secunde kyng 1 of pe vj laste kynges pat
shulde bene 6 forto regne in Engeland; and saide pat 'he shulde
7 ben mellede 7 wip mercy & also wip sternesse, pat shulde kepe
Engeland' ffam 8 colde and fram s hete; and pat he shulde oppen
16 his moupe toward Walys, and pat he shulde sette his on 9 foot in
Wyk<, and pat he shulde closen 10 wip Wallis, pat shulde do 11 miche
harme to his seed' ' ; and he saide sop, for pe gode Kyng Edward
was medled 1 ' 2 wip mercy & with fersnesse ; wip mercy a^eyns his
20 enemys of Walis, & after of Scotland' ; wip fersenesse, when he
put ham to the 13 deth for her 1 falsenesse & traiteri, as pai had
diserued hit 4 ; And wel kepte he Engekmo 7 fram 14 colde and fram 14
hete, sip he kepte hit fram alle mane?* enemys pat ronne oppon
24 him to done him eny 15 harme or 15 wronge. IT And wel openede he
his moup toward Walys, and made hit 16 quake prou^ pe hidour of
his mouthe, When he conquerede hit prou^ dent of suerd ; for pe
Prynce Lewelyn, and 17 18 his broper 18 Dauidf 13 Eys and Morgan,
28 Aver 1 put vnto 19 dep for her 1 falsenesse and her 1 folie. H And he
sette his one 9 foot in Wik 1 , and conquered Berwik 1 ; at pe whiche
conquest was 20 slayn xxv M* and vij C, out-take ha?tt pat wei j
brent in pe Rede Halle; and pe wallis pat he lete make shulde 21
32 ben 6 noious 22 to his 22 seede, as men shal hure after* in pe lif 23 of
Sire Edward 24 his sone.
1 fea/115, back. 2 be 0. 3 - 3 prophecye 0. 4 om. 0.
5 om. D. 6 be DO. 7 ~ 7 be medlede D. be melled 0. 8 fro DO.
9 o 0. 10 close D. n don DO. 12 melled 0. 13 om. DO.
14 fro 0. I5 - 15 om. DO. harme o R. 16 leaf 116.
17 & Dauid DO. 18 - 18 MS. has his broker his bro>er.
19 vnto the D. vnto > e 0. 20 were DO. 21 shal 0.
22-22 vnto j, e o. 23 MS. li}>.
24 Edward of Ca>iarifan D. Edward' of Carnerifan 0.
204 Merlin's Prophecies about Edw. I fulfild. [CH. CLXXXVI
11 And }itte saide Merlyn, pat * he shulde make Ryuer rynne
in 1 bloode and wip brayn ' : and pat seniede wel in his werres,
pere pat he hade pe maistry. IT And $itte saide Merlyn : pat
' pere shulde come a peple out of pe northwest, duryng 1 pe regne of 4
pe forsaide d?-agoun, pat 2 shulde bene 2 lad be an euel 3 grehounde,
pat shulde 4 pe d?-agoun croune Kyng 1 , pat aftirward shulde 4 flee
ouer 1 pe see 5 wipout corny ng a^eyn, 5 for drede of pe dragoun 6 ':
and pat was p?*ouede by Sir* lohn Baloil, pat Kyng Edward made 8
forto 7 bene 8 Kyng of Scotland, pat falsely 9 aroos a^eynnes him ;
and after, he fledde to his owen landes in 10 Fraunce, and neuer
come ajeyne into Scotland for drede of King Edward, f And
^itte said Merlyn, 'pat pe peple pat shulde lede pe forsaide 12
grewhonde shulde bene 11 faderles vnto 12 a certein tyme': & he
saide soth, ffor pe peple of Scotland gretliche wer* disessede sith pat
sir 1 lohn Baloil, her 1 Kyng 1 , fley fro 13 Scotland*.
IT And $itte saide Merlyn, ' pat pe sone shulde bicome in his 1 6
tyme as rede as 14 eny blode, in tokening 1 of 15 grete mortalite of dep
of peple ' : and pat was 16 wel knowen when pe Scottes was 17 slayne.
IT And sip saide Merlyn, ' pat pilk dragoun shulde norisshe a fox
pat shulde meve 18 wen? a^eynes him, 19 pat 20 in his tyme shulde 20
noujt bene 20 endede ' : and pat semede wel by Robert pe Brus, pat
Kyng 1 Edward norisshe 21 in his chambre, pat sipennes 22 stale away,
and mevede grete wen a^eynes him 19 ; whiche wer 1 was nou^t
endede in his tyme. IT And afterward', Merlyn tolde pat ' pis 24
dragoun shulde 23 ben holde 23 pe best body of al pe world?' : and he
saide sop, ffor pe gode Kyng Edward was pe worthiest knyght of al
pe worlde in his tyme.
U And $it saide Merlyn pat ' pe dragoun shulde dye in pe 28
marche of anoper land?, and pat his londe shulde be longe 24 wipouten
a 24 gode keper 1 , and pat men shulde wepe for his deth, fram pe yle
of Sheepe vnto pe He of Marcylle, wher 125 (alias !) shal 26 be 27 her*
commune songe amonge peple faderles, in pe lande wastede ' : and 32
1 vriih O. 2 ~ 2 shal be D. schuld* be 0. 3 ylle 0. 4 shal D.
5 - 6 om. DO.
6 dragoun with-oute comyng ajeyne D. dragon) wiih-o\ite comyng
a?en 0.
7 to D. 8 be 0. 9 falseliche D. 10 of D. " be D.
12 vntil 0. 13 fram ham oute of D. 14 leaf 116, back. 15 of \>e 0.
18 om. O. 17 were DO. 18 meve grete D. meue gret 0.
19 - 19 om. D. w ~ w schuld' not in his tyme be 0. 21 norisshed 0.
22 sethen 0. ^-^ be D. be holde 0.
24-24 w ithout eny D. wit&oute eny 0. ^ wherfore DO.
26 shulde D. schuld* 0. * ben 0.
CH. CLXXXVII] Edw. II is crownd, and weds Princess Isabel. 205
fat 1 propliecie was know oueral ful wel 1 ; ffor fe goode Kyng
Edward deide at Burgh op Sandes, J)at is oppon 2 fe marche of
Scotland', wherfore fe Englisshe-men gretlich 3 were descomfitede 4
4 & gouernede in Northumberlond^, ffor enchesoun fat Kyng
Edwardes sone sette by fe Scottes non 5 force, for fe 6 ryaute of
Piers of Gauaston; wherfore (alias!) was fe songe frou^-oute 7
Engeland? for defaute of a gode warde ; fram f e He of Sheepey
8 vnto fe yle of Marcile, fe peple made miche 8 sorw for gode 8
Kyng Edwardes deth; ffor fai wende 9 fat 10 gode 11 Kyng 1 Edward
shulde haue gon into 12 fe Holy Lano?; 13 for fat was holliche 14 his
pwrpos : oppon whos soule, God of his 8 blisse haue mercy 15 !
12 Of Kyng Edward', fat was Kyng Edwardes sone. Capitulo
Centeswwo Qctogesimo Septirao.
ANd after* fis Kyng 8 Edward, regnede Edward his sone, fat
was born in Carnaryvan, and? 16 went into Eraunce, 17 and
16 spousede Isabel!, fe Kyngws doubter of Fraunce, 17 ]?e xxv day of
lanuer* at J)e cherche of our 1 Lady of 18 Boloign), in J>e ^er 1 of our*
Lorde M^ CCC vij. IF & )?e xx day of Febriier 1 , 19 J)e nexte 301 fat
come after 5 , he was cronede solempliche 20 at Westrmwsfer of }>e
20 Erchebisshope Robert of Wynchelse, 21 of Kanterbery ; and fere was
so grete prees of peple fat Sir 1 lohn Bakwelle was dede and
mordrede. IT And anone as f e gode Kyng 1 Edward was dede, Sir*
Edward 1 his sone, Kyng 1 of Engeland', sent after Piers of Gauaston
24 into Gascoigne; and so miche louede him fat he callede him his
* brof er ' ; and anone after 1 he ^af him f e lordeshipp of Wallyng-
foro^ ; and hit was nou^t longe after 1 fat he ne $af him f e Erldome
of Cornwaile, a^eynes alle f e lordes 22 wille of fe reaume. 22 1F And
28 fo brought he Sir 1 Walter of Langeton, Bisshop of Chestre, into
prisoun, into the Toure of London, with ij knafes allone him to 23
seme, for enchesoun fat 24 fe Kyng 1 was wrof with him, for cause
fat Sir* Wa[l]ter made pleint 25 vppoii him to his fader 1 ; wherfore
32 he was put into 26 prisoun in fe tyme of trailbaston.
1-1 p?'ophecyed Merlyn which was wel knowe oueral 0. 2 in D.
3 gretly O. 4 discomfortede D. dyscomfited' dyscomforted sic 0.
5 no 0. 6 om, D. 7 frouj-out al D. jmrgfr-out al 0. 8 om. 0.
9 went 0. 10 the D. >at J>e O. " MS. gode Gode. 12 to D.
13 leaf 117. 14 holy 0. 15 mercy Amen O.
16 and ]>is Edward DO. 17 - 17 om. 0. 18 at 0.
19 ffeuerei DO. 20 solempnyly 0. 21 Wynchestre 0.
22 -' 22 willes of Engeland* D. 23 forto D0 . 24 om> D0 .
25 cowipleynt DO. in D.
206 Piers Gavestoris pride. He is sent to Ireland. [CH.CLXXXVII
51 And pis 1 Piers of Gauastoii made so grete maistries, pat he
went into pe Kyngws tresorie in pe Abbay of Westimwsfe?*, and
toke 2 pe table of golde, 3 wip pe tresteles of pe same, and meny
opere riche gewelles pat some tyme wer* pe noble 4 Kyng Arthures, 4
and toke ham to a marchant pat me clepede 5 Aymery of Friscom-
bande, for he shulde bere ham oner 1 pe see into Gascoigne : and
pai come neuer 1 a3eyne after ; \vherfore hit was 6 grete losse vnto 7
pis land*. 8
U And when pis Piers was so rychely auauncede, he bicome so
proude and so stout, wherof alle pe grete lordes of pe reaume had
him in despite for his grete beryng 1 . Wherfore 8 Sir* Henry pe 9
Lacy, Erl of Lyncoin, 10 and Sir 1 Guy Erl of Wannoyk (pe whiche 12
gode lordes pe gode Kyng 1 Edward chargede, pat Piers of Gauaston
shulde nou^t come into Engeland? forto brynge his sone into ryot),
U And alle pe lordes of Engelawd, assemblede ham 9 at a certeyn day
at pe 11 Frere Prichoures of 12 London, and speken 13 of pe 14 dis- 16
honowr pat pe Kyng dede to 15 his reaume and to his crone, and so
pai assemblede 16 alle, hope Erles, barons 17 and communes, pat pe for-
saide Piers of Gauaston shulde ben 18 exilede out 19 of Engelowd.
And so hit was done ; for he forsuore Engekmd, and went into 20
Irland? ; and pere pe Kyng made him chief teyn and Gouernour 1 of
pe lande 20 by his co?wmissioun ; and pe?-e pis Piers was chef teyn of
al pe land?, 20 and dede pere aH pat him liked?, and had pere al 9 what
he wolde. U And 21 pat tyme were pe templeres exilede prou$ al 24
c?*istendome, 22 ffor enchesoun pat men put oppon ham pat pai
shulde done 23 24 ping pat was 24 a^eynes pe faip 25 and gode bileue.
U Kyng 1 Edward louede Piers of Gauaston so miche 26 pat he might
nou^t forlete his company ; and so miche pe Kyng $af and bihight 28
to pe peple of Engeland?, pat pe exiling of pe forsaide Piers shulde
bene 27 reuokede at Staunford', prou^ ham pat 28 him hade 28 exilede.
1T Wherfore Piers of Gauaston come a^eyne into Engeland 4 ; and
when he was comen 29 a^eyn into pis lande, he despisede pe grettest 32
lordes of pis lande, and callede Sir 1 Koberf 30 Clare Erl of Gloucestre,
I the forsaide D. >e foraayd? 0. 2 nome DO. 3 leaf 117, back.
4 gode D. 5 Called 0. 6 was a D.
7 in-to 0. 8 wherof D. 9 om. DO. 10 Nichole DO.
II om. 0. 12 at 0. 13 spek 1 D.
14 MS. >e >e. 15 vnto 0. 16 assentede DO.
17 om. D. & barons 0. 18 be 0. 19 om. D. 2 2 om. 0.
21 And in 0. ffl cristiente DO. a do 0.
24 - 24 >inges D. Jnng< 0. * fey 0. leafllB. * be D.
~ had hym 0. come 0. > Robert of DO.
CH. CLXXXVIII] Piers G-aveston is slam. Bruce returns. 207
'Horessone/ and pe Erl of Lyncoln, 1 Sir* Henry pe 2 Lacy, ' Broste
bely,' and Sir 1 Guy Erl of Waxitoyk, 'blanke 3 hounde of Arderne/
And also he callede pe noble Erl and gentil, Thomas of Lancastre,
4 'Cherl,' and meny 4 othere 5 shames and scorn 4 6 ham saide, & by
meny opere 6 grete lordes of Engelandl, wherfore pai were towardes 7
him ful angri and sore annoiede.
U And 8 in pe 9 same tyme deide pe Erl of Lyncohi 10 ; but he
8 charged?, or he was dede, Thomas of Lancastre, erl, pat was his sone-
in-lawe, pat he shulde mayntene his quereii a^eyns pe same Piers
of Gauaston, oppon. his benison. U And so hit was ordeynede,
prou} 11 helpe of pe Erie of Lancastr* and of pe Erl of Warrw?/&,
12 pat pe forsaide 12 Piers was biheuedede 13 at Gauersiche bisides
Warwik 1 , pe xix day of w lun), 15 in pe $ere of grace 16 M* CCC & 17
xij ; wherfore pe Kyng was sore annoiede, and prayede God pat
he might 18 see J>at day to bene avengede of 19 pe dep of )>e forsaide
16 Piers. IT And so hit bifelle aftirvvard, as ^e shul hure, alias J?e
tyme! ffor J>e forsaide Erl of Lancastre & meny opere 20 21 grete
baroun, 22 wer> put to pitouse de)>, and martrede, for enchesoun of
)>e forsaide quereli.
20 H The Kyng was ]>o at London, and helde a parlement, and
ordeynede )>e lawes of Sir 1 Symond* Mountford 4 ; wherfor the Erl of
Lancastre, and alle )>e Erles & aii }>e clergye of Engeland', maden an
oth, prou} conseile of Eobert of Wynchelse, forto maintene J>e
24 ordenaunces 23 for eue?'more.
How Robert ]>e Brus come a3eyne into Scotland', and Gaderede
a grete power 1 of men forto werr 1 oppon Kyng Edward*.
U Capitulo 11 Centesimo Qttogesimo viij.
28 4 Nd when Sir* Eobert ]>e Brus, pat made him Kyng of Scot-
XJL land, pat was fledde into Normandy 24 for drede of dep of
pe 2 goode Kyng Edward, and herd of pe debate pat was in Enge-
1 Nichol D. Nichole 0. 2 om. D. 3 blac D. Blake 0.
- 4 other scornes and shame D. o]>er scornes & schame 0.
5 MS. ouere. 6 6 & seyde by o]>er meny 0. 7 toward 0.
8 MS. has in the margin, in same hand : Obijt Heuricis Comes Lincoln.
9 that D. om. 0. 10 Nichole DO. n burgh ]>e 0.
12 forseid sir 0. 13 beheded' 0.
4 MS. has of lander, with I&nuer underlined for omission.
15 lanuer D. 16 grace a 0. 17 om. DO.
18 most D. muste 0. 19 vpon 0. ^ Another 0.
21 leaf 118, back. & barons D.
23 ordenance D. 2* Norway D. Norwey 0.
208 Bruce defeats Edw. II at Bannocklurn. [CH. CLXXXVIII
land? bituene ]>G Kyng and his lordes, he ordeynede an hoste, and
come into Engelond, into Northumberland?, and clenly destroiede pe
contreye. U And when Kyng Edward herde }>is tidynges, 1 he 2 lete
assemble 2 his host, and mette pe Scottis at Streuelyn, 3 in pe day of 4
pe 4 Natiuite of Seint lohn pe Baptiste, in )>e vij 4 ^er* of his regne, 5
and in pe }ere of our 1 Lorde 6 Ihesu Crist 1 , 6 M* CCC & 7 xiiij. Alias
pe sorw and losse fat pere was done ! for pere was slayn, pe noble
Erl Gilbert of Clare, Sire Robert of Clifford*, a 7 baroun, and meny 8
opere ; & of opere peple pat no man cou)> nombre ; and pere
Kyng Edward was scomfitede. And Sir 5 Edmund! of Maule, pe 8
kynges stiward, for drede went and drenchede him-self 9 in a
fresshe ryuer* pat is callede Bannokesbourn ; perefore 10 n pe Scottes 12
saide, in reprofe and despite of Kyng 1 Edward, foralsemiche 12 as he
louede forto go 13 by watere, and also for he was descomfitede at
Bannokesbour[n]e, perfore maidenes made a songe perof, 14 in pat
centre, of Kyng Edward of Engeland? 14 and in pis maner 1 pai 16
songe 15 :
U Maydenes of Engetande, sare may 36 morne,
For tynt 36 haue [lost] 16 ^oure lemmana at Bannokesborn
wip hevalogh. 20
H What wende pe Kyng 1 of "Engeland haue ygete 17 Scotlande
wip Rombylogh.
"When Kyng Edward? was descomfitede, he was wonder 1 sory,
and faste 18 fledde wip his folc 4 pat was lafte alif*, 19 and went 24
to Berwik 1 , and pere helde him. H And after, he toke hostages, pat is
to seyne, 20 vij childerne, of pe rychest 1 of pe toun ; and pe Kyng
went to London, and toke 21 conseile of pinges pat were nedeful
vnto pe reaume of Engeland?. 28
IF And in pe same tyme hit bifelle pat pere was in Engeland?
a rybaude pat men 22 callede lohn Tanner ; and he went and saide
pat he was pe goode Kyng 1 Edwardus sone, and lete him calle
'Edward of Carnaruan'; and perfore he was take 23 at Oxenford*, 32
and pere 24 chalangede pe frere Cannes chirche pat Kyng Edward
hade ^eue 25 ham, pe whiche cherch 26 some tyme was 4 pe Kyngws
I tydynge 0. 2 z assemblede D. 3 Estreuelyn D. Estryuelyn 0.
4 om. O. 5 regne vij 0. 6 6 om. 0. 7 om. DO.
8 >e DO. for >e R. 9 him D. hym 0. 10 wherfore DO.
II leaf 119. 12 forasmyche 0. 13 gone D. om. 0. 14 14 (m. D.
15 saiden D. ltt om. D. 17 gete DO.
18 MS. faste faste, with second faste underlined for omission.
19 on lif D. 2 weten D. wete 0. 21 to sic D. nome 0.
22 me DO. ^ taken DO. M \>er& he DO. ^ youe 0.
26 Cherche was 0.
CH. CLXXXIX] Berwick taken. Cardinals rolbd. Famine. 209
Halle. IT And afterwarde was pis lohn ladde to Northampton, and 1
draw, and pe?'e 2 hongede for his falsenesse. and er* pat he was
dede, he conf essede, 3 and saide bifore al pe f olc, fat ' J>e deuel
4 bihiglite him pat he shulde be Kyng 1 of Engeland ' ; and pat ' he
hade seruede pe deuel iij
How pe toun of Berwik was taken 4 prou^ treson ; & how ij
Cardynales wer* robbet in Engeland. Cap/zWo Centesirpo
XX
8 iiij ix.
5 A Nd in myd Le?^ton 6 Sonday in pe $ere of our Lord Ihesu
Jm Crist M* CCC xvj, Berwik was loste, prou^ false tresoun of
on, Piers of Spaldyng*; pe whiche Piers, pe Kyng 1 had put pere
12 forto kepe j?e 7 same toune wi]) 8 meny burgeys of pe 9 toun. II Wher-
fore )>e chiklerne ]?at were put in hostages 10 prou^ J?e burgeys of
Berwik, 11 folwede ]?e Kyngwa Marchalcie meuy daye, 12 fetrede in
st?'onge yrenes.
16 U And after 1 pat tyme pere come ij Cardinales into EngelancP,
as pe Pope hade ham sende forto niak pees bituene Scotland 4 and
Eiigelawd. and as pai went toward Duresme forto haue sacrede
maistre Lowys of Beaumond*, Bisshop of Duresme ; and as pai went,
20 pai were taken 4 and robbit oppoii pe more of Wigelesdon 13 ; of
whiche robrye, Sir* Gilbert of Midelton was atteint, and tale, 14 and
hongede & drawe 15 at London), and his 16 heuede smyten 16 of 1 , and
his bowales taken out of his body, and brent, & his body qwar-
24 tarede, and his heuede 17 18 smyten of, and 18 sette oppon a spere, and
sette oppoii Newegate ; and pe iiij quarters sent to iiij citees of
Engeland.
11 And pat same tyme bifelle meny meschyues in Engeland? ; for
28 pe pore 2 peple deide in Engeland for hunger; and so niiche and 19
so faste folc deiden, 20 pat vnnepes 20 men m[i]ght haw bury; for a
quarter of 2 whete was worpe xls., and ij 3ere and an halfe a
quarter of 21 whete 19 was worpe 22 ij mar} 22 : and ofte-tymes pe pore
I and ]>ere was D. ' 2 om. D. 3 confessede him D. 4 take 0.
5 leaf 119, back. 6 lentenes D. lent 0. 7 >at 0.
8 MS. has wij) me- with me- underlined for omission. 9 J>e same D.
10 MS. hostages )>rou3 |>rou3, icith first ]>rou3 underlined for omission ;
hostage DO.
II Benvyk 1 and fe burgeys of Berwik D. Berwylc 1 and ]) e Burgeys of
Berwyk 1 0.
12 dayes DO. VA Wyngeleston D. Wyngeledonne 0. 14 taken DO.
15 drawen DO. 16 - ie heed smyte 0. 17 heed 0. 18 - 18 om. DO.
19 om. 0. 20 - 20 >an vnnefe 0. 21 om. DO.
22 ffi xxvj s. viij d. ij marc 0.
BRUT. P
210 The Scots plunder Northumberland. Interdict. [CH. cxc-i
peple stale childern and ete ham, and ete also alle 1 fe houndes
J>at fai might take, and ek Horse & cattes ; and after*, ]>erQ felle a
grete 2 pestilence amonges 3 bestes in diuerse contrees of Engela?zd
duryng Kyng Edwardes lif 1 . 4
How f e Scottes robbede Northumberland'. Capitate Centesimo
Nonogesimo.
ANd in fe same tyme 4 come fe 4 Scottes a^eyne into Engelaud?, 5
and destroiede Northumberlond?, 6 and brent fat lande, & 8
robbet hit, 6 and quellede mew and wymmen, & childern fat laye 7
in cradeH, and brent also holy cherche, and destroiede Cristen-
dome, and 8 toke & 8 bare awaye Englisshe-meraies godes, as fai
hade bene 9 Sarasins or paynemes. and of fe wickednesse fat fai 12
deden, 10 ail fe worlde spake ferof, frou} al Cristendome.
How f e Scottes wolde nou^t amende her 1 trespasse ; and f erfore
Scotland was enterditede. U 'Gapitulo Centesimo Nono-
gesi??io p?lmo. 16
ANd when 11 Pope 12 John, J>e xxij after seynt Petre, herde of )?e
grete sorwe and meschief 1 fat J>e Scottes wrought, he was
wonder 1 sory fat Cristendome was so destroiede frou^ fe Scottes,
and nameliche 13 for fai destroiede so holy cherche; Wherfore fe 20
Pope 14 sent a general sentence, vnder 1 his bullis of leade, vnto fe
Erchebisshope of Kaunte?'bery, and to fe Erchebisshope of ^ork 1 ,
fat ' if Eobert f e Brus of Scotland? wolde nou^t be iustifiede, and
make amendes vnto 15 kyng 16 Edward of Engelawd, 16 his 17 lorde, & 24
make amendes of his losse, and his harmes fat fai hade done in
Engeland*, and also to restore fe godes fat fai hade 18 19 take out
of 19 holy cherch, fat fe sentence shulde be p?*onouwcede frouj aH
EngelaraZ. U And when f e Scottes herde fis, fai wolde nou3t 28
2021 cesse of 21 her 1 malice for fe Popes 22 co??imaundement ; Wherfor
1 am. 0. 2 leaf 120. 3 among 0. 4 ~ 4 comen D.
5 Northumberland D. 6 om. D. 7 leyne D. leyn 0.
s- 8 O7?i. D. 9 be 0. 10 dede DO. n when the D.
12 pope struck out, and bisshope written over in a different hand in 0.
13 namely 0.
14 pope struck out, and bisshope written over in a different hand in 0.
15 vnto the D. vnto > e 0. 16 ~ 16 of Engelond? Edward' 0.
17 her* DO. 18 MS. hade m, with m underlined for omission.
19 - 19 taken in D. take of 0. 2 leaf 120, back.
2 1 - 21 leue D. lette 0.
22 popes struck out, and bisshopis written over in a different hand in
CH. cxcii] Scotland interdicted. Scots ravage N. England. 211
Eobert pe 1 Brus, lamys Douglas, and Thomas Randolf Erl of
Morref , and alle po pat wip ham communede, or ham halp in worde
or in 2 dede, were accursed? 3 prou3 euery cherche prou$ 3 Engelandl,
4 euery [day] at masse iij tymes; and no masse shulde be songen 4 in
holy cherche prou^-out 5 al Scotland*, but if pe Scottis wolde make
restitucion of pe harmes fat pai hade made vnto 6 holy cherche.
Wherfore meny a gode p?-este and holy man, 7 perfore were slayn
8 prou^ al 8 pe reme of Scotland 4 , for enchesoun pat pai wolde singe
no masse a3eynes pe Popes 9 co??imaundement i and a^eynes his wille,
and to done and f ulfille pe tiraunt^ 10 wille.
How Sir 1 Hughe, pe Spenseres sone, was 2 made pe Kyngws
12 Chamberlein ; and of pe bataile of Miton. Capitwfo
Centesimo Nonogmwo secw?zdo.
ANd hit was nou$t longe afterward, pat pe Kyng ne ordeynede
a parlement at ^ork 1 j and pere was Sir* Hugh, pe Spensere^ ll
16 sone, made Chamberlein. And in ]?e mene-tyme, while J?e weri^
last 1 , the Kyng went a^eyne into Scotland', J?at hit was wonder
forto wete, and bisegede ]>& toun of Berwik 1 ; but }>e Scottes went
oue?' J)e water of Solewath, J?at was iij mile fram J)e Kyngws host,
20 and priuely 12 )?ai stele awaye by nyght, and come?? 13 into Engetot?,
and robbede and destroiede 14 al pat J?ai myght, and sparede no
mane?' ping 1 1 til J?at jjai comen to 15 3ork. And when ]?e Englisshe-
men pat were lafte at 16 home Wist 17 of pis ping 1 , alle po pat might
24 tmuaile as wel monkes and 18 p?*estes and ffreres & Chanouns and
seculers, and come and mette wip pe Scottes at Miton op 19 Swale,
pe xij day of Ottobre. Alias ! what sorwe for pe Englisshe
hosbonde-men pat coupe noping 1 in werr 1 , pere were quellede and
28 drenchede 20 in 21 pe Ryuer of Swale. 21 And her 1 chyueteynes, Sir 1
William of Melton, Erchebisshop of ^ork 1 , & pe Abbot of Selby
with her* stedes, 22 fledde, & come vnto 22 3ork<. And pat was her 1
owen folie pat pai had pat meschaunce, for pai passede pe water of
1 om. D. 2 om. 0.
3-3 in euery cherche of D. in euery Cherche Jmrgh 0.
4 songe 0. 5 >rou3 D. 6 to D. >urgh 0. 7 men DO.
8 om. DO.
9 popes struck out, and bisshoppis written over in a different hand in 0.
10 Traytours 0. n Spencer 0. 12 priuelich D. 13 come 0.
14 destruede D. 15 vnto 0. 16 leaf 121. n herde D. herd 0.
18 as 0. 19 oppon D. 2 dreynt 0.
21 21 an arme of the see D. an arme of >e see 0.
22-22 fledden and comen to D. fled & comen vnto 0.
21 2 The White Battle. Hugh le Spenser. [CH. cxcii-m
Swale; and fe Sccottes sette in 1 fire iij stackes of hey; and fe
smoke ferof was so huge fat 2 Englisshe-me?i myght nought see fe
Scottes. H And 1 whew f e Englisshe-men were gon oner f e water, f o
come 3 fe Scottes \vij) hei j wenge, 4 in maner of a shelde, and come 4
toward? f e Englisshe-men in a rawe ; and f e Englisshe-meu fledde,
for vnnefes 5 fai hade eny men 6 of Armes; for fe Kyng hade ham
alle 7 almost loste atte fe 7 sege of Berwik 1 ; and fe Scottes 8
hobilers went bituix 9 fe brigge & fe Englisshe-men. IT And when 8
f e grete host 10 had faim 10 mette, fe Englisshe-men fledde bituene f e
hobilers and fe grete host; and fe Englisshe-men almost alle 7 were
f ere slayn. 11 And 12 he fat might wende ouer f e water was sauede :
but meny were drenchede, 12 Alias, for 13 sorwe! for 13 fere was 14 12
slayne meny men of Religioun, and seculers, and ek prestes and
clerkes ; and wif miche sorw the Erchebisshop scapede ; and f er-
fore f e Scottes callede hit 15 ' the White Bataile.'
How Kyng 1 Edward dede aH maner 2 16 fing< as 17 Sire Hugh fe 16
Spenser 17 Wolde. C&pitulo Centesimo "NQnogesimo tercio.
ANd when Kyng Edward herde fis tydynges, 18 he remevede his
sege fra??i Berwik, & come a^eyne into Engelandl. But Sii 1 *
Hugh fe Spensei J , fe sone, fat was J?e Kynges chaumberlein, kepte 20
so fe Kyngws chaumbre, fat no man might 19 speke wif fe Kyng 1 ,
but if 20 he made wif him a frett forto done his nede, & fat ouer*
mesure. And f is Hugh bar* him so stoute, fat alle men hade of
him scorn and despite; and fe kyng him-self wolde nou^t be 21 24
gouemede 22 by no maner 5 man, but oneliche 23 by his fader* and by
him. IT And yf eny knyght of Engoland hade wodes, maneres, or
lande, fat fai wolde couette, anone fe Kyng 1 moste ^eue it ham, or
elles 24 fe man fat owede 25 hit 26 shulde falsely 26 be enditede of 28
fforfet 27 or of ffelonye; and f rou$ soche doynges 28 fai disheritede
meny a grete 29 bachiler ) , and so meny landes 30 geten, fat hit was
miche Wonder.
I on D. a 0. 2 )>at >e D. 3 Comen 0. 4 wynges D.
5 vnnej>e 0. 6 ma?i 0. 7 om. 0. 8 Scottyssh 0.
9 bituene D. betwen 0. 10 - 10 ham D. hem 0.
II quellede D. y-quelled' 0. 12 - 12 dreynt 0. "- 13 om. DO.
14 were 0. 15 that bataile D. >at bataitt 0. 16 leaf 121, back.
17 - 17 ^>e Spencers 0. 18 tydyng 0. 19 mast 0. L<0 o//i. DO.
21 ben 0. ffl gouemed ne reulede D. goucrned' ne revvled' 0.
23 onely D. only 0. 24 ett 0. ' a oujt D. ought 0.
*-* falsely shulde D. * >e forest 0. ^ doyug D. doynge 0.
29 gode D. good 0. 30 landes }>ai D.
CH. cxcin-iv] The harm done ly the Spensers. 213
IF And when fe lordes of Engeland saw fe 1 couetise and fe
falsenesse of Sir 1 Hugh fe Spenser, his 2 fader, and of Sir 1 Hugh
his 3 sone, fai comen 4 to fe gentil Erl of Lancastre, and axede
4 5 him of 5 conseile of fe disese fat was in the reame frou$ Sir 1 Hugh
fe 6 Spenser 1 and his sone. And in haste, by one assent, fai made
a priue assemble at Shirbornin Elmede; and alle fa[i] maden 7 fere
an oth forto breke and destourble fe doyng bituene fe Kyng 1 and
8 Sir 1 Hugh f e Spenser* and his sone, oppon her' power*. And fai
went into fe Marche of Walys, & destroiede fe Lande 8 of fe
forsaide Sir 1 Hughes.
9 How sir 1 Hughe fe Spenser and his fader 1 Were exilede out
12 of Engeland. C&pitulo Centeslmo Nonogesimo iiij to .
WHen Kyng Edward? saw ))e grete harme and destrucionn fat
fe barons of Engeland' deden on 10 Sir 1 Hugh J?e 6 Spensers
Landes, and to his sones, in eue?y place Jmt ]?ai comen oppon. And
16 J>e Kyng ]?o, ]?rou^ his Conseile, exilede Sir 1 John Mounbray, Sire
Roger 11 of Clifford', and Sir* Gosselyn DauiH, and meny o^er lordes
fat wei-* to ham 12 consent. 13 Wherfore J?e barons dede ]?o 14 more
harme fan fai dede bifore. U And when fe Kyng 1 saw fat 6 fe
20 barons wolde nou^t cesse of her 1 cruelte, f e Kyng was sore adrade
leste fai wolde 15 destroy him and his reame for his mayntenance,
but yf 6 fat he assentede to ham; and so he sent for ham 1G by
lettre^, 16 fat fai shulde come to London to his parlement at a
24 certeyne day, as in his leftres 17 were 18 conteynede.
U And fai come wif iij batailes wel armed 19 at alle poynt} ; &
euery bataile hade cote-armur 1 20 of grene clofe 21 ; and ferof fe right
quarter was ^alwe, wif wliite bendes ; Wherfore fat pc/?iement was
28 callede ' f e pwlment wif 22 f e whit bende. 23 ' IT And in fat company
was Sir* Humfray de Bohon, Erl of Herford, 24 and Sir* Boger of
Clifford', SiVe lohn Mounbray, Sire Gosselyn DauiH, Sire Roger
Mortymer, Vncle of Sir 1 Roger Mortymer 1 of Wigemore, Sire Henry
32 of Tyeys, 25 Sire lohn GifPard, and Sir 1 Bartholomew 26 Badelesmere
fat was fe Kynges Stiward, fat fe Kyng hade sent to Shirborn
1 >e grete D. >e gret 0. 2 >e D. a >e DO. 4 come DO.
- 5 of hyni 0. 6 om. D. 7 made DO. 8 Laundes D.
9 leaf 122. 10 to DO. " Robert D. 12 hyni 0.
u consentede D. " the D. om. 0. 13 shulde D. 16 - 16 om. D.
17 lettre D. 18 was 0. 19 y-armed 0.
20 cotarmures D. cote-armures 0. 21 cho]>e sic D. ^ of 0.
23 bendes D. 24 Hereford' D. *> T DQ
26 Bartholomew of 0.
214 The Spenser s outlawd. Th e Father curses his Son. [CH. cxci V
in Elmede, to fe J Erl of Lancastre and to alle fat "VVif him Were,
forto trete of accorde fat him aliede to fe barons, and come wif fe 2
company, And Sir* Roger Damory and Sir* Hugh 3 of Audeley 3 fat
hade spousede fe Kynges neces, susters 4 to 5 Sir 1 Gilbert of Clare, 4
Erl of Gloucestre, fat was quellede in Scotland, as aboue 6 is saide.
U And fo ij Lordes hadde fe ij partes 7 of fe Erldome of Gloucestre;
and Sir 1 Roger 8 fe Spenser 1 , fe sorane, hadde fe 9 fridde part 9 on 10
his Wifes behalue, 11 ' the fridde 12 suster 1 . And fo ij lordes went to 8
fe barouns wif al her 1 power*, au^eynes Sir 1 Hugh, her* brofe?'-in-
Law; and so fer come with ham, Sir 1 Roger of Clifford', Sir* lohn
Mounbray, Sir* Gosselyn Dauitt, Sir 1 Roger Mortymer* of Werk 1 ,
Sir 1 Roger Mortymer 1 of Wygemore, his nevew, Sir* Henry Trays, 13 12
Sir* lohn Giffard, Sir Bartholomew of Bedelesmere, wif alle 14 her*
company, & meny of ere fat to ham wer 1 consent.
U Alle fis 15 grete Lordes corner 16 to Westminster, to fe Kynges
parleinent; and so j>ai spoken and dede, fat bofe Sir Hugh fe 17 16
Spenser, f e fader* & 18 f e Son, were outlawede of Engelawd for euer-
more. U And Sir 1 Hughe fe fader 1 went to Douer 1 , and made
miche sorwe, and felle adoun 19 by fe see bank 1 , 20 & clipped 20 acros
wif his Armes, and sore wepyng, 21 saide : "now, farewele 22 Enge- 20
land? ! & gode Engelarcrf, to 23 Gode y fe bitak ! " and fries cussede
fe grounde, and wende neuer 24 haue comen 25 a^ein, and 26 Wepyng
ful sore, cursede fe tyme fat euer he bigate Sir Hugh his sone, &
saide 'for him 27 he hade 27 loste Engeland?'; and in p?'esence of 24
ham fat were him 28 aboute, he $af him his curse, and went oue? f
fe see to his landes. But Sire Hugh fe sone wolde nou^t go 29 out
of Engelarcrf, but helde him in f e see ; and he & his company
robbede ij Dormondes bisides Sandewiche, & toke 30 and bai j awaye 28
aH fe gode fat was in ham, fe Value of xl 31 M* ti.
How fe Kyng Exilede fe 32 Erl Thomas of Lancastre, & alle fat
helde wif him ; and how f e Mortymer 1 come & ^elde him
vnto 33 fe Kyng 1 ; & of fe lordes siege. CapzYwZo Gentesimo 32
Nonogesimo duinto.
1 leaf 122, back. 2 MS. >e fe ; >at DO. 3 ~ 3 Daudel D. Dandele D.
4 suster 0. 5 and DO. 6 bifore D. byfore 0. 7 partyes DO.
8 Hugh DO. a - 9 iij partye 0. 10 in DO. " half* D. hand' 0.
12 iij 0. 13 Trays DO. 14 MS. alle att. 15 >ese 0.
16 come 0. 17 om. DO. 18 & sir Hugh Spencer 0.
19 doune oppon the grounde D. doun vpou > e ground' 0. ao - 20 om. DO.
21 wepynge & 0. ffi fayre DO. a to almy^ty D. to almyghty 0.
24 nenere to 0. ^ come 0. >x and D. & 0. om. R. W - J ' y haue D.
28 fca/123. a gon DO. 30 nome 0. 31 iiij D. * 2 om. 0. 33 to 0.
CH. cxcv-Vi] The Spensers return. Siege of TickJiill Castle. 215
Hit was nought longe after 1 , fat fe Kyng ne 1 made Sir* Hugh
fe Spenser fe fader*, and Sir* Hugh fe 2 sornie, come a^ein
into Engetod, a^eyns fe lordes wille of f e reaume. IT And sone
4 after, fe Kyng, wif 3 strong Power 5 , come and bisegede fe castel of
Leedes : and in fat castel was f e Lady of Badelesmore, for enchesoun
fat she wolde nou^t grant fe castel to fe 1 Quene Isabel!, Kyng
Edwardes wif 1 . IT But f e principal cause was, for encheson fat Sir 1
8 Bartholomev Badelesmere was a3eins f e Kyng 1 , & helde with the
lordes of Engelawd. And nof eles, f e Kyng 1 , by helpe and socoure of
men of London, and also frou^ helpe of Southern men, fe Kyng gate
f e castel, maugre ham alle fat wer* wif in, 4 and tok wif him al fat he
1 2 might f ynde. IT And when f e barons of Engeland herd of fis f ing 1 ,
5 Sir* Koger Mortymer 1 & 5 of ere meny lordes 6 toke fe toune of
Brugeworth with strengh; Wherfore fe Kyng was wonder* wrof,
and lete outelawe Thomas 7 of Lancastre & Hounfray de Bohoun,
16 8 Erl of Hereford?, 9 and alle 10 fat Were assent 11 to fe same quereH.
IT And fe Kyng Assemblede an 12 host, & come a3eynes fe lordes of
Engeland? ; wherfor f e Mortymers put ham to f e Kynges mercy &
his grace ; and anone f ai wer* sent to f e Toure of London, and fere
20 kepte in prisoun. IT And when f e barons herd of fis f ing 1 , f ai
comew to Pontfret 1 , fere fat f e Erl Thomas soiornede, and tolde him
how fe Mortymers 13 had 14 ^elde ham bofe 15 vnto 16 fe Kyng 1 , &
put haw in 16 his grace.
24 Of f e sege of Tikhulle. 1T C&pitulo Centesimo iiij xvj.
WHen Thomas, Erl of Lancastre, herde 17 fis, 18 fai were 18
wonder* wrof, & alle fat were of his company, and gretly
fai were descomfortede, & ordeinede her* power 1 togeder, and
28 bisegede f e casteli of TykhuH. But f o fat were wif in, so man-
liche 19 20 defendede ham, 20 fat fe barons might nou^t gete fe castefi.
IT And when fe Kyng herde telle 21 fat his casteli was bisegede, he
suore, by God and by his crowne, 22 fat f e sege shulde be remevede,
32 and assemblede an huge power* of peple, and went f iderward forto
1 om. 0. 2 his D. 3 with a 0. 4 >erin 0.
5 5 written twice in all three MSS. 6 lordes nome & 0.
7 Thomas erle DO. 8 leaf 123, back. 9 Herford* 0.
10 al >o D. att >o 0. n asseutant D. assentynge 0.
12 a gret D. an hugh 0. 13 Mortymers both D. Mortymers bofe 0.
14 hadden 0. 15 om. DO. 16 to 0. 17 herde of D.
IB-IS he was D< 19 manly Q 20-20 ham defendede D. 21 om. D.
22 namen D. names 0.
216 Siege ofTickhill raisd. Robert Holond's treachery. [CH.CXCVI
rescue fe casteft; and his power* encressede fram day to day.
f When fe Erie of Lancastr* and fe Erl of Hereford', 1 and f e
barons and her* company, herde of f is fing 1 , fai assemblede al her*
power*, and went ham to Burton op Trent, and kepte fe bruge, fat 4
fe Kyng shulde nou^t come 2 oner 1 . H But hit bifeft so, fat 3 on fe
x 4 day of Marche, in fe $ere of g?'ace M* CCC xxj 5 fe Kyng and
f e Spensers, Sir* Aymer* Valaunce, Erl of Penbrok 1 , & lohn, 6 Erl of
Arundel, and her 1 power 1 , went ouer fe 7 Watere, and descomfitede 8
fe Erl Thomas & his company; and fai fledde to fe caster! of
Tuttebery; and fro fenus fai went to Pountfret. And in fat
Viage deide Sir 1 Eoger Dammory, in f e Abbay of Tuttebery.
IT And in fat same tyme, fe Erl Thomas hade a toY/itour 1 with 12
him fat me?* 8 callede Robert of Holonde, a Knyght fat fe Erl
hade brou^t vp of noivjt, and hade norisshede him in his botelerie,
and had ^euen 9 him ij M* mar^ 10 n of rent 11 by ^ere. 12 And so
miche fe Erl louede him, fat he might doo 13 in fe Erles court 16
what 14 him likede, bofe amonges 15 hye & law; and so queyntely
16 euer he 16 bare him a3eynes his lord', fat he truste more oppon him
fan oppon 17 eny man alyue. IT And fe Erl hade ordeynede 18 him
by lettre 18 forto wende into fe Erldome of Lancastr 1 , forto make 20
a rise to helpe him fat 19 viage, fat is to seyn, v c men of Armes.
But fe 20 said Holand 20 come nou^t fere, no maner 1 men 21 forto
warne, ne to make a rise to 22 helpe his lord'. 11 And when Holand' 23
herde telle fat his lord was scomfitede 24 at Burton, as 25 an vntrew 24
man 25 he stale away, and robbede in. Rauenesdale his lordes mew
fat come 26 fra f e scomfiture, & tok 27 of ha?^ horse and harneys, and
al fat f ai hade, & quellede of ham alle fat he myght tak, and f o
come and 3elde him vnto 28 f e Kyng 1 . U When f e gode Erl Thomas 28
wist fat he was so bitraiede, he was sore abasshede, and saide to
him-self, "0 almyghty god!" quod he, "how might Robert
Holonde fynde in his hert me to bitraye, sifens 29 fat y 30 haue
Louede him so miche ? God, 31 wel may now 31 a man see 32 by 32
1 Herford* 0. 2 passe DO. 3 am. DO. 4 tenj>e 0.
5 & xxij 0. 6 lohn >e O. 7 leaf 124. 8 me DO. 9 3eue 0.
10 Mark 0. "- om. D. of land' 0. 12 Jere of lande D.
13 done 0. u al pat D. al Jring J>at 0. 15 amonge D. among 0.
" he-dede D.
18-is b y his lettre him D. by his lettre 0. 19 in his D. in Jxrt 0.
a*- 20 false traitoure D. fals Traytowr 0. 21 man D. ^ for-to 0.
23 the traitour D. )>e Traytour 0. ** descomfitede D. discomfited 0.
B - 25 a false >ef traitoure D. a fals >ef a Traytour 0. * comen D.
. w to 0. sith D. seth 0. leaf 121, back.
CH.CXCVIi] Thomas of Lancaster & the Rebels go to Burlridge. 217
him fat no man may desceyue anofer, 1 rafere fan he fat he most
trust oppon. He haf ful euel ^eldede 2 me 3 my godenesse, and fe
worship fat y to him haue done, and frou^ my kynclenesse haue
4 him avauncede, and made him hie fram 4 lowe; & he makef me go
fram 4 he into 5 lowe; but ^itte shal he dye in euel def."
Of f e Scomfiture of Burbrigge. U Capi'taZo U Gentesinio Nonc-
gesimo Septiwo.
8 rilHe gode Erl Thomas of Lancastre, Hunfray de Bohon, Erl
I of Herford', and fe barouns fat wif ham 6 wer*, toke 7 a 8
conseile bituene ham at fe 3 Frere Prechoures at Pountfrettf. fo
fou^t Thomas vppon fe traitoz^r 9 Robert Holond', and saide in
12 reprofe, "Alias! Holonde me haf bitraiede ! Ay is in fe rede of
so??zme euel shrede. 10 " H And by co?)imune assent f ai shulde alle
11 gone to 11 fe castel of Dunstanburghe, the whiche perteynede to fe
Erl dome of Lancastre, and fat fai shulde abide fe?*e til 12 fe Kyng
16 hade for^eue ham his male-talent, but when fe gode Erl Thomas
fis herde, he ansuerede in f is inaner*, and saide : " Lordes," <\uod
he, "if we gone 13 toward' fe north, men wil seyn 14 fat we gon 15
toward fe Scottes ; and so we shul be holde traitoures, for 16 cause
20 of 16 distaunce fat is bituene 17 Kyng Edward and Robert fe Brus,
fat 18 made him Kyng 1 of Scotland. And f erf ore y say, as tochyng
myself, fat y wil go 19 no ferfer into fe North fan to myn owen
castel of Pountfretf." U And when Sire Pvoger 1 Clifford? herde fis, 20
24 he aros vp anone in wraf, 21 and drow his suorde, & swore by
Almygty God? 22 and by his holy names, 22 but if fat he wolde go 23
wif ham, he shulde be dede, and fat he wolde slee him fere. U J3e
noble 24 Erl Thomas of Lancastre was sore adrade, and saide:
28 "faire sires, 25 y wil go wif fow 26 whidei-'-so-euei 1 ' 36 me lede." J9o
went fai togederes into f e North ; and wif ha??^ fai hade vij c men
of Armes, and come to Burbrig*.
II And when St're Andrew of Herkela fat was in fe North-
32 contre f rou^ ordenance of f e Kyng 1 , forto kepe f e cuntre of Scotland?
1 a man D. 2 $elde D. ^elden 0. 3 om. 0. 4 fro 0.
5 to D. 6 hym 0. 7 nomen 0.
8 MS. has a castel, imtli castel underlined for omission ; om. DO.
9 traytry of D. Trayterye of 0. 10 deth 0. u u wende into DO.
12 til >at 0. 13 go DO. 14 say D. 15 go D. 16 - 16 om. D.
17 bituene D. betwen 0. bitue R. 18 om. D. 19 gone D.
20 >is word' D. 21 leaf 125. 22 - 22 om. D. *' gon 0.
24 noble and gentil DO. ^ sir" D. ^ 3ow DO.
218 Thos. of Lancaster tries to win over Sir A. HerJcela. [CH.CXCVII
herde telle how fat 1 Thomas of Lancastre was descomfitede,
2 and his company were descomfitede 2 at Burton vp 3 Trent, he
ordeynede him a stronge power 1 , and Sir 1 Symond Ward also, 4 fat
fo 5 was 6 shirryf of 3ork, & come & mette fe barons at Burbrig 1 ; & 4
anone fai breken 7 fe brige, fat was made of tre. f And when 8
Sir 1 Thomas of Lancastre herde fat Sire Andrew of Herkela hade
brou^t wif him soche a power*, he was sore adrade, & sent for 9 Sir* 1
Andrew of 1 Herkela, & wif him spake, and saide to him in fis 8
maner 1 : " Sire Andrew," quod he, " 36 mow wel vnderstonde how
fat our 1 Lord f e Kyng 1 is ladde and misgouernede by miche false
conseil, frou? Sir* Hugh fe Spenser 1 fe fader, & 10 Sir 1 Hugh fe 11
sone, & Sir 1 lohn Erl of Arundel, and frou^ Maistre Robert Baldok, 12
a false pilede clerc, fat is in f e Kyngws court duellyng 1 ; wherfore y
praye $ow 4 fat 36 wil 12 come wif vs, wif al fe power 1 fat 36 haue
ordeynede, and helpe to destroie f e venyme of EngelamZ, and f e
traitoures fat bene 13 ferin, and we 1 wil 3if vnto ^ow fe best part 16
14 of v Erldomes far "We hauef 15 & holdef 16 ; and We wil mak vnto
3ow 17 an oth 17 fat we wil neuer do fing wif out 3our ) consel, and so 36
shul bene 18 as wele 19 at ese 19 wif vs as euer was Robert 20 Holande."
IT \)o ansuerede Sir Andrew of Herkela, and saide : " Sir 1 Thomas ! 20
fat wolde y nou3t do, 21 ne consent f e?-to, for no rnaner 1 fing 1 fat
yhe 22 might me 5 3eue, 23 wifoutew fe wil 23 and comniaundement of
our 1 lord f e Kyng 1 ; for fan shulde y be holde a tmitoure for euer-
more." H And when fe noble Erl Thomas of Lancastre saw fat he 24
nolde consent to hi??i for no mane? 1 fing 1 , " Sir 1 Andrew," he saide,
"wil 36 nou3t consent to destroye fe venyme of fe reaume, as we
bene consented ? 24 At on 25 worde, Sir 1 Andrew, y telle f e, fat or f is
3er 1 be gon, 26 fat 36 shal be 26 take and holde for a traitoure, and 28
more fan 36 holde vs nowe; and in worse deth 30 shul die, fan
euer dede 27 Knyght of Engelad; and vnderstonde 28 wel fat
29 neuer 36 dede 29 fing 1 fat sorer 1 3 3ow shal 90 repent. And now
gof and 31 do what 31 3ow gode likes 32 : and y wil put me to 33 32
1 om. D. 2 ~ 2 om. D. & his Cumpanye 0. :J oppoii D.
4 ow. O. 5 om. DO. 6 was to sic 0. 7 broken D.
8 when >at D. 9 to 0. 10 & by D. n his DO.
12 wolde D. wold 0. 13 beth D. 14 leaf 125, back. 15 haue 0.
16 hold' 0. 17 - 17 om. D. 18 be efte D. be eft 0. 19 ~ 19 om. DO.
20 Robert of DO. a done 0. ^ me DO.
^^-^ without consel D. witA-oute wil 0. M consent DO.
25 o DO. a 6 - 26 3e shul ben D. dide eny 0.
28 vndirstondeth 0. 29 M 3e dede neuere D. ^e dede neuer 0.
30 - 30 shal jow D. schal ^ow 0. :il ~ 31 doth >at DO.
32 likej> D. liketti 0. :!3 vnto DO.
CH. cxcvii] Humphrey de Bohun slain. Battle of Burbridge. 219
pe x mercy and grace 1 of God?." And so went pe false t?-aitoure,
Sii J2 Andrew of Herkela, in his way as a false traitour 1 , a tiraunt,
& forsuore 3 man. for prou3 Jje noble Erl Thomas of Lancastre he
vnderfonge pe armes of chiualry, and proii3 him he was made 4
knyght.
U Thoo might men seen 4 Archieres drawen ham in pat on 5 side
and in pat opere; and 6 Kny3tes also 6 fo^ten togeder 1 wonder 1 sore ;
and amonge 7 opere, Sir 1 Hunfray de Bohoun, Erl of Herford, a 8
worpi knyght of renou?ze proi^out al Cristendome, stode & fau^t
with his enemys apon pe brigge. 8 And as the noble lorde stode
and fau^t oppon pe brugge, a pef, a ribaude, scolkede vnder pe
brigge, and fersly wip a spere smote the noble knyght into pe fonde- 12
ment, so pat his bowailles comen out pere. Alias pe sorwe ! for
pere was slayn pe floure of solace and of comfort 1 , & also of curtesye.
and Sire Roger of Clifford, a noble knyght, stode euer 1 , and fanght,
& wel and nobly him def endede as a worpi baron ; but at pe laste 1 6
he was sore wounded in pe 9 heuede, & Sire William of Sulley &
Sir 1 Roger of Bernesfelde 10 were slayn in 11 pat bataile. 11 And 12
Sir* Andrew of Herkela saw 13 Sir 1 Thomas men of Lancastre 14 laske
and slake. 14 Anone he & his company corner to the Gen til Knyght, 20
Thomas of Lancastre, & saiden 15 "^elde pe, traitourl 3elde pe ! "
IT The gentil Erl ansuerede po, 2 and saide : "nay, lordes ! traikwr 16
be we none, and to $ow wille we neuer ys 3elde while 17 pat our 118
lifes lasten 19 ; but leuer we hauen 20 to be slayn in oure treup, pan 24
3elde vs to 3ow." And Sir* Andrew a3ein 21 criede 22 oppon Sir 1
Thomas company, 23 3ellynge as a wolfe, 23 and saide: "3elde 3ow,
traitowr 24 taken! 3elde3ow!" and wip an hye 25 voice saide 25 : "bep
ware, sires, pat 26 no man 26 of 3ow be 27 so hardy, oppon lif and lyme, 28
to mysdo 28 Thomas body of Lancastre." H And wip pat worde, pe
gode Erl Thomas went into a chapel, and saide, knelyng doun
oppon his knees, and turnede his visage toward pe crois, and saide :
"almyghti God! to pe y me 3elde, and holliche 29 put me into pi 32
l l grace & mercy 0. 2 om. D.
3 as a false forsuoren D. as a forswore 0. 4 see D. 5 o 0.
6 6 kny^te also and D. knyghtes also & 0.
7 also among 1 al D. also among O. 8 leaf 126. 9 his DO.
10 Bernefeld* 0. n at DO. 12 When D. whan 0.
13 saw ]>af DO. 14 - 14 lefte and slakede D. lasked' & slaked? 0.
15 saide D. 16 tray tours 0. 17 whiles 0. 18 one D.
19 laste 0. 2 han D. haue 0. 21 MS. a^ein ajein. ffl grad 0.
3 - 23 Jollyng as wode wolues 0. jeldynge as a wolfe E.
24 traitoures D. traitours 0. 2525 a VO y S cr yede & seyde 0.
26-26 non D0t 27 bene D. 28 mysd one 0. a holly D. holy 0.
220 Thos. of Lancaster taken. Mixt races in England. [CH.CXCVII
mercy." IT And wif fat, fe vileins ribaudes lepten 1 about him,
on 2 euery side fat Gentil Erl,as tiraunt^ 3 and Woode tw? t mentw? > es,
and despoilede him of his Armure, & clofede him in a robbe of
Ray, fat was 4 his sq[u]yers liueray, and 5 fourf lade him vnto 5 4
York 16 by water. fere 7 might mew see miche sorwe and care, for fe
gentil knyghtes 8 fledden on 8 euery side, and fe ribaudes and vileins
egrely ham descriede, and criede 9 in 10 hye, "^elde ^ow, traitoures !
$elde $ow ! " 8
H And when fai were golden, 11 fai wer* robbed, and bonde
as feues. Alias fe shame & despite, fat 12 fe gentil ordre of
Knyghthode Ipere hade at fat bataile ! And f e land fo was wif-
outen 13 Law, for holy cherche fo hade nomore 14 reue?*ence fan hit 12
hade bene a bordel hous. And in fat bataile was f e fader* a$eins
fe sone, and fe vncle a^eins his 15 nevew; for so miche vnkynde-
nesse was neuer seyne bifore in Engela??^ 16 amonges 17 folc of on 18
nacioun ; for o ld kynrede had no more pite of fat o]>er, fan an 16
20 hundred? wolfes hauef on o 20 shepe; and hit was no wonder", for
fe grete lordes of Engeland were noi^t alle of o 21 nacioun, but were
mellede 22 wif ofe?-e nacions, fat is forto seyn, sowme Britons,
so??mie Saxones, so??zme Danois, 23 so??ime Peglites, so?me Frenche- 20
men, so??zme Normans, somme Spaignardes, so??mie Eomayns, some
Henaudes, some Flemyngttf, and of ofe?-e diuerse naciouns, fe
whiche nacions acorded nou^t to fe kynde bloode of Engelcwri.
IT And if f e grete Lordes 24 of Engeland hade bene onelich wedded' 24 24
to Englisshe peple, fan shulde pees haue bene, and reste amongws
ham, wifouten 25 eny envy. And at fat bataile was Sir 1 Koger*
Clifford' takV 26 S/re lohn Mounbray, Sire William 2728 Tuchet, Sii*
William 28 Fit^-William, and meny ofer worfi Knyghtes; and Sir 1 28
Hugh Dauitt f e next day after 1 was taken 29 and put into prisoun, &
shulde haue ben 30 done to fe 31 def if he hade nou^ spousede fe
Kynges nece, fat was fe Erl Gilberts 82 sustre 33 of Gloucestre.
I lepte D. 2 in DO. :? leaf 126, back. 4 was of DO.
5 - 5 lad him forth to D. 6 MS. >ork 1 . 7 |>o DO.
8 - 8 fled in D. fledden in 0. 9 grad 0. 10 an DO.
II 3olde D. yolde 0. ia om. D. 13 without D. wtt/ioute 0.
14 no manei j D. 13 )>e D.
16 Engeland as was pat tyine D. Engelond' as was J>at tyme 0.
17 among 0. 18 o 0. 19 one D.
2 - 20 hungry wolfe hath of a D. hungry wolf hath of a 0. 21 on D.
22 medled* D. Danes 0.
24 ** hade be wedede onliche D. hadden ben onlicli wedded' 0.
25 without D. withoute 0. * taken D. ^ leaf 127. 28 ~ 28 om. D.
29 take 0. :w be 0. 31 om. 0. a2 Gilbert D. :!;l wyf 0.
CH. cxcvm] Thomas of Lancaster is imprisoncl at Pontefract. 221
And anone after*, was Sir* Bartholomev of Bedelesmer* taken 1 att
Stawe 2 Park, a maner* of fe Bisshoppes of Lincoln, fat was his
nevefw, and meny of er barons and baronettes ; Wherfore was made
4 miche sorwe.
How Thomas of Lancastre was biheuedede 3 atte Pountfretfr, &
v barons hongede and 4 Draw fere. 4 51 Capitulo Centesimo
Nonogesi??zo Octauo,
8 A Nd now y shal telle $ow of f e noble Erl Thomas of Lancastre.
J^\, When he was taken 5 & brou^t to ^ork 1 , meny of fe citee
were ful glade, and oppoii him criede 6 wif 7 bye voice, "A, sire
traitoure ! 30 8 arne welcome, 8 blessed' be God? ! for now shal 30
12 haue fe reward fat longetyme 36 hane diserued? ! " and caste oppon
him 9 meny snoweballes, and meny ofer reproues dede 10 him. But
fe gentil Erl fat soffrede, and saide nefer on ne 11 of ere.
IT And in }>at 12 same tyme fe Kyng herde of fat 13 scomfiture,
16 and was ful glade, and in haste come to Pountfretf; and Sir 1 Hugh
]?e Spense?', and Sir* Hugh his sone, and Sir lohn, Erl of Arundel,
and Sir* Edmund of Wodestok 1 , pe Kyngz^s broker, Erl of Kent,
and Sir 5 Aymer 1 of Valance, Erl of Penbrok 1 , & maistre Ptobert of
20 Baldok 1 , a false pilede clerc, fat was priue & duellyng* 14 in ]>e
Kynges court 1 ; and alle 15 ]?ai come 15 J^idei 1 ' wi)? J)e Kyng 1 . IT And
Sii- 1 Eauf of Beeston ^af vp the 16 castel to the Kyng 4 ; and ]?e Kyng 1
entrede into j>e castel; & Sir* Andrev of Herkela, f>e 17 false tiraunt,
24 ))rou3 )?e Kynges cowmandement tok 118 with him )?e gentil Erl
Thomas 19 to Pountfrefr; and fere he was prisonede in his owen
castel fat he hade new made, fat stode a^eins f e Abbay of Kyng
Edward.
28 And Sir 1 Hugh fe 20 Spenser 1 J>e fadei^, 21 and Sir* Hugh his sone, 21
caste and fou^t how and in what maner 1 fe God Erl Thomas of
Lancastre shulde bene 22 dede, wifoute^ 23 iugement of his peris;
wherfore hit was ordeinede f rou$ fe Kynges Iustice3, fat f e Kyng 1
32 shulde put oppon 24 him poyntes of tnntery. U And so hit bifelle
I take 0. 2 traw sic D. 3 byheded* 0. 4 - 4 draweu D.
5 take 0. 6 cryeden 0. 7 vrith an 0.
8 8 bene welcomen D. ar welcome 0. 9 om. D. 10 deden 0.
II vefrr 0. 12 >e D. 13 the D. u dwelled 0.
15 - 15 comen DO. 1G leaf 127, back. 17 a DO.
18 tok 1 D. nome 0. to bring K. 19 Thomas of Lancastf 0.
20 om. 0. 21 ~ 21 om. D. & > e sone 0. ffi be 0.
23 with-outen eny D. witAoute eny 0. ^ on 0.
222 Scandalous treatment of Thomas of Lancaster. [CH. cxcvin
pat he was ladde to pe barr 1 bifore pe Kynges Iustice3, bare-heuede 1
as a pef 1 , in a faire halle wipin 2 his owen castel, pat he hade made
perin meny a faire fest, bop to riche and eke 3 to pore. U And pise
were his Iustice3 : Sir 1 Hugh pe Spense?* 4 pe fader 1 , 4 Sir 1 Aymer 1 of 4
Valance, Erl of Penbrok 1 , Sire Edmund of Wodestok, Erl of Kent 1 ,
Sire lohn of Britaign, Erl of Eichemond, & Sir 1 Eobert of Maleme-
prop, iustice ; and Sir 1 Eobert him acoupede in pis rnaner 1 :
U " Thomas ! atte pe ferst 1 , oure lord pe Kyng 1 & pis court 1 8
excludep 3ow of al maner 1 ansuere. 1F Thomas ! oure lorde pe
Kyng 1 put oppon 3ow pat 36 haue in his lande riden wip baner 1 dis-
plaiede, 5 a3eynes his pees, as a traitour. 5 " IT And wip pat worde,
pe gentil Erl Thomas, wip an hie voice saide, "Nay, Lordes ! forsop, 12
and by Seint Thomas, y was neuer 1 traitoure." 1T The iustice saide
a3ein po : " Thomas ! our 1 Lord pe Kyng 1 put oppon pe 6 pat 36
hauen 7 robbede his 8 folc, and mordred his folc, 9 as a pef 1 .
U Thomas ! pe Kyng also put oppon you 10 pat he descomfitede 3ow 16
and 30^ peple wip his folc in his owen reaume ; Wherfore 30 went
and fley 11 to pe wode as an outlawe, and 12 also 30 were taken as an
outlaw. IT & 12 Thomas, as a traitoure 30 shuH be 13 hongede by
resoun, but pe Kyng 1 hap fo^eue 3ow pat 3 gewys for pe loue of 20
Quene IsabeH. 1F And, 14 Thomas, resoun wolde also pat 36 shulde
ben -hongede ; but pe Kyng 1 hap foi^eue pat gewys 14 for cause and
loue of 3or lynage. 1F But, Thomas, for-asmiche as 30 were tak
fleyng 1 , & 3 as an outlaw, pe Kyng wil pat 3oui j heued 15 be smyten 16 24
of 1 , as 36 17 haue wel deseniede. Anone doth 18 him out of pres,
and 19 bringe him to his iugement ! " U pe gentil knyght, when he 20
hade herde alle pise wordes, wip an hye voice he criede, sore wep-
ing<, and saide : " Alias, Seint Thomas, 21 faire fader 1 ! Alias 21 ! shal 28
y be 22 dede pus ? graunt me now, blisseful God, ansuere ! " but al it
availede him noping 23 ; for pe cursede Gascoignes put him hider 24
and pider 1 , and on him c?*iede wip an hye voice, "0 Kyng 1
Arthur 1 , most dredeful ! wel 25 knowen 26 now is pin 26 open traitery ! 32
1 bare-heed' 0. 2 in 0. 3 om. D. 4 ~ 4 om. D.
5 - 5 as a traitour 1 a3eynes his pees D. 6 3ow D. 7 haue DO.
8 leaf 128. 9 peple DO. 10 J>e 0. n fled 0.
12 - 12 om. 0. fa ben D.
14 14 om. D. Thomas as reson wold' also >at 3e schuld' be honged' but >e
kyng for3eue 3ow J>at gewes 0.
15 hed 0. 16 smyte 0.
17 MS. 3e shul, with shul underlined for omission. 18 do 0.
19 & anone D. & anon 0. w MS. he he. 21 - 21 alias fayre fader 0.
22 bene D. ben 0. ffl not 0. M hide sic D. ^ we 0.
is now June D. is now J>yn 0.
CH. cxcvin] Thomas of Lancaster is beheaded, A.D. 1321. 223
in euel dep shalt pow dye, as pow hast \vel diseruede." U po
sette pai oppon his heuede 1 in scorn an olde chapelefr, al-to
rent & torn, pat was 2 nou^t worp 2 an halpeny ; & after 1 pai
4 sette 3 him oppqfc a 4 lene white 4 palfray, ful vnsemeliche, 5 and ek
al 6 bare, wip anfcle bridel; and wip an horrible noyse 7 pai drow
him 2 out of pe ?el 2 toward his dep, and caste on 8 him meny
balles of snowe. \ And as pe turmentoures lade him out of pe
8 castel, 9 po saide he\ ; se 10 pitouse 6 wordes, and his Handes helde
vp n 12 in hye towaA heuen : " Now, pe Kyng of Heuen ^eue vs
mercy, for pe erpelyX., ng< 13 hap vs forsakM " And a frere prech-
oure went wip him oute , -^e castel, til pat he come to pe place
12 pat 14 he endede-in 15 his lif\ ito 16 whom he shroue him al his lif. 17
H And pe gentil Erl helde k >ere wonder 1 faste by pe elopes, and
saide: "fair 111 fader 1 , abide w\ T s til pat 18 y be 18 dede; for my
flesshe quake)) for drede of de}>\ And so]? forto saie, j>e gentil Erl
16 sette him oppon his Knees, & tk ^d? him toward J>e East 1 ; but a
Ribaude ]?at men 19 callede Hugon^ji Moston, sette hande oppon pe
gentil Erl, and said in despite of him 20 : " Sir 1 tmitoure, turne ]?e
toward fe Scottes, fin 21 foule deth to vnderfonge " ; and turnede j?e
20 Erl toward fe North. 1T The noble Erl Thomas ansuered fo wij) a
milde voice, and saide : " Now, fair 1 Lordes, y shal do al ^our 1 owen 15
wille." And wij? ]?at worde J?e frere went fram 22 him ful sore 23 ;
and anone a ribaude went to him, and smote of his heuede, 24 J?e xj
24 Kalendws 25 of April, in j?e ser 1 of grace M* CCC 26 xxj. Alias pat
euer soche a gentil blode shulde ben 27 don to dej? with-outen 28 cause
and resoun ! 1F And t?'iterousely 29 was J?e Kyng 1 conseilede when
he, J?rou^ false conseil of pe false 11 Spensers, soffred^e Sir 1 Thomas,
28 his vncles 30 sone, bene 31 put to soche a de]>, & so 32 ben-heuedede 32
a^eyns al mane?- resoun. And grete pitee hit was also, pat soche a
noble Kyng 1 shulde ben 33 desceyuede and mysgoue?-nede prou^ 34
false Spensers, pe whiche he mayntenede prou^ loselry a^eins his
32 honour 1 and ek pf'ofit 1 ; for afterward pe?*e felle grete ve?^geaunce in
1 heed* 0. 2 - 2 om. D. 3 sent 0. 4 - 4 white lene D.
5 MS. vnsemelicliche ; vnsemely D. 6 om. D. 7 voys D.
8 oppon D. 9 - 9 lie saide D. 10 leaf 128, back. n om. 0.
12-12 an ]jy e towardes D. in hye towardes 0. 13 J>ing sic 0.
14 >ere D. 15 om. DO. I6 in-to 0.
17 MS. lif a, with a underlined for omission. is is we bene D.
19 me DO. 20 hym & seide sic 0. 21 }>y 0. ^ fro 0.
23 sore wepyng< D. so wepynge sic 0. 24 heed 0. ^ Kalend DO.
26 CCC & 0. ^ be DO. without D. withoute 0.
39 Traytomiy 0. 30 vncle 0. 31 be 0. 32 ~ 32 beheded' 0.
33 be DO. ** >rou3 conseil of the D. ]?urgh Couwceitt of >e 0.
224 Other Rebels executed. PoiueroftheSpensers. [CH.CXCVIII-IX
for enchesouii of ]?e forsaide Thomas de)>. U When )>e
gentil Erl of )?is lif was passede, j?e Prioure and J?e monkes of Poun-
fretf geten Sir 1 Thomas body of J?e Kyng 1 , and )?ai buriede hit
bifore 2 J?e hye aute/* in the right side. 4
11 And 3 Jjat same day J>at |?e gentil lord was dede, J>ere wer 1
honged and draw 4 for J?e same 5 querel 6 at Pountfretf, 6 Sir*
William Tuchet, Sir 1 William Fitj-William, SzVe Warein of Ysillee,
Sire Henry of Bradboure, 7 Sir* William Cheyne, barons alle, 8 & 8
lohn Page, Squyer*. U And sone after at 3ork, -wer 1 draw and
Honget, SzVe Roger of 3 Clifford, Sir* lohn of Mounbray, barons, &
Sire Gosselyn Dauil, 9 Knyght. U And at Bristow were draw and
honged, S*Ve Henry of Wynington, and Sere Henry of Mounford, 12
barons. U And at Gloucestre wei j draw and hongede, Sire lohn
Giffard & S/re William of Elmebruge, 10 barons. H And at London
Aver? ll Honget & draw, 11 Sir* Henry Tyeys, 12 baron; & at Win-
chelse, 13 Six* Thomas Culpeper*, knyght; & at Wyndesore, Sir 1 16
Fraunceys of Waldenham, 14 baron ; & at Kaunterbury was draw
and honged, SzVe Bartholomew of Badelesmei'' & Sii Bartholomev
of Assheburnham, barons ; And at Kerdif in Walys, Sir* William
Fleniynge, baron. 20
How Kyn^ Edward' went into Scotland' wij> an 15 C m} men of
Armes, and might nou^t spede. U CaptoZo Cente^'??^
Nonogesiwo U Nono.
ANd when Kyng Edward of Engelandf hade brou^t J?e floui j of 24
chiualry vnto ]?is 16 def, jjrou^ conseil of Sir 1 Hughe ]je
Spensers 17 )?e fadei ; , & 18 Sii J Hugh 18 his sone, he 9 bicome as 19 wood
as a lyouii ; and what-so-ener* the Spensers wolde haue done, it
was don. And so wel the 20 Kyng louede ham, }>at J>ai might do 21 28
wij) him al 22 ]?at J)ai wolde; wherfore 23 the King 23 ^af vnto Sii J
Hugh J>e Spenser J>e fadei^, fe Erldome of Wynchestre, and to Sir*
Androv of Herkela pe Erldome of Carlele, 24 in preiudice and 25
harmyng of his croune. If And Kyng Edward fo, jjrou3 conseil of 32
1 leaf 129. 2 bisides D. 3 om. D. 4 drawen D.
5 same cause & D. 6 6 om. D.
7 Bradborn and D. Bradbourne & 0. 8 al at Pountfret D.
9 om. 0. 10 Elmebright D. "-" draw and hongede D.
12 Treys DO. 13 Wynchestre 0. 14 Baldenham O. 15 a 0.
16 om. D. liis 0. 17 Spenser D. Spencer 0. 18 - 18 om. 0.
1!) MS. as a, with a underlined for omission. ' x leaf 129, back.
21 done D. ^ al fing DO. **-* MS. has sir 1 Hugh.
'* Kardoil D. Cardoil 0. a and in DO.
CH. cxcix] Evil Counsels of the Spencers. Scotland invaded. 225
pe Spensers, disheritede 1 alle ham pat hade bene a3eins him in eny
quereH wip Thomas of Lancastre ; and meny ope?'e wer* disherited
also, for encheson pat pe Spensers coueitede forto haue her londes ;
4 and so pai hade al pat pai wolde desire, wip wronge, and a^eyns al
resoun.
U po made pe Kyng, Bobert 2 of Baldok 1 , a false pilede clerc,
Chaunceller 1 of Engela?icZ, prou3 conseil of pe forsaide Spensers ;
8 and he was a false rybaude and a conetous ; and so pai conselede
pe Kyng so miche, pat pe Kyng 1 lete take to his owen ward alle pe
godes of pe lordes pat 3 wrongefully were 3 put vnto pe 4 dep, into
his owen honde; and aswel pai token 5 pe godes pat were in
12 holy cherche, as pe godes pat were wipout, and lete ha? ben 6 put
into his tresorie aft] London, and lete 7 ham calle 7 his forfait^ ;
and by her 8 conseile pe Kyng 1 wrought, and 9 disheritede 10 al ha??i 10
pat n pe gode 11 oweden 12 ; and prou^ her* conseil lete arere a 13 talliage
16 of alle pe godes of Engeland?; wherfore he was pe richest Kyng 114
pat euer 1 was in Engekmc?, after Willia??i Bastard' of Normandy,
15 pat conquerede EngekmcZ. 15 1F And 3itte, prou3 co?2seH; of ham,
him semede pat he hade nou^t ynou^, but made ^itte eue?y toun
20 of 16 Engelcw^ fynde a man of Armes oppon her* owen costages, 17
forto gon 18 and wer^ oppon the 19 Scottes 20 j:at Wei J his enemys.
Wherfore pe Kyng 1 went into Scotland 20 wip an 21 hundred'
pousande men of Armes at Whitsontide, in the 3ere of our* Lord
24 God! 22 Mt CCC & 4 xxij. But pe Scottes went and hud ham in
Mounteyus and in Wodes, and tariede pe Englisshe-men 1'ro 23 day
to day, pat pe Kyng myght for no maner ping 1 ha?/z fynde in pleyn
felde ; wherfore meny Englisshe- 24 men, pat few vitailes hade, 24 for
28 hunger 25 pere deiden 25 wonder" faste, and sodeynly, for hunger 1 in
goyng 1 and in comyng 1 , and nameliche 2(3 po pat hade bene a3eyns
Thomas of Lancastre, and hade robbet his men oppon his landes.
U When Kyng 1 Edward saw pat vitailes failede him, he was po
32 wonder* sore discomfortede, 27 for enchesoun also pat his mew so
deide, and also for he might nou3t spede of his 13 enemys ; so at pe ia
1 disherite D. 2 MS. has Robert J>e, with J>e underlined for omission.
- 3 were wrongefully D. 4 om. DO. 5 tok D. 6 be 0.
7 ~ 7 calle ham D. 8 her DO. his R. 9 and for-euer-more DO.
10 - 10 hem att 0. n - u ^o godes D. \>o goodes 0. 12 owede 0.
13 om. 0. u om. D. 13 - 15 om. 0. 16 in 0. 17 Costage 0.
18 go 0. 19 leaf 130. 20 - 20 om. D. 21 a 0.
22 god* a 0. 23 fram D.
24 - 24 >at wanted vitailes D. men J>at fewe vitailes haddeu 0.
>25 - 25 ]>ey dide 0. 26 namely DO. ^descomfitede D. discomfited' 0.
BRUT. Q
226 The Scots defeat the English. Treachery ofLd. Carlisle. [CH. cc
last he come a^eyne into EngelamK And anone after* come lames 1
Douglas and 2 Thomas RandolF wif an huge ost 3 into Engelawt?, 3
into Northumberland!, and wif ha??i fe Englisshe-men fat wer*
dryuen out of Engelawf, & come and robbet the centre, and 4
quellede fe peple, 4 and also brent 5 fe toun fat was callede North-
allertoun, and meny ofer tounes vnto ^ork 1 . IT And when f e Kyng 1
herd fis f ing 1 , 6 he lete [sompne] alle maner* men fat might tmuaile.
And so fe Englisshemen mette f e Scottes atte f e Abbay of Beihe- 8
land, f e xv day after Michelmasse in f e same ^er* abouesaide ; And
f e Englisshe-men wer 1 fere descomfited ; & at fat sconifiture was
tak 7 Sir 1 lohn of Britaygn, Erl of 1 8 Richemonde, fat helde fe
contre and the Erldome of Lancastre; and after 1 , he paiede an 12
huge raunsoun, and was lete gone ; and after fat he went into
Fraunce and come neuer* after* 9 a^eyn.
How Sir 1 Andrew of Herkela was taken, 10 and put vnto fe 11
def, fat was Erl of Cardoile. CaptVwZo CC mo . 16
ANd at fat tyme Sir 1 Andrew of Herkela, fat 12 newe was 12 made
Erl of Cardoile, for cause fat he hade taken 13 fe goode Erl 14
of Lancastre, he hade ordeyned, frou^ fe Kyngws commandement
of Engelarza*, forto bryng 1 him aH f e powei fat he might, forto 20
helpe him a^eyns f e Scottes atte f e Abbay of Behigland. U And
when f e false tmitoure hade gadrede ail f e peple fat he might, and
shulde haue comera 15 to fe Kyng to 16 fe Abbay of BieglaftcZ, fe
false traitoure lad ha??^ by anofer contre frou3 17 Copeland, and 24
frou3 fe Erldome of 18 Lancastr 1 , and went frou^ fe contre, and
robbit and quellede folc, al fat he 19 might. U And ferfermore
fe false traitowr hade take 20 a gret some of golde 21 of Sir 1 lamys
Douglas, forto bene 22 a^eyns fe Kyng of EugekmJ, and to bene 22 28
helpyug and holdyng wif f e Scottes ; f rou$ whos tresoun f e Kyng 1
of Engeland was scomfitede at Biheland? ei j fat he come fider 1 ;
wherfore fe Kyng was 23 toward him ful 23 wrof , and lete priuely
enquere in 24 fe contre about, 25 how 26 hit was. and so men 32
1 larne D. 2 and also DO. 3 -^ om. D. * folc D.
5 brennede D. 6 tydyng< DO. 7 taken D. 8 leaf ISO, back.
9 afterward' 0. 10 take 0. " om. DO. 12 - 12 was newe 0.
13 take 0. 14 erl Thomas D. Erie Thomas 0. 15 come 0.
16 vnto DO. 17 to D.
18 MS. of Richemond*, with Richemond* underlined for omission.
19 >ai D. 2 taken DO. 21 golde and siluer D. gold' & silucr 0.
22 be 0. 23 - 23 towardes him wonder' D. toward' hym wondir 0.
- 4 by DO. ^ om. D. a how J>at 0.
CH. cc] Lord Carlisle taken and disgraced for his Treachery. 227
enquerede and aspiede, so 1 fat at the laste' 2 treuf was fotmde, 3 and
sought, and he atteint and taken as a false traitour 1 , as f e noble
Erl Thomas of Lancastre him tolde, er 1 fat he were don 4 to dede 4
4 at his takyng 1 5 att Burbrig 1 , and to him saide, fat ' or fat $ere wer 1
Don, he shulde ben take and holde a traitour 1 ' : and so hit was, as
fe holy man saide. Wherfore fe Kyng sent priuely to Sire
Antoyn 7 of 8 Lucye, a kny^t of f e centre of Cardoile, fat he shulde
5 tak Sir 1 Andrew of Herkela, and put him vnto fe def. And to
bryng fis fing to 9 fe ende, fe Kyng sent his commission, so fat fe
same Andrew was take at Carleel, 10 & ledde vnto f e barr* in maner
of an Erl, worthely arraied', and with a suorde gert aboute him,
12 and hosede and sporedl. IF fo spak Sir 1 Antoyn 7 in fis maner,
"Sir* Andrew," quod he, "fe Kyng put oppon fe fat, for-asmiche as 11
36 haue 12 bene orpede in ^our 1 dedes, he dede vnto 13 $ow michel 14
honour 1 , and made }ow Erie of Carlele 15 ; and fow, as 16 traitoure
16 vnto 17 fi lord 1 fe Kyng 1 , laddest his peple of fis contrey, fat
shulde haue holpe him at f e bataile of Bihiland? ; and fow laddest
ham away by fe contre of Copelamll, and frou$ fe Erldome of
Lancastr 1 , wherfor our 1 lord fe Kyng was scomfitede 18 in bataile 18
20 pe/'e of the Scottes, frou$ fi tresoun and falsenesse. And if fow 19
hadest 20 come betyrae, 20 he hade yhade fe maistre; and al fat
tresoun fow dedest 1 , 21 for fe 22 grete so??ime of golde and 23 siluei fat
|)ow vnderfong 1 of lames* Douglas, a Scotf, f e Kynges enemy.
24 IT And our 1 Lorde fe Kyngw* wille is, fat 30, fe ordre of Knyght-
liode, by fe whiche fow 24 vnderfonge al fin 25 liono?^>* and worship
oppon fi body, be al 26 brou3t to 26 noi^tf, and fi state vndone,
jmt oj?ere knyghtes of lawei^ Degre mowe after fe he-ware; fe
28 whiche lorde haf fe auancede hugely in diuerses 27 28 contrees of
Engeland?; and fat alle 29 may take ensample 29 by f e, 30 her lord'
aftirward 8 trewely forto serue."
H o commanded he a knaf anone 8 to hew of his spores of 31 his
I so >at 0. so R. 2 laste >e D. laste >at 0. 3 founden D.
4- 4 vnto detli DO. 5 leaf 131. 6 be DO. 7 Antony 0.
8 om. D. 9 vnto DO. 10 Kerdoitt D. Cardoitt 0.
II >at D. 12 han 0. 13 to D. 14 mych 0.
15 Cardoitt DO. 16 as a DO.
17 MS. vnto J)i lord, with j)i lord underlined for omission; to D.
is-is OTO< DO. 19 altered from 3ow in MS. 2 20 comen be-tymes D.
- 1 tresoun ]>ow dedest 1 D. treson) >ou dedest 0. tresoun R. 22 a D.
- { and of D. 30 D. 25 >y 0. 26 - 26 y-brought vnto 0.
- 7 diucrse D. diucrs 0. 28 leaf 131, back.
is 29 mow take a sample D. mowe take ensample 0. 30 om. 0.
:u with sic 0.
228 Lord Carlisle is hangd& quarterd, 3 March 1322-3. [CH. cc-i
heles ; & after he lete breke pe suerde oner* his heuede, 1 pe whiche
pe Kyng 2 him $af 2 to kepe and defende his 3 lande perwip, when
he made him Erl of Cardoile ; and after he lete him vnclope of his
furrede mantel 4 and of his hood?, 5 and of his furrede Cotes and of 4
his gerdeH. And when pis was don, Sire Antoyne 6 saide vnto
him: " Andrew," quod he, "now art pow no kny}t, but a knaue ;
and for pi t?'eson pe Kyng wille pat pow bene 7 honged & drawe, 8
and 9 pin heuede smyten 9 of, and pi bowelles taken out of pi body, 8
and pi bowelles brent, 10 and pi body qwarterede, and n pin heuede
smyten 11 of, and sent vnto 12 London ; and pere hit shal 13 be sette 13
oppofi London Brigge ; and pi iiij 14 quarters shal be sent to iiij
tounes of Engeland?, pat alle opere mowe be- ware and chastisede by 12
pe." And? as Antoyne 15 saide, so hit was done, al maner ping 1 , on 16
pe last day of Ottobre, in pe ^er 1 of grace M* CCC 1T xxij 361-6 14 ;
and pe sonne po t?/rnede into 18 blode, as pe peple it saw. H and
pat durede fro 19 pe morne, 19 til hit was xj of pe Clokke of pe day.
U Of pe miracles pat God wroi^t for Seint Thomas loue of
Lancastre; wherfore pe Kyng lete close pe cherche dores
of 20 Pountfrettf, 21 of pe Prioury, 21 for no man shulde come
perin 22 to pe body 22 forto offre. Capitulo Ducentesimo 20
U Primo.
ANd sone after? 23 the Gode Erl Thomas of Lan 24 casti' ) was
martrede, 25 a p? f este, pat 14 Longe tyme 26 hade ben 26 blynde,
dremede in his slepyng 1 pat he shulde gone 27 vnto pe hull pere pat 24
pe gode 28 Erl Thomas of Lancastre 28 was don vnto dep, and he
shulde haue his sight a^ein : and so he dremede iij nyghtes sewyng.
29 And pe prestf 29 po lete lede him to pe same huH. 11 And when he
come to pat place pat he was niartred on, 30 deuoutely he made pere 28
his p?*ayer ) , 31 and p?-ayede God and Seyiit Thomas pat he might 32
haue his sight a^eyne. And as he was in his prayers, he laide his
right hand? oppon pe same place pere 33 pe Gode man was martred?
1 heed? O. 2 - 2 3af hym 0. 3 >e D. 4 tabard' 0. 5 hodes D.
6 Antony 0. 7 be 0. 8 drawen D. 9 ~ 9 \>y heed' smyte 0.
10 brent biforn D. brent byforn >e 0. n - n >y heed smyte 0.
12 to O. 13 - 13 stonde DO. 14 om. 0. 15 Antonye 0.
16 in DO. 17 CCC & 0. 18 to D.
i9_i9 morne D. |, e morne 0. J>e morwe R. ^ of >e Prioury of D.
a1 - 21 am. D. 22 ~ 22 o?7i. 0. after |?at DO. M leaf 132.
23 enterede D. 26 - 26 >at had be 0. ^ go DO. ^-^ Thomas 0.
*- J/.V. and >e ?resV and >e preste. 30 in D. al prayers DO.
w must 0. = )?at 0.
CH. cci] Miracles for the Martyr, St. Thomas of Lancaster. 229
on 1 ; and a drope of dry bloode and smal sande cleued on 2 his
honde, 3 and f erwif he striked his eyne, and anone, frou$ f e might
of God and of Seynt Thomas of Lancastre, he hade his sight a$eyn,
4 and f ankede f o Almighty God and Seynt Thomas. IT And when
fis miracle was 4 cud? amonges men, 4 fe peple come fider 1 on 2 euery
side, and knelede, and made her 1 praiers at his tombe fat is in the
Priori of Pountfrettt, and praiede fat holy martr 1 , of Socour 1 and of
8 helpe, and God herd her 1 prayer 1 . IT Also fere was a $onge childe
drenchede in a welle in f e toun of Pountfretf, and was dede iij
daies and iij nyghtes; and men come 5 and laide fe dede childe
oppon seint Thomas tombe, fe holy martr 1 ; and fe childe aros
12 6 fere fram 6 fe 1 def vnto 7 lif, 8 as meny a man hit saw; & also
miche peple wer 1 out of here mynde, & God ha)) sent ham her
mynde a^eyn frou$ vertu of fat holy martr 1 . 9 U And also God
ha]? 10 ^euen 11 to creples hir 1 goyng 1 , and to crokede her* hondes and
16 her* feet*, and to blinde also her 1 sight, and to meny sike folc her 1
hele, fat hadde diuerse maladyes, for the lone of his gode martre.
U Also f er was a riche man in Coundofi in Gascoigne ; and soche a
maladie he had z , ]?at al his right side rotede, and felle awaie fram 12
20 him; and men might se his Lyuer 1 and also his hert; and so he
stank, ]>at vnnej? men might come nei3 him ; Wherfore his frendes 13
for him 14 were ful 14 sory. U But at )?e last, as Goct wolde, )?ai
pmjede to Seint Thomas of Lancastre, J>at he wolde praye to
24 Almighty God for fat prisoun, and bihight to gon 15 to Pountfrett 1
forto done 16 her 1 pilgrimage. And J?e goode man sone after 17 slepte
ful softe, and dremed J>t fe martre Seynt Thomas come vnto him,
and enoynted 18 oueral his sike side. 19 And J?erwij? Ipe gode man
28 awoke, and was al 20 hole; and his flesshe was restorede a^ein, 21 J>at
bifore was 22 rotede and felle 22 away; for whiche miracle )>e good
maw & his frendes louede God and Seint Thomas euermore after.
IF And )>is gode marc come into Engeland*, and toke 23 with him iiij
32 felawes, and come to Pountfrett 1 , 24 & come to 24 J?at holy martr 1 , and
dede her 1 pilgrimage ; but fe gode man fat was sik come fider 1 al
I om. DO. 2 in 0. 3 fengeres D.
- 4 knowen D. knowe among men 0. 5 comen 0. 6 ~ 6 fro 0.
7 to DO. s lyve a 9 lea f 132> 6acfc 10 haue 0<
II 3euen >ere D. ^oue tyre 0. 12 fro 0.
13 frendes wer> D. frendes were 0. 14 ~ 14 wonder D. wondir 0.
15 go 0. 16 do D. a f te D. " annoyntede him D.
19 body 0. 20 om. D. 21 om. D.
22 roten and falle D roted' & falle 0. 25 nome D.
24 - 24 vnto DO.
230 Pilgrimages to St. Thomas of Lancaster" s Tomb stopt. [CH.CCI
naked, saf his breche ; and when fai hade done, ai twrnede home
ii^eyne into her 1 contre, and tolde of f e miracle wher-so fat fai come.
U And also ij me?? haue bene helede f<??*e of f e morimal, f rou$ helpe
of fat holy martre, f ou$ fat euel be holde incurable. 4
IT When j)e Spensers herde fat God wrou^t 1 soche miracles for
his holy martre, and fai wolde nou^t 2 bileue hit in no mane?* wise,
but saide 8 openly 4 fat hit was grete heresie, soche ve?'tu 5 of 6 him
to bileue. U And when 7 Sir' Hugh fe Spenser, fe sone, 8 saw al 8 8
jris doyng 1 , anone he sent his 9 messagers fram 9 Pountfret fe? >7 fat 10
lie duellede fo, to fe 2 Kyng* Edward, fat fo was at Grauene atte
Skipton, for cause fat fe Kyng shulde vndo his 11 pilgrimage.
U And as fe rybaude fat was message?* 12 come to 12 fe Kyng 1 forto 12
don his 13 message, he come by fe hull fe?-e 14 fe gode man was done
vnto deth ; and in f e same place he made his ordur 1 ; and 4 when he
hade ydon, he went toward f e Kyng 1 ; and a stronge flux him come
oppon er 1 he come to ^ork 1 , an( j shedde all his bowailles at his 16
fundement.
U And whew Sir 1 Hugh f e Spenser herde f is tydyngws, 15 somdel
he was adracP, and f ou^t forto vndo f e pilg?*image, if he might by
eny maner way ; And to f e Kyng went, and saide fat f ai shulde 20
be in grete sclaundre f rou^-out al Oistendome for the def of Thomas
of Lancastre, if fat he soffrede fe peple done 16 her 1 pilgrimage at
Pountfretfr. And so he conseilede f e Kyng 1 , fat he comandede to
close 17 fe cherche dores of Pountfrettf, in fe whiche cherch fe holy 24
martre Seynt Thomas was enterede ; and f us fai deden, 18 a3eyns al 18
fraunchise of holy cherche, so fat iiij ^er 1 after myght no pilg?'ime
come vnto 19 fat holy body. H And for enchesoun fat 20 monkes
soffred men come & honowr fat holy body of Seynt Thomas f e martre, 28
Jjrou} conseile of Sir* Hugh f e Spenser f e Sone, and f rou3 conseile
also of Maistre Robert Baldok 1 , a 21 false 22 piled clerk* fat was fe
Kynges Chancellor*, f e Kyng 1 consented' that fai shulde be sette 23 to
her* wages, and Lete make Wardeynes ouer her* owen Godes 24 longe 32
tyme. U And f rou^ f e " co??miawdement of f e forsaide Sir 1 Hugh f e
Sepense?*, xiiij Gascoignes wel armed' kepte fe huH fer fat fe gode 25
1 dedeDO. 2 om. DO. 3 seyden 0. 4 Zea/133.
5 virtues D. 6 on 0. 7 om. O. 8 ~ 8 when he herd al of 0.
9 - 9 Message fro 0. 10 om. D. n > 0.
12 - 12 went toward' D. wente toward' 0. 13 her 1 D. 14 >at 0.
16 tydyng* DO. 16 do D. 17 close in D. 18 - 18 att a^ens 0.
19 to D. 2 >at >e DO. 21 >e DO. ^ fals cursed 0.
2:1 ?a/133, back. * gode D. good 0.
36 gode man D. good man 0.
CH. cci-ll] Sir Boger Mortimer escapes from the Tower.
Seint Thomas was don vnto his 1 dep and biheuedede, 2 so pat no
pilgrime might come. By pat way ful wel wende he forto 3 haue
binome 4 Cristus might 1 and his power*, and pe grete loos of miracles
4 pat he shewede for his martre Thomas pou$-out 5 al Oistendome.
H And pat same tyme pe Kyng made Robert of Baldok 1 , a
pilede clerc and a false, prou^ 6 conseile & 6 praier 1 of Sir* Hugh pe
Spenser* pe sone, Chancellor* of Engeland*. And in pe 7 same tyme
8 was pe castel of Wallingford? liolden a3eynes 8 pe Kyng 1 , prou$ pe
prisoners pat were wipin J)e castel, for Seint Thomas quereH of
Lancastre. Wherfore pe pep[l]e of pe contre come & tok 1 the castel
oppon pe 9 p?*isoners; wherfore Sire lohn of Goleinton, kny^t, and
12 Sir Edmurade of 10 Bech, parson, and a squyer fat me callede Roger
of Walton, wer 1 taken 11 and sent to the Kyng H to Pounfretf ; and
pere pai wer* done into prison ; and J>e forsaide Roger was sent vnto
^ork 1 , and pe?*e he was draw and honged?.
U And aftirward, 12 Sii^ Eoge?' Mortymei J of Wygemore brak out
of J?e Toure of London 13 in Jiis manei j : 14 Jje forsaide Sir* Roge?* 14
herde 15 ]?at he shulde bene 16 draw and hongede at London, 17 in Jje
morne 17 after Seint Laurence day; 18 and on j>e dai bifore, 18 he helde
20 a fair* fest in J?e Tour* of London, and ]?o was Sir* Stephen 19 Segraue,
Conestable of London, and meny grete men wij) him. 11 And
when J)ai shulde sopen, 20 J?e forsaide Stephe?^ sent for alle pe officers
of the Toiirre ; and fai come and soppede wij? him ; and when J?ai
24 shulde take her* leue of him, a squyer* jjat me callede Stephew, pat
was ful p?-iue wij? J?e forsaide Roger, prou^ heir 1 conseile $af ham
alle soche a drynk 1 , pat pe lest of ham alle slepte ij dayes & ij
nightes ; and in pe 21 mene-tyme he scapede away by wate?-, pat is to
28 seyn, by pe 22 Tamise, and went ouer pe see, and helde him in
Fraunce ; wherfore pe Kyng was sore annoied*, and po put pe same
Stephen out of his Conestablery.
How pe duene IsabeH went into Fraunce forto treten 23 of pees
bituene hei-* lord, pe 1 Kyng 1 of Engekmt?, & pe Kyng 1 of
Fraunce, her* broper. C&ptfulo Ducentesimo Secw?ido.
1 om. 0. 2 byheded? 0. 3 to 0. 4 bynomen D. fulfilled 0.
5 Jjurght 0. b - 6 o7/i. DO. 7 >at D. 8 a^eyn D.
9 >e forsaide D. J>e forseyd 0. 10 of >e DO. u take 0.
12 anone after D. anon after 0. 13 London & 0.
14 - 14 Sir Roger >e forseyd 0. 15 saw D. 16 be 0.
17 - 17 on >e morw D. in J>e morowe 0. 18 ~ 18 before on day 0.
19 Zea/134. sope DO. 21 >at D. ^ om. DO. ** trete DO.
232 Edw. 1 1 sends his Queen to France, to make Peace. [cH.ccii-nr
f ^He Kyng 1 went fo vnto London, and fere, frou$ counseil of
JL Sir 1 Hugh f e Spenser f e fader, and of his sone, and of maistre
Robert of 1 Baldok, a false pilede clerc, his Chancellor 1 , lete seise fo
alle f e Quenes landes into his owe?i honde, and also alle f e landes 4
fat were Sir* 2 Ed ward his 2 sones, and were fo 1 put to her* wages,
ageing al maner 1 reson; and fat was frou^ fe falsenesse of fe
Spensers. 1F And when fe Kyng of Fraunce, fat was fe 3 Quene
Isabelles brofer, herde of fis falsenesse, he was sore annoyed! 8
a^eyns f e Kyng 1 of Engelandf and his false conseilers ; wherfore he
sent a lettre vnto Kyng Edward, vnder 1 his seal, fat he shulde
come into Fraunce att a certeyn day forto 4 5 done His homag ; and
ferto he sompnede him; and elles 6 he shulde lese al Gascoigne. 12
H And so Hit was ordeynede in Engeland?, frou$ f e Kyng 1 and his
Counseil, fat Quene Isabeft shulde 7 wende into 8 Fraunce, forto
trete of pees bituene her 1 lord? and 1 her 1 brofer; and fat Olyuer 1 of
Yngham shulde wende into Gascoigne, and shulde 3 haue wif him 16
vij M* men and mo of Armes, to bene 9 Senescal and wardein of
Gascoign. And so hit was ordeynede fat Quene Isabel went f o
ouer> f e see, and come into Fraunce, and wif her 1 went Sir 1 Aymer 1
of Valence, Erl of Penbrok 1 , fat was fer mordrede sodeynly 10 on a 20
priue 10 sege : but fat was f rou$ Godes vercgeaunce, for he was on of
fe Justice} fat consentede to Seint Thomas def n of Lancastre, &
wolde neuer afterward repente him of fat wicked dede. IT And at
fat tyme Sir 1 Olyuer 1 of Yngham went ouer 112 into Gascoigne, and 24
dede miche harrne to f e Kyng of 1 Fraunce, and f o gete a^ein fat
Kyng 1 Edward hade loste, & 13 more ferto.
How Kyng< Edward sent Sir 1 Edward' his sone, fe eldest, into
Fraunce. Capitulo Ducentesimo Tercio. 28
THe Quene Isa&e nad 14 nou3t bene 14 but a qz^arter of a ^ei^ in
Fraunce duellyng 1 , 15 fat Sii J Edward, his eldest 1 sone, ne
axede Leue forto wende into Fraunce forto spek 1 wif his moder 1 ,
Isa&e/ fe quene. And fe Kyng his fader 1 16 grantede him 16 with 32
gode wille, and saide to him, "go, my lair 1 sone, in Godes blessing 1
and myn ; and f enk 1 forto come a$ein as hasteli as f ow maiste. 17 "
I om. 1). 2 - a Edwardes liei j D. Edwardes his 0. 3 om. DO.
4 MS. forto forto. 5 leaf 134, back. 6 ett 0.
7 shul shulde sic D. 8 in D. 9 be 0. 10 - 10 in pyue sic 0.
II om. 0. 12 ouer ]> e see 0. 13 and miche D. & rayche 0.
14 - 14 om. DO. 15 duellede D. dwelled' 0.
m g m ntede D. 17 mi^t D. myght 0.
CH. cciv] Edw. II exiles his Queen, &, his Son, Prince Edward. 233
and he come 1 ouer the 2 see 3 into Fraunce; and fe Kyng 1 of
Fraunce, his Vncle, 4 vnderfonge Him wif michel 5 honour, and
saide to 6 him, " faire sone, $e 7 ben welcomen 7 ; and for cause fat
4 ^our 1 fader* come)) 8 nou^f 9 forto done his homage for fe Duchee of
Ghyen, as his auncestres were wont forto done, y }eue ^ow 10 fat
lordeship, to holde hit of me in heritage as 11 $oure auncestre
deden 12 bifore 13 3ow." "Wherfore he was callede Duk of Gyene.
8 How Kyng- Edward exilede his Quene, 14 and Edward' his eldest 2
sone, C&pitulo CC quarto.
WHen Kyng Edward of Engeland herde telle how the Kyng
of France hade $eue ))e duche of Giene vnto Sire Edward
12 his sone, wifoute^ 15 consent and wille of him, and fat his sone
hade vnderfonge fe Duchie 16 of him, 16 he bicome wonder wrof, arid
sent 1 to his sone bi his 17 lettre, & to his wif also, fat fai shulde
come 18 into Engelawd wif al fe haste fat fai 19 might. 51 The Quene
16 Isabel!, & Sire Edward her sone, 20 were wonder 1 sory and drade 20 of
the Kyngws manace and of his wraf, and principally 21 of the false
t?*aitoures 21 fe Spensers, bofe of fe fader and of the sone, & at his
co???mandement fai wolde nou^t come. Wherfore Kyng Edward
20 was ful sore annoiede, and' lete make a crie at London fat, if Quene
Isabett and Edward her 1 sone come nou^t into 22 EngelaracZ, fat fai
shulde bene 23 holden 24 as enemys, bofe 25 to fe reaume & to fe
croune ; and for fat fai wolde nou^t come into EngelamZ, but bof
24 were exilede, f e moder ) and her 26 sone. U Whe[n] 27 Quene Isabeli
herd fis tidingws, 28 she was sore adrad to bene 23 shente frou$ fe
false eomettyng of )>e Spensers, and went wif f e knyghtes fat wer 1
exilede out of Engeland 4 for 29 Seint Thomas quereH 30 of Lancastre,
28 fat is to seine, Sire Eoger Mortymore, 31 Sire Willia??^ TrusseH, Sire
lohn of Cromweli, & meny ofer grete 32 kni^tes. IT Wherfore fai
tok 33 hei 1 * conseiH, & ordeined amonges ham forto make a manage
1 went D. 2 om. 0. 3 see and went D. * leaf 135.
5 myche 0. 6 vnto DO. 7 ~ 7 be welcome 0. 8 come 0.
9 MS. has noujt 4 come, with come underlined for omission.
10 3ow al D. " as al D. as att 0. ia dede 0. 13 biforn D.
14 Quene Ysabel D. qwen Isabett 0. 15 with-out D. with-oute 0.
16 om. D. 17 om. D. 18 come a^eyn D. come a3en 0. 19 3e D.
20 weren sore adrade D. were wonder sore adrad' 0.
21 2l )>e falsenesse of D. of > e falsnes of 0. ^ vnto D. a be 0.
24 holde DO. ^ bo>e ij D. *> j, e D< 27 W hen >e D.
28 tydyngO. 29 leaf 135, lack. 30 Cause DO.
31 Mortymere of Wigeinore D. Mortymer of Wygemore 0.
D. good 0. 33 nomen D.
234 The Spencers' Conspiracy against Q. Isabel & her Son. [CH. ccv
bituene pe Due of Gyene, pe Kyngws sone of EngelaraZ, and the
Erles doubter of HenavuV, pat was a noble kny^t of name, and a
dou$ty in his tyme. And 1 if pat ping might be 2 brou^t about and
stand?, pai trowede, wip pe helpe of God', and wip his helpe, to 4
recouere heir 53 heritage in Engelaud?, wherof pai were put out 4
prou} the 5 coniettyng of pe false 6 Sponsors.
IF How Kyng Edward, prou^ conseile of pe Sponsors, sent to pe
Du^sipiers of Fraunce, pat pai shulde helpe pt 7 Quene 8
IsabeH, and hire sone Sir 1 Edward, weren 8 exilede out of
F?Yinnce. Carcfa/o CC v to .
W'Hen Kyng Edward and pe Spensers horde how Queue
Isabel, and Sir 5 Edward her* sone, hade Aliede ham to pe 12
Erie of Henaud?, and to ha??i pat were exilede out of Engeland? for
encheson of Thomas of Lancastre, pey 9 were so sory pat pai nist what
to done. Wherfore Sir 1 Hugh pe Spenser*, pe sone, saide vnto Sir 1
Hugh his fader 1 , in pis mane?' wise, and saide : "Fader, accursede 16
be pe tyme & pe conseil pat cue?- 36 consentede pat Queue Isabel
shulde gone 10 into Fraunce forto treten 11 of 12 accord bituene pe
Kyng 1 of Engeland & her* broper pe Kyng of Fraunce, for pat was
jour' conseile, for at pat tyme for-sope ^our* witte faillede ; for Y 20
drede me sore 13 lest, prou^ her* & her* 14 sone, We 15 shul be 15
shent, but if we take pe 16 better consel."
IT Now, fair* sires, vnderstondep how mervaillous folie 17 and
falsehede pe Sponsors ymagynede & caste ; for priuely pai lete fille 24
v barelles ferers wip siluer*, pe so;?mie amontede v M* ti, and pai
sent po 18 barelle oue[r] pe se priuely by 18 an Alien pat me callede
Arnolde of Spaigfi, pat was a brocoui 1 * of London, pat he shulde go
to pe Du3sipiers of France, pat pai shulde p?-0curen and speken 19 28
to pe Kyng of Fraunce, pat Quene Isabel and 20 Ed ward her 1 sone
were dryue 20 and exilede out of F?mmce, 21 and, amonge al olper
pingws, 21 pat pai were brou^ to 22 pe dep as p?*iuely as pai might*.
1 >at D. 2 bene D. 3 his 0. 4 om. 0.
6 >e false D. >e fals 0. 6 om. DO. 7 >at >e D. 8 wer 1 0.
9 MS. >at. 10 go 0. u trete DO. 12 & 0.
13 MS. sore for, with for underlined for omission. 14 leaf 136.
isis 8 hulle]) bene D. 16 om. 0. 17 felonye DO.
ia_i8 barelles priuelich ouer >e see with D. barctt oner }>e see pryuyly
by 0. 19 speke DO.
20 ^ her* sone Edward wer 1 dryueu D. her sone Edward' were dry ven 0.
2i_2i j/g^ anc [ am0 nge al o}>er ]>iugus & amonge al ofyer J>it)ges.
22 vnto D.
CH. CCV-vi] Queen Isabel proposes to invade England. 235
But Almighty God wolde nou^t so; ff ffor when pis Arnolde was
in pe hye see, he was taken 1 wip Selanders pat mette him in pe see,
and toke 2 him, & lad him to her* Lord?, 3 )>e Erl of Henaud? ; & miche
4 ioye was made for pat takyng 1 . U And at pe laste, pis Arnolde
priuely 4 stale away fro pens, and come 5 to London. And of pis
takyng, and of 6 oper pinges, pe Erl of Henaude saide to pe Queue
Isabel: "dame, 7 make $ow 7 mery and bep of gode chier 1 , for $e
8 bep 8 more riche 9 pan ^e wende forto 10 haue bene; & tak ^e pise v
barelles 11 of Sillier 1 pat were sent to pe Du^sepiers of Fmunce forto 12
quelle 30 w & ^our 1 sone Edward ; and penkep hastely forto wende
into Engeland? ; and tak 36 wip pow Sir* lohn of Henaude, my
1 2 brope? 1 , and v men of Armes ; for meny of ha??^ of Fraunce, in
whom ^e haue 13 hade grete truste, hade grete deintee pow 14 forto
scorne : and Almighty God grant $ow g?*rtce, ^our 1 enemys forto 15
ouercome." U pe Quene Isabel sent po prou^ Henaud? and Flaundres
16 for her* sodioures, and ordeinede her 1 eue?y day forto 16 wende into
Engeland? a^eine ; and so she had in her 1 company S/?*e Edmund 2 of
Wodestoke, pat was Erl of Kent, pat was Kyng 17 Edwardes brope?*
of Engeland*.
20 18 How Kyng Edward lete kepe pe costes bi 19 pe see, & lete
trie alle the pris men of Armes & footmen also prou^ al 20
CC vj t0 . 18
WHen Kyng Edward herde telle fat pe Quene Isabel and
Edward hir 1 sone 21 wolde come 21 into Engeland? wip meny
Alienws, and wip ham pat were outlawede out of Engeland? for her*
rebelnesse, he was sore adrade to bene 22 put adoune and lese his
kyngdome. Wherfore he ordeynede forto kepe his castelles, 23 in
28 Walis as wel as in Engeland?, wip vitailles and her 1 apparale, and
lete kepe his ryuers, and also pe see costes, wherof pe v Fortes
token to kepe ham, & also pe see. U And also he commandede
ferpermore, & 24 by his lettres ordeynede, pat euery hundred* &
32 wapentache 25 of Engeland?, ij triors, 26 as wel of men of Armes as of
1 tak D. take 0. 2 token DO. 3 lord' j>e 0. Lord' K.
4 priueliche D. 5 comen D. 6 om. D.
7 7 now make D. make)) 3ow 0. 8 ben-0. 9 rycher D. richere 0.
10 om. DO. n barelles ful D. barett ful 0. 12 forto DO. for R.
13 leaf 136, lack. " 3ow DO. 15 to DO. 16 to 0.
17 sire 0. 18 18 om. 0. 19 of D. 20 out D.
2i_ai were comen D. M be 0. 23 castett D.
24 fer>ermore & 0. fer>crmore R. 25 Wapentage DO. 26 MS. trions.
236 Edw. II'sp reparations against his Wife & Son. [CH.CCVI-VII
of foote, 1 and fat fai shulde bene 2 put in 3 tuentysome and
in hundredesonie ; and cowmandet fat al f o men wer 1 aredy, when
eny outesse and crie wer 1 made, forto pursue and tak f e Aliens fat
comen into Engelawd forto binime him fe lancB, and forto put him 4
out of his kyngdome. U And more-ouer 1 he lete crie, frou$ his
patent, 4 in euery faire and in eue?*y marcat of Engeland*, fat fe
Quene YsabeH, and Sir 1 Edward his eldest sone, and f e Erl of Kent,
fat fai were take, and safly kepte, wifout 5 eny maner of 6 harme 8
vnto haw doyng 1 ; and alle ofer 7 peple fat come wif haw, anone
smyte of her 1 heuedes, 8 wifout eny mane?' 9 raunson. U And
what man fat might bryng 10 Rogeres heede, fe 11 Mortymer 1 , of
Wigemore, shulde haue a 12 C ft of monee for his trauaile. And 12
ferf ermore he ordeynede by his patent, & co??zmande, 13 to mak a fire
on 14 euery hye hutt bisides 15 fe ryuers and in low centres, forto
make hye bikenes of tymbre, fat if it so were fat fe Aliens come
to 16 fe lande by nyght, fat men shulde 17 tende 18 fe bikenes, fat fe 16
centre mi^t ben 19 warnede, and come and mete her 1 enemys. And
in fe same tyme deide Sir 1 Eoger 20 Mortymer, his 20 Vncle, in fe
Toure of London.
How 21 Quene IsabeH & Sir 1 Edward', Due of Gyene, her 122 Sone, 20
come to land! at 23 Herwiche; 24 and how fai deden. 24
H Capitwfo IT Ducentesimo U Septiwo.
THe Quene IsabeH: and Sir 1 Edward hir 1 sone, Due of Gyene,
Sir 1 Edmunde of Wodestok, Erl of Kent, 25 and Sir 1 lohn f e 24
Erles 26 brofer of Henaud*, and her 127 company, drade nou^t fe
manace of fe Kyng 1 ne of his t?-aitoures, for fai truste al in
Godes grace, & come vnto Herwiche in Southfolc, fe x day 28 in fe
mounthe 28 of Ottobr 1 , And in 29 fe $ere of grace 30 M* CCC 31 xxvj. 28
11 And at 32 fe same tyme, 33 at London, fere was Kyng Edward? 33
l l foote men D. me?i on foote 0. 2 be 0. 3 into D.
4 Zra/137. 5 with-outen D. 6 om. DO.
7 otyere maner D. o]>er mancr 0. 8 heed' 0.
9 MS. maner reso, with reso underlined for omission ; om. DO.
10 bryng sire D. brynge sir 0. n om. 0. 12 an DO.
13 commanded? 0. J ^ oppon D. vpon 0. 15 beside 0.
16 vnto DO. 17 schul O. ]8 light D. 19 be DO.
ao - au Mortyineres D. 21 How >e DO. his 0. * to 0.
24 - a * om. O. M erl of Kent D. Erie of Kent 0. erl R.
26 MS. erles dou3ter, with doujter underlined for omission.
27 he sic D. ~ om. D. ffl om. D. 30 grace a 0.
:n iij sic D. :<2 in D.
as 33 Kyng Edward was at London D. Kyng Edward was at London) 0.
CH. ccvii-vin] How Edw. II acts when his Queen lands. 237
in 1 the Toure at his metee; and a messenger 12 come into pe haft,
3 and saide pat 4 Que[en] Isabeft was corner 5 to lande at 6 Herewiche,
and hade brou^t in her" company Sire lohn of Henaude, and wip
4 him men of armes wipoute nombre. And* wip pat worde, Sir*
Hugh pe Spense?', pe fader, spake & 7 pus to pe Kyng saide 8 :
"my most worshipful Lorde, 9 Kyng of Engekmd, now mow 10 ^e
make gode chere, for certeinly pai ben al cures." 11 The Kyng saw
8 pis worde comfortable ; ^itte he was ful sorweful & pensif in hert.
And pe Kyng hade noi^t $itte fulliche 11 etew, 12 pat pere ne come
into pe halle anoper message?-, and saide pat pe 8 Quene Isabel was
arryuede at Herewich, bisides Skipwich 13 in Southfolc. Sir 1 Hugh
12 pe 8 Spense?', pe fader, spake 14 to pe message?', and saide : "telle J?e 8
so)) in goode fay, 15 " quod he to pe messager, " my faire frende, is
she comen 5 wij? a grete streng))?" II " Ce?'tis, sir 1 , sop forto say,
she haf 16 in her* company but vij C men of Armes." And wij) pat
16 worde, Sire Hughe )>e Spense?', )>e fader, criede wij) an hye voice,
and saide : "Alias, Alias ! we 17 beJ) alle 17 bit?'aiede ; for certes wij>
so litil power* she 18 nad neue?' comen 18 to londe, but folc of Jris
lande were to her* consentede. 19 " And Jjerfore, after mete pai
20 toke 20 hei-* conseile, and went toward Walys, forto arere J>e Walshe-
men a^eins Quene IsabeH and Edwarde. her 1 sone, al forto fight 1 ;
and so )?ai were in pwrpos, eue?*ycheon. 21
How Maistre Walte?- of 9 Stapleton, Bisshop of Excestre, pat
24 was )>e Kyng^ Tresorei-', was biheuedede 22 at London.
Capit^o DucentesMwo Ottauo.
ANd in J?e same tyme, Kyng Edward' was sore adrade leste men
of London wolde 3elde ham ^vnto 24 ]?e Quene Isabel and to Sir 1
28 Edward hei 025 sone. Wherfore he sent maistre Walter of 9 Stapleton,
his Tresorer, forto bene 26 wardein and keper 1 of J?e citee of London
wij) pe Maii J . and so he come to J?e Gildehatt of London, and axede
J)e keies of J)e 3ates of J>e citee, prou^ vertue and strengh of his co??i-
32 mission, and wolde haue hade J?e Kepyng of J?e citee. IT And pe
communes 27 ansurede and saide, pat 'pai wolde kepe pe citee to pe
1 >e sic D. 2 Messager 0. 3 leaf 137, back. 4 >at >e 0.
5 come 0. 6 MS. &. 7 & seyde 0. 8 om. 0.
9 om. D. 10 MS. mow mow. u ful D. 12 ete 0.
13 Gypeswycli 0. u spake >o 0. 15 fe> D. 16 ue had 0.
17 - 17 ben 0. 18 ~ 18 had neuere come 0.
19 consent D. consente 0. 2 nome D. 21 echeon 0.
22 beheded 0. leaf 138. to D. 25 his D. be DO
27 Comuners 0.
238 Bp. Stapleton and his 2 Squires are beheaded. [CH. ccvm
honowr of 1 Kyng Edward?, and of Isabel fe Quene, and of fe Due,
fe Kyngws sone, wifoutew 2 eny mo/ U fe Bisshop was fo sore
annoiede, and suore his oth fat fai alle shulde able, anone as ))e
Kyng 1 were come 3 out of Walys; and fe communers 4 anon, 5 alle 6 4
of fe citee, toke 7 fe Bisshope, and lade him amid 8 Chepe; and
fe>-e fai smyten 9 of his heuede, 10 & sette n his heede 11 in his right
hand? ; and after, fai biheuedede 12 ij of his Squyers fat helde wij> fe
Bisshope ; and one of ham me callede Willia7tt of Walle, fat was 8
f e Bisshoppes Nevew ; & fat of er me callede lohii of Padyngton.
and also fai toke a burgeis of London, fat me callede lohn
Marchal, fat was Sir* Hugh f e Spensers aspie, f e fader, and smyten
of his heede 13 also. 12
IT And in fat 14 same tyme fat 15 same Bisshop hade in London
a fair 1 Toure in making 1 , in his cloos oppon f e ryuer* of Tamise, fat
was wifout fe 6 Temple-Barr > , and him failede stone forto 16 make
ferof an ende ; wherfore he cowmandede his men forto gone 17 to 16
fe cherche of f e Frere Cannes; and fe?'e fai toke 18 stone, 19 and
made ferwif fe tour* 19 ; and miche sande and 20 morter, and olde
robons 21 ]>er was lefte. 1T And for 22 fe despite fat fe Bisshop Hade
done to 23 holy cherche, 24 he and his ij squyers were buriede in fat 20
sande, as fau$ 5 fai hade bene hondes ; and fere fai leyen xj wokes
til fat fe 5 Quene Isabel sent her 1 le^fres to fe communers, 25 and
praiede ham fat fai wolde soffre and grant fat f e Bisshop moste
bene 26 take out of fat place, & 27 buriede at Excestr', at his owen 24
cherche ; and so he was ; and his ij squyers were buriede at seynt
Clemen tis cherche wifout Tewple-Bari i) .
U And Hit was 28 noii3t ful grete 28 wonder* fau^ fat Bisshop
deide in euel def , for he was a couetouse man, and hade wif him 28
no mercy, and euel conseilede fe Kyng'. And sone fereafter 29 was
Arnold? of Spaigne taken, he fat was assentant to haue ladde fo 80 v
M* ti of Siluei-* in v barelles 31 ferers vnto f e Dussipiers of Fmunce,
forto helpe and haste the 5 Quene Isabel to hir* def, & Edward her* 32
sone also : and? fis Arnolde was done vnto fe 32 def wifout fe citee
of London.
1 of >e 0. 2 with-out D. with-oute 0. 3 comen D.
4 communers alle 0. 5 om. D. 6 om. 0. 7 to sic 0.
8 in myddes >e D. 9 smyte 0. 10 heed' 0. "-" it D.
ia beheded' 0. 13 heuede D. 14 >e 0. >e D. 16 to DO.
17 go 0. I8 token DO. 19 - 19 >envith >e Toure to make 0.
20 MS. and &. 21 Robons \>at 0. <J2 leaf 138, back. - J vnto 0.
- 4 MS. hax cherche and. ^ co^nnmues D. >28 be 0.
27 and bene D. & be 0. 28 - 28 no DO. after 0. 30 >e D.
;1 barett 0. :<2 om. DO.
CH. ccix] Edw. I Us taken prisoner ly his Queen & her Son. 230
How Kyng Edward* and Sir 1 Hugh }>e Spenser were taken, and
)>e Erl of Arundel. Capit^o CC ix.
WHen Kyng Edward? hade sent Maistre Walter 1 of Staple-
ton, 1 his Tresorer 1 , into London, forto kepe ]>e citee vnto
him a^ein 2 j?e 3 Quene Isabel his wif, & a^eyn 4 Edward' her' 5 sone,
anon him-self Hok 1 wij> hi?n 6 Sir Hugh )>e Spenser 7 )>e fader, and
8 Sir Hugh 8 his sone, Sir" lohn, Erl of ArundeH, & Maistre Robert
8 Baldok 1 , 9 a false pilede clerc, his Chaunceller 1 , 9 and 10 toke here 10
way towarde Bristowe; And Ipere J?e Kyng 1 abode a litil n terme,
and made Sir 1 Hugh }>e Spenser* ]>e fader*, 12 Keper and Conestable 12
of }>e castel. And ]?e Kyng 1 and be ofer aboue-saide went into
12 shipp, and sailede toward! Walys, and toke no leue of J?e Sty ward',
lie of none of 13 }>e Kynges Householde ; and went ouer into Walys
forto arere be Walshe-mew a^eynes Dame Isabel be Quene, &
14 Edward', Due 14 of Gyene, her 1 sone, & her cowipany. IT But )?e
16 Quene, & be Due her 1 sone, and be Erl of Kent, and Sir 1 lohn of
Henaude, 15 went and pwrsuede after 1 ham ; and her 1 power 1 come and
encressede euery day; so at j)e laste )?e Kyng was taken 16 oppoii
an 17 hulle in Walys, and Sii^ Hugh ]3e Spense?* pe sone, in fat ofer
20 side of fat 18 same huli, and J?e false pilede clerc, U Maistre Eobert
of Baldok 1 , Ipere fast bisides ham, and were brou^t a^eyne into
Engeland', as Almighty God wolde. And fe Kyng him-self 3 was
in saf kepyng* in )?e casteH of Ken y worth ; and hi??i kepte Sir
24 Henry, ]?at was Seint 3 Thomas broker of Lancastre.
& Sir Hugh J>e Spenser 1 ]>e fadei j come and put him vnto 19 J>e
Quenes grace, and to Sir 1 Edward her 1 sone, Due of Gyene. U But
Sir Hugh )>e Spenser 8 J?e sone, 8 after j?at 20 he was taken, 21 wolde 22
28 ete no maner mete, ne 23 drynk 1 8 no maner drynk 1 , 8 for he wist to
haue no mercy, but onelich 24 he wiste he slmlde bene 25 dede. And
)?e Quene and hei 1 * conseil 26 ordeynede fo 27 J)at he shulde bene 28
done to dej> at London ; but he was so feble for his michel 29
1 - 1 Mapleton D. 2 ajens 0. :J om. D. 4 a^eyne sir D. ajens 0.
5 his D. 6 - 6 nome with D. 7 Spencers bo>e 0. 8 ~ 8 om. 0.
9 - 9 his Chancellor 1 a false pilede clerc D. his Chaunceller a Ms piled?
Clerk 1 0.
io_io nomen h e s? ; c D, token her 0. " leaf 139.
12 12 as couestable and kepei j D. as Constable & kepere 0. 13 in DO.
u - 14 duk Edward' D. 15 Henau-le and ]>ai D. Henaud' & >ey 0.
16 take 0. 17 a 0. 18 the D. 19 to D.
'- 20 J>e tyme >at DO. 21 take 0. ^ nolde D. he nolde 0.
23 nelper 0. 24 only 0. w be 0.
26 conseile hade J>o D. Counceili ]>o had 0. 127 om. DO.
28 haue be 0. >29 miche D. inyche 0.
240 The Spencers are hangd, & other Traitors beheaded. [CH.CCIX
fastyng 1 , fat he was dede almost for fastyng 1 ; and f erfore hit was
ordeynede fat he shulde haue his iugement at Hereford' 1 ; and at
a place 2 of fe toune his 3 hode was taken 4 fra??i 5 his heued*, 6 and
also 7 fro Maistre Robert 7 Baldok, 8 fat was 9 a false pilede clerc, 9 4
& fe ~Kyugus Chanceller*. And men sette vppon her 1 Heuedes 10
chapelettes of sharpe 11 netles, and ij squyers blow 12 in her 1 eres wif
ij grete bugles 13 homes, oppon fo 14 ij prisoners; and 15 men might
her 1 fo 16 blowyng out wif homes, mo fan a fousand? and one. 8
Symunde of Redyng 1 , 17 bifore ham bar 1 her 1 armes oppon a spere
reuersede, in token fat 18 fai shulde be vndone for euermore.
II And oppon fe morwe was Sir 1 Hugh fe 19 Spenser 1 fe sone
dampnede to def ; and was draw and hongede, biheuedet, & his 12
boweiles taken out of his body, and 20 his bowelles 20 brent. And
after he was qwarterede, & his qwarteres sent to iiij tounes of
Engelawd, and his heuede 21 sent to London Brigge. And fis
SymowJ, for encheson fat he despisede fe Quene Isabel, he was 16
draw and hongede on 22 a stage made 23 24 in mydes 24 fe forsaide Sir 1
Hughes galwes. 25 And f e same day, a litil fro fens, was Sir 1 lohn
of Arundel biheuede 26 ; for he was on of Sir* Hugh fe Spensers
conseilers. And auone after wa[s] Sir 1 Hug[h] fe 19 Spenser 1 draw & 20
hongede, & biheuedede 27 at Bristow, and after hongede 28 a3eyn bi
)?e Armes bi 29 ij strong ropes; and )>e iiij 30 day after, he was hew
al to peces ; & hundes etew 31 hi??^. And for 23 fat enchesoun fat fe
Kyng 1 hade 3eue?^ 32 33 him )?e Erldom 33 of Winchestre, his heede 34 24
was lad Jjider*, and put oppon a spere ; and J?e false Baldok 1 was sent
to London, & fere he deide in p7*isone amonges 35 feues, for men 36
dede hi??i no more reuerence fan me wolde do 37 vnto an hunde :
and so deide 38 the traitours of Engeland?, blissede be Almyghty 28
I Herford? D. 2 place of Je place sic D. 3 leaf 139, back.
4 take 0. 5 fro DO. 6 heed' 0.
7 - 7 frara Robert of D. from Robert of 0. 8 Baldoks 0.
9 9 a piled? clerc and also J>at was false D. a piled' Clerk 1 also )>at was
fals 0. 10 hedes 0.
II D has sharp )>ornes, with Jjornes struck out with a red line.
12 blew 0. 13 bugle 0. 14 >e D.
15 >at DO. 16 }>ere D. her 0.
17 RedyncH be kynges Marchal D. Redyng be kynges Marschatt 0.
18 ban sic 0. 19 cm. D. - om. 0. " bed 0.
22 in 0. ** om. 0. a *- a4 amyddes D. amydde 0.
25 galhouse D. biheuedede D. beheded' 0. ' w byheded' 0.
28 hongen D. hanged 0. a with DO. 30 fourbe 0*
31 ete 0. 32 3eue 0. ^-^ be erl D. be Erie 0.
34 heuede it D. heed' it 0. 35 among 0. M for men DO. for R.
37 don 0. diden 0.
CH. ccx] The Nobles agree to depose King Edward II. 241
God? ! & J hit Was no wonder, for frou$ her 1 conseil th[e] gode Erl
Thomas of Lancastr 1 2 was clone unto deth and al fat helden with
Thomas of Lancastre 2 frou$ fo traitoures were vndon, and alle
4 her 1 heires disheritede. 3
How Kyng Edward was put adoune. 4 H Capitulo U Ducen-
tesimo U Decimo.
ANon 5 after 1 fis was done, fe Quene Isabel, and Edward* hir 1
sone, and alle f e grete lordes of Engelawo 7 , at on assent sent
to Kyng Edward* to f e castel of Kenylworf, fere fat f e kyng was
in kepyng 1 vnder 1 fe warde of Sir 1 lohn Hothum, fat was fe 6
bisshop of Ely, & of Sir lohn of Parcy, a baron, for enchesoun fat
12 he shulde ordein his parlement att 1 a certein place in Engeland?,
forto redresse [and] amende fe state of fe ream. And Kyng
Edward? ham ansuerede and saide : "Lordes," quod he, " $e see 7
ful wel how hit is. Lo ! hauef her 1 my seal, y ^eue 8 $ow my
16 power 1 to ordeine a parlement wher 19 $e wille." And fai toke 10 her 1
leue of him, 11 and come a^eyne to fe barons of Engeland?, and
whe?i 12 fai hade fe Kyngws patent of fis fing 1 , and fai shewede hit
to 13 fe lordes, and fo was ordeynede fat fe parlement shulde be 14 at
20 Westmynstre, at f e 15 Vtas of Seint Hillari. And alle f e grete lordes
of EngelamZ lete ordein for ham fere a3eins fat tyme fat f e parle
ment shulde bene. 16 U And at fe 15 whiche day fat fe parlement
was assignede, 17 f e Kyng wolde nou^t come f ere, 18 as he hade sette
24 himself and assignede. And nofelesse fe barons sent to him, on 19
tyme and ofer, and he suore by Godes soule, fat he nolde come
fere 20 on foote. 20 Wherfore hit was ordeynede by al fe grete lordes
of 1 21 Engeland', fat he Shulde no Longer 1 bene 22 Kyng 1 , but bene 23
28deposede; and saide fat 15 'fai wolde crone 24 Edward* his sone
25 Kyng 1 , fe eldeste, 25 fat was Duk of Gyene'; and sent so tyd-
ynges 26 to f e Kyng 1 fere fat he was in ward vnder Sir lohn, Erl of
1 Zgffl/140.
- 2 supplied from D. was done vn-to de> & att }>at held' witfc hym 0.
:j disherite D.
4 adoun and his dignite bynomen him D. a-doun) & his dignite bynome 0.
5 And D. 6 om. D. 7 sene 0. 8 3eue DO. 3e R.
9 wher >at 0. 10 . nome D. n hem 0. 12 >at >at sic D.
13 vnto D. 14 bene D. 15 om. 0. 16 be 0.
17 om. DO. 18 }>ere for no maner >ing< DO. 19 o DO.
20 - 20 a foote D. o foote 0. 21 leaf 140, back. 22 be 0.
23 be DO. 24 crovne kyng 0. 25 ~ 25 >e elder kyn^ D. >e elder' 0.
26 tydynge 0.
BRUT. R
242 The Nobles, Bishops, & Knights disclaim Edw. II. [CH. CCX
Gerrein, and S?Ve lohn of Bothun, pat was Bisshop of Ely, and Sir*
Henry Percy, baronn, 1 and Sire William TrusseH, a kny^t, pat was
wip pe Erie Sir* Thomas of Lancastr', forto 3elde vp her 1 homages
vnto him for aH ha??z of Engeland. U And Sire William Trussel 4
saide pise wordes : " Sir 1 Edward 4 ! for enchesofi pat 36 haue traiede
30U1-* peple of Engeland?, and haue vndone meny grete Lordes of
EngekmcZ wipoutew 2 eny cause, but now 30 bep 3 wipstand,
pankede be God? ! and also for 4 36 wolde nou^t come to pe 5 pa?ie- 8
ment as 30 ordeynede at Westmynstre, as in 3our ) owen 5 Lettre
patent is conteinede, forto trete wip jour* lige men as a Kyng
shulde ; and perfore, Jjrou^ ali pe co??imune assent 1 of alle pe lordes
of Engekmd, y telle vnto 30 w pise wordes : U 3e shul vnderstonde, 12
Sir 1 , pat pe barons of EngelcwcZ atte on assent wille pat 36 bene 3
nomore Kyng of Engelarad, but vtterly hauep 6 put 7 3ow out 7 of
3oui j realte for euermore." U And pe bisshop of Ely saide po to pe
Kyng 1 , " Sir 1 Edwarde ! here y 3elde vp feautes 8 & homage 9 for alle 16
pe Erchebisshoppes and Bisshopes of Engeland?, and for al pe
clergye." H po saide Sii^ lohn, Erl of Garrein, " Sii Edward 10 ! y
3elde vp her 15 vnto 3ow feaute and homage, for me, and for al pe
Erles of Engeland." 1T And Sir' Henry n pe 12 Percy 3af vp also pere 20
his homag, 13 for him and for alle pe barons of Engeland'. U And
po saide Sir* William Trussel : " y 3elde vp, ^Sir 1 , now 14 vnto 3ow
my 15 homage, fo[r] me & also for alle pe kny3tes of EngelancJ, and
for ham alle pat holden by seriauntrye 16 or by eny ope?* maner ping 1 24
of 1 3ow, so pat fro pis day afterward 1 36 shulle nou3t be cleymede
Kyng, neiper for Kyng 1 bene 3 holde; but fram 17 pis tyme after
ward? 36 shul bene 3 holde a singuler man of aft 12 pe peple." And so
pai went pens vnto London, pere pat pe lordes of Engetodf ha?rc 28
abode; and sir* Edward? abode in prysoufi vnder 1 gode 18 keping 19 ;
and pat was pe day of 20 pe Conuersion 20 of seynt Poule in pe xx
3ere of his regne.
Prophecie of Merlyn declarede of Kyng 1 Edward?, pe sone of 32
Kyng 5 Edward*. Capiuo CC vndecimo.
I a baroun D. a baron) 0. 2 withoute 0. 3 be 0.
4 for enchesoun >at D. for enchesoii) ^at 0. 5 om. 0. 6 haue DO.
7 - 7 out 3ow 0. 8 feute 0. 9 homages 0. 10 Edward' here 0.
II leafUl. 12 0???, D. 13 homages 0.
1414 now s j re j) now s j r o. 15 myn DO. 16 seriauntye 0.
17 fro D. 18 |>e D. 19 Kyng Edward' his sone 0.
Conucrsacj'ou 0.
CH. ccxi] Merlin's Prophecies about Edward II fulfild. 243
Of pis Kyng Edward', propheciede Merlyn, and saide pat pere
shulde come a gote 1 out of a 1 car 1 , pat shulde haue homes of
sillier* and a berde as white as snowe ; and a drop shulde come out
4 at 2 his noseprelles pat shulde bitokne miche harme, hungre, and
dep of pe 3 peple, and gret losse of his lande ; and pat in pe bigyn-
nyng of his regne shulde ben 4 hauntede michel 5 lecherie ; and saide
soip, alias pe tyme ! ffor Kyng Edward, pat was Kyng 1 Edwards
8 sone, pat was born 6 in Carnariuan in Walys, for sop he hade
Homes as 2 siluer 1 , and a berd as snowe, whew he was made Prynce
of Walys, & to miche he ^af him vnto realte 7 and 8 folie. And
sop saide Merlyn in his prophecie 9 pat pere shulde come 10 out of
12 His nose a drop; ffor in his tyme was grete hunger amonges 11 pe
pore men, and stronge dep amonge pe ryche, pat deiden 12 in strange
lande wip miche 13 sorw, and 14 in Scotland* ; and afterwarde he loste
Scotland? and Gascoigne ; and whiles pat him-self was Kyng 1 , per
16 was miche lecherie hauntede. and also Merlyn tolde and saide
pat pis goote shulde seche pe floure of lif & of dep ; and he saide
sop, for he spousede Isabel, pe Kyngws dourer of Fraunce.
U & in his tyme 15 Me?*lyn saide 15 pat pere shulde be made 16
20 briges of folc oppon diches of pe see ; and pat was ful wel sein at
Bannokes-born in Scotland', whew he was descomfitede pere 17 of pe
Scottes. IT And Me?*lyn tolde also pat stones shulde falle fra??i 18
castelles, and meny tounes shulde be made playn; and he saide
24 sop, ffor when Kyng Edward was scomfitede in Scotland', and
come po Southward', pe Scottes bisegede castelles, 19 and dede haw
miche ha[r]me, and brent tounes vnto 20 pe herde erpe. IT And
aftirward? Merlyn 21 saide and tolde pat an Egle shulde come 21 out
28 of Cornwaile, pat shulde haue feperes of golde, pat of pride shulde
haue non 22 pier*, and shulde despice Lordes 23 of bloode, and after
he shulde dye prou$ 24 a beer* at Gauersiche : and pat p?'0phecie was
ful wel knowe, 25 if or 16 by pe Egle is vnderstonde Sir 517 Piers of
32 Gauaston, pat was Erl of Cornewaile, pat was a wonder prout man
1 - 1 of 0. 2 of DO. 3 his D. om. 0. 4 be 0.
5 mich D. mych 0. 6 bore 0. 7 ryout D. reaute 0.
8 & to 0. 9 leaf 141, back. 10 be 0. * n amonge D. among^ 0.
12 deide D. dide 0. 13 michel D. 14 and in weri D. & werre 0.
15 - 15 seid Merlyn 0. 16 om. 0. 17 om. D. 18 fro 0.
19 >e Castels 0. 20 to D.
21 21 tolde J)at ]>ere shulde come an Egle D. tolde pat an Egle schuld?
come 0.
22 no DO. 23 lordeshippes D. lordschippes 0. 24 by D.
25 know and founde soth D. knowe & founde soj> 0.
244 Merlins Prophecies. The White Battle. [CH. ccxi
fat dispisede f e baronage of Engelarc^ ; l but aftirward? he was
biheuede 2 at Gauersiche, frou3 fe Erl of Lancastr* and f e Erl of
Warwik 1 . U And Merlyn tolde 3 fat in his tyme it 4 shulde seme
fat fe bere shulde brenne, & fat a bataile shulde be 5 done 6 oppon 4
an Arme of fe See in 7 felde arraiede like a shilde, wher* shulde
dye ineny white heuedes 8 : & he saide so]? ; for, by f e brynnyng 1
9 of fe bere 9 is bitokenede grete drede frou$ cotting of suorde.
at fat bataile, ordeynede in a felde as a shelde oppon an Arme of 8
]>e see, is bitokenede fe bataile of Mitone. ffor fere come fe
Scottes in maner of a shelde, 10 in maner* of a wynge, 10 and quellede
oppon Swale, men of Keligioun, prestes & seculers ; wherfor )>e
Scottes callede fat bataile, in despite of Englisshe-men, * fe white 12
bataile.'
11 And after*, Merlyn saide fat fe forsaide Beer* shulde 11 do
fe forsaide 4 goot miche harme, and fat shulde be 12 oppon fe 13
Southwest*, and also oppon his bloode; and saide also fat fe goot 16
shulde lese miche 14 of his lande, 4 til f e 15 time fat shame shulde
him ouercome ; And fan he shulde 16 clofe him in 16 a lyons skyn,
and shulde wynne a^eyne fat he hade loste, and miche more, f rou^
a peple fat shulde come out of fe Northwest 1 , fat shulde make him 20
bene 17 drade, and him avenge of his enemy s, frou^ conseile of ij
Oweles, fat ferst shulde be 18 in peril to bene vndone ; and fat f o
ij oweles shulde wende ouer f e see into a straunge 19 lande, and
fere fai shulde duelle til 20 a certein time; and after fai shulde 24
come into Engeland a^eyne, and f o ij oweles shulde done miche
harme vnto meny on, and fat fai shulde conseile f e 21 goot to 21
meve wen* a^eynes [f e] 22 Bere, and fat goot shulde come, and f e
Oweles, 22 vnto an Arme of fe Se at Burfoft op Trent 1 , and shulde 28
wende ouer, and fat for drede fe bere shulde flee, wif a swyne 23 in
his company, 24 vnto Bur 1 , 24 toward? fe North, 25 frou$ an vnkynde
out-puter*; and fat fe Swyn 26 fan shulde be slay 27 28 with sorwe ;
and fe bere shulde be slayn 28 ful nei$ his owen nest 1 , fat shal 29 32
1 leaf 142. 2 beheded? 0. 3 saide D. 4 om. D. 5 ben D.
6 do 0. 7 in a DO. 8 heedes 0. 9 ~ 9 MS. of J>e bere of the bere.
1010 yyfth her 1 wynges D. n MS. shulde shulde. 12 ben 0.
13 MS. J>e North, with North uiiderlined for omission ; om. D.
14 miche del D. myche dele 0. 15 J>at D.
16 - 16 be clo>en him with D. 17 be 0. 18 bene D.
19 leaf 1^1, back. 20 to D. 21 - 21 goot 1 forto DO. bere to R.
22 ^ forseide and ]>at fe goot and >e oweles shulde come D. forseid bere
& )>t ]>e goot & )>e owles shuld j come 0.
23 Swan 0. ^-^ om. D. <25 North vnto Bur* D. ^ swan DO
27 slayne D. slayn 0. 28 - 28 om. D. - 19 schuld? 0.
CH. ccxi] Merlin's Prophecies. Thomas of Lancaster. 245
stonde oppon Pountfretf, vppon wham pe sone shal 1 sliede his
beenies, & meny folc him shal l seche for pe miche vertue. and
he saide f ul so]) ; ffior pe gode Erl Thomas of Lancastr 1 was born 2
4 in pe Northwest 1 , and cosyn to pe Kyng 1 , soue of his vncle ; and
by lawe he made pe Kyng lese miche lande pe whiche he hade
pwrchasede 3 wel foliche, 3 til at pe laste pe Kyng 1 perof tok shame,
and him-self fillede wip cruelte ; and after he gate a^eyne pat he
8 hadde lost 1 , and miche more, prou^ folc fat he lete assemble out of
pe Northwest 1 , pat made him to bene adrade, 4 and aveugede 5 him
of his barons, 6 )>roii conseile of Sir 1 Hugh pe Spenser 7 pe fader,
and of Sir 1 Hugh 7 his sone, pat biforne 8 were outlawede out 9 of
12 EngelaweZ for her 1 wickidnesse. U But afterward* come a^eyne into
Eugeland Sir 1 Hughe )>e Spenser the fader, out of Fraunce, and so
miche conseilede the ^Kyng 1 pat He Shulde Werr 1 oppon Thomas,
erl of Lancastr 1 , so pat pe Kyng and pe Spensers, and pe Erl of
16 Arundel and her power, mete wip Thomas of Lancastr 1 atte Burton
op Trent, and him pere descomfitede ; and n Hunfrai, erl of
Hereford', 12 was in her* 13 co??ipany. and* after, fledde 14 pe forsaide
Thomas and Hunfray, wip her 1 company at Burbrig 1 , wip sir*
20 Andrew of Herkela, pat is callede 15 pe vnkynde out-putter 1 , and
also sir 1 Symond* Warde, Shirref 16 of 3ork" : pai come and mette wip
Thomas of Lancastre wip an huge co??^pany, and ham 17 pere descom-
fitede. and in pat Scomfitwre pe Erl of Hereford 118 ws slayn oppoii
24 pe brige, cowardly, wip a spere, in the fun dement ; and pe Erl
Thomas was taken 19 & ladde vnto Fount frett ; and per 20 he was
biheuedede 21 bisides his owen castel. But aftirward, many a 22
man him sou^t, for miracles pat God* dede for him.
28 U And in pat tyme Merlyn saide for sorwe and harme [shuld
die] 23 a peple of his land*, wherfore meny landes shulde bene 24 on
him pe bolder 124 : and he saide sop, ffor by enchesoun of his barouns
pat were 25 done vnto pe dep for 25 Seint Thomas loue 26 of Lancastre,
32 peple of meny londes bicome 27 pe bolder 1 forto meve werr 1 a3eyns 2s
pe Kyng 1 , for her bloode was twmede into 29 meny naciouns.
1 schuldz 0. 2 bore 0. 8 - 3 ful falsely D. wilfullicH 0. 4 drade D.
5 vengede D. venged* 0. 6 enemys D. 7 7 & 0. 8 before 0.
9 om. D. 10 tea/ 143. n and sh j DO. 12 Herford' DO. 13 his DO.
14 fledden DO. 15 MS. has callede Sir 1 Andrew of Herkela pat is callede.
16 erl D. Erie 0. 17 hym 0. 18 Herford DO. 19 take 0.
20 >o 0. 21 beheded' 0. w om. DO. w om. in all three MSS.
24 - 24 oppofi him D. vpon hem ]> e boldere 0.
25_25 onit j) (j one to deth for 0. 26 querel D. querett 0.
27 becomen 0. w oppon D. vpon 0. w to DO.
246 Merlin's Prophecies. Their Fulfilment. [CH. ccxi
1T And afterward Merlyn tolde and? saide pat pe forsaide Oweles
shulde done J miche harme vnto pe flour' of lif 1 & of dep, & pai
shulde 2 bring Her 1 vnto 3 miche disese, so )>at she shulde wende
oner pe 4 see into Fraunce for to make pees 5 to }>e flour 1 de lice, 4
and pere she shulde abide til a 6 tyme pat her* seede shulde come
& seche her 1 ; and pere pai shulde abide 7 til a tyme pat pai shulde
cloven 8 ha?ft wip grace; and po ij Oweles she 9 shulde seche, and
put ha?w vnto Spitouse 10 dep. and ]>at prophecie was wel knowen 11 8
and was ful sop; for, Sir 1 Hugh pe Spenser pe fader, and 12 sii >) Hugh 12
pe sone, dede 13 miche sorwe and persecution vnto pe Quene Isabel,
prou$ her* procurment, to her 1 Lorde pe Kyng 1 . 1f and so pai
ordeinede amonges ham pat she was put vnto hir 1 wages, pat is to 12
scyn, xxs on 14 pe day. Wherfore pe Kyng of Fraunce, her 1
broper, was wonder 5 sore 15 annoiede, and sent into EngetecZ by his
le^res 16 vnto Kyng Edward!, pat he 17 shulde come to 18 his pa?*lement
to Parys in 19 Fraunce; but Kyng Edward was sore adrade forto 16
come pere, for he wende to bene aresf til pat he hade made Gode 4
for pe trespasse pat pe Spensers hade done, and also grete harme
pat pai hade done vnto pe 20 Quene Isabel, his sostre 21 : Wherfore,
prou} here ordenance & her 1 consent 1 of pe Spensers, the Quene Isabel 20
went ouer 1 pe see into Fraunce, forto make accorde bituene Kyng
Edward and pe Kyng of F?*aunce, hir 1 broper. II And pere
duellede she in Fraunce til 22 Edward, hei j Eldeste sone, come her 1
to 23 seche; and so pai duelled? 24 pere bope til pat Aliaunce was 24
made bituene Ham and pe gentil Erl of Henaud', pat if pai wip his 25
helpe mygh[t] destroi and ouercome pe venyme and the falsenesse
of pe Spensers, pat Sir' Edward shulde spouse Dame Philipp, pe
worshipful lady, 26 pe Erles Doughter of Henaud*. U wherfore pe 28
Quene Isabel, and Sir* Edward her 1 [son], and Sir 1 Edmund* of
Wodestok 1 , pe Kynges broper of Engeland?, and Sir 1 lohn of
HenaucH, and Sir 1 Eoger Mortymer 1 of Wygemore, and Sir 1 Thomas
Rocelyn, and sir 1 lohn of Cromwel, and Sire Willia??i TrusseH, and 32
meny opere of pe Aliaunce of pe gentil Erie Thomas of Lancastre,
1 do 0. 2 leaf 143, back. 3 into DO. * om. D.
5 MS. pees bituene, with bituene underlined for omission.
e on D. on a 0. 7 abide bo)>e D. 8 clo])e 0. 9 she DO. he R.
10 pitous 0. n know D. knowe 0. ia - 12 om. 0. 13 deden 0.
14 in DO. 15 sore 0. sone R. 16 lettre D. " sche 0.
18 vnto 0. 19 into 0. a om. 0.
31 MS. sostres, with the last s underlined for omission. ^ til ]>at 0.
28 forto D. 2* leafUl. * his D. here R. lady and DO.
CH. CGXI-XII] Edward III crownd, 26 Jan. 1326-7. 247
fat wei exilede out of Engeland? 1 for. his querelle, and wer 12
disheritede 3 of her 1 londes, ordeynede ham a 4 grete power*, and
arryuede 5 at Herewiche in Southfolc. and? sone after 16 J>ai
4 pursuede 7 ]>e Spensers til pat pai wer 1 take 8 and put vnto spitouse 9
de]>, as bifore is saide, and her* company, and also for }>e 10 grete
falsenesse )>at fai deden 11 vnto Kyng 1 Edward & to 12 his peple.
U And Merlyn saide also more, ]>at ]>Q goote shulde bene 13 put
8 into grete disese ; & in grete anguisshe & in grete sorwe he shulde
lede 14 his lif 1 . and he saide so)) : for after ]>e tyme ]>at Kyng
Edward was tak 1 , he was put into warde til )>at ]>e Spensers were
put vnto dep. IT and also, for encheson )?at he wolde nou3t come
12 vnto 15 his owen parlement at London, as he had ordeyned and
assignede him-self 1 , and to his 16 Baronage, 17 and also wolde nou^t
gouerne ne 18 reule his peple ne his reaume as a kyng shulde done,
somme of ]>e barons of Engeland? come 19 & ^elden vp her 1 homage 20
16 vnto him, for ham 21 and for alle ]>e o]>er of Ipe reaume, in ]>Q day of
22 )>e Conuersioun 22 of Seint Poule, and in pe ^er 1 of his regne xx;
and ]?ai put him out of his realte for euermore ; & euer 1 he leuede
his lif 1 aftirward 1 in miche sorw and anguisse.
20 Of Kyngi Edward Ipe Jjridde 23 after J?e conquest. Capitulo
11 Ducentesimo U Duodecimo.
ANd afte?- J?is Kyng Edward? of Carnariuan, regnede Sire
Edward of Wyndesore his sone, J)e whiche was cronede
24 Kyng, and annoyntede, at Westminster, jjrou^ consent and wille of
alle Jje grete Lordes of 24 fe reaume, 24 J?e Sonday in 25 Candelmasse
eve of cure Lady, In Jje ^er 5 of grace M^ CCC 26 xxvi, J>at was J?at
tyme of age but xv 36^. 27 and for enchesoun J?at 27 his fader 1 was
28 in warde in j>e castel of Kenylwor]?, and eke was put doun of his
realte, Jje reaume of Engeland? was as wij?out Kyng 1 , fro ]>e feste of
Seynt Kateryne in J)e $ei* aboue-saide, vnto Jje fest of Candelmasse ;
1 Engeland' and Sir lohn of Henaude and Sir Roger Mortymere D.
2 weren 0. 3 disherite D. disherited' 0. I om. 0.
5 arryueden 0. 6 afterward DO. 7 pursueden 0. 8 taken DO.
9 pitous 0. 10 her 0. n dede 0. 12 om. D. 13 be 0.
14 lese D. 15 to DO. 16 leaf 144, lack.
17 A bere is written in the margin at the head of this page, in a different (?)
hand.
18 and DO. 19 corner 0. 20 homages DO. 21 him D.
z 2 - 22 Conuersaci'on 0.
23 Hrde 0. a*-" Engeland' D. on D. 26 CCG & 0.
2727 MS, an( j f or enchesoun >at and for enchesoun >at.
248 England happy under Edward III. [CH. ccxii-xm
and po were *al maner 1 plee^ of pe Kyngws Benche astenf. ff And
po was cowmandede to alle pe shirreffes of Engela?i<i poru} write 2
to warne pe partie^ defendand} prou^ sompfnjing 1 a^ein, and also
ferfennore pat alle pe prisoners pat were in pe Kyngws Gayole pat 4
were atachede prou^ shirrefs shulde 3 be Late go quiet. U The Kyng
Edward!, after* His coronacioun, at pe 4 prier* and biseching 1 of his
lieges of 1 pe reaume, grauntede 5 a chartre of stedefast pees to alle
ham pat wolde it 6 axe. 11 And Sire lohn of Henaude and his 8
company toke 7 his leue of pe Kyng and of pe lordes of his 8 reaume,
& tw?mede home to her 1 owen contre a^eyn; and eueryche 9 of ham
hade ful riche ^iftes, euery maw as he was of value and of State.
II And? po was Engelancfe in pees and in 10 rest 1 , & grete loue 11 12
bituene pe Kyng and his lordes; and coramuneliche 12 Englisshe-
men saide amongws ham pat pe deuel was dede. U But pe tresour*
of pe Kyng his fadei j , and 13 of the Spensers, bop of pe fader 1 and
of 4 pe sone, and pe tresour of pe Erl 14 of Arundel, and of Maistre 16
Eobert 15 Baldok 1 pat was pe Kyngws chauncellei 15 , was departede
after 1 pe Quene Isabels ordenaunce, and Sii^ Roge?' Mortyrner 5 of
Wigemore, so pat pe Kyng 1 hade noping perof but at her* wille and
her* deliueraunce, neiper of hii 1 * landes, as afterward' ^e shul here 20
more openly.
How Kyng Edward! went to Stanhop forto mete pe Scottes,
IT Capitulo U Ducentesimo U xiij.
ANd ^itte 4 in pe same tyme was Kyng Edward! in pe castel of 24
Kenylworth, vnder* pe kepyng of Sir 1 Henry pat was Erl
Thomas broper of Lancastr 1 , pat po was Erl of [Leycestre ; and pe
Kyng grantede him the erldome of] 16 Lancastre pat pe Kyng 1 hade
seisede into his hande, and put out Thomas of Lancastre his 28
broper, and po was he 17 Erl of Lancastre & 18 of Leicestre, and eke
Stiward of Engeland?, as his broper was in his tyme. U but Sir*
Edward, pat was Kyng Edwardes fader, 19 made sorw wipoute?* 20
ende, for cause pat he might nou^t speke wip his wif* ne wip his 32
Sone; wherfor hit was miche meschief 21 ; ffor pau$ hit were so pat
J- 1 alle >e D.
2 Engeland* J>oru3 write D. Engelond? Jmrgh writte 0. Engel<wd R.
3 leaf 145. 4 0771. 0. 6 grauntede ham D. graunted? hem 0.
u him D. 7 nome DO. the D. > e 0. 9 eche 0.
10 om. DO. " loue was D. 12 Comenly 0.
13 and >e tresour" D. & > e tresour 0. 14 erles DO.
15 MS. Robert Robert. 16 supplied from D. 17 > e sic 0.
18 lea/US, back. 19 MS. fader fader'. 2 witti-oute 0. 21 nedfutt 0.
CH. ccxin] Attempt to set Edward II free. 249
he were l ladde & reulede prou} 2 false conseile, ^itte 3 he was Kyng
Edwards sone, & come 4 of pe wordiest bloode of al 5 pe worlde;
and pilk 1 to whom he was 6 wonede forto 6 ^eue grete ^iftes and
4 large, were 7 most pryue wip pe Kyng, his owen sone ; and pai were
his enemy s bope by nyght and by day, and procurede forto make
debate and contak bituene him and his sone, and Isabel his wif.
but pe ffrer* P?*echoures to him were gode frendes euermore, 8 and
8 caste and ordeynede, hope nyght and day, how pai might bryng
him out of prison. 11 And amonge her* company pat pe ffreres
priueliche 9 hade brou^t, pere was a ffrere pat me callede Dun-
heuede 10 ; and he hade ordeynede an[d] gaderede a grete company
1^ of folc forto helpe at pat nede; but pe ffrere was take a[nd] put
into pe castel of Pountfretf, and pe?* he deide in p?-isone. 1f And
Sir Henry, Erl of Lancastr 1 , pat hade pe n Kyngws fader 11 in
kepyng 1 , prou} 12 commandement of pe Kyng, delyuerede Edward,
1^ pe Kingws fader, by endentur* vnto Sire Thomas of Berkelee, and to
Sir 1 lohn Mautrauers ; & pai lad him fram 13 pe casteH of Kenyl-
worth vnto pe casteH of Berkelee, 14 and kepte him pere safly. 15
U And at Este[r] nexte aftei his coronacioufi, pe Kyng ordeynede
20 an huge host forto fei^t a^eins 16 pe Scottes; and Sir 1 lohn, pe Erles
brope? 1 of Henaud*, from 17 by^onde pe see, come forto helpe Kyng^
Edward', and brou3t wip him 18 v C men of Armes, and arryuede at
Douei J ; and pai hade leue forto gone 19 forth til pat 18 pai 20 come
24 vnto 20 ^orlv*, Ipere, pat pe Kyng abode ham. IF And pe Scottes
corner 21 pider* vnto pe Kyng forto make pees and accorde, but pe
accordement bituene ha??^ laste but a 22 litel while. 23 and at pat tyme
pe Englisshe-men were elope 24 alle in cotes & hodes, peyntede 25 wip
28 letfaes & wip 22 floures ful sembli, 26 wip longe berdes ; and pe?^fore
pe Scotes made a bille pat was fastenede oppon pe cherche dores of
Seint Peres 27 toward Stangate. & pus saide pe Scripture in despite
of the 18 Englisshe-men U Longe berde hertles, peyntede Hode
32 witles, Gay cote graceles, makep 28 Engl[i]ssheman 29 priftles.
U And on 5 pe Trinite day next 30 comyng, biganne 30 pe contak
1 was 0. 2 by DO. 3 >it sic D. 4 comen 0. 5 om. DO.
- 6 wont D. wonte to 0. 7 weren 0. 8 for euermore D.
9 priuely D. pryuyly 0. 10 Donebat 0.
1 - 11 fader of J>e Kyng 0. 12 )>urgh >c 0. 13 fro 0.
14 leaf 146. 15 falsly 0. 16 with D. 17 fro DO. 18 om. D.
19 go o. 20-20 comen to D, 21 come o.
22 om. 0. ^ tyme DO. a4 clo]>ede D. clothed' 0.
25 y-peynted' 0. 26 semely DO. 27 Petre D. om. 0.
28 makes DO. Englond 0. 3 - 30 sewyng* big sic D.
250 Scots invade England. A fine army opposes them. [CH. ccxiv
in pe citee of ^ork 1 bytuene pe Englissheme^ and pe Henaudres. and
in pat debate were quellede of pe Erldom of Mchole and Mordrede,
iiij ; and after, pai wer 1 buriede vnder* a stone in Seynt dementis
cherche haw in Fossegate. And for enchesoun pat pe Henaudres 4
come 1 forto helpe pe Kyng 1 , hii j pees was 2 criede, oppon payne of
lif and lime, and in pat opere Half, it was 3 fonden 4 by enquest of
J)e citee, pat pe Englisshe-mew biga??ne pe debate.
How pe Englisshe-men Stoppede pe Scottes in pe park 1 of* 8
Stanhope, and How pai turnede a^eyne into 5 Scotland.
Capitz^o CC xiiij.
ANd at pat tyme pe Scottes hade assemblede al her power 5 , and
come 6 into Engelcmd, and quellede & robbede alle pat pai 12
might tak, 7 and brent and destroiede al pe North contre prou3-out,
til 8 pai come 8 to pe Parke of Stanhope in Wyredale : and per pe
Scottes helde ham in a busshement. U But whe[n] pe Kyng 1 hade
herde prou$ certeyne aspie^ wher* pe Scottes were, anone right wip 16
his host he bisegede pe forsaide park, so pat pe Scottes wiste neuer
wher* forto gofi out, but onliche 9 vnto her* armes, and pai abiden
in pe parke xv daies; and vitailes ham failede on 10 euery side, so
pat pai wei j gretly empeyrede of her 511 bodyes. IT And sip pat Brut 20
come ferst into 12 Britaigne, vnto pis tyme, was neuer* seyne sepenes 13
so fail 1 ' an host, what of Englisshemew and of Aliens, and of men
on foot, 14 whiche ordeyned ham forto fei^t wip pe Scottes, prou$
egging of Sire Henry, Erl of Lancasti J , and of Sir* lohn of 15 24
Henaude, pat wolde haue gone ouer pe water of Wythe forto haue
fou^t wip pe Scottes ; but Sir 1 Roger of Mortymer* consentede nou$t
perto, for he hade priueliche 16 tak 17 mede of* pe Scottes, ham forto
helpe, pat pai myght wende a^eyne into hir 1 owen contre. 11 And 28
pe 18 same Mortymer counseilede miche 19 Thomas of Broperton, pat
pe Erl Marchal, pat was Kyng 1 Edwardes vncle, pat the 20 forsaide
Thomas shulde nou^t assemble at pat tyme vnto pe Scottes ; and
he assentede ; but he wiste nou^t pe doyng bituene pe Scottes and 32
pe forsaide Mortymer. and for enchesoun pat he was Marchal of
1 comen DO. 2 wer> D. 3 leaf 146, back. 4 founde DO.
5 to 0. 6 comen D.
7 take without nombre D. take vrithoute nombre 0.
8 - 8 >at >ai comen D. 9 only 0. 10 in DO. " he sic D.
12 vnto D. 13 setti 0. 14 foote the D. foote ]> e 0. 15 om. DO.
16 priuyly 0. " taken DO. 18 pat D.
19 somiche D. so mych 0. leaf 1^1.
CH. ccxiv] Thru Mortimer's treachery, the Scots escape. 251
Engelawd, and to him perteynede 1 euer 2 fe vauntward'. he sent
hastely to fe Erl of Lancastre and to Sire John of 1 Henaude, fat
fai shulde noi^t fei^t oppon fe Scottes, in preiudice and in 3 harm-
4 yng 1 of him and 4 his fee, and if fai dede, fat fai shulde stande to 5
her' owera peril, and fe forsaide Erl Marchal was al aredy 6 wif
his bataile at fe redose of fe Erl of Lancastre forto haue fou^tew 7
wif him and wif 8 his folc, if he hade meuede forto fei^t wif fe
8 Scottes. and in fis maner 1 he was desceyuede, and wiste 9 no
maner finge of fis 9 tresoun; and fus was fe Kyng 1 Principaly 10
desceyuede.
11 And when it was ny^t, 11 Mortymer 1 , pat hade f e wacche forto
12 kepe of fe host, fat nyght destourblede fe wacche fat noting most
be 12 done, and 13 in fe 13 meny-while fe Scottes stele 14 by ny^t
toward hei j owen contre, as fast as fai myght ; and so was f e Kyng
falsely 15 desceyuede & 15 bitmiede, fat wende fat alle fe tmitoures
16 of his land? had bene brou3t vnto an ende, as it 2 was saide bifore.
H Now here, }e lordes, how traterousely Kyng 1 Edward was
desceyuede, and how mervailously and 16 boldely fe Scottes dede of
weir* ; ftbr fe same nygh[t] 17 lames Douglas, wif CC men of Armes,
20 ryden frou^-out fe host 18 of j Kyng Edward', fe same nyght fat fe
Scottes were scapede toward* her* owera contre, as is aboue [said], til
fat 19 fai comen 20 to fe Kyngws Pauylon, and quellede fere 21 mew in
hei j beddes ; and ciiede 22 somme " toward?, Noward 1 ! " and anofere
24 tyme, "A Douglas, A Douglas !" wherfore the Kyng, fat was in
his pauyloun, and miche of er folc, were wonder* sore afraiede ; but,
blessede be Almyghty God ! f e Kyng was nou3t taken ; and in
grete perile was f o f e reaume of Engeland*. U And fat nyght the
28 mone shone 23 ful clere 23 and bri^t ; and for al fe Kyngws men, fe
Scottes ascapede harmeles. and in f e morwe, when f e Kyng 1 wist*
fat fe Scottes were ascapede, 24 he was wonder 1 sory, and ful hertly
wepte wif his ^onge eyne ; and' 25 }itt wist he 25 nou^t who 26 had
32 done 26 him fat 27 tresoun ; but fat 28 treson was wel knowe 29 a gode
I perteynetfc 0. 2 am. D. 3 om. 0. 4 and of DO.
5 vnto DO. 6 arrayede D. arayed' 0. 7 fou^t D. fought 0.
8 MS. wi]> him and \vi{>.
9 9 no>ing of >e D. noting of >is 0. 10 priueliche D.
II nyjt ]>e D. nyght J>e 0. 12 bene D. 13 - 13 >at D. 14 stale D.
15-is om> o. w and how D. 17 my^t sic D. 18 leaf '147, back.
19 MS. >at >at. 20 come DO. 21 }>er& meny DO.
22 crieden D. &-* fayre D.
24 ascapede into her 1 owen contre D. ascaped* into her Cunti J 0.
'*-** wist 0. 28 -2 j>t had do 0. * >is D.
28 >at false D. Jxzt fals 0. y-knowe 0.
252 Two Moons appear. Two Popes are elected. [CH. ccxiv-xv
while after 1 , as fe story tellef. U The Kyng Edward' 1 come fo
a3eyne vnto 2 3ork*, ful sorweful, and his hoste deprtede, and euery
man went into 2 his owen centre wif ful heuy and mornyng sem-
blant. 3 and fe 4 Henaude toke 4 her* leue, and went into her* owen 4
contre ; and f e Kyng, for her* trauaile, hugely ham rewarded?, and
for enchesoun of fat viage, fe Kyng had despended? miche of his
tresour 1 , and wastede.
U And in fat tyme wer 1 seyne ij mones in f e firmament : fat on 8
was clere, and fat ofer was 5 derc, fat 6 mew my3t hit 7 fo see f [r]ou3~
out 8 al fe worlde. and 9 Grete debate was fat same tyme a3eyn
10 fe 7 Pope lohfl fe xxij after fat 5 Seynt Petre was Pope, and fe
Emperoure of Almaigne, fat made him Emperour 1 a3eins fe Popes 12
wille, fat fo helde his see at Avy[n]ouii ; wherfore fe Emperowr
made his crie at Rome, and ordeynede anofer Pope fat hight 11
Nicholas, fat was a ffrer 1 menowr ; and fat was 12 a3eynes f e right
of holy cherch, wherfore he was cz^rsede 5 ; and fe power 1 of fat 16
13 ofer Pope 13 sone was laide ; and for encheson fat soche mervailes
were seyne, men saide fat fe wor[l]de was nei3 at an 5 ende.
Of f e def of Kyng Edward' of Carnaruan, sometyme Kyng of
Engeland'. Capitwfo Ducente^mo Quintodecimo. 20
ANd now [go] we a3eyne vnto Sir 1 Edward of Carnaruan, fat
was 14 some-tyme Kyng 14 of Engelawo 7 , and was put adoune 15
of his dignite. alias for his tribulacioun ! and sorwe him bifelle
frou3 ^ se consel fat he leuede, & truste oppon ha??^ to miche, pat 24
afterward? was destroy ede 16 frou3 her 1 falsenesse, as God wolde.
U And fis Edward of Carnaryuan was in fie castel of Berkele, vnder
fe kepyng of Sir 1 Morice of Berkeley and of Sere lohn of Mau-
trauers. and to ham he made his co??zpleynt of his sorwe and of 28
his disese ; and oftetymes he axede of his wardeyns what he hade
tressepassede a3eins Dame Isabel his wif, and Sir 1 Edward his sone,
fat was new made Kyng 1 , fat fai wolde 110113 1 visite him. U [f o
ansuerede one of his wardenes] 17 H " My worfi lord, displese 3ow 32
nou3t fat y shal 3ow telle ; f e enchesouw is, for it is done ham to
vnderstonde fat, if my Lady 3our* wif come eny f ing 1 11013 3ow, fat 30
I om. 0. 2 toward D. 3 MS. semblant se.
4 - 4 Henaudes nome D. Henaudes toke 0. 5 om. D. 6 as DO.
7 om. DO. 8 J>rou} D. 9 and a DO. 10 leaf US.
II me callede D. 12 was J>e[re] D. ia - 13 Pope afore hym 0.
i4_i4 kyng 1 symetyme D. kyng sumtyme 0. 15 adoun some-tyme D.
16 destroyede D. distroyed' 0. om. K. 17 supplied from D.
CH. ccxv] Hoy} Edward II was murderd in Corfe Castle. 253
wolde 1 hei J strangle and quelle, and 2 al so pat ^e Wolde do to 2 my
Lord? 30UI 5 Sone." H f o ansuerede he wif simple chere, and saide :
" alias, alias ! am y nou^t in prisoun, and all at ^our 1 owen wille ?
4 Now God it wote, y poii^t it neuer ; and now y wolde 3 fat y were
dede ! so wolde God fat y were! for fan were al my 4 sorwe
passede." U Hit was nou^t longe after fat fe Kyng, frou^ conseil
of f e Mortymer 1 , grantede f e ward? and f e kepyng 1 of Sire Edward?
8 his fader 5 , to Sire Thomas 5 Toiourneye and to fe forsaide Sir 1 John
Mautrauers, frou^ fe Kyngws lettre, and put out holliche 6 fe for
saide 6 Sir 1 Morice, of fe warde of fe Kyng 1 . and fai tok 7 and lad
8 him to 8 fe castel of Corf*, fe whiche castel fe Kyng 1 hatede as
1 2 eny def ; and fai kepte him fere safly 9 til fat 10 it come to n Seint
Matheus day in Septewbre, in f e ^ere of Grace M* CCC xxvij, fat
fe forsaide Sir 1 Roger 12 Mortymer 1 sent fe maner of fe 13 def, how
and in what maner he shulde be done to def. 11 And anone as f e
16 forsaide Thomas and lohn Hade seyne fe lettre and fe 14 commande-
ment, fai maden 15 Kyng Edward of Carnaruan gode chere and gode
solace, as fai myght atte fat soper 1 ; and nof ing 1 f e Kyng wiste of
her* traitowre^. 16 IT And when tyme was forto gone 17 to bed?, fe
20 Kyng went vnto 18 his bed', and laye, and slepte faste. And as fe
Kyng lay and slepte, fe traitoures, false forsuorne 19 a^eins her 1
homage and her 1 feaute, come 20 priueliche 21 into fe Kyngws
chaumbre, and her 1 company 22 wif Ham, and Laiden an Huge
24 table oppon his Wombe, and wif men pressede and helde 23 fast
adoune f e iiij corners of f e table oppon his body : wherwif f e gode
man awoke, and was wonder 1 sore adrade to bene 24 dede fere, and
slayn, and turnede his body opsadoun. U fe tok 25 fe false
28 tiraunt}, 26 and as 27 wode traitoures, 28 an home, and put hit into 29
his fundement as depe 30 as fai might, and toke a spete of Copur 1
brennyng 1 , 5 & put hit frou^ fe home 31 into his body, and ofte-
tymes rollede ferwif his bowailesj and so fai quellede here
32 Lorde, fat 32 nof ing was perceyuede ; and after, he was enterede at
Gloucestr'.
1 leaf US, bach ' 2 - 2 ]>at Je wol do also 0. 3 wil 0.
4 myn 0. 5 om. D. 6 ~ 6 om. 0. 7 toke \>e kyng 1 D.
- 8 >e kyng vnto 0. 9 saflich D. 10 om. DO. u vnto DO.
2 Thomas DO. 13 his D. 14 om. 0. 15 maden >e D. made 0.
16 treytourresse 0. 17 go 0. 1S to D. 19 forsuore D.
20 comew 0. 21 priuely D. priuyly 6. ^ IcafUQ. ^ held it 0.
24 be 0. 25 nome D. 26 tmitou[r]s D. traytours 0.
27 as fals & 0. ** 'tirauntj D. tiraimtes 0. a in D. vnto 0.
30 dede sic 0. :n home brennyng D. 32 and D.
254 Edward III weds Philippa of Hainault. [CH. ccxvi
How Kyng 1 Edward spousede Philippe, pe Erles doughter of
Henaude, at 3ork<. CapitwZo "Dncentesimo xvj to .
ANd after cristes-masse 1 po next sewyng 1 , sir 1 lohn of Henaude
brou$t 2 wip him Philipp, his bropere^ 3 Demote?*, pat was 4
Erl of HenaucJ, 4 his nece, 4 into Engelawd; and Kyng Edward
spousede 5 her 1 at 3ork* wip michel honour 1 ; and Sir 1 lohn of
Hothum, Bisshop of Ely, and Sir 10 William of Melton, Erche-
bisshop of 3ork, songe po 7 pe masse, pe Sonday in pe 8 Eve of pe 8
Cowue?*sion 8 of Seynt Poule, in pe ^er 1 of grace M* CCC xxvij.
U but for enchesoun pat pe kyng was 9 but 3onge and tender of age
when he was cronede, and meny wrongws were 10 Done 11 whiles his
fader 111 leuede, for enchesoun pat he trowede pe 12 counseilers pat 12
were false aboute him, pat conseilede him to done operwise pan
resoun wolde, wherfore grete harme was po vnto 13 the 14 reaume
and to pe Kyng, and al men directede 15 pe Kyngws dede, 16 and
hit was nou^t so Almyghty God hit 7 wote, 17 wherfor it was 16
ordeynede att 18 pe Kyngws crounyng 1 , 18 pat pe Kyng, for tendre of
his age, shulde be gouernede be tuelf grete Lordes of Engelawc?,
wipouten 19 pe whiche noping shulde be 20 done, pat is forto seyne,
pe Erchebisshoppe of Kanterbery, pe Erchebisshop of IOT]?, pe 20
Bisshopp of Wynchestre and pe Bisshop of Hereford, 21 And pe
Erl of Laucastre, and 22 pe Erl Marchal, and pe Erl of Kenfr, pat
were pe Kyngws vncles, and pe Erl of Gerreint, 23 Sir 1 Thomas
Wake, Sir* Henry of 6 Parcy, Sire Olyuer 1 of Yngham, and lohn of 24
Roos, barons. H Alle pise were 24 suore treweliche 24 forto conseil
pe Kyng 1 , and pai shulde ansuere euery ^ere in pe pa?*lement of
pat shulde 25 be done 25 in pe tyme of pat 26 gouemaile. H But pat
ordenance was sone vndone, 27 and pat was miche 28 losse and 28
harme 28 to al Engeland?; ffor pe Kyng and alle pe lordes pat
shulde gouerne him, were gouernede & reulede after pe Kyngws
moder 1 , Dame Isabel, and by Sir 1 Eoger pe 22 Mortymei-'; and as
pai wolde, al ping 4 was done, bope 29 amonges hye and 30 lawe. H And 32
1 Cristemasse 0. 2 brou^t >o D. 3 Brother 0. 4 - 4 om. D.
5 wedede D. 6 om. D. 7 om. DO. 8 ~ 8 Conuersacwn 0.
9 nas 0. 10 werett 0.
uii w hile his [fader] D. while >at his fadir 0.
12 his D. 13 to 0. 14 leaf 149, back. 15 directe it sic 0.
16 dedes D. 17 wold 0. 18 - 18 Crounynge of >e kyng 0.
19 witAoute 0. 2 bene D. 21 Herford' DO. mn. 0.
23 Garenne 0. 24 - 24 trewly swore 0. 25 - 25 done be 0.
26 >e D. ^ y-done 0. 28 - 28 harme and losse D.
29 MS. boue. 30 and araonge D.
CH. ccxvn] Peace between the English and Scotch. 255
pai toke 1 vnto ham castelles, 2 tounes, Landes and rent}, in grete
harme and losse vnto the croune, and of pe Kyngws state also, out
of mesur*.
4 How pe pees was made bituene pe Englisshemen and pe Scottes ;
& also of 3 pe iustifiyng 1 of Troilebaston. Capitulo H Du-
centesimo U Septuadecimo.
4 rilHe Kyng Edward, at Whitsontide, jje secunde $ere of his
8 JL regne, prou} conseile of his moder and of Sir 1 Koger 5 Mor-
tymer, ordeynede a pa?'lement at Northampton; at J>e whiche
parlement pe Kyng, prou} her 1 conseil and none opere of pe land &
wipin age, g?*antede to bene 7 accordede wip pe Scottes in pis
12 mane?*, pat al pe feautes and homages pat pe Scottes shulde done
to 8 pe croune of Engeland*, for^af ham vnto the Scottes for euer-
more, by his chartre ensealede. H and ferpermore an endenture
was made of pe Scottes vnto 9 Kyng Edward, pat was Kyng
16 Henries sone, whiche endenture pai callede his 10 Eagemain, in the
whiche were contenede alle pe homages and feautes, ferst of )?e
Kyng of 3 Scotland, and of alle }>e prelates, Erles and barons of
aft 11 pe reaume of Scotland, wi]> hei j seals sette feron, and o]>er
20 chartres and remembrance} fat 12 Kyng Edward* and his barons had
of her* right in pe reaume of Scotland*, hit was fo^eue ham a^ein
holliche, 13 and also wi]? Je blac crois of Scotland*, }>e whiche fe
gode Kyng! Edward* conquerede in Scotland, and broii3t hit out of
24 }>e Abbay of Scone, pat is a ful preciouse reliqwe. U And also
fer]je?'more he relessede and foi^af alle J?e landes pat pe barons of
Engeland* had in Scotland by olde conqueste. and pis pees forto
halde and laste, pe Scottes were bonden 14 to pe Kyng 1 in xxx M*
28 ft 15 of siluer*, to ben 7 paiede wipin iij 3ere, pat is to seyne, eue?y
}ere x M^ ti, by even porcions. 16 1F And ferpe?*more, ouer al pis,
pai 17 spake 18 bituene pe Par[t]ies [a]boue-saide, pat Dauid Drito-
nanter*, pat was Robert Brus 19 sone, pe false tirant and traitour,
32 and false forsuorue a^eynes his oth, pat aroos a^eynes his liege
Lord*, pe noble 20 Kyng Edward*, and falseliche 21 made him Kyng
1 token 0. 2 castett and D. 3 om. 0. 4 leaf 150.
5 Roger >e D. 6 lande and D. 7 be 0. 8 vuto DO.
9 vnto >e 0. 10 it 0. " om. DO. 12 MS. >at >at.
13 holly D. 14 bounde 0. 15 pound? 0. 16 leaf 150, back.
17 >e sic 0. 18 speken D. speke 0. 19 the Brutes D. >e Brus 0.
20 gode D. 21 falsely D. falsly 0.
256 Bruce' s son David is to be King of Scotland. [CH. ccxvn
of Scotland, as is saide bifore, & his sone shuld* be Kyng of Scot
land, fat was of age but 1 v $ere. 11 & so, frou$ hir* 2 cursede
conseil, fis Dauid spousede at Berewik 1 Dame lohne 3 of fe 3
Toure, fat was Kyng 1 Edwardws sustre, as fe geste Hellef, oppon 4 4
Marie Magdalein 5 day In 6 J>e ^er* of grace M* CCC xxviij, to
grete harme and enpeiryng 1 to al fe Kyngws bloode, Wherof fat
gentil lady come, Alias fe time ! for wonder miche was 7 fat fair? 7
DamyseH disparage, 8 si]> fat she was mariede wif out 9 f e commune 8
assent of alle 10 fe lordes of Engekmd. 11 And fro fe 11 tyme fat
Brut hadde conquerede Albyon, and nempnede fe land 1 after his
owen name Brytayngn, fat now is callede Engelawd, after fe name
of Engist 1 ; and so was fe reaume of Scotland holden 12 of fe 12
reaume of Engelawd, and of fe croune, by feaute and 13 homage.
For Brut conquerede fat lande, and ^af it to Albanac, his 14
secunde sone ; and he callede f e land* Albany after his 15 name, so
fat fe heires fat cornen after him helde 16 of Brut, and of his heires, 16
f e Kyugw-s of Britaign, by feaute and homage ; and fro fat 17 - tyme
vnto fis Kyng Edward?, 11 fe reaume of Scotland* was holden 18
19 of fe reaume of Engelond* by feaute 20 and by 21 seruices aboue-
saide, as f e cronicles of Engekmd and of Scotland* beref 22 witnesse 20
more plenerly. and acursede be fe tyme fat fis parlement was
ordeynede at Northamton ! for fere, f rou^ false conseile, f e Kyng
was 23 fere falsely disherited* 23 ; and ^itt he 24 was wifin age. IT And
^ette, whew Kyng 1 Edward* was put doune 25 of his realte of 24
Engeland*, ^itte men put him nou3t out of fe feautes and seruises 26
of f e reaume of Scotland, and of fe Fraunchises Disheritede for
euermore. IT And nof eles f e grete lordes of Engelawd were a3eins
to conferme f e pees & the trewes abouesaide, saf oneliche 27 f e 28
Quene Isabel, fat was fe Kynges moder* Edward*, and fe Bisshop
of Ely, and fe Lorde Mortymer. IT But resoun and law wolde
nou^t fat a final pees shulde be made bituene ham, wifouten 28
commune assent of 'Engeland. 32
1 of DO. 2 his 0. 3 - 3 atte 0. 4 * tellej oppon seynt sic D.
r> Magdaleyns D. 6 om. 0. 7 ~ 7 the D.
8 disparagede D. disparaged 0. 9 a3eyns al D. ajens al 0.
]0 om. 0. n ]>at 0. ^ 2 MS. holden holden. 13 & by 0.
14 MS. has his eldest, with eldest underlined for omission.
15 his owen D. 16 helden 0. 17 fro >at DO. fro R.
18 holde 0. 19 leaf 151. 20 feutes 0. - 1 om. DO.
22 beren 0. ^-^ falsely disherite D. - 4 MS. it,
25 adoune D. adoun) 0. l28 homages D. >a onely D. only 0.
28 with-out D. with-oute }>e 0.
CH. ccxvm] Q. Isabel becomes hated. Edb.ofHolandisHld. 257
Of the debate fat was bituene Quene 1 IsabeH and Sire Henry,
Erl of Lancastre and of Leycestre; and of 2 the ryding of 2
Bedford!. Capitulo Ducentesimo xviij .
4 "T~WTHen fe forsaide Dauid? hade spousede Dame lohne of Jje
f T Tour 1 in f e toune of Berwik 1 , as bifore is saide, f e Scottes,
in despite of f e Englisshe-merc, callede Dame John f e Countesse
* make pees,' for f e cowardise pees forto ordeyne ; but f e Kyngws
8 person bare fe 2 wite & fe 2 blame, wif wrong 1 , of fe makyng
of fe accorde; and al was done frou^ fe Quene & Roger
J>e Mortymer 1 . 11 And hit was nou^t longe after 1 , ]?at 3 fe quene
Isabel 4 ne toke into Her 15 Honde al fe Lordeshipp of Pountfrettf,
12 and almost al fe laudes 2 fat were 2 of value, fat perteynede 6 vnto 7
fe croune of Engel?i<i, so fat fe Kyng* had nou^t forto 7 dispende,
but of his Vsues 8 and of his escheker; ffor fe Quene Isabel and
fe Mortymer had a 9 grete manie of 10 her 1 retenue, 11 fat folwede
16 euermore fe Kyngws courte, and went and tok fe Kyngt^s prises
for her 1 penyworthes at gode chepe ; wherfore f e contre fat f ai
comen 12 in were ful sore adrade, and almost destroiede. U }>o
bigan 13 fe co?mmmite 14 of Engela?i^ forto hate 15 Isa&e?fe Quene, 15
20 fat so miche 16 louede her 1 when she come a^ein forto pwrsue the false
traitoures fe Spensers fro Fraunce, fat same tyme f e false traitour 5
Robert of Holand^ fat bitraede his lorde 17 Thomas of Lancastre was
fo deliuerede out of prison, and was wonder 1 pryue wif fe 18 Quene
24 Isabel! and also wif f e Mortymer 1 ; but fat availede him but litel,
for he was tak at Michelniasse fat next come after, as he rode
toward* fe Quene Isabel to London; and Sir 1 Thomas Whither 1
smote of his heede 19 bisides fe toune of Seynt Albany, and J>is 18
28 Sir* Thomas dnellede f o wif Sir 1 Henry, Erl of Lancastre ; and he
put him in hidyng for drede of fe Quene, for she louede him
wonder miche, and praiede 20 vnto fe Kyng 1 2 for him, 2 fat f e same
Thomas most ben 21 exilede 2 out of Engelawd. 2
32 IT And f e noble Erl, Sir 1 Henry of La[n]casti J , had ofte-tymes
22 Herde fe co??^mune clamowr of fe Englisshe-men, of fe michel 23
disese 24 fat were done in Engelandl, air 1 also for diuerse wronges
I om. D. >e q wen o. 2-2 owl< p , an sic j)^
4 leaf 151, back. 5 her* owen D. her f 0. 6 perteyneden 0.
7 to D. 8 Isues D. vses 0. 9 oii 10 in D.
II retenaunce 0. 12 come 0. 13 biff D. 14 Comwmalte 0.
s- 15 )>e Quene Isabett D. 16 om. D. lord sir 1 DO.
18 om. 0. 19 heuede D. 20 praye l( 21 be 0. ^ leaf 152.
23 myche 0. diseses DO.
BRUT. S
258 Demaiuls of the Objectors to Q. Isabella's doings. [CH. ccxvm
pat were done amonges 1 pe co?mnune peple, of 2 whiche Jje Kyng
bare pe blame wip wrong 1 , for he nas but f ul ^onge and tendre of
age, and jjoi^t, as a gode man, forto done 3 away and slake fie
slaundre of pe Kyngws pe?-sone, if fat he might in eny maner*- 4
wise, so as 4 pe Kyng was perof noping gulti, wherfore he was in
perel of lif and lyme. U And so he assemblede al his retynance, 5
and went & spake vnto ham of pe Kyngws honour, and also forto
amende his estate, and Sir* Thomas of Brope?*ton, Erl Marchal, 8
and Sir 1 Edmunde of Wodestok 4 , pat were pe Kyngws vncles, and
also men of London, maden 6 her ) oth, him forto 7 mayntene in pat
same querele. 1T And her 1 cause was pis, pat pe Kyng shulde holde
his householde and his many 8 as 9 perteynede a Kyng 19 forto done, 10 12
and haue also his realte ; and pat 11 pe Quene Isabel shulde delyuer 1
out of her* honde, 12 into pe Kyngws honde, 12 al maner lorde-
shippe, 13 rentes, tounes, 14 and castelles 14 pat perteynede to 15 pe
croune of Engeland*, and pat she shulde leue wip pe pridde 16 part of 16
pe rentes of EngeLmJ, as opere Quenes hade done 17 or pis tyme, 17
and wip none ope?* ping 1 . U And also pat Sir 1 Eoger Mortyme?'
shulde duelle oppon his owen Londes, for pe whiche landes he
hade holpen disherite miche peple, so pat pe commune peple were 20
nou^t 11 destroiede prou$ hir 1 ls 19 wrongeful takyng 1 . 19 11 And also to
enquere How, and by 20 whome, pe Kyng was bitraiede and falsely 21
deseyuede at Stanhope, and prou^ whos conseil 22 pat pe Scottes
went 23 away by nyght fram 24 pe Kyng 1 . IT And also how, and prou$ 24
whos conseil, 22 pe ordenance pat were 25 made at pe coronacion of
Kyng Edward wer 1 put adoun, pat is to seyne, pat pe Kyng, for
26 helpyng and amendement 26 of pe reaume, and in honowr of him,
shulde be 27 gouernede and reulede by xij, pe grettest & wiseste 28
Lordes of pe reaume ; and wipouten 28 ham shulde noping be
g?*auntede ne done, as 'bifore is saide ; the whiche gouernances
maliciou[s]ly were put adoun 29 fro pe Kyng 1 ; wherfor me[ny]
harmes, shames and reprofes haue falle vnto pe Kyng 1 and to his 32
I among 0. 2 of the DO. 3 do 0. 4 J>at D. )>at as 0.
5 reteuaunt} D. 6 made D. 7 to D. 8 meyne 0.
9 9 a kyng 1 perteynede D. pgrteyneth vnto a kyng 0. 10 do 0.
II om. D. 12 ~ 12 om. D. 13 lordeshippes D. lordschippes 0.
14 - 14 castelles D. 15 vnto DO. 16 >irde 0.
17 - 17 bifore her 1 D. byfore her 0. 18 leaf 152, back.
19 19 takyng* so wrongeful D. 2 MS. by by. a falseliche D.
22 -^ 2 om. 0. ^ wentew D. fro D . 25 was D0>
ae M amendement and helpyng D. amendemeTit & helpynge 0.
27 ben D. ffl with-oute 0. a doun DO.
CH. ccxvin] Demands of the Objectors to Q. Isabellas doings. 259
reaume. And pat is to 1 vnderstonde, for-asmiche as Kyng 1
Edward, some-tyme Kyng of Engelawc?, was ordeynede, by assent
of 2 pe co/ftinunite 2 in plein parlement, forto bene 3 vnder pe warde
4 and Gouernance of Henry, Erl of Lancastre, his cosyn, for
saluacion of his body he was taken 4 out of pe castel of Kenyl-
worth, pere pat he was in ward, and prou^ colour* of pe Quene
Isabel and of pe Mortymer*, wipout 5 consent of eny parlement,
8 pai 6 tok 7 and lad him per pat 8 never 1 after none of his 9 Kynrede
my^t wip him speke ne see, and after traitorously 10 toke and
mordrede him 10 ; for whos dep a foule sclandre aroos prou^-ont alt
Cristendome, when hit was done. IT And also al 9 pe tresoure pat 11
12 Sir 112 Edward 2 of Carnaryuan hade lefte 13 in meny places of 14
Engelond? and in Walys, were wastede and born 15 away 16 wipouten
pe 16 wille of Kyng Edward? his sone, in destruccioun of him and of
his folc. U Also, prou} whos conseile 17 pat pe Kyng 17 3af vp pe
16 Kyngdome of Scotland, for pe whiche reaume pe Kyngws ancestres
hade ful sore trauaile, 18 and so dede meny a nobleman for her*
ryght; and was -diliuerede al pe right vnto 19 Dauid, pat was
Kobert le Brus 20 sone, pat no right hade vnto pat reaume, as al 1 pe
20 worlde hit wiste. 1T And also, by whom pe chartres & remem
brances pat pai hade of pe right of Scotland were 21 take out of pe
tresorie, and taken to pe Scottes, pe Kyngw-s enemys, to disheriteson 22
of him and of his successoures, and to grete harme to 23 his lieges,
24 & grete re prof e to 24 alle Englisshe-mew for euermore. IT Also,
wherfore Dame lohn of pe Toure, pe Kyngws sustre Edward*, was
disparaged and mariede vnto Dauid, pat was Eobert pe Brus 25
sone, pat was a t?'aitour ) and 26 enemy vnto Engekm<i; and prou^
28 whos conseil she was tak 27 into our* enemys Hondes, out of
Engelond*.
IT And in pe mene-tyme, while 28 the Gode Erl Henry of
Lancastr' and his company tok 29 conseile how pise poyntefs] aboue-
32 saide might bene amendede vnto pe worshipp of pe Kyng, and
to his profile, and to pe profite also of his lieges, pe Quene Isabel,
I om. D. 2- 2 coraramalte 0. 3 be 0. 4 take DO.
5 with-outen D. 6 MS. >at. 7 nome D. 8 as D. 9 om. 0.
loio nome anc [ hi m mordrede D. toke hym & mordred* hym 0.
II of 0. 12 kyng D. 13 leaf 153. u in 0. 15 bore 0.
ie-16 w itti-oute 0. 17 - 17 Kyng Edward D. 18 Tratiaylled' 0.
19 to D. 20 Bruse3 D. Brus his 0. 21 weren D.
22 disherityng 0. 23 of D. ** vnto DO.
25 MS. Brus so with so underlined for omission ; Bruse} D. Brus his 0.
26 and an D. taken D. 28 whiles DO. nome D. token 0.
260 Queen Isabellas opponents give in. [CH. ccxviii
co?aetting and sotelte of 1 fe Mortymer 1 , Lete ordein a
par-lenient at Salesbury ; and at f e same Pa?-lement f e Mortymer 1
was made Erl of 2 Marche, a^eins alle fe barons wille of Engelcwd,
in preiudice of f e Kyng and of his croune ; & 3 Sir 1 lohn of Eltham, 4
4 fe Kynges brofer, 4 was gert 5 wif a suerd! of Cornwail, and fo
was callede Erie of Cornwaile ; and euermore f e Quene Isabel so
miche procurede a3ein3 6 hir 1 sone fe Kyng 1 , fat she hade fe warde
of 7 fe forsaid? 7 Sir 1 Edward and of his Landes. U And at 8 fat 8
parlement fe Erl of Lancastre wolde nou^t come, but ordeyned? al
his power 1 a^eins fe Quene Isabel and the Mortymer 1 ; and 9 men
of London ordeynede ham 10 wif vj C men of arnies "him forto
helpe. 11 12
IT Whew fe Quene IsabeH wist of the 12 Doyng 1 , she suore by
Godl and by his names ful angrely, fat in euel tyme he f ou$[t]
on 13 j>o poyntes. U Tho sent fe Quene Isabel and }>e Mortymer 1
after 1 her 1 retenue, and after fe Kyngws retenue, so fat fai hade 16
ordeynede amongws ham an huge ost ; and f ai conseilede fe
Kyng so fat oppon a nyght fai ryden xxiiij j4 [myle] toward
Bedford, fere fat fe Erl of Lancastr 1 was wif his company, and
fou^t haue him destroiede. and fat night she rode biside 15 the 20
Kyng 1 her 1 sone, as a kny^t armede, for drede of Def . U And hit
was done fe Kyng Edward to vnderstond, fat fe Erl Henry of
Lancastre & his company wolde haue destroiede f e Kyng and his
conseil 16 for euermore, wherfor fe Kyng was 17 somedel towardes 24
him 17 heuy & annoiede. 1F When 18 fe Erl Marchal and fe Erl of
Kent, f e Kyngws brof er, herde of f is f ing 1 , fai ryden so in message
bituene ha??i, fat f e Kyng gmntede him his pees to fe Erl Henry
of Lancastre for a 19 certeyn raunson of xj M* ft ; but fat was 28
neuer 20 paiede afterward*. II And fise were fe Lordes fat Helde 21
wif Sir 1 Henry of Lancastre : Sir 1 Henry Beaumond', Sir 1 Fouk
fit^-Warein, Sir 1 Thomas Eooselyn, Sir* William Trussel, Sir 1
Thomas Wyther 1 , and about an C of kny}te3 mo, fat 22 were to 32
haw consenting 1 ; and alle f o were exilede f rou conseile of 23 Quene
Isabel & of fe Mortymer 1 , for f e Mortymer 1 couetede 24 forto haue
1 and also of DO. 2 of >e 0. 3 leaf 153, back. 4 - 4 om. D.
5 gerd D. 6 MS. a3ein3 fe. 7 ~ 7 om. 0. 8 to D.
9 and J>e D. 10 ham forto help D. hem for- to helpe 0.
"- 11 om. DO. 12 >is D. 13 oppon D. vpon 0. 14 xxiij 0.
15 bisides D. 16 Cuwpanye 0. " " toward hym sumdel D.
18 wherfore 0. 19 MS. a a. 2 leaf 154. a helden 0.
22 >an sic 0. a of ]>e D. coniectede D.
CH. ccxix, xx] Edward III does Homage for Guienne. 261
her* londes, if he might f rou$ eny maner coniettyng 1 ; for he was
so couetous, and hade to miche 1 his wille, and fat was Grete pitee.
How Kyng 1 Edward 4 went ouer f e see forto Don his homage vnto
4 fe Kyng of France for f e Duchee of Gyene. 51 Capitwfo
Ducentesimo Decimo nono. 2
Hit was nou^t longe 3 after 1 , fat fe Kyng of France, frou}
conseile of his Dus^epirs, sent to Kyng 1 Edward? of
8 Engelawo 1 , fat he shulde come to Parys, and do 4 his homage, as
resoun hit 5 wolde, for fe Duchee of Gyene. IT And so, frou^
consent of fe lordes of Engelarco 7 , Kyng Edward went ouer 1 fe
see ; [and] at 6 Ascencioun he come vnto 7 Parys f e iij $ere of his
12 regne, forto done his homage [vnto fe Kyng of Fraunce. and fe
Kyng vnderfonge his homage] 8 and made michel 9 ioye and
worship. But or Kyng Edward hade made his homage 10 vnto fe
Kyng 1 of France, 10 hastely he was sent 11 a^eyne into Engeland?
16 frou$ fe Quene Isabel his moder 1 ; and anone hastely he come
a^eyne into Engeland? oppon Whitsonday, wifout 12 eny takyng
leue of J>e Kyng of Fraunce; wherfore he was wonder 1 worj>
[ = wroth],
20 How Sir 5 Roger* 13 Mortymer' bare him so 14 proudely & 14 hie.
C&pitulo CC xx. 15
16 A ^"d now shul ^e 17 hure How 18 sir 1 Eoger fe 3 Mortymer* of
J\ Wygemore, Jjat desirede and couetede to bene at an 5 hye
24 state, so fiat fe Kyng grantede him to bene 19 callede fe 20 Erl of 21
Marche 22 }>rou3-out al his Lordeship. H And he bicome fo so
prout, 23 fat he wolde lese and forsake fe name fat his 24 Ancestre
haden 24 euer bifore ; And for fat enchesouii he lete him calle Erl
28 of 21 Marche 22 ; And none of fe communes of Engeland' derste calle
him by none 5 ofer name, for he was callede so, frou$ fe Kyngws
crie fat men shulde calle him fe 20 Erl of 21 Marche. IT And fe
Mortymei 25 fo bare him 25 so hauten and so proude, fat wonder hit
32 was to wete ; and also disgisede him wif wonder 1 ryche clof es
oute of al maner resoun, bofe of shaping and of 5 wering 1 ; Wherof
1 mychel 0. 2 MS. octauo ; viij 0. 3 om. 0. 4 done 0.
5 om. D. 6 at fe D. 7 to 0. 8 supplied from D. 9 myche 0.
10-10 07n> pp. 11 S ent for D. 12 withouten D. 13 Kog^r >e DO.
u-14 proutliche and so D. proudly & so 0. 15 MS. xix.
16 fca/154, back. 17 he 0. 18 of DO. 19 be 0. 20 om. DO.
21 of )>e 0. a 2 - 22 om. D. * proude & so hauteyn 0.
Auncestres had 0. ^-^ bar hym fo Q.
262 Contrast between the King of Folly & K.Arthur. [CH.CCXX
the Englisshe-men hade grete wonder 1 , how and 1 in what maner 1
he might contreue or fynde soche 2 mane?' pride; and fai saide
amonges ham alle communeliche, 3 fat his pride shulde nou^t
longe endure. IT And f e 4 same tyme, Sire Geffray f e Mortymer* 4
f e 3onge, fat was f e Mortymers sone, lete him calle Kynge of
Folye; and" so 5 hit bifelle aftirward? indede, ffor he was so ful of
pride and of wrecchednesse, fat he helde a rounde table in Walys
to alle men fat 6 ))idei >) wolde 6 come, and countref etede 7 J)e maner 8
& 8 doyng 1 of Kyng Arthure} table; but openly he failede, ffor fe
noble Kny^t Arthure 9 was fe 10 moste worfi lor$ of renoun fat
was in al fe worlde 11 in his tyme, and 12 }itte come neuer non soche
after* him, for alle fe noble kny^tes 13 f[r]ou3 Oistendome of dede 12
of Armes alosede, du[e]llede wif Kyng 1 Arthure, and helde him for
her 1 lord?; and fat was wel sene, 14 for he conquerede 15 a Romayn fat
me callede Frolle, & gete of him f e reaume of France, and quellede
him wif his owen 16 hande. 17 f And also he fau$t wif a Geaunt 16
fat me callede Dynabus and quellede him, 18 fat hade rauisshede 19
Elyne, fat was Kyng Hoeles nece, Kyng 5 of Litil Britaign ; and
afterward? he quellede in bataile fe Emperowr of Rome, fat me
callede Lucye, fat had? assemblede a3eyns Kyng Arthur 1 forto fei^t 20
wif him 20 so miche peple 20 of Romayns and of 16 Pei3tes and of
Sarasym^, fat no man couf ham nombre; and he descomfitede
ham alle, as fe story of him more pleynloker* 21 tellef. U And? in
fe 22 same tyme, co?nmune loos sprong 1 in Engelawd, f rou^ conietting 1 24
and ordenaunce of f e ffrere Prechoures, 23 fat Sir 1 Edward? of Car-
naryuan, fat was Kyng Edwardws fader 1 , of whom fe geest 24 telles,
saide 24 fat he was alif 25 in the castel of Corf 1 ; wherfore alle fe
cowmune[s] almost of Engelawd were 26 in sorwe and 27 drede 28
whefer hit were so or 28 nou$; f ai wist neuer 1 how 29 fe Mortymer 1
traiterousely hade 30 done him mordre. 30
1 or D. 2 such a 0. 3 communely D. comunly 0.
4 ]>at D. 5 om. D. 6 ~ 6 wolde )>ider ) D.
7 Counterfete 0. 8 & > e 0.
9 MS. Arthure and, with and underlined for omission. 10 om. DO.
"wordes&D. 12 leaf 155. 13 knyjtes D. knyghtes 0. kny3t R.
14 ysene 0. 15 conquerede in bataile D. Conquered^ in batayle 0.
16 om. 0. 17 hondes D.
18 Dynab^ and quellede him D. Dynabus & q welled' hym 0. Dynabws R.
19 rauisshede faiV D. rafisshed* faire 0. *- om. 0.
21 plenerly 0. ffl >at D. w menours 0.
24 - 24 tellej) saiden D. telle]) seyden D. ^ on lif D. * weren 0.
27 or D. * or wei^ D. a how >at 0.
so-so jjjjjj d on e mordrede D. ydone hym y-mordred* 0.
CH. ccxxi] Edm. of Woodstock gets leave to search for Edw. II. 263
How Edmunde of Wodestok, : pat was Erl of Kent, and pe
Kyngw-s broker, Edward of Carnaryuan, 1 was biheuedede 2
at Wynchestf. CapitwZo CC xxi . 3
4 A Nd oppon a tyme hit was 4 so, pat Sir* Edmunde of Wodestok 1 ,
f\ Erl of Kent, spake vnto pe Pope 5 lohfi pe xxij at Auy[n]on,
and said pat Almygbty God? hade meny tymes done, for 6 Thomas
loue 7 of Lancastre, meny Gret 8 miracles to meny men and 9 wymen
8 pat Were prou$ diuerse sikenesse 10 vndon as to 11 the world?, and
prou$ his praier 1 pai were brou3t vnto her* hele. U And so Sir 1
Edmund* praiede pe Pope 12 hertly pat he wolde graunt him grace
fat pe forsaide Thomas might bene 13 translated?; but pe Pope
12 saide, 'nay, he shulde nou$t bene 13 translatede, pe same Thomas,
Erl of La[n]castre, vnto pe tyme pat he were bettre certefiecB of pe
clergie of Engeland*, and seyne by hir 1 obediens what ping God
had done for pe loue of Thomas of Lancastre, after pe suggestion
16 pat pe forsaide Edmunde of Wodestoke, Erl of Kent, had vnto
him made.' 14 U And when pis Edmund saw pat he mi^t nou^t
spede of his pwpos as tochyng* pe translacioun, He praiede him po
of his conseile as toching Sir 1 Edward* of Carnaryuan, his broper,
20 and saide 7 nou^t longe 15 gon pat 15 he was Kyng of [England], what
ping 1 mygh[t] beste bene 16 done as tochyng his delyuerance, sip pat
a commune fame is 17 prou^-out al Engelawd pat he was alif , 18 and
hole and saf. IT When pe Pope herde him telle pat Sir 1 Edward?
24 was alif, he commanded pe Erl, oppon his benison, pat he shulde
helpe, wip al pe power* pat he might, pat he were delyuerede out
of prison, and saf his body in al maner 19 pat he myght; and, forto
bryng pis ping vnto an ende, he assoilede him and his company a
28 pena & a culpa, and alle po pat halpen to 20 his delyuerance.
11 Tho tok 21 Edmund* of Wodestoke, Erl of Kent, his leue of
pe Pope, and comme a^eyn into 20 EngelaT^. And when Edmunde
was corner 22 somme of pe ffrere prechoures come and saide pat Sir*
32 Edward? his broper 3itte was alyf in pe 23 Castel of Corf, vnder 1 the
kepyng of Sir 5 Thomas pe 24 Gurnay. 11 po spede him pe forsaide
1 - 1 om. D. 2 beheded? 0. 3 MS. xx.
4 bifelle D. befett 0.
5 pope struck out, and Bisshop of Rome written over in another hand in 0.
6 for seynt D. 7 om. O. 8 grete mervailes D. 9 leaf 155, back.
10 maladyes DO. u vnto DO. 12 struck out in 0. 13 be 0.
14 y-made 0. 15 - 15 agone 0. 16 be DO. 17 om. D.
18 on lif D. in lyve 0. 19 Jnng D. 20 vnto D. 21 nome D.
22 Come 0. a leaf 156. a* of D.
264 Sir John Daverel betrays Edmund of Woodstock. [CH. ccxxi
Edmund?, as 1 faste as he might, til fat he come to 2 pe castel of
Corf*, and acqueyntede him, 3 and spake so faire wip Sir 1 lohn
Daueril, pat was conestable of pe forsaide castel, and 3af him riche
^iftes forto haue acqueyntance of him, and forto 4 know of his 4
conseil. and Jms hit bifelle, pat pe forsaide Sir 1 Edmund 5 praiede
specialy forto telle him priuely of his lorde his broper, Sir 5 Edward?,
if pat he leuede or were dede. 6 if fat 6 he were 7 on lif, 7 he
praiede of 8 him 9 ones to haue 9 a sight. II And? pis Sir* lohn 8
Daueril was an hye-hertede man, & ful of corage, and ansurede
shortely vnto Sir* Edmund, and saide, pat Sir 1 Edward 10 his broker
was in hele & vnder 1 his kepyng 1 , If and derst shew him vnto no
man, sip it was defendede him in the Kyngws half, Edward, pat was 12
Edward? 11 sone of Carnauan, and also prou$ commawdemeftt of pe
Quene Isabel, pe Kyngws moder ) , and of Sir' Roger pe Mortymer*,
pat he shulde 12 shew his body 13 to no maw 13 of pe worlde, saf
onely 14 vnto ha??i, oppon peyne 15 of lif and lyme, and to disherite- 16
soun of his heires for euermore. but pe false traitour 1 falsely liede,
for he was nou^t in his ward, but he was tak pens, and lade to 16
pe castel of Berkelee prou^ Sir* Thomas Gurnay, prou$ co?mnande-
ment of pe Mortymer, til pat he was dede, as bifore is saide more 20
plenerly. 17 11 But Sir' Edmund? of Wodestok 1 wist noping 1 pat 18 his
broper was dede. Wheroppon he toke a lettre vnto pe 8 forsaide
Sir* lohn, and praiede him hertly pat 1 19 he wolde take hit to 20 Kyng
Edward? his broper, as to His worpi Lorde; and he toke 21 pe lettre 24
of him, and bihight to him 22 forto done 23 his message wip-outerc 24
eny maner 1 faile. and wip pat, Sir* Edmund? to[k] 25 of him his
leue, pat is to seyne, of pe forsaide lohn, and went po into his
owerc contre and Lordeship in Kent, pat he hade pe?% U And 28
anon as pis same lohn wist 1 pat Sir* Edmund? of Wodestoke was
Gone into Kent, his owew Lordeship, anone he went in al the 8
haste pat he might fro pe castel of Corf, and come 26 to Sir* Roger 26
Mortymer, and toke him pe 27 lettre pat Sir 1 Edmund? of Wodestoke, 32
Erl of Kent, hade take him closede, & enselede 28 wip his owen seal.
I alse D. 2 vnto DO. 3 om. DO. 4 to DO. 5 MS. Edward'.
6 - 6 and if D. and if pat 0. 7 ~ 7 a-lyve 0. 8 om. 0.
9 - 9 forto haue ones D. forto haue onys 0. 10 MS. Edmunde.
II Edwardes DO. 12 MS. shulde shulde.
is-13 yjjto nomaner* man DO. 14 oneliche D. 15 losse DO.
16 vnto DO. 17 pleyner 1 D. 18 pat Edward DO. 19 leaf 156, back.
20 vnto DO. a vnderfong< D. vndirfonge 0. ^ sir Edmund DO.
23 do 0. M witfcoute 0. ^ nome D.
vnto sir 1 Koger pe DO. ^ om. D. a seled 0.
CH. ccxxi] Isabella appeals to Edw. Ill to kill the E. of Kent. 265
IT And whew Sir* Roger hade vnderfonge pe lettre, 1 he vnclosede
2 pe lettre, 2 and 1 saw what was conteynede perin, and gan 3 Hit
forto rede ; IT Wherof pe bigywning 1 was pis :
4 " Worshippis and reuerence, 4 wip broperes liegeance 5 and sub-
ieccioun. Sir 1 knyght, worshipful and dere broper ! if it 3ow
plese, y pray 6 hertly pat 36 bene of gode comfort, ffor y shal so
ordeyne for 30 w, pat sone 30 shul come out of prisoun, and bene 7
8 deliuerede of that disese pat 36 bep 8 in. and vnderstondep of 3wr
Grete lordeshipe, pat y haue vnto me assentant almoste al pe grete
[lordes] 9 of ILngeland, wip al her 1 apparail, pat is to seyne, wip
Armure, wip tresour 1 wipout nombre, forto mayntene and helpe
12 3oui quereti so ferfourth that 36 shul ben 7 Kyng a3ein as 36 were
biforne; 10 and pat pai alle haue suorne to me oppon a boke, and
alsewel 11 prelates as 9 Erles & barons."
IT whew Sir 1 Roger pe 12 Mortymer 1 saw and vnderstode pe myght
16 and the 13 strengp of the Lettre, anone for wrap his hert gan 14 bolne,
and euel hert bare toward' Sir 59 Edmund? of Wodestok 1 pat was Erl
of Kent 1 . IT and so, wip al pe haste pet he might, he 15 went vnto 15
Dame Isabel pe Quene, pat was pe Kyng^s moder 1 , and shewede
20 her 1 Sir 1 Edmunds Lettr 1 , 16 Erl of Kent, 16 and? his wille and his
purpos, and how he hade coniettede & ordeynede to put adoufi
Kyng Edward of Wyndesore, hire sone, of his realte and of his
Kyngdome. IT " JSTow certes, sir 1 Roger," quod she, 17 "hap 18 Edmund'
24 done so? be my faderes 19 soule," qtiod she, "y wil 20 bene perof 20
avengede, if pat God graunt me 21 my 9 lyf, and pat in a 21 shorte
tyme." IT And anone wip pat, pe Quene Isabel went vnto Kyng 1
Edward' here 22 sone, pere pat he was at pe 9 parlement at Wynchestre
28 forto haue amendede pe 23 wronges & trespasses 23 pat were done
amongws 24 pe peple in 25 his reaume. IT And po toke 26 she and
shewede him pe lettre pat Sir 121 Edmund' of Wodestok 1 , 16 Erl of
Kent, 16 hade made, and ensealede it 9 wip his seal, and bade him.
32 oppon her 127 benyson, pat he shulde avengede bene oppon him, as
oppon his dedeliche 28 enemy. 29 IT Tho was pe quene so wrop toward?
Sir 1 Edmund', 16 Erl of Kent, 16 and cessede neuer to pray vnto her*
1 - 1 & 0. 2-2 it D 3 began o 4 reuerences DO.
5 liegearwces 0. 6 praye }ow D. 7 be 0. 8 bene D.
9 om. 0. 10 before 0. aswel D. asweel 0. 12 of 0.
13 leaf 157. 14 began to 0. 15 - 15 sent to D. 16 - 16 om. 0.
17 >e quene D. }>e qwene 0. 18 had 0. 19 fader D. fadir 0.
20 >mjf bene D. be >erof 0. 21 om. D. ^ he sic D.
23 trespasses and wronges D. 24 among 0. 25 o f D
26 nome D. 27 h e s j c D 23 d e dely D. 29 MS. eneny.
266 The Earl of Kent arrested, &, tried for Treason. [CH. ccxxi
sone fat he shulde sende in 1 haste after him. and oppon fat, fe
Kyng 1 sent by his levies after' Sir* Edmunde of Wodestok*, fat he
shulde 2 come & 3 speke wif him at Wynchestre, alle maner finges
lafte. U And when Sir* Edmund? saw J)at fe Kyng sent after him 4 4
wif his lettTQ enselede, he hastede him in all 5 fe hast 5 fat he
myghf, til fat he come to Wynchestre. U But 6 fo 7 fe Quene
Wist fat Edmund! was come 8 vnto Wynchestre, and 9 anone she
10 praiede so faste 10 vnto Edward? her* sone, fat fe gode Erl was 8
arrestede 11 anone, & ladde vnto the barr 1 bifore Robert of Hamondl,
fat was crouner 12 of fe Kyngws Household*; and he 4 associede
vnto 18 him Sir 1 Roger fe Mortymer 1 . and fo spake fe forsaide
lohii vnto him and saide : " U Sir 1 Edmund*, Erl of Kent, 30 shul 12
vnderstond? fat it is done vs to wete, and principalli vnto oure
liege lord', Sir 1 Edward', Kyng of Eugela/irf fat Almyghty God
sane and kepe ! fat 30 befe 14 his dedely enemy & his traikmr,
and also a commune enemy vnto fe reaume; and fat ^e-haue 15 16
bene about meny a day forto make priueliche 16 deliuerance of Sir'
Edward?, some-tyme Kyng of Engeland, ^our 1 brofer, fe 4 whiche
was put adoune of his realte by commune assent of alle fe lordes
of Engeland, in enpeiring 17 of our 1 Lord fe Kyngws Estate, and also 20
of his reaume." IT fo ansuerede f e gode man and saide : " For-sof,
Sir 1 , vnderstandef wel fat y was neuer 1 assenting forto enpeir 118 fe
state of our 1 Lorde fe Kyng 1 , ne of his 19 croune, and fat y put me
to ben 20 demede oppon 21 my pires." IT And wif fat word?, Sir 1 24
Roger fe 4 Mortymer 1 shewede him 22 fe Erles lettie & his seal, and
saide f o : 23u Sir 1 Edmunde, 23 knowe 36 nou3t 24 fe prynt of fis le^re
fat he 25 hade take vnto 26 Sir 1 John DaueryH?" and he saw fe
print of his seal, but he saw nou3t what was contenede ferin; 27 28
and fe Erl him-self 1 wende fat hit hade bene 28 on of his lettres fat
hade bene of no [charge]. 29 U fo saide fe Erl to Sir 1 Roger
Mortymer 1 , fat He wolde nou3t fo[r]sake fe le^re, and fat 30 was
fe prynt of his seal, and anone wif N fat word, fe wile and 31 false 32
I in al 0. 2 schuld & sic 0. 3 om. 0. 4 om. D.
5 - 5 om. DO. 6 leaf 157, back. 7 when D. 8 comen D.
9 om. DO.
10-10 p ra yede and so fast 1 Went 1 D. prayed & so faste wente 0.
II areste 0. 12 Coroner* DO. 13 to 0. 14 ben 0.
15 han 0. 16 prynyly 0. 17 peyryng* D. pesynge 0.
18 appaire D. 19 ]>e DO. *> be 0. 21 of D.
22 ham D. hem 0. ^-^ om. D. ** ou3t D. oght 0.
25 3e 0. to 0. ^ in )>e lettre DO. <28 be 0. leaf 158.
30 pat it 0. 31 & J> e 0.
CH. ccxxi] Edmund of Woodstock has Ms head cut off. 267
Mortymer 1 bygan to vndo fe letfae, and gan 1 hit forto rede in
audience of al f e court 1 . U And f o saide Sire Kobert of HamuU, 2
" Sir 1 Edmunde," quod he, "sif fat 36 haue made knowyng openly
4 in fis court fat fis is ^our 1 le^re ensealede wif ^oui-' seal, and f e
tenowr of fe 3 lettre seij) fat 30 wolde haue 4 bene aboute forto haue 4
delyuerede fe body of fat worshipful kny^t Sir 1 Edward', some-
tyme Kyng of Engelanc$, 3our> broker, and forto helpe 5 him fat he
8 shulde haue 6 bene 7 Kyng a3eyne, and gouerne 8 his peple as he
9 was wont 9 bifore tymes, in empeiring of our 1 liege lorde fe Kyngws
state, 10 fat is now, wham God kepe fram alle desese ! ll H And
fis court wil fat 36 bene vndone of lif and lyme, and fat 30^ heires
12 bene disheritede for euermore, Saf fe grace of our 1 lorde fe Kyng 1 ."
fo was fe Erl, Sir 1 Edmund' of Wodestok 1 , put a3eyne into prisoun,
vnto 12 ful saf ward* til oppon f e morwe ; and fo come fe Mortymere
vnto fe Kyng 1 , fere fat he satte at his mete, and tolde him how
16 fe Erl was Dampnede by wai of lawe, and also of lyf and lyme,
and his 13 heires disheritede 14 for euermore, frou3 oppen knowe-
liching 15 in plein court; wherfore him fou3t hit were gode fat fe
forsaide Erl were hastely quellede, wifouten 16 wetyng of fe Kyng 1 ;
20 for elle3 17 the Kyng wolde fcn^eue him his def, and fat shu[l]de
turne ham 18 vnto miche 18 sorwe so as 19 he was enpechede. U Anone
f e Quene Isabel, frou3 conseile of fe Mortymer 1 , and wifout eny
ofere conseile, sent in haste to f e baliffys of Wynchestr 1 , fat fai
24 shulde smyte of Sii J Edmundes heede 20 of Wodestok 1 , Erl of Kent 1 ,
wifout 21 eny maner 22 abidyng 1 or respite oppon peyne 22 of lif and
lyme. U fo tok 123 fe bailliffes Sir* Edmund? 24 of Wodestok 124 out
of prisoun, and lade him bisides the casteH att Wynchestr 1 , and
28 fere fai made a gonge-fermer 1 smyte of his heuede, 25 for none ofer
maw derst hit done ; & so deide he fere alias the tyme ! fat is
to seyne, the x Day of Ottobre, fe fridde 26 301 of Kyng Edwardes
regne. And when fe Kyng wist f erof 1 , he was wonder 1 sory, and
32 lete entere him at fe 13 ffrere menoures at Wynchestre. 27
1 began 0. 2 Hamond D. 3 ^oure 0. 4 - 4 om. 0.
5 haue holpen DO. 6 om. D. 7 be 0. 8 gouerned 0.
9 - 9 woned 0. 10 estate D. n diseses 0. 12 vndir 0.
13 om. 0. u disherite D. of his disherited' 0. 15 knowleche 0.
16 vfithonte 0. 17 leaf 158, back. 18 - 18 to michel D. to myche 0.
19 as he D. as }e 0. as R. 2 heuede D. 21 with-outen D.
12 biddynge or respite oppon peyne D. abydynge or respyte vpon
payne 0. abidyn^ or respite R.
23 token 0. 24-a* om _ Da 25 hee # o. ^ jij 0.
27 MS. Wynchestres.
268 The Pride and Avarice of Roger Mortimer. [CH. ccxxn
Of the Def of Sir 1 Roger Mortymer 1 , Erl of f e Marche. IT Capitulo
IT Ducentesimo 51 1 Vicesimo IT Secwrcdo. 1
ANd so hit bifelle at fat tyme, fat Sir 1 Roger the 2 Mortymer ) , Erl
of the Marche, was so prout & so hauten, fat he helde no 4
lorde of the reaume 3 his pier 1 ; and fo bicome he so couetouse, fat
he folwede Dame Isabett fe Quenes 4 court 1 , fe Kyngws moder 1
Edward, and bisette his penyworthe 5 wif fe officers of fe Quenes
househalde in f e same maner as fe Kyngws 6 officeres deden ; & so 8
he made his takyngws as tochyng* vitailes, and also of cariages;
and al he dede for enchesoun of Spenses, and 2 forto gadre tresoure;
and so he dede wifout nombre in al fat he myght. IT Tho made
he him wonder 1 priuee 7 with fe Quene IsabeH; and so miche 12
Lordeshippe And retenue hade, so fat alle fe grete Lordes of
Engelancfe of him wer 1 adrade. wherfore f e Kyng and his Conseile
towarde 8 him wer 1 agreuede, and ordeynede aniongws ham forto
vndo 9 him be 10 pure resoun 11 and lawe, fFor enchesoun fat Kyng 16
Edward?, fat was 12 fe Kyngws 12 fader 1 , traterousely frou^ him was
mordred! in the castel of Berkelee, as bifore 13 is saide more plenerly,
in the CC and xvij Chapiter of f is book 1 . IT And somme fat were
of fe Kyngws Conseil louede 14 fe Mortymer 1 , and tolde him in 20
priuetee how fat fe Kyng and his conseil wer 115 about fram 16 day
to day hym forto shende and vndo j 17 Wherfore fe Mortymer 1 was
sore annoiede, and angry as fe 18 Deuel a^eynes ha??i fat wer 1 of fe
Kyngws Conseil, ancj saide fat he wolde on ham bene avengede, 24
how-se-euer he toke on. IT Hit was nou^t longe afterward', fat 19
Kyng Edward? and Dame Philipp his wif 1 , and Dame IsabeH f e
Kynges moder 1 , and Sir 1 Roger Mortymer ne went vnto Notyngham,
fere forto soiourne. 1T and so hit bifett, 20 fat fe Quene IsabeH, 28
frou$ conseile of the 21 Mortymer 1 , toke to her 1 fe 2 keyes of fe ^ate 22
of f e castelle of JSTotingham, so fat no man might come nefer in
ne 23 out by ni3t, but frou$ fe 2 commandement of fe Mortymer 1 , ne
fe Kyng 1 , ne none of his Conseil. IT And fat tyme Hit felle 24 so 32
fat fe 25 Mortyme[r], as a Deuel for wraf, bolnede 26 for wraf 26 fat
1 - 1 xxj D. 2 0772. D. 3 lande D. 4 quenes DO. kyngiw R.
5 penyworthes DO. 6 quenes D. 7 leaf 159.
8 towardes DO. 9 vndone 0. 10 frou^ D. furgli 0.
11 Treson) 0. 12 ~ Kyng Edwardes D. 13 aboue D.
14 Loueden DO. 15 weren 0. 16 fro 0. 17 vndone D.
18 a D. 19 fat fe D. *> fel D. 21 om. 0.
22 ?ates DO. nor 0. M bifelle D, 25 >e DO. om. R.
om. D. & also for wrathe 0.
CH. ccxxii] Edward Ill's Council plan their defence. 269
he hade toward 1 the Kynges men EdwarcP, and principally 2 a3eins
ham fat 3 hade him 3 accusede to fe Kyng of f e def of Sire 4 Ed ward
his 4 fader. U And priueliche 5 a conseile 6 was taken 7 bituene
4 8 Quene Isabel 8 and the Mortymer 1 , and fe Bisshop of Lincolne,
and Sir 1 Symond? of Bereford? and Sir 1 Hughe of* Trompeton, 9 and
o]>er priue of hir 1 conseile, forto vndo 10 ham alle fat hade accusede
f e Mortymer 1 vnto the Kyng 1 of his f adres de]?, n Sir 1 Edward?, 11 of
8 tresoun and of fFelonye. Wherfore alle f o fat were of the Kynges
Conseile, when fai wist of the Mortymeres castyng pryuely, comew 12
to fe Kyng Edward', and saide fat fe Mortymer 1 wolde ham 13
destroie, for cause fat fai had accusede him of Kyng 14 Edwardws
12 De]?, his fader 1 , & praiede him fat 15 he wolde maintene ha??i in her 1
trew quereH; and fe Kyng granted ham hir 1 bone, and saide fat 16
he wolde maintene ham in hir 1 right 1 . U And fise -were f e lordes
17 fat pursuede 17 fis quereH : S^re William Montagu, Szre Hunfray
16 de Boungh, S*re William his broker, S^re Rauf* of Stafford, S^re
Robert of Huffordl, Sir 1 William of Clynton, Sir 1 lohn ISTeuyl of
Horneby, and meny ofere of her 1 consent; and alle }>ise suorne
oppon a 18 bok 1 to mayntene ]?e quereH in-asmiche 19 as thei 20
20 might 1 .
H And hit 21 bifelle so after, ]?at Sir 1 William Mountagu ne none
of J>e Kynges frendes moste nou^t 14 bene 22 herburghede in the
castel, for the Mortymer 1 , but went & toke her 1 herbugage 23 in
24 diuerse places in 24 the toune of Notingham; and J>o were J>ai sore
adrade leste ]?e Mortymer 1 shulde ham destroie. U And in haste
]?ere come vnto 25 Kyng Edward', Sir 1 William Mountagu fere fat he
was in his castel, 26 and priuely tolde him fat he ne none of his
28 company shulde nou^t take f e Mortymer wifout conseil & helpe of
William of Eland', Conestable of fe same casteH. IT "Now certes,"
quod fe Kyng, "y leue $ow ful wel; and f erf ore y conseile 30 w fat
36 go 27 to fe forsaide conestable, 28 and commande 29 him in my name
32 fat he be 30^ frende and 30^ helpe forto take the Mortymer 1 , al
1 a3eynes D. a^ens toward 0. 2 priueliche D. 3 ~ 3 him hade D.
4 - 4 Edwardes 0. 5 priuely D. pryuyly 0. 6 leaf 159, back.
7 take 0. 8 8 MS. quene quene Isabelbel ; fe quene Isabel DO.
9 Trumpyngton) 0. 10 vndone 0. n - n om. DO.
12 come 0. 13 altered from him in MS. 14 om. D.
15 MS. J>at fai, with J>ai underlined for omission. 16 om. DO.
17 - 17 to pwsue DO. 18 >e DO.
19 in-alse-miche D. 20 Jjai D. >ey 0. hei R. 21 MS. his.
22 be 0. 28 herburghe D. herburgh 0. M of D. ** vnto >e 0.
26 leaf ISO. & gone D. ^ om. 0. a comaiwdetfc 0.
270 The Council-Lords hear of a secret Passage into the Castle.
ping 11 lafte, oppon peril of lyf and 2 lyme." " 3 SiiV quod 3 Mountagu, 4
" Sir*, my lord, graunt mercy ! " 1F Tho went forth the forsaide
Mountagu, and come to fe conestable of }>e 5 casteli, and tolde him )>e
Kyngws wille. and he ansuerede and saide fe Kynges wille shulde 4
be 6 done, in-asmichel 7 as he might, and wolde nou^t spare for no
maner 1 def ; and so he 8 snore and made his oth. U fo saide Sir*
Willia??i of Mountagu 9 to fe conestable, 9 in 10 hering 1 of 11 alle ham 11
fat were 12 Helpyng 13 to fe same 13 quereti : " Now certes, dere 8
frende, vs bihouef forto 14 werche and done by ^our 115 queyntise, to
take fe Mortymer 1 , sif J>at $e bene 16 keper of fe casteH, and hauej) 17
fe keyes in 18 ^our 1 [warde]." IT " Sir," quod f e conestable, " wil
30 vnderstonde fat fe gates of fe castel bej> 19 loked wif fe lokes 12
fat Dame Isabel sent hider 1 ; and by nyght she haf f e keyes ferof 1 ,
and leif ham vnder f e cheuesel of her 5 bede vnto the morne ; and
so y may nou^t come into f e castel by f e ^ates in no maner 1 wise ;
but y know a 20 Alie fat stracches 21 out of the ward!, vnder 1 erfe, 16
vnto 22 the castel, J?at gope into 23 pe weste, the 24 whiche alie Dame
Isabel 25 j?e Quene, ne none of her 1 men, ne 11 J?e Mortymei 1 *, ne
none of his company knowej) hit noi^f ; and so y shal lede $ow
jjrou^ fat 26 Alie ; and so ^e shul come into ]?e castel wipout 27 aspies 20
of eny man fat bef jour enemys."
H And fat 28 same nyght Sir* William Mountagu, & alle the
lordes of )>e 29 quereH, and Jje same Conestable also, 30 went ham 30 to
horse, and made 31 semblant as hit wer 5 forto wende out of fe 24
Mortymeres sight 1 ; but anone as fe Mortymei^ herde f is tydyngws, 32
he wende fat f ai wolde haue gone ouer fe see for drede of him ;
& anone he and his co??^pany toke conseile amonges ha??^ forto lette
hir* passage, and sent lettres anone vnto the portes, so fat none of 28
the grete lordes shulde wende 33 ham home into 33 her 1 owen centre,
but if he were areste & taken. H And amonge 34 ofe?'e fing^s,
William Eland, Conestable of fe forsaide castel, priueliche 35 lade
Sir 1 William Mountagu and his co?wpany by fe forsaide way vnder 32
1 >inges D. 2 & of 0. 3 - 3 >o saide >e D. 4 Mountegu ]>o 0.
5 }>e same D. 6 ben D. 7 in-alsemichel D. inasmyche 0.
8 om. D. 9 - 9 om. D. 10 in hem sic 0. n om. 0.
12 wer> >ere 0. 13 - 13 vnto be D. to b e 0. 14 to D.
13 3our counseile and D. " be> D. be 0. 17 haue 0.
18 MS. in in. 19 be 0. 2 an D. 21 straccheb D. streche^ 0.
22 into DO. * vnto D. om. DO. ^ leaf 160, back.
26 MS. bat castett, with castett underlined for omission.
27 wi>-outen D. ffl be DO. a his 0. 3 - 30 wenten D.
31 maden 0. ^ tydynge 0. 33 ~ M home vnto DO.
34 amonge al D. 35 om. D. pryuyly 0.
CH. ccxxn] Mortimer, Earl of March, is taken. 271
the 1 er)>, so 2 til }>at fai corner into 3 the castel, and went vp into 4
the Toure fere fat fe Mortymer* was in. 5 But Sir* Hughe of
Trompiton 6 ham ascriede hidously, and saide, "A, tmitoures ! hit
4 is al 5 for nou^t }>at 36 7 bef comen 7 into fis castel. 36 shul dye
3itte in 2 euel def euerychon." 8 And anone on of ha??i fat was in
the 1 Mountagues company, vp wif a mace, and smote the same
Hughe oppon fe heuede, 9 fat fe bray[n] barsf 10 out and felle on
8 fe Ground?; and so was he dede in euel def. H Tho toke 11 fai fe
Mortymer 1 , as he 12 Armede him atte fe toures 13 dore, When he
herde fe noise of ham for drede. And When 14 Quene Isabel! saw
fat fe Mortymer' was taken, 15 she made micbe sorwe in herf, and
12 fise wordes vnto ha??i saide: U " Now, fair 5 sires, y 30 w praye fat
30 done now 16 harme vnto his body; a worfi kny^t, 17 our* 18 wel
bilouede frende and' our* dere cosyn." 1T Tho went J>ai fens, and
come 19 & brou3t the Mortymer, and presentede him vnto Kyng
16 Edward', and 20 co??imaundede to brynge him into 21 sauf ward'.
U But anone as fai fat were consent vnto 22 fe Morty meres doyng 1
herde telle fat he was taken, 23 fai went and hid ham, and
p?iueliche 24 by ni^t went out of the toune, eueryche 25 on 26
20 his side, wif heuy hert and mornyng 1 , & leuede oppon hei 1 *
owen 1 londes as wel as fai myght. II And so fe 27 same ^er* 28 fat 29
fe Mortymer was taken, 30 he hade at his retynu ix 31 knyght},
wifouterc 32 squyers & serieant3 of Armes and footmen. And fo
24 was fe Mortymer* l#de to London, and Sir 5 Symond' of Bereford'
was lad wif him, and was 33 take to fe conestable to kepe. 1F But
afterward was fe Mortymers lif examynede at Westminster bifore
fe Kyng 1 & bifore 5 alle fe grete Lordes of Engekm<i for peril fat
28 might falle to 4 fe reaume, & forto 34 enquer 1 also whiche wer* assent-
yng vnto 34 Sir* Edwardes def, fe Kyngz/s fader 1 , and also frou3
whom fe Scottes askaped at 35 Stanhope into Scotland wif out fe
wille of Kyng Edward' ; U And also how the chartre of Eagamaii
32 was delyuerede vnto f e Scottes, wherin 36 fe Homages and 37 feautees-
1 om. DO. 2 om. 0. 3 vn-to 0. 4 vnto D. 5 om. D.
6 Trumpyngton) 0. 7 7 be come 0. 8 echeon 0.
9 heed* 0. 10 brast DO. u token 0.
12 MS. has }ai underlined for omission, and he ivritten in the margin.
13 leaf 161. 14 when >e D. whan > 0. 15 take 0. 16 no 0.
17 kny3t and D. 18 a 0. 19 comen 0. 20 and he DO.
21 in 0. 22 to D. 23 take 0. M pryuyly 0.
25 euerychon D. eche 0. 26 in 0. ^ >at DO.
28 MS. nyght underlined for omission, and ^er* written in the margin.
29 MS. >at fat. 30 take 0. 31 ix score DO. 32 wftfcoute 0.
33 werne D. 34 to DO. 35 fro DO. 36 leaf 161, back. 37 and ^ Q_
272 Mortimer is condemnd to Death, A.D. 1330. [CH. ccxxm
of Scotland? were 1 contened, pat pe Scottes shnlde do 2 euermore
to 3 pe Kyngws of JLugeland for pe reaume of Scotland'. Wherfore
in his absence 4 he was dampnede to bene 4 5 honget & draw 5 for
his tresoun. And pis meschief come to 3 him on Seint Andre wes 4
eve, 6 In pe $ere of pe incarnacion of our' Lord? Ihesu Criste, M*
CCC 7 xxx. '
How Kyng Edward gete a^eyn 8 into his honde 8 g?*aciouseliche 9
pe feautes and pe 10 homages of Scotland, wherof he was 8
put out prou} }>e false conseil of IsabeH his moder*, & of
Sir Rogere Mortymer* 4 pat was made 4 Erl of pe 11 Marche.
CapitzJo Ducenteszwo xxiij t0 . 12
NOw 13 $e haue [herde] Lordes, how Sir lohn of Bailoil, in 12
tyme of pees, was chosen to bene 14 Kyng of Scotland', for
encheson fat he come of pe eldest doubter of pe Erl Dauid of 1
Huntingdon, 15 pat was Kyng Alisaundres broker of 1 Scotland, fat 16
deide wipouten 17 heir 1 of his body bigeten ; 18 and how })is lohn made 16
feaute & homage to Kyng Edward', pat was Kyng Henries sone pe
J>rid, for his landes of Scotland' ; and how he afterward' wipsaide 19
his homages, 20 prou^ conseile of pe Scottes, In pe 21 ^ere of the 10
Incarnacion M* cclxxij , 22 and 23 sende vnto 23 pe pope, 24 J?rou^ false 20
suggestion pat he made his oth vnto 25 ]>e forsaid sir* 26 Edward', ouer
his estate and his wille, of pe 11 whiche oth pe Pop 27 28 assoilede
him, 28 J>rou$ his bulles to him sent. U And anone as Kynge
Edward wiste perof", he ordeynede anone his 29 barons, and come 24
Vnto Berewike, and conquerede J?e toune ; at J?e 30 whiche conqueste
j>ere were slayn xxv M* & vij c . and 31 Bailoil, pat was Kyng of
Scotland', come 11 & ^elde him vnto Kyng Edward; and pe Kyng 1
afterward 32 delyuerede him out of pe tour 1 of London, and alle pe 28
1 werin sic 0. 2 done DO. 3 vnto 0. 4 1 om. 0.
5 5 drawe and hongete D. to be drawe & honged 2 he was dampned' 0.
6 eve & DO. 7 CCC and 0. 8 - 8 vnto him D. vnto hym 0.
9 graciously alle 0. 10 om. DO. n om. D.
12 MS. xxiiij ; xxij do D. xxiiijo 0. 13 How sic 0. 14 be 0.
15 Heretingoii D. Heretyngeton) 0. 16 MS. ])ai. 17 witfamte 0.
18 begete 0. 19 forsoke 0. 2 homage DO. 21 >er sic 0.
22 CCClxxij 0. ^-23 sent to D. sent vnto 0.
24 pope struck out, and bysshope of Rome written over in a different hand
in 0.
25 to D. * kyng< DO.
- 7 pope struck out, and bisshope written over in 0.
28 him assoilede D. hym assoylled' 0. assaicle him R. a leaf 162.
30 om. 0. ai And )>e DO. * Edward D.
CH. ccxxiii] 'Sir John Turntabard.' His Son imprisond. 273
grete lorde[s] of Scotland? wip hi??i, pat were taken 1 at Berwike,
and ^af ham sauf condit to gon into Scotland. And the Scottes
sepenes, prou$ her* falsenesse, werrede oppon Kyng 1 Edward'.
4 II And when Sir 1 John Bailoile, Kyng 1 of Scotland', saw al pis, he
went & put him oner 2 pe 3 see vnto Dompier 1 , and leuede pe?-e
oppon his owen landes as wel as he might, til pat pe Scottis wolde
amende ham of hir 1 misdedes & trespasse^, 4 and lad with him Sir*
8 Edward*, his sone. Wherfore ]>e Scottes, in despite of him, callede
him "Sir 1 lohn Turnetabard'," 5 for cause pat he 6 wolde nou^t 6
offende ne trespasse a^eynes Kyng 1 Edward' of Engelawd; and so
he forsoke his reaume of Scotland, and sette perof but litil pris.
1 2 IF And pis Sir 1 lohn, Longe duellede in Fraunce, til pat he deide pere ;
and Sir 1 Edward' his sone 7 vnderfonge his heritage, 7 and dede
homage vnto pe Kyng 1 of France for his landes of Dunpier 1 .
H And so hit felle afterward' pat Edwarde, pat was lohn
16 Bailoilles sone, had 8 wip him a squyer 1 of Engelawd pat was born 9
in 3ork-shire, pat men callede lohn of Barnaby ; and pis 10 Edward'
Bailoil louede him miche, & was nei$ hi?ft, and n wip him 11 ful
pryuee. 12 U And so pis lohn of Bernaby was in debate with a
20 French'e-man in pe tonne of Dounpier 1 ; and so he quellede him,
and went in his way, in al the haste pat he might, into pe castel
fortil 13 haue socoure and helpe of his lord'. 11 And anone come pe
Officeres of pe toune 14 forto 15 take lohn of Baruaby as a feloun.
24 and Sir 1 Edward', his lorde, halpe him, and rescuede him, 3 and by
ny^t made him wende out of the castel ; and so he went his way,
and come into Engeland with-oute 16 eny harme. U And when
pe Kyng of F?'aunce saw pat 17 Sir 1 Edward' had rescuede his
28 feloun, he bicome wonder 1 wrop a^eyns Sir 1 Edward', and anon
lete him bene 18 aresf, and toke into his hande alle his landes.
II Tho duellede Sir 1 Edward in prison vnto pe tyme pat Sir 1 Henry 19
Beaumond' come into Fraunce; pe whiche Henry 20 some- tyme
32 was 20 Erl of Angos 21 in Scotland, prou} his wif, 21 and was put
out of pe forsaide Erldorne when pe accord' was made 22 bituene
Engetaa 1 & Scotland', prou3 pe Quene IsabeH & Sir 1 Eogere pe 23
1 take DO. 2 one D. 3 om. 0. 4 trespas 0.
5 Turnelabard? DO. 6 - 6 ne wolde 0. 7 ~ 7 his heritage vndirfonge 0.
8 latf 0. 9 bore 0. 10 MS. >is >is. "- 11 om. DO.
12 leaf 162, back. 13 for-to 0. 14 Tou of Dunpiere 0.
15 forto DO. fortok R. 16 wi>outen D.
7 MS. J>at kyng, with kyng underlined for omission. 18 be DO.
19 Henry of 1 D. Kerry of 0. 2 - 20 was sum tyme 0.
21 - 21 >rou3 his wif in Scotland' D. w om. DO. w om. D.
BRUT. T
274 Preparations to make BalioVs sonK. of Scotland. [CH. ccxxm
Mortymer 1 & her 1 corapanye, for f e mariage fat she made bituene
Dauid, )>at was Robert fe Bms 1 sone, and! Dame lohn of 2 }>e toure,
Kyng Edward us sustre of Engeland', and wel vnderstode 3 fis, ]>at
at the ende he shulde come to his ryghf, but if [it] were frou$ J>e 4 4
Edward BailloiH, j>at was right heir 1 of the reaume of Scotland'.
U And fe Kyng of F?*aunce, Lowys, louede wel 5 fis Sir 1 Henry,
and was wij> him ful priuee, and 6 fou3t forto 7 make 8 delyue?*ance
of Sir 1 Edward! Bailoiles body, if he might in eny maner 1 . H Tho 8
praiede he fe Kyng, fat he wolde graunt him of his grace Sir 1
Edward Bailoilles body vnto fe next pa?*lement, J>at he mi^t leue
wij> his owen rentes in fe mene-tyme, and fat he my^t 9 stande to
bene 10 lugede by his pieris at the 11 parlement. U the Kyng 12
grantede him his praieres, 12 and made fe forsaide Sir* Edward' ben
delyue?'ede out of prisoun in the maner 1 aboue-saide. and anone
as he was out of prisoun, Sir* Henry toke him forth wif him, & lad
him 13 into Engeland? and 14 made him duelle priueliche 15 16 in the 16 16
Maner 1 of Sandhal oppon 17 Owes in 3orke-shire, wif }>e Lady Vescy.
and so he ordeynede him fere an Huge retenance of peple of
Englisshemen, and also 18 of Aliens, forto conquere a^eyne 18 his
heritage. IF And so he $af miche siluer 1 vnto soudeoures and to 20
Alienes forto helpe him; and ]>ai bihight him forto helpe 19 in al
fat )>ai 20 might 1 , but fai failede hi??i at his most nede.
And at }>at tyme 21 Donalde, Erl of Morref 1 , herde telle how }>at
Sir 5 Edward 4 was comen 22 into Engelawo 7 , and come to him, and 24
made wij) him grete ioye of his commyng a3eyne, and saide to 23
him, and bihighft] fat alle 24 grete lordes 11 of Scotland! 25 shulde
26 bene to him 26 entendant, and 27 holde him 27 for hii j Kyng 1 , as right
heir 5 of Scotland!, and so miche ]?ai wolde done, j>at he shulde 28
be 28 crounede Kyng of fat lande, and 29 to him dede 29 30 feaute &
Homage. 30 81 J?o come Sir 1 Henry of Beaumondf to Kyng Edward' of
Engeland!, and praiede him, in way of charite, fat he wolde grant
1 Brus his 0. 2 at 0. 3 vnderstonde> D. 4 sir* DO.
5 miche D. mych 0. 6 leaf 163. 7 to D. 8 make a 0.
9 most D. muste 0. 10 be 0. n am. 0.
12 prayer* D. prayere 0. 13 him forth D. 14 and laide sic D.
15 priuyly 0. "- 18 at a D. atte a 0. 17 op 0. 18 om. D.
M helpe him D. he D. 21 I-tyme sic 0.
22 priuely come D. priuyly come 0. ffl vnto D.
24 alle >e D. art > e 0. ^ Engelond? 0.
^-^ to him bene D. be to hym 0.
s 7 - 27 shulde him holde D. sehuld' hym hold' 0. a bene D.
29-29 dede to him D. dede to hym 0. 30 - 30 homage & feute 0.
31 Zca/163, back.
CH. ccxxm] Edw. Ill gives Baliol's son leave to go to Scotland. 275
of his grace vnto Sir 1 Edwarde Bailoil, fat lie moste 1 safliche gone 2
bi land? fram 3 Sandhali vnto Scotland', forto conquers his ri$t
heritage in Scotland'. U the Kyng Edward ansuerede and saide
4 vnto him: "yf )>at y soffre fe Bailoil wende frou$ my londe
toward Scotland?, fan fe peple wolde say fat 4 y were 4 assenting
to 5 fe company." U "Now, Sir*, y praie $ow fat 36 wolde grant
him leue to take vnto [him] soudeoures of Englisshe-men, fat fai
8 my^t safly lede him frou$ ^our 1 land? vnto 6 Scotland'; and, Sir*,
oppon fis couena[n]t, fat if 7 it so bifalle fat God hit forbede ! fat
fai bene 8 descomfited? in bataile frou$ )>e Scottes, fat y and alle fe
lordes ]>at holden with Bailoil ben for euermore put out of oure 9
12 rent} fat we hauef in EngelarcoY' If and fe Kyng, oppon fis
couenant, g?*ntede hir 1 bone, as toching him and f o fat were of
fe 10 same quererl, fe whiche cleimede forto 11 haue londes & 12 rent}
in f e reaume of Scotland'. U And f ise were f e names of f e same
16 Lordes fat pursuede fis mater 1 , fat is to seyn, 13 Sir* Edward 14
Bailoil, fat chalangede fe reaume of Scotland; Sir Henry
Beaumond', Erl of Angos ; Sir 1 Dauid of Stroboly, Erie of Atheles ;
Sire Geffray of Mountbray, Walter Corny n, and meny of ere fat
20 were put out of hir 15 heritage in Scotland? whe?i fe pees was
16 made bituene Engeland? and Scotland', as bifore is saide.
1F And 36 shal vnderstond? fat f ise lordes toke wif ham v C
men of Armes and ij M* Archires 17 of footmen, and 18 fo went vnto 19
24 ship atte Rauenesere, and sailede by fe see til fat fai come 20 vnto
Scotland', and 21 come to lande at Kynkecorne, xij mile fro 22 Seint
lohnes toune, and sende 23 oute hier 1 shippes a^eine, for fai shulde
nou^t ben 24 hurt ne apairede, 25 neif er fat no man shulde gone 2 into
28 shippe a^eyne, f ou} fat 26 fai hade nede, but abide at al periles, and
nou^t flee, but 27 stande, and rafer 27 softre def fan flee, to mayntene
hir 1 trew querelle. IT when f e Erl of Fif, 28 a fers maw and a sterne,
herde telle fat fe Bailoil was corner 29 forto take fe lande of
32 Scotland', he come in haste vnto Kynkecorn wif x M* Scottes,
forto destourble him, fat he shulde nou^t come to land?. H But
Sir* Edward' Bailoil and his company had taken f e land?, maugre
1 mi^t D. 2 go 0. 3 fro DO.
4 - 4 he shulde ben D. he schuld ben 0. 5 vnto DO. 6 into 0.
7 om. D. 8 were 0. 9 }aur 0. 10 fat 0. n to DO.
12 or 0. 13 sey 0. 14 MS. lohn ; Edward fe DO. 15 om. D.
16 leaf 164. 17 Archers and D. Archiers & 0. 18 & of 0.
19 into 0. 2 comen 0. 21 MS. at. ^ fram D. 23 sent DO.
24 be 0. s 5 enpeirede D. Empeyred? 0. 26 om. 0.
^-^ rather stande & 0. w Wif sic D. M come 0.
276 Baliol's son routs the Earl of Fife. [CH. ccxxin
him and his company, and him descomfitede; at fe whiche
scomfiture Sir* Alisandre of Seton 1 was fer quelled e, and meny
o]>er. U The Erl of Fif was fo wonder 1 sory, and ful euel 2
shamede 3 fat so litil 4 company hade him descomfitede, and shame- 4
fulliche 5 put 6 him & alle 6 his company fat was 7 alif forto flee. 8
fo come Sir 1 Edward the 9 Bailoil, and toke fe centre al about him,
til fat 10 he come to f e Abbay of Dunfermelyn ; and fere he fonde
vitailes for him and? n for his men. 12 and amonge all ofer finges, 8
He fonde in a chambre aboue 13 v C of grete 14 stafes of fyne oke,
with longe 9 pikes of yren and of stele: he tok 15 and? delyuerede
ham to fe most strongeste of his company. If And anone after
he went fro fens, and loggede him in a felde ij mile fro Seint 12
lohfi 16 toune. anct when fe burgeys of fe toune herde how fe Erl
was descomfitede frou^ 17 Sir* Edward? 18 Bailloile, fai were sore
adrade, and broken f e brigge^ fat fai hao? made ouer fe water of
Erne, so fat fe Bailoil might nou$t gon 19 ouer 1 ; Wherfore he 16
loggede him fere al fat nyght 1 , but litel hede he toke to 20 reste, and
saide vnto his peple, U "Now, dere lordes, $e knowe 21 ful wel fat
we bene 22 now 9 loggede 23 bituene oure enemys; and if fai mow vs
hampre, fere nys 24 but litil 18 def ; whe[r]fore if we abide here aft 20
fis nyght stille, y leue fat hit shal turne vs to miche harme; for fe
power 1 of Scotland? may euery day wax and encresce, and we may
nou^t so; and we bene ful 25 litel peple as a^eins ham. whefore y
praye 3ow, for the loue of Almyghty God, make we vs bolde and 24
hardy, and 9 fat we mow mightely take fe Scottes fis nyght, and
26 boldely wen* oppon ham; and late vs pu[r]sue ham fis nijt; and 26
if fai bene 22 trauailede frou^ vs, and fai see oure hardynesse, so
fat of ere Scottis fat comen, and mete ham & see ham so trauailede 27 28
and wery, f e sorer wil bene adrade wif vs forto fei^ten ; 28 and
fressheliche 29 fan 30 we shullen 80 31 fei3t, and oppon Ham pursue, so
fat, frou$ the grace of Almighty God!, al the worlde shal speke of 18
fe 32 dou^tynesse of our* chaiualry." H And, sires, vnderstondef 33 32
I Seton >e sone DO. 2 il D. 3 aschamed' 0. 4 l[i]tel a 0.
5 shamelich D. schamelich 0. 6 6 him and D. hym&alO. & alle R.
7 were D. 8 slee sic D. 9 om. D. 10 om. DO.
II leaf 164, back. 12 folc D. folk 0. la aboute 0. 14 gode D.
15 nome ham D. toke hem 0. :e lohnes D. lonnys 0.
17 >urgn )> 0. 18 om. 0. 19 go 0. 2 of DO. 21 Enoweii D.
22 he 0. ffl ylogge* 0. w is no bote 0. ^ but DO.
2 - 26 om. D. * y-trauaylled' 0. M fight 0.
29 fresshely D. fersly 0. :w - 30 schul we 0. 31 leaf 165.
12 oppon D. * vnderstondes D..
CH. ccxxiil] Baliol's Son beats his Scotch opposers. 277
wel fat aft the co??2pany fat come 1 with Sir 5 Edward? Bailoile
grauntede wel 2 vnto fis 2 conseil, and were ferof glade, and anone
pursuede oppon fe Scottes fat wer* 3 bicomew wonder* wery. and
4 fe Bailoile and his company sore folwede ham, and dede ham
miche sorwe f rou$ her* assaut, so fat fai myght nou^t, for feble,
ham helpe, and for litel peple. U But fo saide amongws ham :
"what is 4 vs now 4 bifalle, fat so litel peple as fe Bailoil haf in
8 wenge, done vs so miche trauaile and sorwe? now certes hit
semef vs fat he werches 5 by g?*ace, for he is wonder graciouse in
his querelle, and al 6 we certes shul bene 7 dede er fat we may
come to him, vs forto ^elde, sif fat his fader 1 sette of 8 vs no pris."
12 U And amonge alle of ere fengws, fe Bailoil & his peple passede
fe watere of Erne, so fat Sir* Roger of Suynerton, fe 9 sone, was 10
fers and angri, and went forth; and fai saw miche 11 peple of men
of armes ful wel arraiede ; and forf fai went vnto 12 ha??^, and 13 wif
16 ham fou^te?*, 13 and quellede as 14 meny as wolde abide, and 15 toke; 16
and nof elesse at fat assaut fai wende fat hit hade bene f e grete
host of Scotland?, and when hit come 17 to fe morne, 17 fai gadrede
18 ham and restede 18 a while. IT But fe while 19 fat fe Englisshe-
20 men restede, 20 fe noble Baron Thomas 21 of Vescy, and 22 fe noble
baron of Stafford*, prekeden hir 1 23 horse vp and doun by fe hulles,
forto Kepe f e estres of f e contreye. U and as fai prekeden vp
and doun, fai saw a grete hoste of gode arraye, ordeynede in iij
24 wenges, wif helmes and shelde 24 shynyng, corny ng 25 oppon ham,
and fo come fo ij lordes a^eyne vnto 26 fe Bailoiles folc, and saide,
" Now, for the loue of Almyghty God, bef of gode comfort, for $e
shul haue bataile auone right ! " H And f o spake Sir 1 Fouk 1 , f e
28 sone of Gerrein, a baroun of grete renoun and of dede of Armes :
"Sires lordynges, vnderstondef [f]at y wil saien y haue seyne
meny diuerse wenges, as wel amonges 27 Sarasynws and 28 Gewes as
amonge fe Scottes; and }itt see 29 y neuer fe ferfe 30 part of fe
32 wenge fei^ten. and ferfor, and 31 we wil abide our* enemys, we bef 32
1 comen DO. 2 - 2 to >af D. vnto >at 0. 3 }>ai D. J>ey 0.
- 4 now vs DO. 6 worcheth 0. 6 om. D. 7 be 0.
8 vppon D. 9 Jjo D. 10 >at was 0. n meny 0. 12 to D.
13 fau3t Avitli ham D. 14 alse D. 15 or DO. 16 take 0.
17 vnto >e morwe D. 18 - 18 ham to-geder 1 and restede ham D.
19 whiles DO. 20 restede ham D. rested' hem O.
1 Against this is written in the margin in a contemporary (?) hand:
Thomas Yessy and the barron of Stafford.
22 om. 0. 23 leaf 165, back. * sheldes D. scheldes 0.
25 corny sic D. ^ to D. ^ amon^ 0. * as 0. a saw DO.
30 ferdeD.
278 Battle between the menofBaliol's son & the Scots. [CH.CCXXIII
ynow forto fei3t a3eynes ham; but if 1 we be 2 nou^t of gode hert
and of gode wille forto fei^t wif ham, for certes 3 we ben ful 4
fewe a^eyns fis company. H And ferfore, for the loue of God?,
take we vnto vs gode hert, and lete vs bene 5 bolde ; and f enke we 4
neifer oppon 6 oure wifes ne 7 oppon our* cheldren, but oneliche 8 to
conquer* ham in bataile ; and, frou^ f e helpe of our* Lord? God,
oure enemys we shul 9 ouercome."
51 And with fat, come fe hoste of fe 10 Scottes toward' ham ful 8
sorely, 11 <fe 10 a^eins Sir* 10 Edward of 12 Bailoile, in iij baitailes wel
araiede in Armure ; and wonder fressheliche 13 J>ai comen 14 toward
fe Bailoiles men. But when Sir 5 Donalde, 10 Erl of Marcile, saw al
15 fis, he saide to Robert J>e 10 Brus, 16 fe sone of Robert 1 fe 17 Brus, 16 12
f ise wordes : " Sir* Robert," quod he, " ful sore me f orf enkef at myn
hert 1 fat J>is folc, fat fe 18 Bailoile haf bro^t wif him, shulde 19 dye
wif dent of Scottisshe mene3 20 suorde, 21 sif fat J>ai bene 22 Cristen
men as wel as 23 we bene 23 ; and f erf ore me fenke 24 fat hit were 16
grete charite to sende vnto ham forto ^elde ham vnto 25 our* mercy
and grace, and raunsoun ham 26 frou^ greuous raunsons, 27 forasmiche
as fai haue take 28 our* land and done ille." 29 IT "Now, certes,"
quod Sir* Robert 30 Danolde, "y haue wel perceyuede fat fow 16 art 20
an enemy and traitour* vnto Scotland?, sif fat fow 16 wil 31 consent to
saue oure dedely enemys fat haue 32 done vs miche sorwe and
shame; an<J nowe hit semef wel 83 fat 30 bef 2 of her* assent."
IT "Certes, Robert," quod Sir* Donald?, " falseliche 34 36 lye! y am 24
nou3t of her* company ne of her* consent ; and fat hastely 30 shul
see, for y wil fei3t wif ha?ft rafer fan eny of fis 85 company." "And
certes," Sir* 10 Robert saide, "y shal, 36 magre fin heede, 36 assaile ha?ft
or fow." IT And wif fat fai prekeden 87 her* stedes fersely 38 oppon 28
Caskemore, and her* wenges ham folewede on a 10 renge. and fo
come fai, and mette fe 39 Bailloil and his company at an hongen 40
bou3t of fe more in a streite passage, and so faste fai hastede ham
vnto ]?e Englisshemen, so fat fousandes felle 41 to fe gronde, eche 32
1 if >at DO. 2 bene D. 3 certes we 0. certes R. 4 but 0.
B be 0. 6 on 0. 7 ney)>cr 0. 8 only 0. 9 shullen D.
10 om. D. n serely 0. 12 J>e DO. 13 ferselich D. ferslych 0.
14 come DO. 15 leaf 166. 16 - 16 om. D. 17 om. O.
18 >is 0. 19 shul D. schul 0. 2 men D. 21 Swerdes 0,
22 be> D. ^-^ 36 be> D. w >enke> D. >inke> 0.
25 to DO. ^ >em 0. raunson) 0. taken D. euel D.
50 Robert bras D. 31 wilt 9. ^ hauen D. = vs D.
34 falslye 0. x his 0. 3S_36 niaug[r]e J>ine of ]>in heuede sic D.
37 prekede D. M ferslych 0. 39 wij> D. *> hongyng O.
41 fellen D.
CH. ccxxiil] Baliol's son routs the Scots. The Fleming pirate. 279
oppon ofer, 1 into on hepe, 1 bofe horse and man. U The Bailoil
2 and his men fo 2 3 mighghtely stoden a3eynes Ham, and faste
quellede f e Scottis vnto f e grounde, & meny sore woundede, so longe
4 til fat fai stoden oppon ham, and foynede ham with her 1 suordes
& speres frou^-out here bodyes ; and so sore trauailede oppon ham
til fai 4 bicome 5 ful wery, and wist nou^t what to done, and fe
Scottes fat were lafte alif H fledden to saue ham-self 1 , in the best
8 mane?* fat fai myght. U And )>o pursuede 6 Edward Bailoile & his
mew, and quellede of ham 7 til fat hit was nyght. 7 and fro fens fai
went vnto 8 Seint lohnes Toune, and toke hit, and helde ham fere
and vitailede ham-self 1 atte her 1 owen wille, for fai fonden ynou^ 9
12 wherwith to make ham mery. 51 ]>o made fe Bailoile his men fat
wer 1 woundede gone to shippe forto wende into Engelandl, forto
hele her 110 woundes.
And in fat same tyme f ere was a Flemyng 1 in f e see, a strong 1
16 fef robour 111 fat me callede * Crab' ; and fis Flemyng 1 was dryuen
out of Flaundres for his wickednesse ; and f erfore he come into
Scotland?, and helde him 10 wif fe Scottis, and dede 12 as miche
harme vnto the Englisshe-men as he myght 1 . IT And fis Crab
20 mette in fe see fis 13 Bailoiles men fat wer 110 wondede in bataile,
fat were sent a}eyn into 14 EngekmcZ forto hele her woundes. and 1
fis Crab $af vnto ham a grete assaut, and wolde haue quellede
ham euerychon 15 ; but fe Englisshe-men defendet ham wel and
24 manliche, 16 and descomfitede 17 Crab and his company ; and f o gan
he forto 18 flee into Scotland*. IT And as he come towarde Seint
lohnes toune,he fonde a grete company of Scottis, fat were comen 19
a^eyn to-geder 1 after fe scomfiture 20 of Gaskemore, fe whe[ch]
28 bisegede Bailoil and his men in f e same toune of Seint lohn ; and
anone tolde 21 to fe Scottis how 22 fat he 22 descomfitede of fe
Englisshe-mew fat were sore wondet at Gaskemore, 23 & went 23
toward Engelcmd forto hele her 1 wonde 24 ; and saide vnto f e
32 Scottes, fat fai shulde haue no grace ne might a^eynes Edward
1 - 1 cm. D. into an hepe 0. 2 - 2 J> & his men 0. 3 leaf 166, back.
4 >at J>ai D. J>at >ey 0. 5 becomen 0.
6 pursewede ham sire D. pursued? hem sir 0.
7 7 otn. D. til it was nyght O. 8 to D. 9 ynow DO.
10 om. 0. " a roboure D. a robber 1 0. ia de sic D.
13 om. D. >e o. 14 vnto D 15 echeon 0.
16 leaflGr. 17 descomfit 1 D. 18 om. D.
19 come 0. 20 discomfiture 0. 21 MS. tolde tolde.
22 - aa he was DO. ^-^ >at were D. >at went O.
24 MS. wonde and sad, with and sad underlined for omission; woundes DO.
280 BalioVs Son is croivnd King of Scotland. [CH. ccxxin
Bailoile, for enchesoun pat he had scomfitede 1 & empairede al the
chiualrye of Scotland 1 wip an handeful of men, as to acount a3eins
pe Scottis fat wer 1 slayn. Wherfore he conseilede ham to 2 remeve
pe sege fra??i 3 Seynt lohnes toune, 4 and kepe ha?ft in pe best 4
maner pat pai coupe or 5 myght. 51 The Scottes vnderstode 6 pat
Crab saide ham sop, and forsoke pe sege and went pens by nyght,
and halpe ham-self in the beste mane?* pat pai might.
H When pis tidyng 7 was know prou} Scotland?, how pat pe 8
lordes and knyghtes were scomfitede at Gaskemore of Scotia?*^
pro 113 Sir 1 Edward 8 Bailoil, 36 slmllen 9 vnderstonde pat the Lordes
and 10 ladies & gentiles of Scotland' comen wonder* faste vnto Seynt
lohnes toune, and 3elde n ham vnto 12 Baloile, and to 13 ha??z dede 13 12
14 feaute and homage 14 for hir 1 londes, and 3elden ham vnto his pees,
[and helde 15 him for heir 1 lord, and he vnderfonge of ham heir 1
homages, and grauntede ham his pees ; and fro pens he went to pe
Abbay of Scone, and pere he was cronede Kyng 1 of Scotland, and 16
after 1 , he lete crie his pees] 16 prou3- 17 out pe Land?, and at pat 18 same
tyme Hit bifelle 19 pat Kyng Edward? of Engelarcd helde his parle-
ment amongws 20 his Lieges at pe 4 Newe-CasteU oppon Tyne, forto
amende pe trespasses 21 and pe wronges pat had ben 22 done in his 20
land', and Sir 1 Edward pe Bailoil, Kyng of Scotl?zd, come to him
pider 1 , and dede 23 vnto him feaute and homage 23 for pe reaume
of Scotland'. U And in pis maner* Kyng Edward? of Engekmc?
gaderede a3eyn pe homages and feautes of Scotland', wherof he was 24
put out poru3 conseil and assent of Dame IsabeH: his moder 1 , and of
Sire Rogere Mortymer 1 , Erl of pe Marche.
IT Tho toke Sir 1 Edward! Bailoil, Kyng of Scotland, his leue of
Kyng Edward? of Engelawd, and went pens into his owen lande of 28
Scotland*, and sette but litil 24 be ham 24 pat hade conseilede him and
holpen him in his quereH; wh erf ore pai went from 3 him, and went
& leuede by her 1 owen 25 londes and rent3 in 26 Scotland?. IT And so
hit 27 bifelle afterward nou3t longe, 28 pat pe Kyng of Scotland? 28 ne 32
1 discomfited' 0. 2 forto DO. 3 fro 0. 4 om. 0. 5 & 0.
6 vnderstode )>o D. vndirstode J> 0. 7 tydynges D.
8 Edward >e D. 9 schal 0. I0 and >e D. n 3elden D.
12 vnto >e DO. 13 ~ 13 him deden D. hym deden 0.
14 14 homage & fewte 0. 15 helden 0. 16 supplied from D.
17 leaf 167, back. 18 the D. > e 0. 19 fel D. 2 among 0.
21 trespasse D. Trespas 0. ^ be 0.
ss- 23 to him homage and feaute D. to hy m feute & homage 0.
a*- 24 hem by 0. ^ om DO. of D. MS. his.
^-^ MS. J>at }>e kyng of Scotland' >at >e kyng of Scotland?.
CH. ccxxin] Attempt to murder the Scotch King. 281
remevede and come to pe toune of Anandl, and pere toke 1 his
duelyng*. and J)ider come to him a company of kny^tes, stronge
men and worthy, & $elde 2 ham vnto pe kyng, and bare ham so
4 faire in dede, and! in contynaunce so J>at he trust miche oppon
ham. [and anone as pe traitourea sawe pat he trust miche oppon
ham], 3 pai ordeynede amongws ham 1. in o 4 company, and 5 wolde
haue 5 slayn 6 her 1 Kyng 1 ; but, prou^ pe grace of Almyghty God* he
8 brake 7 out prou^ a 7 walle [by] 8 an Hole in his 9 chambre; and, as
God wolde, 9 scaped her 1 traitery. and alle his men 10 wer )
quellede 10 ; and he ascapede wip miche drede to pe Toune of
Cardoile, and pe?*e helde him, sore annoiede : and pis bifelle on 11
12 oure Ladyes eve pe 12 Concepcioun.
H Tho sent 13 Kyng Edward 13 Bailoil to Kyng Edward of
EngelcmeZ, how falsely and traiterousely he was in litel while 14 put
vnto 15 shame and sorwe, prou$ his lige men, oppon whom he 16 tmste
16 wonder 116 miche 17 and praiede him, for pe loue of Almyghty God
pat he wolde mayntene him and helpe 18 [him] a^eyns his enemys.
U the Kyng of Engeland? hade of him po grete pite, & bihight
him 19 helpe and socour 1 , and sent him worde pat he shulde halde
20 him in pees stille in the citee of Cardoile, til pat he hade gaderede
his power*. IT Tho ordeynede Kyng Edward? of Engelawd a conseil
at London, and lete gader his mew in diuerses 20 shires of Engelcwdf,
and when he was redy, he went toward pe toune of Berwifr-vp-
24 Twyde ; and? pider 1 21 corne to him 21 Kyng Edward? of Scotland*, wip
his power*, and bisegede the toune, and made wipout J?e toune a
fair 5 toune of pauylouns, and dikede ham wel al 12 aboute, so pat pai
hade non 22 drede of pe Scottes ; & made meny assautes 23 wip gonnes
28 and wip opere engynes to pe toune, wherwip pai destroiede meny
a fair 1 hous ; and cherches also 24 were beten 24 adoune 25 vnto the
erpe, wip gret stones, 26 and spitouse comyng 26 out of 27 gonnes and
of olpere gynnes. and nopeles pe Scottes kepte wel pe toune, pat po
32 ij kyngws 28 mi^t nou^t come perin longe tyme. and nopeles the
1 nome D. 2 golden 0. 3 supplied from D. 4 a 0.
J om. 0. 6 quellede D. quelled wolde haue 0.
7 - 7 >rou3 an D. >urgfc a 0. 8 leaf 168. 9 - 9 om. sic D.
10-10 weren y.q we iied 0. n in 0. 12 om. 0.
isis s t ruc k out i n j). 14 tyme J)Q. w to DO.
! - 16 trustede D. " mychel 0. 18 om. D. 19 him >o D.
20 diners 0. a -a comen to D. 22 no DO. ^ assaute 0.
weren bete 0. ** leaf 168, back.
! - 26 J>at dispitously comen D. >at spytously comen 0.
27 of the D. ^ kriyghtes 0.
282 The Scots offer to surrender Berwick if help doesn't come.
Kynges abiden fere so longe, til fo J>at were in fe toune faillede
vitailes ; and also fai were so wery of wakyng 4 fat J>ai wiste nou^t
what to Done. U And $e shulle vnderstonde fat fo 1 ]?at wer 1 in 1
the toune of Berwik 1 , f rou$ hii j comune conseile and her* assent, lete 4
crie oppon f e walles fat fai mi^t haue pees of f e Englisshe-meft ;
and ferof J>ai praiede 2 fe Kyng, and of his grace, and praiede him
of trewes for viij daies, oppon f is couenant, fat, 3 if fai were nought
rescuede in fat side of fe toune toward Scotland*, of fe 4 Scottis, 8
wifin viij daie$, fat fai wolde }elde ham vnto the Kyng, and fe
toune also, and to holde fise couenaunt}, 5 fai profurede 6 to fe
Kyng xij hostages 6 oute of fe toune of Berwik 1 . IT When the
hostages wer* delyuerede vnto fe Kyngws, anone fo of fe toune 12
sent 7 vnto fe Scottes, and tolde ham of hir* sorwe & meschief 1 . and
fe Scottes comen fo pryueliche 8 oner fe water of Twyde, to fe
bou^t of fe Abbay; and Sir 1 William Diketf, fat was fe 9 Sty ward
of Scotland, and meny ofer fat comen wif him, put ha??i fere in 16
grete pe?'ile of hamself att fat tyme of hir 1 lif 1 ; for fai comen ouer* 10
a bruge n fat was to-broken, 12 and fe stones away, and meny of
hir* company were fe?*e drenchede 13 ; but j?e forsaide Willia??i went
ouer 1 , and 14 ofere of 14 his company, and come 15 by fe 16 Englisshe 20
shippis, 16 and quellede in a barge of Hulle xvj men ; and afte?* fai
went into the toune of Berwik 1 by the water side ; Wherfore fe
Scottis helde J^o f e toun rescuede, and axede hir 1 hostages a^eyne of
f e Kyng of Engelawc?. IT And fe Kyng sent ham worde a^eyne fat 24
fai askede the hostages wif wronge, sif fat fai comew 17 into the
toune by EngelawcZ 18 syde; for couenaunt was bituene ham fat fe
toune shulde be rescuede by the half 1 of Scotland?. 19 anon Kyng
Edward fo commanded 20 ham 21 to ^elde fe toune or he wolde haue 28
fe hostages, and! fe Scottis saide fat fe toune was rescuede wel
ynow, and fe?'to fai wolde holde ha???.. IT When Kyng Edward' saw 22
f e Scottis breke her 1 couenaunt} fat fai made, he was wonder* wrothe,
and anone lete take S^re Thomas fit} and Sire Alisaundre of Seton, 32
Wardeyne of Berwik 1 , the whiche Thomas was person of Dun-
barr 1 , and lete ham be taken 23 ferst 1 bifore fe 24 ofer hostages, for
1 - 1 of D. 2 praiden D. 3 om. 0. 4 MS. >e >e.
5 couenant D. Couenawnt 0. 6 ~ 6 xij hostages vnto )>e kyng 1 D.
7 senten 0. 8 pryuyly 0. 9 >o DO. 10 ofere D. n leaf 169.
12 broke 0. 13 ydreynt 0. 14 - 14 om. 0. 15 comen D.
1616 s hippes of Engeland D. Shippes of Engelond? 0. n come D.
18 Engelandes D. Engelondes 0. 19 Scotland' and DO.
20 commands D. 21 om. 0. ** seye D. 23 tak 1 D. take 0.
24
CH. ccxxui] The Scots make ready to fight Edward III. 283
enchesoun fat Sir 5 Alisaundres fader' 1 was keper 1 of 2 fe toune. and
fe Kyng co??^mandede euery day forto 1 take 3 ij hostages 3 of fe
toune til fat fai were alle done, vnto fe def, but if fai 4 wolde
4 ^elde 4 fe toun ; and so he wolde 5 teche ham to 6 breke her* coue-
naunt}. U And* when fo of ]>e toune herde fis tydynges, fai bicome 7
wonder 1 sory, and sent 8 to fe Kyng of Engela?^, fat he 9 wolde
graunt ham ofer viij dayes of respite, so fat bituene CC men of
8 Armes and xx ti lQ men u of Armes 10 mygh[t] by 12 strengf gon 13
bituene ham vnto 14 fe toune of Berwik 1 , ham forto vitaile, so fat fe
toune moste be 15 holde for rescuede. H And if it so were fat xxj
or xxij or mo were slayn of fo CC biforesaide, fat fe toune shulde
12 nou^t ben 16 halde for rescuede. & fis couenaunt 17 forto holde, 17 fai
sent to him of ere xij 18 of fe toune 18 in hostage^. 19 U The Kyng of
Engeland? grantede ham her' praier 1 , and tok f e hostages, on Seynt
Margaretes eve, In the 3er* of grace M* CCC xxxij, 20 fe Scottis
16 comen ferseliche 21 in iiij wengws wel arraiede in Armes, forto mete
Kyng Edward of Engeland* and Edward fe Kyng of Scotland 4 , &
wif hir* power 1 , and 1 come fast and sharpely a^eynes evesong tyme.
and fe same tyme was node at Berwik 1 , in the wate?' of Twede, fat
20 no man myght wende ouer 1 , on horse neifer on foote, and f e water
was bituene f o ij kyng^s and f e reame of Engeto^ : and fat tyme
abyden the Scottis in fat ofer side, for enchesoun fat fe Englisshe-
men shulde haue 22 bene drenchede 22 or slayn.
24 nnHis was fe arraie of the Scottis as 23 fai 24 comera in bataile 24
JL aseynes f e ij Kyngws of Engeland* & of Scotland : In f e
vant-ward? 25 of Scotland' were fise Lordes :
U The Erl of Morrif 1 , lames EriseH, Symond' Frisett, Walter
28 Stiward?, Eaynolde Cheyne, Patrik of Graham, 26 Iohn le Graunt,
lames of Cardoile, 27 Patrik Parkeres, Eobert Caldecotes, 26 Philip
of Meldrum, Thomas Gilbert, Wiseman, Adam Gurdoun, lamys
Gramat, Eobert Boyde, Hughe Park, wif xl kny^tes newe dobbede,
32 and vj C mew of Armes, & iij M> of commune. 28
1 om. ~D. 2 of >e DO. of R. 3 ~ 3 hostages too 0. 4 - 4 3elden DO.
5 shulde D. schuld 0. 6 forto DO. 7 becomen 0.
8 senten DO. 9 leaf 169, back. 10 - 10 om. 0. n MS. men men.
12 MS. by by. 13 go 0. 14 in-to 0. 15 ben D. 16 be 0.
17 - 17 to ben balden D. to be holde 0. 18 ~ 18 om. D. 19 hostage 0.
20 MS. xxij. 21 fressheliche D. fersly 0. 28 - aa be dreynt 0. .
23 how >at DO. 24 ^ come iu bataylles 0. 25 vanne-warde 0.
2626 Decotes sic 0. w leaf 170. ^ communes D.
284 The Five Wards of the Scotch Army at Berwick. [CH. ccxxiu
In )>e ferst partie of j>e halfe bataile of Scotlajid wer* )>ise
lordes :
U The styward? of Scotland, J>3 Erl of Moneteth, lames his
Vncle, William Douglas, Dauid of Lyndeseye, Maucolyn Flemyng 1 , 4
William of Keth, Dunkan Kambok 1 , wij> xxx bachilers new
dobbede.
In }>e secunde part of ]?e half Lien-warde of the bataile of
Scotland*, were ]>ise lordes:
U lames Stiward? of Golden, Aleyne Styward?, William Abbre-
hyn, William Morice, lohn fit} Willia??i, Adam le 1 Mose, Walte?'
fit} Gilbert, lohn of Cherlton, Robert Walham, wij> vij C men
of armes, & xvij M* of communes. 2
In }>e )>ridde ward? of j)e bataile of Scotland? were j?ise
Lordes :
f The Erl of Marr*, )>e Erl of Roff, J>e Erl of Straherne, )>e Erie
of Sotherland?, William 3 Kirkeleye, lohn Cambron, Gilbert de 16
Haye, William of Rameseye, William Proudegest, Kirstyn Hard*,
William Gurdon, Arnolde Garde, Thomas Dolfyn, wij> xl knyghtes
new dobbede, ix C men of Armes, aud xv [M f of] co??zmunes. 2
In ]?e ferj? 4 warde of J?e bataile of Scotland* were ]>ise lordes: 20
1F Archebald? Douglas, 5 Erl of Leneux, Alisaunder le Brus, Erl
of Fiff*, lohn Cambel, 6 Erl of Atheles, 7 Eobert Lawether, William 8
Vipount, William of Lonston, 9 Iohn de 9 Labelles, Gros de She-
10 reulowe, lohn of 11 Lyndeseye, Alisaunder 1 de Gray, Ingam De 24
Vmfreuil, Patrik de Pollesworth, Dauid de Wymes, Michel Scott 1 ,
Williawi Landy, Thomas de Boys, Roge?-e de Mortymer 1 , with xxx
bachilers, ix C merc of Armes, and 12 xviij M^ co??zmunes. 13
[In ]> e v te warde of J? e bataile of Scotloml* were these lordis : ] 14 28
U The Erl of Dunbarre, kepei^ of J?e castel of Berwik*, halpe fe
Scottis wij) 1. men of Armes. And Sir 5 Alisaundre of Seton, keper
of J>e toune of Berwik, wi]i 15 C men of Armes, [and the comons of
}> e toun with CCCC men of armes], 16 U and x M* & viij C of fote- 32
men: )>e sowrne of )>e Erles and lordes amontej) lv 17 ; ]>e so??zme of 18
1 de 0. 2 Comune 0. 3 William of DO. 4 MS. ferste.
6 Douglas > e DO. 6 Camber 0. 7 Athel D. 8 William of DO.
9 - 9 lohan D. 10 leaf 170, back. n De DO. 12 om. 0.
13 and iiij C of communes D. & iiij C of Comune 0.
14 supplied from D. om. in OR. 15 with an D. -with a 0.
16 supplied from D. " Ixv D. lv M* 0. 18 of > e D.
CH. ccxxili] The English rout the Scots at Berwick, A.D. 1333. 285
bachileres newe dobbede amountef 1 C and xl; ]>e some of mew
of Armes amountep iij M> 2 v j C & 1 ; fe [som of f e comons
amouwtith Ixiiij M* & CC, The] 3 somme of commune 4 peple aboue-
4 saide 5 amountef Ixviij M* 6 & xlv. IT And fise 7 Iv grete 6 Lordes
ladden alle fe of ere 8 lordes aboue-saide 9 in iiij batailes, as 10 is
tolde bifore, alle on 11 foote.
IT And fe 7 Kyng Edward of Engeland? and 12 Edward', Kyng 7 of
8 Scotland*, hade wel apparalede her* folc 13 in iiij batailes, forto fei}t
14 on foot a^eynes 14 her 1 Enemys. And fe 15 Englisshe mynstralles
blow 16 her* trompis IT and hir ) pipes, and hidousely ascriede fe
Scottis. and ]>o hade euery Englisshe bataile ij wenges of pris
12 Archiers, fe whiche at fat bataile shotten Arwes so faste and 17 sore
fat fe Scottis myghtnou^t helpe hamself*; and so 18 fai smyten [}> e ]
Scottis, fousandes to fe 19 grounde; and 20 fai gun 21 forto fle fro fe
Englisshe-men forto saue hamselfe. 22 IT And 20 when fe English 23
16 knafes saw fe scomfitwre, 24 and fe Scottis falle faste 7 to the 19
ground 1 , fai prikeden 25 hir* maistres hors wif fe Spores forto kepe
ham fro 26 perile, and sette her 1 maistres at no force. IF And when
fe Englisshe-men saw fat, J>ai lopte on her' hors, and 1 fast pursuede
20 J>e Scottis; and alle 27 fat abiden, fai 6 quellede doune ryghf. fere
28 might men 28 see fe dou^tynesse of J?e noble Kyng Edward? and of
his men, how manliche 29 fai pursuede fe Scottis, fat flowen for
drede. 1T And fere 30 might mew 30 see meny a Scottisshe-man caste
24 doufi vnto fe erthe dede, and hir* baneres displaiede, & 19 hackede
into pices, and meny a gode habrigoun 31 of stele in hii blode
bafede 32 ; and meny a tyme fe Scottes were gadrede in 33 company es,
but euermore fai were descomfitede. IF And fus hit bifelle, as
28 God 1 wolde, fat fe Scottis hade 34 fat day no more foisoun ne
myght a^eynes fe Englisshe-mew, fan xx shepe 6 shulde haue a^eyns
v wolfes ; and so 35 were f e Scottis descomfitede ; and $itte f &
1 amountith an D. amouTitef a 0. 2 M } & D.
3 supplied from D. somme of fe communes amouTitef Ix M* & iiij M* &
ij C }>* 0.
4 the D. fe 0. 5 aboue-yseyd? 0. 6 om. 0. 7 om. D.
8 tofer D. 9 abouen-sayd^ 0. 10 as it D. u in DO.
12 and king D. 13 puple D.
14 - 14 in fote a^enst D. in foot a}ens 0. 15 then D.
16 blewen D. blew 0. 17 and so D. 18 thus D. 19 om. DO.
20 - 20 om. 0. 21 begon D. her lyvis D. 23 MS. Scottisshe.
24 Ieqfl71. ^prikkid'D. preked 0. from D.
27 att tho D. ^ - 28 men my3t D. men myghte 0.
29 manly 0. 30 - 30 men mylit D. men myghte 0.
31 habirion D. haberion 0. 32 bathe DO. 33 in-to DO.
34 haddew at D. thus D.
286 The Battle of Halidon Hill won ly English over
J Scottes men 1 had v niett a^eyns on 2 Englisshe-man. And jjat
bataile was done at HalydounhiH bisides J>e toune of Berwik : at
J>e 3 whiche bataile were slayn of )>e Scottis xxxv M* & 3 vij c & xij,
and of Englisshemew but vij oneliche, & )>o were footemera. & Jns 4
Victorie bifelle 4 to J>e 4 Englisshe-mew on 5 Seynt Margaretes eve,
In )?e 361 of our* lor(J Ihesu Crist 1 6 M* CCC 6 xxxij. And while 7
j>is doyng laste, 8 )>e Engh's/z. knafes tok 9 ]>e pilfre of J>e Scottes
)?at were quellede, euery ma?i ]>at he myght take, wi])out 10 eny 8
chalange of eny ma?*. 11 Deo gracias !
1 - 1 Scottis D. Scottes 0. 2 an D. 3 om. D. 4 - 4 on-to D.
6 in DO. 6 - a Mt CCC and D. 7 whilis D. 8 was D.
9 nomen D. 10 with-outen D. n man Amen 0.
APP. A] The longer Romance of the Battle of Halidon Hill. 287
APPENDIX A.
THE EOMANCE OF THE BATTLE OF HALIDON HILL,
A.D. 1333.
[1. The longer poetical Version in Harl. 4690, leaf 82, back,
corresponding to the prose on p. 285, line
U And anone pe Skottes beganne to fflee fro pe Englische
menne, to sane per lyves. butt wanne pe knaves & pe Skottisch
pages pat weren behinde the Skottes, to kepe her horses, seyen the
discomfiture, pei prikeden her maisters horses awey, to kepe hem 4
self e from perelle ; and so pei towke no hede off her maisters. And
pen pe Englische men towken many off pe Skottes horses, and
prikeden after pe Skottes, & slewe hem downe Righte. And there
men mighte see the nowbell King Edwarde off Englonde & his 8
ffolke, heugh mannefully pei chasedon the Skottes ; were-off pis
Romance was made :
There men mighte well see
Many a Skotte lightely fflee, 1 2
And pe Englische after priking,
With scharp swerdes pern stiking ;
And pere her Baners weren ffounde [leaf ss]
Alle display edde on the Grounde, 16
And layne starkly on Blode
As pei hadde ffought on pe fflode.
Butt pe Scottes, (ille mote pei pee !)
Bought pe Englisch adrenit shulde be; 20
for bi cause pei mighte not fflee,
butte iff pei adrenite schulde bee ;
butte pei kepte hem manly on londe,
so patte pe Scottes might nott stonde, 24
and felde hem downe to Grounde,
Many powsandes in patte stounde ;
and pe Englische men pursuyed? hem so,
Tille pe fflode was alle a-Goo : 28
Alle pus pe Skottes discomfite were
in litell tyme wip Grete feere ;
The Scots
fled,
the English
after them.
The Scots
thought the
Knvluh must
be drownd;
but they slew
thousands of
Scots,
288 The longer Romance of the Battle of Halidon Hill [APR A
(tho the Scots
were 9 to 1)
by the grace
of God, at
Halidon Hill
near Berwick.
35,712 Scots
anl more
lay dead,
and only 7
English.
Tlie victory
of Halidon
Hill was on
St.. Margaret's
Eve,
19 July,
1332-3.
The English
took the
Scots'
armour and
clothes.
But where
their Kings
ffor no nofer wise dide fei stryve,
Butt as .xx. shape among wolfes fyve ;
ffor .v. off hem fen were
ayenste an Englischman fere. 4
So fere itte was welle semyng
f atte Wit/i multitude is no scomfiting,
Butt vfiih God, fulle off mighte,
wham he will helpe in trewe ffighte. 8
so was f is, Bi goddes Grace,
Discomfiture off Skottes in fat place,
that men cleped Halidown Hille ;
ffor fere fis Bateill Befelle, 12
Atte Berwike, Be-side fe towne.
This was do vriih inery sowne,
wif pipes, Trompes, & nakers f er-to ;
And loude clariounes fei Blew also. 16
And fere f e Scottes leyen dede,
xxx. M 1 . Be-yonde Twede,
& v. M 1 tolde there-to,
vfiih vir C* xii* and mo ; 20
& of Englischemen But sevenne,
worschipped Be God in hevenne !
& fat wer men on ffote Goyng,
By foly of her owne Doyng. 24
on seinte Margete-ys Eue, as y yow tell,
Befille f e victory of Halidoune Hille,
In fe yere of God almighte,
a M 1 iii- C and ii' and fritty. [leaf 83, coi. 2] 28
atte f is Discommture
fe Englisch knightes towke her hure
of fe Skottes fatte weren dede,
Clofes & haberiounes for her mede ; 32
And watte-euer f ei might finde
on fe Skottes, fei lefte not behinde ;
And J>e knaues, by her purchas,
hadde fere a mery solas, 36
for f ei hadde for her degree,
In alle her lyffe f e Better to be :
Alle Jws fe Bateille towke Ending.
But y canne not telle off f e yen Going 40
APR A] The shorter Eomance of the Battle of Halidon Hill. 289
Off f e too kingges, were f ei become,
& wef er f ei wenten oute or home ;
But Godde, f atte is heven king,
sende vs pees and Gode Ending !
went to, I
don't know.
The Scots
fled, the
English pur
sued 'em.
[2. A shorter fragmentary version in MS. Arundel LVIII,
College of Arms, leaf 334, back.]
There fan men myght se
Many a Scott swiftly fle,
And f e Englysshmen after prikynge,
Wif sharp swerdys f e Scottes stykynge ; 8
& fere hure banyrs weryn founde
al displayd, lyeng on grounde ;
and fay lay sprad on blood,
as fey foughten on fe flood. 12
That f e Englisshmen drent shold be,
ffor fat fey hopyde to se,
ffor so fey hopyde to spede,
Seyng fe flood fat was on Twede. 16
flbr f e Englisshmen myght not fle
but yf a-drent fey shold be ;
& fan f ere-to lof fey were,
for fey fought nought in no such fere, 20
But fey kept hern on londe,
So fat f e Scottes myght nought stonde ;
ffor fey were fillyd to grounde,
many a f ousand in fat stounde ; 24
& f e Englisshmen pursywid hem so,
fort f e flood was al a-go.
And f is f e Scottes discomfytydjwere
In lytil tyme wif gret fere. 28
The Scots
hoped the
English
would be
drownd ;
but they kild
many thou
sand Scots.
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nglisjf fet
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WITH INTRODUCTION, NOTES, AND GLOSSARY.
PART II
(completing the Text, ivith the Moll of Battle Abbey, including
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PREFACE.
THIS second part finishes the text of the Chronicle, or rather,
series of Chronicles, contained in the present volumes. In the first
part I have printed the text of the common Brut which comes down
to A.D. 1333, while this second part contains the continuations of
the Brut, composed by various authors at different times, in differ
ent places and with very varying intentions. Out of the great
number of Continuations I have chosen only such as have not been
published as yet; and among these, only such as afford new
material for the student of History or Literature. If a Continuation
exists in several MSS., I have always chosen the best MS., not the
oldest, for publication, and have taken the one or two next best
MSS. for collation. In a few cases, however, the Continuations
are extant in one recension only. The text has been printed from
the MSS. as it stands, without attempting conjectural emendations,
but occasionally a word or sentence accidentally omitted has been
supplied from the other MSS., in the text instead of in a footnote,
for the convenience of readers. But in all cases of this kind the
reading of the original has been put in a footnote. Letters or
fragments of words accidentally omitted are mostly added in
brackets. In the footnotes, mere variations of spelling have not
been inserted as a rule, while inversions of words are always
noticed.
The present publication will be welcome, as well to the Student
of Literature as to the Student of History. The former will
recognise in it the work which, in its various forms, has been for
three centuries the most popular Chronicle of England, and will
find in it some interesting matter, not only in the inserted poems,
among which the two mocking songs against the Flemings (p. 582
and p. 600) are published for the first time, but also in a fair
number of prose passages of which I shall only refer to that dealing
with Henry V's dismissal of his old rioting companions (p. 594).
The Student of History will recognise in our text the first large
vi ' Preface. The historical Value of the Brut. MSS. used.
Chronicle in the English language which has been laid under
contribution by nearly all the great Chronicle- writers of the 16th
and 17th centuries. As to its historical value I readily admit that
the authors of the common Brut and its Continuations have for the
most part recorded such matter as is not new, and much that, in
the present state of historical literature, will appear to many readers
trivial and unimportant. But these disadvantages are inseparable
from the uniform practice of annalists of the middle ages. I am,
however, decidedly of opinion that there is an amount of original
historical information contained in the various Continuations which
outweighs the obvious trivialities, mistakes and repetitions ; and
even the superficial reader will see that long parts of the Continua
tions are given with a vividness which marks the narration like
that of an eye-witness. The whole discussion of historical points
connected with the Brut is reserved for the Introduction and the
Notes in the third volume.
The following account of the MSS. used for the text and
collation in the present volume may suffice. The letters prefixed
to each designate them in the notes below the text :
The first Continuation from A.D. 1333 to A.D. 1377 called B, is
taken from
C = MS. Corpus Christi Coll. Camb. 174, which was written
in the beginning of the 15th century and closes with the
burial of Edward III in 1377.
The text, though the best among the MSS. of the same recension,
is not a good one. It has been collated with
T = MS. Br. Mus. Add. 24,859, a late but accurate transcript
from a MS. of the second half of the 15th century which
closes with the capture of Rouen in 1419, and
R = MS. Br. Mus. Reg. 17 D XXI, likewise a late but faithful
transcript from a MS. of the second half of the 15th century
which ends in the same year.
Appendix B describing the character of Edward III, is taken
from
W = MS. Harley 753, a late 15th century MS. which closes
in the year 1430. It has been collated with
X = MS. Lambeth 331, a loth century MS. breaking off in
1422.
Preface. MSS. used for Continuations B, C, D, E, F. vii '
Y = MS. Lambeth 491, which shows a hand of the early 15th
century, and ends in 1377.
Z = MS. Lambeth 738, which is written by two 15th century
hands, and ends in 1418.
The Continuation from A.D. 1377 to 1419, called C, is taken
from
Kk = MS. Un. Libr. Camb, Kk 1 12, which was written about
the middle of the 15th century and closes in the year 1419,
It has been collated with T and R described above.
Appendix C, a fuller version of the time from A.D. 1399 to 1401,
is taken from
Ra = MS. Rawl. B 173, which was written in the 15th century
and closes in 1431. It contains a very bad text, but is
unique for the piece it contains.
The Continuation from A.D. 1418 to 1430, called D, is taken
from
G MS. Galba E VIII, which is written in a fine 15th century
hand and closes in 1430. It has been collated with
A = MS. Harley 2256, the text of which agrees in every respect
with that of the foregoing Galba MS. ; and where A is
defective, with
B = MS. Harley 266, a MS. of the same type.
Appendix D, which gives additional matter for the years A.D.
1418 to 1430, is taken from
Hh = MS. Un. Libr. Camb. Hh VI 9, which was written in
the 15th century, and closes in 1434.
The Continuation from A.D. 1419 to 1431, called E, is taken
from
E MS. Egerton 650, which shows a hand of the time about
1450, and closes in 1431.
Appendix E, containing a differing version for the time 1422-31,
is taken from Ra = MS. Rawl. B 173, which is described above.
The Continuation from A.D. 1430 to 1446, called F, is taken
from
Tr = MS. Trin. Coll. Camb. 9, 1 which closes in 1446. It
has been collated with
BRUT. *
viii Preface. MSS. used for Continuations Gr, H, /, and K.
U = MS. Un. Libr. Cambr. Hh VI 9 down to 1434 where U
The Continuation from A.D. 1419 to 1461, called G, is taken
from
Ad = MS. Br. Mus. Add. 10,099, which was written in the end
of the 15th century, and closes in 1461. It has been collate^
with
H = MS. Harley 3730, which breaks off in 1452, and
C = Caxton's first printed edition of 1480, which closes in
1461.
The Collection of various pieces between 1066 and 1436, called
H, is taken from
Ha = MS. Harley 53 which was written in the 15th century
and breaks off during the siege of Calais in 1436. It has
been collated with
L = Lambeth 6, a finely illuminated MS., which shows a hand
of the end of the 15th century, and closes with the end of
the siege of Calais in 1436. Its text, however, is not so
good as that of Ha.
The Continuation of the foregoing piece H, called I, is taken
from L, which is unique in this part.
The Collection of pieces between Havelok's time and A.D. 1475,
called K, is taken from
La = MS. Lambeth 84, whose unique text shows a hand of
the end of the 15th century, and closes in 1475.
For anything else the reader is referred to the third volume
of the present edition, which will contain Introduction, Notes,
Glossary and Index. 1 Finally, I have again to express my thanks
to Dr. Frederick J. Furnivall for his constant and invaluable help.
In both volumes the headlines over the pages are added by him.
FRIEDRICH W. D. BRIE.
Marburg /., Aiigust 1908.
1 An abstract of the Introduction has appeared in German under the title :
Geschichte und Quellen der mittelenglischen Prosachronik The Brute of
England oder The Chronicles of England. Marburg. N. G. Elwert. 1905.
IX
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS.
B.
Continuation of the, Brut from A.D. 1333 to 1377.
Chapters 224-8.
Edward III takes Berwick, Balliol does homage for Scotland.
Cornwall is made a Duchy. Edward claims France, and makes his
preparations for war. The English win the battle of Sluys, A.D. 1340,
and besiege Tournay. Want of money compels Edward to make peace
with France. Storms at sea on his way back. Edward goes to
Scotland. His son is made Prince of Wales. Constitution of the
Round Table. The English imitate the foolish dress of strangers.
Expedition into Brittany, A.D. 1345. Edward enters Normandy at La
Hogue. English Victory at Caen. Battle of Crecy, A.D. 1346.
Edward besieges Calais. The Scotch invaders beaten at Nevil's Cross.
The King of France avoids a proposed combat near Calais. Calais
surrenders, A.D. 1347. Citizens kindly treated. The Plague of 1348-9.
Frustrated treachery of Geoffrey of Charney at Calais ... pp. 291-303
Chapters 229-231.
Sea-fight between the Spaniards and English, A.D. 1349. New
Coinage. General dearth. A Drought. Negotiations about Guienne,
furthered by the Pope, but broken up by the English. French attempt
on Guienne. Edward crosses the sea, but John of France flees, A.D.
1355. The Scotch try to take the Castle of Berwick. Berwick
surrenders. Edward III is crowned King of Scotland. The Black
Prince in Gascony. Battle of Poictiers, A.D. 1356. The French King
as prisoner in England. The festival of St. George, A.D. 1358.
Marriage of Duchess Blanche. Edward invades Burgundy, A.D. 1360,
and sets fire to the suburbs of Paris. English naval victories. Great
Storm near Orleans. Treaty of Bretigny. King John of France is
freed. Thunder-storms, and appearance of the Devil. Anglo-French
Treaty confirmed at Westminster. Wonders and apparitions. Marriage
of the Prince of Wales to Joan of Kent, A.D. 1361 ... pp. 303-314
Chapters 232-235.
Wind, Rain and Frost. Law-pleading in English, A.D. 1363.
Charles of Blois slain, A.D. 1364. Peter's Pence not to be paid. King
x Contents of Continuations B and C. [CH. ccxxxvi-ccxL
Pedro of Spain is deposed by his brother, A.D. 1366. Danish Invaders
are repulsed in the North-sea. The Black Prince helps King Pedro of
Spain. Battle of Navarra. Marriage of Prince Lionel, Dnke of Clarence,
A.D. 1366. Great Pestilence, A.D. 1369. Death of the Earl of Warwick
at Calais. Sir John Hawkwode. Robert Knollis's expedition to France.
Limoges rebels against the Black Prince. The King of Navarra's visit
to England. King Pedro's daughters married to the Duke of Lancaster
and the Earl of Cambridge. Spaniards surprise Englishmen at Rochelle.
pp. 314-326
Chapters 236-239.
The Duke of Lancaster's expedition to Bordeaux, A.D. 1373.
Disputes between Edward III and the Pope. Truce with France for
one year. Great pestilence. The Earl of Pembroke is taken prisoner
by the Spanish, A.D. 1374. The Commons refuse further money unless
the King proves his need of it, A.D. 1376. Alice Ferrers and Lord
Latimer. Piers de la Mare imprisoned. Death of the Black Prince,
A.D. 1377. Revolt of Warwick's tenants. Subsidy granted to Edward
III. Sir John Munsterworth executed for treachery. Death of Edward
III, A.D. 1377 pp. 326-332
Appendix B.
The Character of Edward III. ... pp. 333-334
C.
Continuation of the Brut from A.D. 1377 to 1419.
Chapters 239-240.
Coronation of Richard II. Hawle and Shakyll, A.D. 1378. French
gallies burn English Towns. Revolt of Jack Straw and Wat Tyler,
A.D. 1381. Walworth slays Jack Straw. Punishment of the rebels,
Earthquake, A.D. 1382. Crusade of the Bishop of Norwich, A.D. 1383.
Fight near Dunkirk, A.D. 1383. Marriage of Richard II with Anne of
Bohemia. 1 Expedition of the Duke of Lancaster into Spain, A.D. 1386.
The King of Armenia visits England. Treaty with the Scots. The
Earl of March slain in Ireland, A.D. 1398. The rising- of the Five Lords,
A.D. 1387. Flight of the evil counsellors. Tournament for foreigners
in London, A.D. 1388. John of Gaunt's Expedition to Spain, A.D. 1387.
Dispute between Londoners and the Bishop of Salisbury about a bakerjs
broken head. King Richard's Quarrel with the Londoners. Reconcilia
tion, and great reception of him. Jousts in Smithfield. Death of Queen
Anne, A.D. 1394. 2 pp. 335-348
1 "Right as our firste lettre is now an A" Anne, crowned Queen of
England on Jan. 14, 1382 Lowes on the date of Chaucer's Troilus, Book I,
st. 25, in Publ. of Modern Lang. Assoc. of America, June 1908.
2 See Lowes on the effect of this on the shorter and revised Prologue to
Chaucer's Legend of Good Women.
CH. CCXLI-CCXLV] Contents of Continuation C. xi
diopters 241-242.
King Richard marries Isabella of France, A.D. 1396. Coronation of
the Queen. King Richard arrests the Duke of Gloster, and sends him
to Calais, A.D. 1397. Murder of the Duke. Other arrests. The great
Parliament at Westminster. Muster of Richard's adherents. The Earl
of Arundel sentenced and executed. Others condemned to perpetual
imprisonment. Creation of Nobles. Duel between Bolingbroke and
Norfolk stopt by the King, A.D. 1398. False Blank Charters. Richard's
Expedition to Ireland, A.D. 1399. Return of Bolingbroke. Richard
deposed, and Bolingbroke made King ... ... ... pp. 349-359
Chapter 243.
Coronation of Henry IV, A.D. 1399. Richard II starved. Plot
against Henry IV ; conspirators executed, A.D. 1400. Debate between
Owen Glendower and Lord Grey de Ruthin, A.D. 1401. The King
invades Wales. A cornet, A.D. 1402. Battle of Shrewsbury, A.D. 1403.
The Emperor of the Turks in London. The Marriage of Henry IV,
A.D. 1403. Marriage of the Princess Blanche. English naval victory
near Flanders, A.D. 1404. Execution of Serle. Duel in Smithfield.
Archbishop Scrope's rebellion and execution, A.D. 1405. Marriage of
the Earl of Kent, A.D. 1407. Death of Sir Robert Knollis. Princess
Philippa is married to the King of Denmark, A.D. 1405. Duel in Smith-
field. Death of Northumberland and Bardolf, A.D. 1408. The Earl of
Kent killed at St. Brieux, A.D. 1408. Six days' jousting by Hainaulters
in London, A.D. 1409. Duel in Smithfield between Glocester and
Arture. Rys ap Die's Execution. English Victory at St. Cloud, A.D.
1411. Victory at La Hogue, A.D. 1412. Henry IV dies in " Jerusalem,"
A.D. 1413 pp. 359-372
Chapters 244-245.
Henry V re-buries Richard II, A.D. 1413. Lollards' conspiracy
discovered, A.D. 1414. The sending of the tennis-balls. Henry V's
war-preparations. Conspiracy against the King's life, A.D. 1415.
Henry invades France and besieges Harfleur. Surrender of Harfleur.
Battle of Agincourt, A.D. 1415. Killing of the French prisoners. The
English Dead. Henry V's reception in London. The German Emperor
meets King Henry. Henry V's muster of ships. Second Invasion of
France, A.D. 1417. Surrender of the French cities. Siege of Cherbourg.
Arrival of the Earl of March in France.. Sir John Oldcastle's imprison
ment and execution, A.D. 1417. Siege of Rouen, A.D. 1418. Siege of
Caudebec. Names of the Governors of Rouen. Distress of the City.
Rouen surrenders, A.D. 1419 pp. 373-391
Appendix C.
Fuller Version of the time from 1399 to 1401.
Conspirators against Henry IV punished. Execution of Roger
Clarendon and the prior of Laund. Rebellion of Owen Glendower.
xii Contents of Continuations D and E.
Lord Grey de Ruthin taken prisoner. The capture of Edmund
Mortimer. Henry V's fruitless expedition into Wales ... pp. 392-393
D.
Continuation of the Brut from A.D. 1418 to 1430, including
John Page's Poem on the siege of Rouen.
Henry V besieges Rouen, A.D. 1418. Stations of his generals.
Chain and bridges across the Seine. Caudebec wants to share the fate
of Rouen. Cherburg won by Humphrey of Gloster. Reinforcements
for Henry V. Rumoured approach of the French King. Chief Captains
of Rouen. Defence of the city. Henry arranges a sham fight with a
rescuing power, to deceive the French in Rouen. Deaths from starva
tion. Henry feeds the expelled starving Roueners. The City sends
delegates into the English camp. Beginning of the Poem. The
delegates want safe-conduct to the King. The King is ready to see
them. They ask him for mercy. Henry grants them time. Tents are
pitched to treat in. The Roueners refuse the English terms. The poor
in Rouen insist on the rich yielding to Henry V. If no rescue comes
in eight days, Rouen is to be given up to Henry V. Delivery of the
keys. The English welcomed in Rouen. Henry V hears mass in the
Minster. End of the Poem. Queen Joan arrested. Death of Friar
Randulf. Meeting of Henry V and the French Queen. No agreement.
Pontoise taken by the English. Treaty of Troyes, A.D. 1420. Henry V
weds Katherine of France. Their reception in London. Death of the
Duke of Clarence. Birth of Henry VI, A.D. 1421. Henry V besieges""!
Meaux in Brie. Capture of Meaux. Death of Henry V, A.D. 1422.
The child Henry VI reigns. His Guardians. Wonderful escape of
Gloster's wife. Quarrel in London, A.D. 1425. Death of the Duke of
Exeter, A.D. 1426. The Bishop of Winchester is made Cardinal.
Siege of Orleans, A.D. 1428. The Earl of Salisbury killed. Siege of
Orleans raised by the French. Boat with Duke of Norfolk swamped,
A.D. 1429. Great Dearth. Coronation of Henry VI, A.D. 1430. Rein
forcements sent to France. Smithfield Duel stopt. Henry VI crosses
the sea. His success in France. Joan of Arc taken, A.D. 1430
pp. 394-439
Appendix D.
Additional matter from the time A.D. 1420 to 1428.
Will Wawe hanged. Great Rain in 1427. Royal Seal counter
feited. A Widow's Murderer stoned. The heretic Richard Hunder
burnt pp. 440-443
E.
Continuation of the Brut from the capture of Mouen,
A.D. 1419 to 1430.
Queen Joan arrested. Henry V weds Catherine, A.D. 1420. Feast
at the Queen's coronation. The menu at the banquet. Death of the
Contents of Continuations E and F. xiii
Duke of Clarence. Henry V goes to France. Birth of Henry VI, A.D.
1421. Death of Henry V. His corpse brought to London. French
homage to Henry VI. The heretic William Taylor burnt. Siege of
Orleans raised, A.D. 1429. Lord Talbot taken prisoner. Great dearth.
Henry VI in London. His coronation at Westminster. Duel in
Smithfield stopt, A.D. 1430 pp. 444-451
Appendix E.
Additional matter for the time from A.D. 1422 to 1431.
The child Henry VI brought to London. Sir John Mortimer
beheaded. Quarrel in London, A.D. 1425. Parliament at Leicester.
False Wines in London. Siege of Orleans raised, A.D. 1429. Lord
Talbot taken prisoner. Coronation of Henry VI, A.D. 1430. Parliament
at Westminster pp. 452-455
F.
Continuation of the Brut from A.D. 1430 to 1446.
Spanish Ambassadors insulted, A.D. 1430. A Lollard burnt. Jack
Sharp executed, A.D. 1431. Ludgate-prison built. Henry VI's journey
from Calais to Rouen. Reception in Paris. Wonderful shows. The
King visits his grandmother. Coronation at Paris, A.D. 1431. Reception
in London, A.D. 1432. Cornhill and Cheapside. St. Paul's and West
minster Abbey. Parliament at Westminster. Foreign Ambassadors.
Convocation at Basel. The Earl of Huntingdon goes into Normandy.
Great Pestilence, A.D. 1434. Hard frost. Negotiations for peace with
France, A.D. 1435. Money for war granted to Henry VI. English
troops to Normandy. Fights round Calais. The English besieged in
Calais are rescued, A.D. 1436. Flemish towns taken. Scotch invasion
repulsed. Hard Frost, A.D. 1436. Death of Queen Katherine.
Foreigners at the English Parliament. The Duke of York comes back
to England, A.D. 1437. A Murderer sentenced. Heretics burnt. Dear
food. Storms and Earthquake. The Earl of Huntingdon goes to
France. Peace-meeting at Calais, A.D. 1439. Cruel murder discovered.
Parliament at Westminster and Reading. Ship-thieves hanged.
Heretics burnt Duel in Smithfield, A.D. 1440. Expedition to France.
Henry VI visits the City. Storm raised by witches. The clerk Roger
retracts his devilish art. Eleanor Cobharn found guilty of treason and
witchcraft, A.D. 1441. Her public penance. The clerk Roger is hanged.
Duel in Smithfield. Lord Talbot's expedition to France, A.D. 1442.
Arrant thieves hanged. A woman pressed to death for bad language.
Negotiations for Henry VI's marriage. King's offender pardoned.
Princess Margaret betrothed to Henry VI, A.D. 1444. St. Paul's steeple
burnt, A.D. 1445. King Henry's wedding. Queen Margaret's procession
and coronation. French Ambassadors come to treat for peace
pp. 456-490
xiv Contents of Continuation G. [CH. CCXLV-CCLXIII
G.
Continuation of the Brut from the Capture of Rouen,
A.D. 1419 to A.D. 1461.
Chapters 245 1 -251.
Murder of the Duke of Burgundy, A.D. 1419. Queen Joan arrested.
Henry V weds Katherine of France, A.D. 1420. The Duke of Clarence
slain. Birth of Henry VI, A.D. 1421. The Queen visits Paris. Death
of Henry V, A.D. 1422. Praise of Henry V, who was wild in youth, but
virtuous when King. His French wars incited by the clergy. His
foundations of religious houses. Gloster made Protector. Battle of
Verneuil, A.D. 1424. Gloster weds the Duchess of Holland. His
Hainault attack fails. Affray in the City, A.D. 1425. Henry VI and
Nobles knighted. Much rain. Lord Salisbury shot at Orleans, A.D.
1428. Widow's murderer stoned. Henry VI crowned, A.D. 1430.
Joan of Arc burnt, A.D. 1431. Henry Vl's coronation at Paris. Rebel
lion of the soldiers at Calais. Pope Eugenius IV deposed. Congress of
Arras, A.D. 1435. French plot to seize Calais discovered. The Duke of
Burgundy besieges Calais. Siege raised by the Duke of Gloster, A.D.
1436. Flemish towns ransacked. Roxburgh besieged by the Scots.
Death of Queen Katherine, A.D. 1437. Treaty between the King and
the Duke of Burgundy pp. 491-506
Chapters 251-255.
Death of Sigesmund of Germany. Owen Tudor's imprisonment,
A.D. 1438. Death of Warwick at Rouen. Great dearth. Frederick is
chosen Emperor of Germany. Eleanor Cobham is accused of treason,
A.D. 1441. Her accomplices^ Disputes as to the Lord Mayor. St.
Paul's steeple burnt, A.D. 1445. Henry VI's marriage with Margaret.
Duel at Smithfield stopt by the King. Henry's marriage dearly bought.
Losses by it. Suspicious death of Duke Humphrey of Gloster, A.D.
1447. The papal Schism. Felix resigns. Rouen and Normandy lost.
Constantinople taken by the Turks. Dutch ships captured. Rouen
taken by the French, A.D. 1448. Captain Bluebeard executed, A.D. 1450.
The Duke of Suffolk's end, A.D. 1450. Jack Cade's rebellion. His
entrance into London. Lord Say beheaded. Jack Cade killed by
Alexander Iden, A.D. 1450. pp. 506-520
Chapters 25G-263.
Rebellion of the Duke of York. Prince Edward born, A.D. 1453.
Lord Mayor's show on the Thames. Rebellion of the Lords. First
Battle of St. Albans, A.D. 1455. The Duke of York made Protector.
Lombard Riot in London. Great Fish caught. Prisoners of Newgate
break out. The French pillage Sandwich. Bishop Peacock's abjura
tion. Concord among the Lords, A.D. 1458. Battle of Bloreheath, A.D.
1 Compare under C. The reckoning differs by one chapter.
Contents of Continuations G- and H. xv
1459. Trollop deserts the Yorkists. Failure of the Yorkist revolt, A.D.
1459. The Yorkists keep Calais, and increase in number. Sandwich
taken, A.D. 1460. Lord Warwick goes to Ireland, to speak with the
Duke of York. Yorkist Lords come to London. Battle of Northampton,
A.D. 1460. Henry VI to be King for his life ; and York acknowledged
as his successor. Battle of Wakcfield, A.D. 1460. The Duke of York
slain. Second Battle of St. Albans, A.D. 1461. Henry VI captured.
Londoners negotiate with the Queen. Flight of the rich merchants.
Henry VI deposed. Edward IV made King. Battle of Towton, A.D.
1461. Coronation of Edward IV pp. 520-533
H.
Various Pieces from MS. Harley 53, from A.D. 1066 to 1436.
I. Coronation of William 1's Queen. Battle Abbey escutcheons.
Battle Abbey Roll of the names of the Norman knights ... pp. 534-537
II. Edward III resolved to chastise the French, A.D. 1346. Roll
of the English for Crecy and Calais. Battles before and at Crecy.
Siege of Calais. Scotch invaders are beaten at Nevil's Cross, A.D. 1346.
The King of France avoids a proposed combat near Calais pp. 537-544
III. Bolingbroke's return to England, A.D. 1399. Richard II is
deserted, and taken prisoner. Bolingbroke's son Henry talks friendlily
with Richard II. Richard II starved. His corpse exhibited. A
Conspiracy disclosed to Henry IV by the Duke of Aumerle, A.D. 1400.
Conspirators beheaded. Revolt of Owen Glendower, A.D. 1400. The
King's expedition to Wales. Scotch beaten at Homildon Hill, A.D. 1402.
The King buffets Sir Henry Percy. Battle of Shrewsbury, A.D. 1403.
The Emperor of Constantinople in London. Ships captured at sea.
Battle of Marck, A.D. 1405 ... pp. 544-551
IV. The Lollards' conspiracy against Henry V discovered, A.D. 1414.
Sir John Oldcastle arrested. Henry V's claim to France. His prepara
tions for an invasion, A.D. 1415. Traitors beheaded. Siege of Harfleur
The great gun Goodgrace. Names of Harfleur Hostages. Surrender
of Harfleur. Battle of Agincourt, Oct. 25, 1415. The English King's
words to his men. His personal bravery. Names of the French Lords
killed at Agincourt. The English dead. French prisoners killed.
Henry V's reception in London, A.D. 1466. Visit of the German
Emperor. Council at Calais pp. 551-559
V. Capture of Rouen, A.D. 1419. Attempt at peace between England
and France. The Duke of Burgundy slain. The Treaty of Troyes,
A.D. 1420. Henry V betrothed to Katherine of France. Their return to
England, A.D. 1421. Death of the Duke of Clarence. Henry V's second
expedition to France. Birth of Henry VI, A.D. 1421. The Earl of
Warwick made keeper of Henry VI, A.D. 1422. Sir Roger Mortymer
executed. Verneuil surrendered to the French. Battle of Verneuil,
A.D. 1424. Names of the Scotch and French slain in the battle.
The Prince of Portugal in England. Quarrel in London, A.D. 1425 .
xvi 7 Contents of Continuations H, 7, K.
Henry VI knighted. William Wawe hanged. The Bishop of Winchester
goes to Normandy against the Pope's order, A.D. 1427. Henry VI's
coronation at Westminster. Henry VI in Paris, A.D. 1431. Rebellion of
the soldiers at Calais about their wages. Congress of Arras, A.D. 1435.
The men of Popering's bad behaviour. The Duke of Burgundy besieges
Calais, A.D. 1436. The Flemings scorn the English by pictures and
interludes. The French, disguised as fishermen, try to surprise Calais.
Death of the Duke of Bedford. Calais well fortified. Calais men sworn
to Henry VI. English force gathered to rescue Calais. Successful
English raids from Calais. The English surprised while hunting hares.
The Picards beaten in the Golden Dale. The Flemings capture the
Castle of Oye. William Bullion treated as a traitor. Marck surrenders
to the Flemings. The Flemings besiege Calais, A.D. 1436. The Picards
ruin Guisnes Castle. Sandgate's shameful surrender. The Flemings
try to block the harbour of Calais. The men of Bruges and their " Bad
Thursday " at Calais. The bulwark of the men of Ghent taken
pp. 559-580
I.
End of the Siege of Calais, A.D. 1436, from MS. Lambeth 6.
The besieged English receive reinforcements. The Duke of Burgundy
and the Flemings abandon the siege. The Siege of Guisnes given up
by the Picards. The Englishmen's mocking song against the Flemings
pp. 581-584
K.
Various Pieces from MS. Lambeth 84, from Havelok's time
to A. D. 1475.
I. Story of Havelok's son Curan and Argentil ... pp. 585-588
II. Richard II's quarrel with his uncle, the Duke of Gloster, about
the soldiers from Brest, A.D. 1397 pp. 588-589
III. Deposition of Richard II, and Election of Henry IV, A.D. 1399.
Prophecy that Richard II should be destroyed by a toad pp. 589-590
IV. Richard II murdered by Piers of Exton, A.D. 1400. His corpse
brought to London and to Langley. Reported starvation of Richard II.
His treasure pp. 590-592
V. The causes of the Battle of Shrewsbury, A.D. 1403 ... p. 593 j
VI. Accession and character of Henry V, A.D. 1413. Dismissal of
his old companions. With the help of Katherine Swynford, he sets his
court in order. He stops a duel pp. 593-596
VII. Battle of Agincourt, A.D. 1415. The English King's crown
captured and sent to Paris. The people from Paris hasten to Agincourt.
French prisoners killed. The list of dead pp. 596-598
VIII. The Siege of Rouen, A.D. 1418. Prophecies of Surrender.
Every eldest son in Rouen made a King on St. Dennis' Eve ... p. 598
Contents of Continuation K. xvii
IX. Prophecy at Henry VI's birth, A.D. 1421. His coronation.
The Popering men's bad behaviour. The Duke of Exeter's revenge.
English Ballad against the Flemings pp. 598-601
X. The first battle of St. Albans, A.D. 1455. The Battles of Blore
heath and Ludlow, A.D. 1459. The Battles of Northampton and
Wakefield, A.D. 1460 : of St. Albans and Wigmore, A.D. 1461
pp. 601-602
XI. Battle of Towton, A.D. 1461. Henry VI taken prisoner. Battle
of Barnet, A.D. 1471. Death of Henry VI. King Edward IV goes to
France, A.D. 1475. The French pox, the stitch and the flix
pp. 602-604
Appendix to H. (Compare p. 535-537.)
Alphabetical List of the Battle Abbey Roll in MS. Harley 53
pp. 605-607
CH. ccxxiv] Berivick ivon. Balliol does homage for Scotland. 291
[B]
[FROM THE BATTLE OF HALIDON HILL (A.D. 1333) TO THE
DEATH OF EDWARD III (A.D. 1377).]
[MS. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, No. 174, leaf 172, back.]
11 Ande so, after pis gracious victorye, pe King twrnyd him
a^en vnto pe same seege of Berwyk. & whan J)ey of pe sege, 1 sawen
& herd hov pat pe 2 King Edward had sped, pey 3olden to him pe
4 toun, with pe castell, on )>e morwe after pat pe bataile was, pat ys
forto seyn, on Seint Margaretes day. And pan pe King ordeyned
Sere Edwarde Bayllol, with opere noble & worpy men, to be 3 kepers
and gouernowrs of Scotlonde in his absence ; & hyra self turned
8 a3en, and come into Englond after pis victory, with myche ioye &
worship.
U And in pe next 3ere sewyng, 4 pat ys forto 5 seyn, pe 3ere of our
Lord M 1 . CCC. & xxxij, 6 & of King Edward, pe vj., 7 he wente 33071
12 into Scotland in pe wynter tyme; at whiche viage pe castell of
Kylbrigge in Scotland, for hym & his men pat with hym comen,
he recouered, & had 8 a3ens the Scottis, al pat 9 his owne luste. 10
U And in pat same 3 ere, Sere Edward Baillol, king of Scotlande,
16 held his parlement in Scotland, "with meny noble lordes of Enge-
lond, pat were at pat same parlement, for enchesoun of hire landes
and lordshipes pat pey had in pe reume of Scotland, and helden of
pe same Baillol. & in pe vij. 3ere of his regne, aboute pe feste of
20 sent lohn 11 Baptiste, Sire Edward Baillol, pe verry and trewe King
of Scotland, as by heritage & ri3te lyne, made his homage and
feaute vnto King Edward of Englond for pe reaume of Scotland,
at pe Nev Castell vp Tynt, in precense of meny worpi Iorde3, and
24 also of communes of bope reaumes, & anow after in pe same 3ere of 12
King Edward of Engelond resceyued of pe duke of Britaigne his
homage for pe erldome & lordship of Richemound. 13 U And so
folwyng in pe neyne 3ere of his regne, after Micelmasse, King
28 Edwarde rode into Scotlond, and per was faste by sent Johmzes
toun almoste al pe wynter tyme ; & he helde his m'stiscemasse at
1 towne T. toun R. 2 >e om. R. 3 leaf 173. 4 folwynge R.
5 to T. e MiCCC xxxiii T. MCCC xxxiij R. 7 vj ^eer R.
8 had it T. 9 at T. at R. 10 wille. u lohn )>e TR.
12 of om. R. 13 erldom of Riehemonde & lordship R.
BRUT. X
292 Great Floods. Cornwall made a Duchy. [CH. ccxxiv-v
pe Castel of Rokysburgh. & in pe same $ere poru^t-out al Enge-
lond, aboute sent Clemcys tyde, in wynter pere arose a 1 suche a
sprynggynge and wellinge op of wateres 2 and floodes, bothe of pe
see and also of fresshe ryvers & sprynge^, pat pe see brynke wallaes 4
& coostes broken vp. 3 Men, 4 bestes, and houses in meny places, &
namely in lowe cuntres, violently and sodenly 5 were dreynt and
dryven awey; and pe fruyte of pe erpe, poru$ continuance and
abundaunce of pe see watres, euermore after 6 were turned into more 8
saltnes & sournes of sauour.
U The x. ^ere of King Edwarde, he entred pe Scottysshe see
after Missomere ; & to meny of pe Scottes he $af batayll, and oner-
come him, 7 and meny he treted & bowede vnto his pees, poru^ his 12
doughtynes. & after Michelmasse pan next folwynge, was pe Eii
of Moryf ytake att Edinburgh, & brou^t into Eugelond, & put into
prisoun. U And in pe monepes of luyn and luull 8 pan next
folwyng, in the xj. ^ere of his regne, was seyn and aperede in pe 16
firmament, a bemyd 9 sterre, pe whiche clercus callep ' stella
comata ' ; and pat sterre was seyn in diue?*ce parteis of the firma
ment; wherafter anon per folwyd in Engelond good chepe, and
wonder grete plente of 10 chaffaree, vitaile and marchaundice, and 20
pere a3ens, honger, scrafte, mischif , n and nede of money, in-somuche
pat a quarter of whete att London was suolde for .ij s., and a good
fatte oxe at a noble, and v. good do We briddes for a j d. In
whiche 3ere, on Holy Eoed ^eue, deide Sere lohn of Elham, Erl of 24
Cornewaile, King Edwards broper, and lithe at Westmynstre.
Hov King Edwarde made a Duchye of pe Erldom of Cor[n]waile ;
& also of vj. opere erles pat were newe made ; & of pe
ferste Chalangyng of pe reaume of Fraunce. Cap CC mo r 28
13 In pe ^ere of our Lord a 14 M*. CCC. xxxvii., and of King
Edwarde xij., 15 in 16 pe monepe of March, durynge pe parlement at
Westminstre in lente tyme, King Edwarde made of the erldome of 32
Cornevayle a duchye, pe whiche duche he $af to Edwarde his
ferste sone wip 17 pe erldome of Chestre. also King Edward made at
pat tyme vj. opere erles, pat ys forto sey, Sere Henry, pe Erl of '
I a ow. TR. 2 leaf 173, back. 3 vp ow.T. vp so >at R.
4 and boj>e men T. 5 Cuntrees sodenli and violent! R. 6 after om. TR.
7 hem T. 8 of luytt and luyn R. 9 lemed R. 10 of alle R.
II mischif om. T. 12 CCxxvj R. 13 leaf 171. u aom. T.
15 xij e yeer T. 16 Edwarde >e xij Jeer in R. 17 >e R. om. C.
Dress-laws. Edivard Ill's claim to France. War taxes. 293
Lancastres sone, Erl of Leycestre; William of Bowham, Erl of
Northampton; William of Mountgen, Erl of Salesbery; Hughe of
Awdelee, Erl of Gloucestre; Eobert of Vfforde, Erl of Suthfolk;
4 and William of Clyntton, Erl of Huntyngdone. In that same $ere,
hit 1 was ordeynede in fat same parlement, fat noman shulde were
no clof e fat was woru^t oute of Engelond, as elope of gold, of silk,
damaske, vellewet, saton, baudekyn, ne non suche of ere; ne now 2
8 wyldware in Furrenre of be^onde 3 see, but suche as my^te Spende
an C. ti. of rente erliche 4 : but ]>is of deynaunce and 5 statute was
of 6 litel effecte, for hit was noting holde.
U In fe xiij. ^ere of hys regne, King Edward wente ouere see
12 into Brabaw, wif Quene Phelip his wif 7 fere beryng 8 childe, 9 and 10
att Andwerp, fere 11 he duellid more fen a ^ere, to trete wif fe
Duke of Braban and of ere allyed vnto him of fe calynggyn of f e
reaume of Fraunce to King Edward, be ri^te and by herytage, after
16 fe def of Carol fe grete, King of Fmunce, brofer Germayne of 12
quene Isabelle, 13 King Edwardus Moder, fe whiche 14 was holden
and ocupied vnrightfully by Philip of Yaleys, fe Emessone of King
Carol : U fe whiche duke, and al his, in fe forseyd finges 15 and in
20 al of ere ferto longyng, wif al his men and goodes, King Edward
founde redy vnto him, and maden and behy^ten 16 . suerte, by good
fayghte and truste ; and after fat, f e king hasted him into Enge
lond a^en, and left fere f e quene stille behynde hyra in Braban.
24 U )}an in fe xiiij. $ere of his regne, whenne al fe lorde^ of his 17
reaume, and ofer fat ownew to be at his parlement, weren clepte
and assembled togedre in f e same parlement, holden at London
after f e feste of sent Hillary, f e Kinge^ nedes were putt forf e and
28 promoted as toching fe kingdome of Fraunce; for whiche nede$ to
be spede, f e King askef f e vif 18 part of alle f e meble goode3 of Enge
lond, and fe wolles, and fe ix. fe 19 schef of euery 20 corn; and fe
Iorde3 of eny 21 toun wher suche finges schulde be taxid and gaderd,
32 shulde ansuere to fe King ferof ; and al he had and helde at his
owene liste 22 and wil. wherfor, yf y shal knowliche fe verrey
treufe, 23 fe ynnere loue of fe peple was twrned into hate, & fe
1 hit ora T. 2 noon o>er R. 3 beyonde >e T. biyonde >e R.
4 yeerli rente T [cp. Newers day, 302/12]. 5 and J>is T. & >is R.
6 off futt R. 7 wif and T. 8 sclie bere T.
9 >ere beryng childe am. R. 10 and cm. T. u and fere T.
12 to T. 13 Isobelle that was T. u that T. 15 leaf 174, lack.
16 behighte him R. 17 f e T. 18 xv e T. xv. R.
19 >e ora. TR. 20 alle maner T. 21 eueri T. euerie R.
22 luste T. lust R. ^ >e treuthe verray R.
294 Edward III calls himself King of France. [CH. ccxxv-vi
co??imune prayrs into cursinge, for cause pat the co??imune peple
were strongliche ygreued. U also pe forsaide Philip of Valeys of -
Fraunce, had gadered to him a grete oste, and destroyede pere in
his parteys and kingdome, meny of pe Kingej frende^ of Engelonde, 4
vfiih tounes & castellis, and meny opere of hire lordshippe^ ; and
meny harmes, schames, and despite3, dede vnto J>e Quene. wher-
fore pe King, whan he hafrjd 1 of pis 2 tydinge, he was stron[g]lyche
meued, and perwip an-anger[d], and sente diuerse letters ouere see 8
to ))e Quene, and to opere pat were his frende3, gladyng him, and
certyfienge pat he wolde be per 3 him-self in al pe haste Jjathe my3t.
IT And anon, after Ester, when he had sped of al ping pat hym
neded, & come fore, 4 he wente ouere see a^en ; of whos comyng, pe 12
quene & al his frendis were wonder glad, & maden myche ioye ;
and al pat were his enemys, and a3ens hym helden, 5 madyn as 6
muchel sorwe. IT In pe same tyme pe. King, poni3 councel of his
treue leiges, & councell 7 of his lordes pat pere weren present wip 16
him, toke pe King of Fraunces name, 8 and toke & melled pe Kinge3
armes of Fraunce qwarterly wM }>e armes of Engelond, & com-
mawnnded forfwijj his coigne of gold, vnder descripciouw of the name
of Engelond and of Fraunce, to be made, >e 9 beste ]>ai my3te be, 20
pat ys for to seyn, Jje floreyn pat was clept pe 'noble/ of 10 value of
vj s. & viij d., and pe ' half -noble ' of 11 iij.s. iij.d., & pe 'ferping'
of value of xx. d.
HOY King- Edward come to pe Sclus, and descomfited alle pe 24
poer 12 of Fraunce in pe same havene. Cap^wZo 13 CC mo
xxvj t0 . 14
And in pe next 3ere after, pat ys forto seyn, pe xv. 3ere of his
regne, he comaunded, & lete 15 write in his charters, writtes, & opere 28
letters, pe date of his regne of Fraunce ferst, 16 & while pat he was
pus doyng & trauaillyng in Fraunce, poru3 his councel he wrote to
al prelatis, dukes, Erles, barouns, & 17 noble lorde$ of his cuntre, and
also to diuers of pe commune peple, diuers le^res and maunde- 32
mentis, beryng date at Gandanura pe .viij. day 18 Feuerer. II And
anon aftir, wip-yn 19 litel tyme, he come a3en into Engelond, wip pe
I herde TR. 2 these T. 8 leaf 175. 4 & come fore om. T.
8 helden om. T. 6 as om. T. 7 councell om. R.
8 kingis name of ffraunce T. >e om. T. 10 of }>e R.
II of value of T. off value of R. 12 power R. 13 Capitulo om. T.
14 xxvjto om. T. CC xxvij R. 15 dide T. 16 ferst om. R.
17 and )>e TR. 1S day of TR. 19 yn a T.
CH. ccxxvi] English Victory. Want of Money. Storms at Sea. 295
queue and hire childrin. And in pe same ^ere, oh Missomer even,
he bigan to sayle towarde Fraunce a$en, & manly & stifly ful vpon
Philip of Valeys, the whiche long tyme lay, and had 1 gaderid to
4 him a ful 2 huge and hoystous navee of diuers nacions, in pe hauene
of Sclus. And pere pey fou^ten togedir pe Kinge of Fraunce, and
he wip her ostes from midday vnto pe morwe. U In wiche batail
were slayn xxx m* men of J>e kinge^ cumpanye of Fraunce, and
8 meny shippes & Cogge^ were take ; and so, poru} Gode^ helpe, he
had pere pe victorye, and bere pens a glorious chiuache. And in pe
same ^ere, aboute sent lames tyde, wipout pe ^ates of sent Omers,
Robert of Artoys, wip men of Engelond and of Flaundres, bitterly
12 fau$t a3ens pe duke of Burgoyne & pe Frensshe men; at wiche
bataile per were slayn & take 3 of })e Frensshe men, xv. barouns,
XX
.iiij. kny^tis; & shippe^ & barges were take, 3 vnto pe noumbre of
.CC. & 4 xxx. 1F The same ^ere, pe King makyng & 5 abydyng
16 oppon pe see 6 of Tourney, pe Erl of Henaude, wij> englisshe archers,
made asawte to pe toun of Seyntanmwid, wher pat he slow L.
kni^tis & meny opere, and destroyed also pe toun.
And in pe .xvj. 3ere of his regne folwynge, in pe wynter tyme,
20 J?e king, duelling still oppon j?e forsaid sege ; sent oft into Engelond
to his tresorer .& olper purveyours for gold 7 & meny, Jjat shulde be
sent to hym \er in his nede; but his procuratours & messagers
cursidly & ful slowly serued him at his nede, & him deceyved.
24 H On wos faute & laches )>e King toke trews bytwene hym & J>e
King of Fraunce. & J?e King, ful of sorow woo & shame in his
hert, wipdrowe him from ]?e see, 8 and come into Brytaigne ; & \er
was so grete strif 9 for vitailles, pat 10 he lost meny of his peple. &
28 whaw he had do pere 11 pat he come for, he dressid hym ouer see 12
into Engelond warde. IT And as he sayled toward Engelond, in J?e
hye see, Jje moste mishappes, stormes & tempeste, thundres &
lightnyrcge}, nl to hym in J>e see, J>e whiche was seyd pat it was
32 done & areysed poru^ evel spirites made by sorcery and Nigro-
mancye of hem of Fraunce. "VYherfore pe Kinge} hert was ful of
sorwe & angwysshe, weyling & sighyng, & said vnto oure lady on
pis wyse. U " blessid lady, sent Marye ! what is pe cause pat
1 had om. T. 2 leaf 17 5, back. xx
z 3 of >e ffrensshe men xv barons iiij kny^tis & shippez & barges were
take om. T. 4 and om. T. 5 makyng and om. T.
6 sege T. king abydyng vp on >e sege R.
7 for gold and R. for gold om. C. purveyours for gold T. 8 sege R.
9 leafl7Q. 10 so >at T, " ]>ere om. R. 12 the see T.
296 Scots flee. Prince of Wales. Round Table. Dress. [CH. ccxxvi
eue?'more, goyng into Fraunce, al pinge} & wederes fallyn to me
ioyful & likyng & gladsome, & as y wolde haue hyw 1 ; but alwey
twrnyng into Engelond ward, al Jringes fallen vnp?*0fitable & harm-
full ? " U Never pe latter, he, scapyng alle pe perilles of pe see, as 4
God wolde, come 2 by nyght to pe tour of London. & pe same $ere
pe King held him 3 Cristemas att 4 Menres, and sent word to pe
Scottes by his messagers, J)at he was redy, and wolde fi^te wip him ;
but pe Scottis wolde not abyde fat, bot fled ouere pe Scottish see, 8
& hid hem as wel as pey my^te.
II And in 5 pe xvij. $ere of his regne, aboute pe feste of Conuer-
siou/i of seint Paule, King Edward, wan he had be in Scotland, &
pe Scottis were fledde, he come a$en i?ito Engelond, & a litel afore 12
Lente was pe twrnement at Dunstable, to pe wiche twrnement comen
al pe $ong bachelrye & chyualrye of Engelond, "with meny erles &
oper lordes; at ))e wiche twrnement pe King himself was pere 6
present. U And pe nexte $ere folwyng, 7 in pe xviij. $ere of his 16
regne, at his parlement holden at Westmmster in )?e xv. 8 of Pasche,
Kyng Edwarde J>e j>rid made Edward, his ferst bygeten sone, Prince
of Walys. 9 H And in J>e xix ^ere of his regne, anon after in Janyuer,
before 10 Lente, J>e same King Edward lete make ful 11 noble lustice^, 20
and grete festis, in J?e place of his berjje, at 12 Wyndessore, pat fere
weren neue?*e noTi suche seyn J?ere 13 afore. 14 at whiche festis and
rialte were ij. Kinge^, .ij. quene^, pe Pn'nce of Walys, pe Duk of
Cornewaile, x erlis; .ix. Cuntesse, barouns, 15 & many burgeys, }>e 24
wiche my^t nou^t li} tly be noumbred ; & of diuers lande^ be^onde 16
)>e see, were many strangers, and at J>e 17 same tyme when j)e 18
lustes were don, King Edward made a grete soper, in ]>e wiche he 19
ordeyned feest, and bygan pe 20 Eounde Table, & ordeyned & 28
stefastyd )>e day of }>e forsaide Rounde Table to be holde per at
Wyndissore in 21 Whitesen-wike euennore after erly.
11 In 22 pis tyme, Englisshe men so muche hauntted and cleuyd
to pe wodnes and 23 foley of pe strangers, pat fro pe tyme of pe 32
comyng of pe Henauderns, xviij. ^ere passid, pey ordeyned and
chaungyd ham euery $ere diuers schappis of 24 disgynge^ of eloping,
of long large and wyde clopis, destitu and desert fra?w al old honeste
1 hem T. 2 and come TR. 3 his R. 4 at J>e T. 6 in om. T.
6 fere om. R. 7 leaf 176, back. 8 xv* day T. xv day R. 9 Wawys C.
10 in R. " ful om. TR. 12 at TR. and C. 13 >ere om. T.
14 seen) afor )>at R. 16 barouns om. T. 16 be?onde >e see T. }>e see om. C.
17 >at T. 18 j, e R> 19 whiche he R> he om> a 20 his TR>
21 in >e R. And in TR. of T. and R.
CH. ccxxvn] The Devil's own Clothes. Invasion of France. 297
and good vsage ; & anof er tyme schorte clof is & stret- wasted,
dagged & ket, & on euery side 1 desslatered & boned, wif sleues &
tapets of sircotys, & hode^ ouere longe & large, & ouermuche hang-
4 ynde, fat if y sof schal say, fey were more liche to twrmentours
& deuels in hire closing & schewyng & of er arraye few comen. 2
U And fe wemmen more myseli ^et pasted 3 fe men 4 in array, and
cureslicher ; for fey were so strete clof ed fat fey lete hange fox
8 tailes sawyd benef e wttft-inforf hire clofis, forto hele and heyde
hire ars ; fe whiche disgysenge^ & pride perauenture afterward
brou^te forfe & encausid many mys-happis & mischeuys 5 in fe
reaume of Engelond.
12 IT The xx 3ere of King Edward he wente ouere 6 into Brytaigne
& Gascoigne : in wos companye wente f e Erl of Warwyk, f e Erl
of Snthfok, fe Erl of Honntyngdone & fe Erl of Arundel, and
meny ofer lordes, & cowmune peple in a gret multitude, 7 with a
16 grete navey of ij. C. 8 & xl. shippis, anon after mydsomer, forto
avenge him of meny wronge^ & harmes 9 to hym done be Philip of
Valeys, King of Fraunce, a^ens fe treues byf ore-hand 10 grauntyd,
fe whiche trewes he fasly & ownetreuly, by cawelaciones, loste and
20 disqwatt.
Hov King Edward sayled into Normandye, & arryued at
Hogges wif a gret oste; & of fe batayle of Sclus, and
of 11 fe bygynnyg of fe seege of Calys, & also of fe
24 batayll of Duresme. Cap . CC mo xxvij mo . 12
IIS" fe xxj. ^ere of his regne, King Edward, foru$ councel of
al fe grete lorde} of fis 13 reaume, clepid & gadered togedre
in his parlement at Westminster before Estern, ordeyned him
28 forto 14 passe ouer fe se a^en, for to discesce and destrouble fe
rebellis of Fraunce. and when his navey was come togedre &
made redy, he went with an huge oste, fe xij. day of Juyll, &
sayled into Normandye, & arryued at Hogge^. 15 & whan he had
32 restid him fe?-e vj. daies, for bycause of trauelyng of the see, &
forto haue out al his men wif al hire nessessaryes, out of hire
shippes, he wente toward Cadomon, 16 brengyng, wastyng, & de-
stroyenge al f e tounes 17 as he went by f e way. H And f e xxvj day
1 side TR. 2 >en comen am. T. 3 leaf 177.
4 >e men om. T. 5 meny mischiefs and myshappe} R. 6 ouere om. R.
7 multitude C. 8 om. R. 9 meny harme} & wronges R.
10 biforhand R. byfore had C. u of om. T.
12 ccxxviij R. xxvij om. T. 13 his R. 14 to T.
15 and arryued at hogge3 om. TR. 16 Rone T. Paris R. 17 leaf 177, back.
298 Victory at Scluse. Battle of Crecy y A.D. 1346. [CH. ccxxvn
of Juyll, at be brigge of Cadomy, manly & orpudly yst?-engbed
and defended wij? Normaraies, he had bere a stronge batayll, &
a 1 longe-duryng, boru^ which 2 grete 3 multitud of people was
slayn. IT And bere were take pn'soners, be Erl of Ewe, be Lord 4
of Tankerwyle, & an C. ober kinge} 4 and men of armes, & vj C.
foote men ynombred ; and be toun & be subbarbus vnto be bare
wallys of al bing bat my^te be bore & caryed out, was robbid
and despoyled. U aftirward be King, passing for))e by be cuntre 8
aboute be brede of xx. mile, he 5 wastyd alle manere bing bat he
founde. Whan Philip of Yaleys perseuyd 6 al bis, al-bou^ he were
faste by wiih a stronge oste, he wolde nou^t come no ner, but
brek al be briggys be^onde f>e water of Seyn, fro Roon vnto Paris, 12
& him self fledde vnto 7 be same Citee of Paris 8 wif al be haste
bat he my3te. IF fforsothe, J?e noble King Edward, when he come
to Paris brigge, and founde hit broken, wipinne ij. dayes he lete
make hit a$en; & in ]>e morwe after )>e assumpiciou?i of oure Id
Lady, King Edward passed ouere JJG water of Seyen, goyng toward
Cryesce, & distroyed by fe way tounes wij? J>e 9 peple duelling
ferinne. 10 & in J>e feste of sent Bartolomev, he passid ouere J>e
water of Cowzme owne hurte 11 wij> al his oste ]>er as neuer afore 20
honde was eny manere wey in 12 passage werto a M 113 men were
slayn of hem ]?at letted hire passage ouer.
[The Battle of Crectj.]
U ))erfore, fe xxvj. day of auguste, King Edward in a felde
faste by Creyscy, hauyng iij. 14 bataillis of englisshe men, counttryd 24
and mette wij) Philip of Valeys, hauyng 15 wi]> him iiij.batailles,of
J>e wiche Jje leste passid gretely j)e nombre of )>e Englisshe peple.
& whan )>es ij. ostes metten togedir, ]>er fil oppon him 16 J?e King
of Berne, )>e Duke of Loroyne and erles also of Flaundres, Dalasouw, 28
Bloys, Harecourt, Aumerle, and Nyvers, & meny o]>er erlis, barouns, 17
lordes, Kinge^, 18 & men of armes, J?e noumbre of a M l V. C. xlij., 19
wi])out foet men & ofer men in 20 armevre, )?at were noting rekened.
11 And for al J>is, Je same vnglorious Philip wifdrowe him, wij? J>e 32
residue of al his peple ; wherfore it was seyd in commute among
1 a om. T. 2 whiche a T. with C. 3 J>oru3 whiche a greet R.
4 knyghtis T. kn^tis R. 5 and R. 6 herde R.
7 to R. 8 & him self fledde vnto J>e same Cite of Paris om. T.
9 J>e om. R. 10 ferine om. T. " owne hurte om. T. 12 ne TR.
13 Where ij Mf R. 14 >e iij e T. 15 leaf 178. 16 hem TR.
17 barons and T. 18 knyghtis T. o)>er lordis erlis Barons knyjtis R.
19 M^VC xij T. M* vijc xlij R. 2 y TR.
CH. ccxxvn] Siege of Calais. Scotch Invasion repeld. 299
his owne peple ' Noshe beall Eetret/ that is for to sey, ' Our faire
wipdrawep hym.' Jjan Kyng Edward & our Englyssh men, pank-
yng God for suche a victorye, after hire grete labour, takyng to
4 hem al pyng nedeful for her sustenawnce & sauyng of hire lyf
ferdred of hire enemys, rested hem pere. 1T And ful erly in 1 pe
morwe, after pe Frensshe men wip an houge passyng oste come
a^en for to 3eue batayll & fi^te wip pe Englisshe men, wip whom
8 metten & countreden pe Erles of Warwyk, Norhampton & Norfolk,
wip hire companye & slowen ij. M*, 2 & token meny prisoners of
pe gentils of ham; and pe remenazmt of pe same oste fled iij.
mile fens.
[The Siege of Calais, and the Invasion of England by the Scots.]
12 IT And pe third day after the bataill, pe kyng wente to Caleys
warde, destroyng al pe cuntre as he rode ; whider, 3 whan pat 4 he
was comen, 5 pat is forto seyn, fie .iij. day of Septembre, he bygan
to besege pe toun wip pe castell, and continued his sege fro pe
16 forseyd iij. day of Septe?ftbre vnto pe iij. day of Auguste pe next
3ere after. & in 6 pe same 3ere, duryng pe sege of Caleys, pe King
of Scotlond, 7 with a ful grete multitude of Scottis, come into
Engelond, to Nevyles crosse, about seint Lukes day j?e eucmngglist,
20 hopyng & trustyng to haue found al the land destitut & voyde
of peple, forasmuche as J>e Kyng of Engelond was be^end pe see,
saue only prestes & men of holy chirche, & women & childrin, &
ploghmen, & such oper laborers. II And per ]?ey robbed en, &
24 deden mych pn've 8 sorow ; but 3et fond pey ynowe pat ham
wipstode, by pe g?*ce of God. And so a day of batayll was
assigned bytwene hem ; & certeyne lordes & men of holy cherche
pat were in pat cuntre, wip opere comuns peple, fast by pe Citee
28 of Duresme; at whiche day, poru3 pe grace and pe helpe of God 9
pe Scottis 10 were ouercomen, & 3et were pey threfold so meny of
hem 11 as of 12 Englisshe men 13 ; and pere was slayn al pe chiualrye
and kny3thood of pe reaume of Scotland. H And per were take,
32 as pey wolden haue fleed, Dauid, King of Scotlond, pe Erl of
Mentyf, sere William Douglas, & many oper grete men. & after
pat, oure Englisshe men, when pey had restyd ham a fewe dayes,
& had ordeyned kepers of pe 14 Northcuntre, pey comen to London,
1 on T. 2 ij M* men T. 3 whider am. TR. 4 J>at om. R.
5 was come J>ider R. 6 leaf 178, back. 7 Sctolond 0. 8 o]>er T.
9 help & grace of God R. 10 Cottis C. n of hem om. R. la J>e R.
13 peple TR. 14 J>e land of the T.
300 King Philip fails to relieve Calais. Its sufferings.
and brou^t with ham pe King of Scotlond, & pes opere Iorde3 pat
were taken prisoners, vnto 1 pe tour 2 of London, wip al pe haste
pat fey my^te ; & per pey lef te ham in saue kepyng, vnto pe Kinge^
cornynge, 3 and went 4 home a3en into hire owne cuntre. & after- 4
ward was pe Kinge3 raunsome of Scotlond taxid vnto an C. M*
mark 5 of seluere, to be payed in x ^er, pat ys forto sayne, Query
3ere x pousand mark.
Of the conqueste and 6 wynnge of Caleys, and of 7 grete 8
pestelence & raynes pat fillen sone aftir; and of pe
tresoun ordeyned Sirens Caleys. Capitulo 8 CC mo . xxviij . 9
IN pe xxij 3ere of King Edwardys regne, he wente ouere in pe
wynter time, & lay al pe wynter in 10 pe seege of Caleys. n J)e 12
whiche year, while pe sege lasted, Philip of Valeys, 11 Kyng of
Fraunce, cast & purposed, trecherously & wip fraude, to put awey
pe sege, 12 & come pe xxvij day of luyll in pe same 3ere wip a grete
oste & a strong poer, & neigrhed vnto pe sege of Caleys. H pe 16
wiche Philip, pe last day of luyll, sent to King Edward word
pat 13 he wold 3eue himplayn bataill pe .iij. day next after pat, about
euesong tyme, if pat he durst come fro pe sege & abyde hit. And
whan Kynge Edward herd pat, wipout eny long taryng or grete 20
avisement, he accepted gladly pe day & hour of bataill pat Philip
had assigned. And whan the Kyng of Fraunce herd pat, wipout
eny long taryrag or grete auysement, pe next nyght after he set hys
tentys afyre, and vanysshed & went awey pens cowardly. IT Than 24
pey pat were in 14 pe toun and in pe castell byseged, seyng al pis,
how pat pei hade non oper helpe ne socour of pe Kinge of Fraunce
ne of his men, & also pat her vitailles wipin hyni 15 were spended
and wasted, & for defaute of vitailles & of 16 refresshyng pey eten 28
hors, houndes, cattes & mys, for to kepe her troupe as long as
pey my3te. H And whan they sawe, & was found amonge3 hem
at pe last pat pey had no ping amonge hem 17 forto ete ne lyve
by, ne no socour ne rescuyng of pe Frensshemen ; on pe toper 18 syde 32
1 to T. 2 tone C. towr TR. 3 comyng to London T.
4 wente TR. when C. 6 an C M* e CR. 6 leaf 179. 7 of Jus R.
8 Capitulo om. T. 9 xxviij am. T. ccxxix R. 10 at T.
" u }>e whiche yeer while >e sege lasted Philip of Valeys T. the whiche
yeer while the Sege lasted Philip of Valeis R. om. C.
12 ]>e sege TR. >e om. C. 13 sent word to King Edward >at R.
14 withine T. 15 hem T. 16 of om. T. " amonge hem om. R.
18 on J>at ol>er TR.
CH. CGXXVIII] Surrender of Calais. The Plague of 1348 A.D. 301
fey weste wel fat x fey must deie 2 for defaute, eyfer 3 ^elde 4 vp fe
toun; and anon wenten & tokin 5 done fe banerys & 6 fe armes of
Fraunce on euery side fat were hanged out, & wenterc on f e walles
4 of f e toun, and in ofer diuers placys, as naked as fey were bore,
saf hire chirtys and 7 brechys, & heldyn hire swerdws naked, & f e
poynt downward, in hire hande$, & puttyn ropys & halterys
abowte hire 8 neckys, and golden vp f e keyes of fe toun and of f e
8 Castell to Kyng Edward, wif grete fere and drede of hert. H And
when the King sav fis, as a mercyable king and lord, resceyued
hym al to his grace ; & a feue of f e grettste pe?'sones of stat and
of gouernaurace of f e toun he sent into Engelond, f er for to abyde
12 hire raunsome & fe kinges grace ; & al f e co??imwmalte of fe toun
f e king lete go wher fey wolde in pees, & wif oute ony harme, &
lete ham bere with ham al hire finge^ fat fey niy^te bere & cary
away, 9 keping fe toun -and the Castell to hymself. IT jpan, foru$
1 6 mediaciou?i of cardenalles J)at were sent fro f e pope, trewes was take
f er bituene Fraunce & Engelond for ix monef es fan next folwyng ;
& aboute mychelmasse King Edwarde come a^en vnto Engelond
wi]> a glorious victorye.
[The Plague of 1348.]
20 ^ And in J?e xxiij. 3ere of his regne, in J>e Este parteys of ])e
worlde Iper aros & bygan a pestilence, & dej> of Sarasine^ and
Paywgneins, fat so grete a def was neue?- herde of afore, 10 and fat
wasted awey so fe peple fat vniief es f e x the persone was left
24 a 11 -lyue. & in fe same ^ere, aboute fe Sowthcuntreys and also in 12
fe west cuntres, fere fell so much 13 reyne and so grete waters fat,
from Cn'stemasse vnto 14 Midsomer, fer was vnnefes day ne nyght
but fat it rayned sumwhat ; f oru^ whiche watres, f e pestilence was
28 sone fectid 15 & so habundant in all curctres, & namely aboute f e
court of Eome & ofer places & sore 16 costes, 17 fat vnnefes fere were
left alyve 18 folk to bery ham fat were ded, honestly, but maden
grete diches and puttes fat were wonder brood and depe, & f erin
32 beried, & made a renge of fe 19 dede bodyes, & anofer renge of erfe
aboue ham ; & f us were fey buried, & non ofer wise, but yf it were
f e fewer fat were grete men of state.
1 leaf 179, back. 2 eythir die T. 3 or ellis T.
4 J>ey moste ou)>er die for defaute or ellis yelde R. 5 took a T.
6 of TR. 7 and her TR. 8 >eir R. 9 away om. T.
10 bifore R. n on T. 12 in om. R. 13 leaf 180. 14 to T.
15 was so effect T. was so effected R. 16 sondry T.
17 & sore costes om. R. 18 on lyue T. 19 )>e om. R.
302 Treachery of Geoffrey of Charney at Calais. [CH. ccxxvin
U And after al pis, in pe xxiiij $ere of his regne, hit was done
King Edward to wite and vnde?*stonde of a tresoun pat was bygun
at Caleys, and ordeyned for to selle pat 1 toun for a grete so??ime of
Florens vnto King Philip of Fraunce, poru^ pe falsnes & pe 2 4
ordinance of a kny3t pat me called Sir Geffrey of Charney, pat
was wonder pn'vey wip pe King of Fraunce. U And whan pe
King herd pis, he toke wip hym )>e noblys & pe gentils, & opere
worpy & orped men of armes, pat were fere present wip hym for pe 8
solempnite of pat x hey 3 feest, & wel & wisely, in al pe haste pat
he my^t, & as pmiely as he my^t, he wente hym 4 ouere see, 5 and
pat same tyme pe King held hys Cristemas at Haueryng. H And
in pe morwe after 6 Newers day, pe King was in pe Castell of 12
Caleys wip his men of armes, pat none of 7 pe aliens wist perof.
And thilk 8 fals conspiratowr & traytour, Geffrey of Charney, seth 9
he my^te not opynly haue his pwrpos of pe castell, pryuely &
stelyngly he comen yn, & held pe toun wip a grete oste. 10 And 16
when he wip his men were comen yn, he payed pe forsaide sonme
of florens, as couenaunt was bituene him, to a Geneweys in pe toun
pat was keper of pe castell, & consentyng to pe same Gefferey in al
pis 11 falsnesse & trecherye, & bonde pe Englisshe mynesters and 20
seruaunt} pat were in pe castel, pat pey my^t nou$t helpe hamself,
ne lete ham of hire pwrpos. & pan, wenyng pat pey had be siker
ynov, pey spaken hire wickednesse & falones oppynly & an hey,
pat al men my^t here. U And nov shul 30 here hov pey were 24
desceyued ; for pey comrae in by a preuy posterne ouer a litel brigge
was drawyn opp 12 of tre ; & when pey were come yn sotelly and
preuely, pe brigge was dravyn op and kepte, pat non of ham pat
were come yn my^te go out, ne no moo come yn to hym. If And 28
anon our Englisshe men wente oute at pn'uy holes and wendawes, &
ouere pe wallys of pe toun & of pe castel, & wentew & fou^ten manly
wip pe Frenche men pat were wipoute, & had the better of ham, pe
wiche when pey were ocupied by ham self on 13 hire side. )3e King, 32
pat was wipin pe toun, hauyng wip him 14 scharstly but xxx. men
of armes, dreve out his swerd, & with a lowed voys cried, on
hey : " A sent Edward I a sent Gorge I " And when folk herde pat,
pey come rennyng to him, and 3eauen per 15 to hire enemys so strcmge 36
1 J>e TR. 2 )>e om. R. 3 hey om. T. 4 hym om. R. 5 >o see R.
6 next T. 7 of alle T. 8 And whane J>at R. 9 saw >at R.
10 leaf 180, back. n )>is om. T. his R. 12 was drawyn opp om. TR.
18 on of C. on TR. 14 wij> him om. R. 15 \>er om. T.
Geoffrey of Charney taken. Sea-fight with Spaniards. 303
assaute fat f e?' were mo fen ij. C. men of armes, and meny o]>er,
slayn, & meny fledden ; & so, by f e g?*ace of God, f e victorye fel to
f e Englisshe men. IT )?an f e King toke with him f is Gefferey, fat
4 was fynder of f is trecherye, and also many ofe?' Frenshe prisoners,
& wit^yn a while x after wente 2 a^en into Engelond.
[The Plague, or Slack Death.]
And in pis same $ere, and in f e ^ere afore, & also in f e ^ere aftir,
was so grete a pestilences of men fro f e Est into f e west, & namely
8 foru^ bocches, fat he fat siked fis day, deid on fe iij. day after.
IT To fe wich men fat so deiden in fis pestilens, fat haddyn
but litel respyte of lyggyng, f e pope Clement, of his goodnes &
grace, $af ham ful remissions & foryeuyng of all hire synnes fat fey
12 were schryven of. & fis pestilence lasted in London fro Michel-
masse into 3 Auguste next folowyng almoste an hool ^ere. & in ]?es
dayes was dej? wijjoute sorwe, weddyng wipoute frendship, wilfull
penaunce, and derfe wijjout scarste, and fleyng wi))oute refute or 4
1 6 socour ; U ffor meny fledden fro place to place by-cause of J?e
pestilens ; but fey were 5 enfecte, & myjt not ascape J>e de)>e, after
]>e prophete Isaye 6 seith : " ho 7 fat fleef fro f e face of drede, he
shal fall into fe diche ; 8 & he fat wyndef hy?ftself out of f e diche, 8
20 he shal be holde and teyd wif a grenne," but whan f is pestilens was
cesid & endid, as God wolde, vnnef es fe x. parte of f e peple was
left alyve, 9 and in fe same :jere bygan a wonder fiwg fat al fat euere
were born after fat pestilens hadden ij. chekteth in her heed lasse
24 fan fey had afore.
How King Edward had a grete bataylle of fe Spaynardes in
fe see faste by Wynchel-see, & of meny ofere finge^.
Cap^w/o CC. mo xxix , 10
28 And in f e xxv. $ere of his regne, about sent Johnwes tyde in
heruest, in f e see faste by Wynchelse, King Edward had a grete
batayll wif men of Spayne, wher fat 11 hire shippes & navee ley
cheyned togider, fat eif ere they muste fi^t or drenche. 51 And so,
32 whan al our worfi men of armes on f e see coostes fast by Wynchel-
see & Romeny were gadred, 12 & ouer navee & shippes al redy to f e
werre, f e Englissh men metten manly & stifly with hire enemys,
I leaf 181. 2 wente R. ora. C. 3 vnto R. 4 of T.
5 were om. R. 6 Isaye }>at T. 7 who R.
8 - 8 om. R. 9 onlyueT. 10 xxix om. T. ccxxxR.
II leaf 181, lack. 12 gatherid togidere T. gadred to gedir R.
304 New Coinage. Negotiations about Guienne dropt. [CH. ccxxix
comyng fersly a^ens ham, & when f e Spaynesshe vessellis & nauey
were closid yn al about, ]>er men my^te se a stronge bataile vn bof e
sides, and long duryng ; in j>e whiche Batayle f er ner l but fewe
fat fau^ten but fat 2 fey were sputesly herte, & fowle. and after 4
f e batayle f er were xxiiij shippes of here} ytaken ; & so f e 3
Engligsshe men had fe better.
[The new Coinage. The dear Summer. A Drought.]
U And in fe next $ere after 4 folwyng, of his regne xxvj 11 , pe
King, f oru} his councele, lete ordeyne & make his neve money, fat 8
ys forto sey, fe peny, fe grote of valev of iiij. pens, & fe half- 5
grote pe 6 valev of ij d. ; but hit was of lesse wy^th fan f e old
sterlyng was, by v. s. in f e pound. H And in f e xxvij. 3ere of his
regne was f e 7 grete derf e of vitailes, f e wiche was clepid pe dere 1 2
somer. If And in pe xxviij. $ere of his regne in fe parlement
holdyn at Westminster after Ester, Sere Henry, Erl of Lancastre,
was made Duk of Lancastre. and in pis 8 same $ere was so grete a
drowthe fat, fro pe monef of Marche unto f e monef of luyll, fer 1 &
fel no rayne into 9 fe erfe ; wherfore al 10 fruttys, sedis and erbis,
for fe more n part was lost ; in defaute wherof per come so grete
desise of men and bestes, & derfe of vetailes in Engelond, so fat
)>is lande, fat euer by fore was plentues, had nede fat tyme to seche 20
his vytaylis and refreschyng of of er out yles and cuntres.
[Negotiations about Guienne dropt.]
U 12 And in fe xxix ^ere of King Edward, hit was accrued,
graunted and swore, bytwene f e King of Eraunce & f e King of
Engelond, fat he shulde haue a^en al his lande} and lordshipps fat 24
longe to fe Duche of Guyne of old tyme, fe wiche had bene
with-drawe & wrongfully occuped by diue?-s Kynge$ of Frounce .
byforhand, to haue & to hold to Kyng Edward & to his eyrs &
successours for euermore, frely, pesible, & in good quyete, vppo?z f is 28
covenaunt, fat f e Kyng of England shold leue of, 18 & relese all u
right & claynie fat he had & claymed of f e kingdome of Fraunce,
& of f e title fat he toke f erof. Oppon wiche speche & couenowntes,
it was sent to f e court of Rome on bof e sydes of f e Kynge^, 15 fat 32
f e forsaid couenemnt shold be enbulled. but God ordeyned betere
for fe Knyge^ worship of Engelowd; for, what foru^ fraude &
1 ne were but T. 2 j>at om. T. 3 oure T.
4 after om. T. folowynge R. 5 and half a TR. 6 of TR.
7 J>e om. R. 8 >e TR, 9 on TR. 10 alle >e R. u moste R.
12 leaf 182. I3 of om. R. 14 al J>e R. 15 of >e kynges om. T.
CH. ccxxix] Edward III and his Son go on Pilgrimage. 305
deceyte of pe Frensshmeft, & what poru^ lettyng of pe pope & of pe
court of Kome, pe forsaid couenawntes were to-sqwat & left of.
[Transfer of the Staple of Wool to England.]
IT And in pe same }ere pe Kyng reuoked, by his wys & descrete
4. counceyll, pe staple of wolles out of Flaundres into Engelond, wip
al pe libertees, fraunchises & free customes pat longen perto, &
ordeyned hit in Engelond in diuers places, pat ys forto 1 seyn, at
Westminster, Caunterbery, Chichestre, Bristowe, Lincoln, & Hull,
8 wip al pe forsaid pynge} pat longen perto. and pat pis ping sholde
be pus done, 2 pe Kyng swore hym self perto, & prins Edward his
sone, wi]> oper meny grete witnesse pat were fere than 3 present.
[TJie French attempt on Guienne frustrated.]
And in pe .xxx. $ere of his regne, anon after Wytsonday, in pe
12 parlement ordeyned at Westminster, hit was told and 4 certyfied
to 5 pe King, pat Philip pat held pe kingdome of Fraunce was dede,
and fat John his sone was crouned King, & fat J>is John had ^oue
Karoll his sone ]?e Duchie of Guyone. U Of fe 6 wiche Jnng, King
16 Edward, whan he herd J>erof, he 7 had grete indignaciouw vnto hym,
& was wonder wro]?, &; strongly meved : and ]?er, afor 8 al Ipe worjjy
lordes Ipat ]>ere were assembled at pat parlement, he clept 9 Edward
his son to hym, to wiche 10 pe Duchye of Guyene by right heritage
20 shold longe to, and $af hit hym per, byddyng and strengpiwg him
pat he shulde ordeyne him to defende and avenge him oppon his
enemys, & saue & mayntene hys ry$t. IT And afterward, King
Edward him self, and his eldiste 11 sone Edward, 12 wenten to diuerce
24 place} and senten in Engelond a pilgrimage, forto haue J>e more
grace and help of God and of his sent}, and pe secunde kalend-
of luyll, when al ping was redy to pat viage and batayle}, and al 13
his retennev & power assembled, and hire navey also redy, he toke~
28 wip him pe Erl of Warwyk, pe Erl of Suthfolk, pe 14 Erl of Salys-
bery, & pe Erl of Oxenford, and a M* of 15 men of armes, and as
many archerys, in pe Natiuite of our Lady, and at Plymmough
token hire shippes, and bygan to sayle. 1T And when 16 he come
32 and was arryued in Guyene, he 17 was per worshipfly take 18 and 19
1 to E. 2 >o R. 3 were >anne ]>ere R. 4 leaf 182, back.
5 to om. T. 6 J>e om. R. 7 he om. R. 8 >erfore R.
9 also and cleped R. 10 whom TR. n eldiste om. R.
12 Prince Edward T. 13 al om. T. 14 >e erle TR. J>e om. C.
15 of om. TR. 16 when om. T. 17 and he T. 18 take om. R. 19 and om. C.
306 Edw. Ill invades France. The Scotch try to take Berwick.
resceyued 1 of fe moste noble men and lordq of fat cuntre. And
anon after, King Edward toke wif him his ij. sones, fat ys forto
seye, 2 Sir Lyonell, Erl of Vltouw, and Sere lohn his broker, Erl of
E-ychemonde, and Se?*e Henry, Duke of Lancastre, wij> meny Erles 4
and lordes and men of armes, and too 3 M f archers, and sayled into 4
Fraunce, and reste him awhile at Caleys. U and afterward, fe
King went wif his folk aforsaide, and wif of ere sowdiours of
be^ende f e see fat fere aboden f e Kinges comynge, f e secunde day 8
of Nouembre, & toke his iorneye toward King lohn of Fraunce,
fere as he trowed to 5 haue y 6 found him faste by fe toun of
Odomarw?w, as his letters and couenaunt} made menciouw fat he
wolde abyde him fere wif his oste. U And whan King Ion of 12
Fraunce herde of fe Kynge3 comeing of Engelond, he wente awey
wij) his men & his cariage, cowardly & schamfully fleynge, wastyng
al vitaile} ouer 7 al, fat 8 Englisshe men shold nau^t haue therof.
U And when King Edward herde fat he fleed, he pursued him wif 16
al his mayne til 9 Hedoun; and fen he, by-holdyng fe wantyng
and f e scarsites of vitaile}, and also the cowardice of the King of
Fraunce, he turned a^en, wastyng al f e cuntre.
[The Scots attack Berwick.]
IF And while al f ese f inge$ were a 10 doyng, f e scottes prevyly and 20
by ny^t token f e toun of Berwyk, sleyng ham fat wif stode ham,
and no man ellis ; but, blessid by god ! f e castel neuer-f e-latter
was sauyd and kepte be Englisshe men fat were f erin. fen f e
Kinge perceuyng al f is, twrned a3en into Engelond as worf as he 24
my^te. 11 11 Wherfore in a parlement at Westminster was g?*aunted
to fe King of euery sake of 12 wolle .1. s. durywg fe terme of vj.
jere fat he my3t f e my3tlyker fyght and deffende f e reaume a3ens
f e Scottis and of ere mys-doers : and so, when al f inges were redy, 28
f e King hastyd hym to f e seege warde.
Hov King Edward was crouned King of Scotland, and hov
Prircs Edward toke fe King of Fmunce, 13 & of fe bataylle
of Peyters. 13 <7apitulo CC mo Tricesimo. 14
I and rescyuyd T. 2 ]>at ys forto seye ora. TR. 3 leaf 183.
4 toward TR. c forto T. 6 y om. TR.
7 ougrall R. o)>er al C. 8 J>at J>e T. \>e R. 9 to T. 10 in T.
II myghte be R. 12 of om. T. 13 - 13 om. T.
14 Triscesima om. T. ccxxxi R.
Edward III crownd King of Scotland. The Black Prince. 307
1 1 nd in f e xxxj. $ere of his regne, f e xiij day of lanuere, fe
Ji\. King beyng in fe castel of Beywyk wif a fewe men, but 2
havyng fer fastby a 3 gret oost, fe toun was ^old to him wif out
4 eny 4 manere fens or 5 difficulte. fan fe King of Scotlond, fat ys
forto sey, Sire lohn Bayllol, considering how fat God dede meny
merueylles finge$ & gracious 6 for King Edward at his owene will
fro day to day, he toke 7 & ^af op 8 fe reaume of Scotland, & J)e
8 croune of Scotland, 9 att Rokesburgh, 10 in-to fe Kinge^ handes 11 of
Engelond, vnder his patent lefties fer of y 12 made. IT And anon
after King Edwarde, in presence of al f e prelates & of er worf i men
& lorde^ fat fere were, lete croune hym King fer-of 13 fe reaume
12 of 14 Scotland, and whan al finge^ were done & ordeyned in thilk
cuntres at his luste, he twrned a$en into Engelond wif a 15 houge
worschip.
II And while fat 16 fis viage was adoyng in Scotland, Sir
16 Edward, Prins of Walys, as a man enspired of God, was in Guyne,
in fe Citee of Burdeux, tretyng & spekyng of fe chalangyng, & 17 of
the Kinge} right of Engelond, fat he had to f e reaume of Fraunce ;
and ])at he wold avenged be 18 wij) stronge hond. & aH ]>e prelates,
20 peris, & my^ty men of ]>e cuntre, consentid wele to hym. U j^an
Sere Edward, the Pryns, wij> a grete oste y 19 gaderid to hym, J>e vj.
day of luyll went fro Burdeux, goyng & trauaylyng by meny
diuers cuntres. And he toke meny 20 prisoners, mo fan vj M men of
24 armes,by the 21 cuntre as he iourneyed, 21 & toke J)e toun of Remor-
antyn in Saloigne, & beseged J>e castell vj. dayes. and at fe vj.
dayes ende fey golden fe castell vnto hym ; and 22 fere were taken
J>e Lord of Crom, and Sere Bursigand, and meny ofere knyghtes,
28 and men of armes mo fan iiij.
[The Battle of Poictiers.]
And fro fens by Tureyne & Petey, 23 faste by Chaneney, his
noble men fat were "with him hadden a strong bataill wif Frenssh
men, and a 24 C. of hire 25 men 26 of armes were slayn. and fe Erie
I leaf 183, back. 2 but om. T. 3 bi a T. 4 any defence or any T.
5 fens or om. T. 6 & gracious om. R. 7 toke up T.
8 and 3af vp om. T. 9 of Scotland om. T.
10 Rokesburgh and bi Baillol >e kyng of Scotland y yonen frely T.
II >e hondis of the kyng T. 12 y om. T. 13 him >ere king off R.
14 j>e reaume of om. R. 15 An TR. 16 >at om. T. 17 & om. TR.
18 wolde be avengid T. 19 y om. R. 20 meny om.
21 - 21 cuntre and he ordeynyd T. ffl leaf 184. ^ MS. indistinct.
24 an R. w of hire om. R. * And an C men T.
BRUT. Y
308 The Battle of Poictiers. King's arrival in London.
of Damice & pe stiward of Fraunce werew take, wip a 1 C. men of
armes. In pe wiche 3eer, pe xix day of Septembre, fast by Peyters,
)>e same prins, with a M* and ix c men of armes and archers,
ordeyned a bataill to Kyng lohn of Fraunce, comyng to pe prins- 4
ward wip vij. M* cosyn men of armes, and oper miche peple in a
houge 2 passyng noumbre 3 ; of 4 pc whiche per was yslayne 5 ]>Q Duke
of Burbouw and pe Duke of Athene3, & meny opere noble men, &
of pe pris men of armes a Mt, & of opere (after pe trewe account & 8
rekenyng) viij. C. ; and pe King of Fraunce was per take, and
Sere Philip his 3onger sone, and meny dukes & noble men & worpy
kny^tys, and men of armes aboute .ij. M* ; and so 6 pe victorie fill
pere to pe Prins & to pe peple of Engelond, by pe grace of God. 12
51 And meny fat were take prisoners were set at her raunsoun, &
oppon her troupe & kny^thoode were charged, and had leue to go ;
but )>e Prins toke wip hym pe King of Fraunce, and Philip his
sone, wip al pe reuerence pat he my^te, & wente a$en to Burdeux 16
with a glorious victorie. U fee somrae of pe 7 men pat were take
prisoners, & of pe man pat were slayn, pis day of 8 bataill, was iiij.
[M l ]CCCC. xl. 9 And in pe xxxij. 3ere of Kyng Edward, pe .v. day
of Maij, Prins Edward, wip King lohn of Fraunce 10 and Philip his 20
sone, and meny worpy 11 prisoners, arryved graciously in pe hauene
of Plymmouth ; & pe xxiiij. day of pe same monep, about iij. after
none, pey comew to London by London brigge, & so wente forpe to
pe Kynge^ paleys of 12 Westmynstre. U and pere fill so grete pres & 24
multitude of peple abute ham, to byholde and se pat 13 wonder and
pat 14 real 15 si^th, that 16 vnnepes fro Midday pey my^te come to
Westmywste?*. And pe Kinge^ raunsoun of Fraunce was taxied &
set to iij. Milions of Scutes, 17 of whom 18 ij. shuld 19 be paid a 28
noble 20 : & 30 shul vnderstonde pat a Miliouw is a M*. Mt. And
after sonme men, his raunsoun was set at iij. M* 21 floreyns; & al
is on in effecte.
And iw 22 pis same 3ere was made solempne iustes in Smepefeld, 32
beyng per present, pe King of Engelonde, pe King of Fraunce &
pe King of Scotlond, & 23 meny worpi noble 23 lordes. H The xxxiij.
1 an TR. 2 in a houge cm. T. 3 the nombre T.
4 aforesaid of T. oft passings >e noumbre R. 5 slayne TR. 6 so om. T.
7 }>eom. TR. 8 in T. to R. 9 iiij. Ml iiij. C. and xl T.
10 leaf 184, back. n o}>er TR. !2 at T. 13 ]>at hit was T.
14 )>at om. R. 15 for hit was a roiatt T. 16 and Jmt T.
17 floreyns R. 18 wher of R. 19 ij mvlions schulde T.
20 anoon T. a noble om. R. 21 iij mylions of T. M in om. T.
^-^ noble and worthi T. meny O)KT noble and worthi R.
Duchess Blanche wedded. Edw. Ill invades France. 309
of his regne f e same King Edward at Wyndesore, as wel for 1
loue of kny3thood as for his owne worship, & at f e reuerence of f e
King of Fraunce & 2 ofer lorde^ fat were fere at fat tyme, he held 3
4 a wonder rial 4 and 5 costlow feest 6 of sent Gorge, passyng eny fat
was hold euere afore. 7 wherfor fe King of Fraunce, in scornyng,
sayd fat he saw neuere ne herd such solempne festes ne ryalties
~holden ne done with taylles, wifoute 8 paying 9 of gold or siluer.
[The Marriage of Duchess Blanche.]
8 U And in fe xxxiiij. $ere of his regne, fe xiiij. kalend of luyll,
Sere lohn, Erie of Eichemund, Kyng Edwardes sone of Engelond,
weddid dame Blaunche, duk Herryes doubter of Lancaster, cosyn
to f e same lohn, by dispensacioun of f e Pope, and in f e mene
12 tyme were 10 ordey?aed iustes at London iij. dayes of 11 fe rogacions, 12
fat is forto sey, fe Maiere of London, wif his xxiiij* 1 aldermen,
a}ens al fat wold come. In whos name and stede f e King pn'uely
wif his iiij. sones, Edwarde, Leonell, lohn & Edmund, & of ere xix.
16 grete lordes, helden fe feld wif 13 worshopp.
U And f is same ^ere (as it was tolde & seyd of ham fat sawe hit)
fere come out blood of fe toumbe of Thomas, sumtyme Erl of
Lancaster, as ffresshe as fat day fat he was done to fe 14 defe. And
20 in fat same ^ere King Edward chose his sepulture & his liggyng at
Westminste?*, faste by f e shryne of Sent Edward.
\Edward III goes again to France.]
And anon after, fe xxvij. day of Octobre, he wente ouere see
to 15 Caleys, makyng protestacioura fat he wold neuere come a^en
24 into Engelond til 16 he had fully endid f e werre bytuene Fraunce and
him. IT And so, in f e xxxv. yere 17 of his regne, in fe wynter tyme,
King Edward was and ls trauayled in f e Eyne costes ; and aboute
Seynt Hillere tyde he departed his oste, and went to Burgoyne-
28 warde ; wif whom fan mette pesibely f e Duk of Burgoyne, byhot-
yng to hym. Ixx. M* Floreyns fat he shold spare his men 19 & his
peple. And f e King 20 graunted at his request, & dwelled fere vnto
fe xvij. day of March, fe wiche day it come to King Edwardes ere
32 fat straunge fennes on 21 f e see vnder f e Erie of Sent Paule, fe xv
1 for the T. 2 and of T. 3 beheld C. he helde TR. 4 roiatt feste T
5 and a T. 6 feest om. T. 7 bifore T. 8 oute eny R.
" anypaiyingT. 10 leaf 185. u aftir R. 12 rogacion) Daie? R.
1 with om. T. 14 be om. TR. 15 vnto T. 16 til that T.
17 yere of T. yer of R. yere om. C. 18 was and om. T.
19 lond T. 2 king it R. 21 wen
were on TR.
310 The French attack Winchilsea. The English retaliate.
day of Marche, liggyng aweyte oppon f e tounes of Hastynge, Rye,
and ofer places & villages on fe see coostes, hadden 1 entred as
enemy es into f e toun of Wynchelsee, & slowen al fat euere with-
stode ham and wif seyd her comyng ; wherfore f e King was 2 gretly 4
meved and wraithed. U And he turned a$en to Parys-ward, 3 co??^-
maunded his ost to destroye & slee wif deynt & strengthe of swerd
hem fat he had byfore hand y 4 sparid. and f e xij day of Aprill }>e
King come to Parys ; & fere he departed his oost in ix diuerse 8
bataylles, vriUi iiij c of kny^tes newe dubbed, on fe to 5 syde of
hem. 6 And Sere Kerry, Duk of Lancastre, vnder pees & trewes
wente to fe ^ates of fe Citee, 7 profryng to hem fat 8 wold abyde a
batayl in fe feld, vnder suche a condicioun, fat yf fe King of 12
Englonde were ouercome (fere as God forbede hit !), fat fen he
shold neuere chalange f e kingdome of Fraunce. 11 and whan he
had of hem but a short & an 9 scornfull answere, he told fe King
& his lordes what he had herd, & wat fey saide. and fan fortwif 16
fe newe knightes, w^'t/^ meny of ere, makyng assaute to f e Citee, 10
destroyeden hougily f e subarbes of f e Citee. And while al f ese
thinges were adoyng, fe Englissh men made hem aredy to be
avengid vpon fe shame & 11 despit fat was done fat $eer at 20
Wynchelse, and ordeyneden a nave of iiij shippes of mercnes of
London & of 12 ofer marchauntes, & xiiij M* of men of armes &
archers, & wenten & destroyeden hem, & scymed f e see, 18 & manly
token, & helde f e He of Caux ; wherfore f e Frenssh men, fat is for 24
to sey, f e abbot of Cluyne, f e Erie of Tankervile & Sere Bursigand,
fat than was stiward of Fraunce, wif meny of 12 ofer men of fe same
cuwtre, by commune assent of f e Lord Karoll, }>at f o was regent of
Fraunce, fey hasted hem, & wentew to 14 fe King of Engelonde, 28
askyng & bysekyng hym 15 stedfast pees, & euerelastyng, vpon 16
certeyne condicions fat f er were wreten schewed. 17 U The whiche,
whan f e King and his councell had seen, it plesed ham neuere a
dele. 18 But sef it wolde be non of ere, in 19 tyme of betere acorde & 32
deliberaciouft, f e Frenssh men bysily & wif grete instaunce askede
trewes for her see coostes ; & f e King 20 graunted hem. and in f e
1 and hadde TR. 2 leaf 185, back. 3 Parice warde and TR.
4 y om. R. 5 that oon T. on )>at o R. 6 him T. 7 of Paris R.
8 that heT. >at he R. 9 aTR. 10 Citee andtheiT. n & am. TR.
12 of om. TR. 13 and skemed )>e See and destroied ham R.
14 vnto T. to to C. 15 hym of T. them of R. 16 vpon a TR.
17 were schewid writen T. writen R. 18 leaf 186. 19 til. R.
20 and he T.
CH. ccxxxi] A great Storm. Peace made with France. 311
morwe after pe ocptas of Pasche, pe King turned hym wit/i his
ooste towardes Orlyaunce, destroyng & wastyng al pe ciwtre by pe
wey. And as pey wenten piderward, pere fil oppon hym suche a
4 storme &' tempest fat non of our naciowz. herd ne sawe neuere non
such; thurght pe whiche, pousande^ of our men & of hers (sic)
horses in here 1 (sic) iourneying (as it were porugh vangeaunce),
sodenly were slayn & perisshed, pe which tempestes ful mich $et 2
8 ferid not pe Kyng, ne myche of his peple, pat pey ne wenden forth
in her (sic) viage pat pey had begu?iiie.
[Peace made betiveen England and France.}
U Wherfore, abute" pe feest of Holy-Eode Day in Maii, fast by
Carnocum, pe forseid lordes of Fraunce, nietywg per with pe King of
12 En[g]londe, a pesible acorde & a fynal, oppon certeing condiciourcs &
graunte^ articulerlich 3 gaderid wryten togeder, euermore to laste,
ful discretly made, & to bope kyngges profitable, & to her reumes,
bop wip on assent of Karoll pe Eegent and Gouernour of Fraunce,
16 and of 4 Parys of the same reaume, ywretyn & made vnder pe date,
at 5 Carnacum, pe xv day of May, pey ofFred & profred to pe King
of Engelond, requireng his grace in alle thynges ywriten, 6 pat he
wold benyngly admitte hem, and hold 7 hem ferme & stable to hem,
20 & to her eires for euermore. pe wiche pinge^ and articles, whan
Kyng Edward had seyn, he 8 graunted hew, so pat bope parties
sholde be yswore 9 on Goddis body and on pe holy euawnglies, pat
pe forsaide couenazmt^ shold be stablysshed. & so pey acordeden
24 graciously ; perfore pe?'e were ordeyned & dressid on eue?y syde too
barons, 10 ij. baronettes, ij. knyghtes, to admitte & receyve pe othes of
pe Lord Karoll, regent of Fraunce, & of Sir Edward, n the first sone
and Eyr of King Edward of Engelond ; and pe x. day of Maii ther
28 was songen a solempne masse at Parys, and aftir pe iij ' agnws dei '
yseid, 12 wip ' dona nobis pace??z,' in presence of the forseid men, that
there yordeynid 13 to admitte and resceyve the opes, and of all oper
pat per myght be, the same Karoll leyd his right honde on the
32 patene wip Goddis body, & his left hand on pe missale, and sayd :
U "We, K and N, sweryn on Goddis body and on pe 14 holy
gospelle^, pat we schulle trewliche and stedfastly holden toward vs
1 his K. 2 3et om. T. 3 articulerli was R. 4 of >e T. 5 of T,
6 writen R. 7 hold om. T. 8 hern he R. 9 swore TR.
10 too barons om. TR. n leaf 186, back. 12 was seide T. was seid R.
13 ordeynyd T. >at were pere ordeyned R. 14 this T.
312 K. John of France is freed & goes home. Treaty. [CH.CCXXXI
pe pees and 1 pe acorde made bytuene pe 2 ij kinge^, and in no uianere
to do the contrarie." & per, amonge al ij his 3 lordes, for more loue
& streng[t]he of wytne^he 4 deled & departed pe reliqes of pe croun
of Crist to pe knightes of Engelond : and pey 5 curteysly token her 4
leve. And in pe Fryday next, pe 6 same manere othe in p?-esences of
pe 7 knightes, & of 8 al 9 oper worthy men, Prins Edwarde made at
Loners. Afterward, bope Kynge3, and her sones, and pe moste
noble men of boj)e reaumes, wipin pe same $er maden pe same ope. 8
& forto strengthe al pes forsaid pinge} pe King of Engelond axed
pe grettest men of Fraunce ; and he had his axyng ; pat is forto
seye, .vj. dukes, viij. Erle3, xij. Iorde3, that is to seyn, baronys and
worthy knightes. And whan pe place and pe tyme was assigned 12
in pe whiche bothe Kynges with her counceyll shold come togedir,
al pe forsaid thynge^ by twene hem yspoke, for to 10 ratifie and make
ferme & stable.
J3e King of Englond anone wente toward ))e see, & at Houn- 16
flete he bygan to sayle, levyng to his ostes that were yleft 11 behind
him (bycause of his absence) mych hevynes ; & after pe xix day of
Maii he come into Englond, & went to his paleys at Westmm^er
on Seynt Dunstons day. & pe iij. day after, he visited John, pe 20
King of Fraunce, pat was in pe Tour of London, & deliuered him
frely from 12 al manere prisons, saue ferst they were acorded of iiij. 13
Milions of ffloreyns for his raunsom, and pe King comforted hym
& chered him in alle places, wip all solaces & merpe^ that longen to 24
a king, in his goyng homward.
H And J>e ix day of luyll in )>e same ^er, pe same John, King of
Fraunce, that aforhand 14 lay here in ostage, wente home a^ew intq
his owne lande, to trete of ]?o pinge^, & of o}>ere that longeden & 28
fillen to J?e gouernance of his reaume. And afterward metten and
comen togedir at Caleys bothe ij Kinges, wij> bo]>e hire counceyll,
about Alhalwen tyde, and per were shewed the condiciouws and ]?e
poywtes 15 of pe pees, & of pe acorde of bope sydes ywriten; & 32
ther, 15 wfc'tftoute eny wipseying, of bope sides graciously pey 16 pere
acorded . and per 17 was done and sung 17 a solempne masse, and
after pe iij. Agnus Dei, vppon Goddes body & also on pe Masse-
book, bope Kynge3, & her sones, & pe grettest lorde$ of bope 36
1 as C. and R. 2 )>o R. 3 his om. R. 4 se he R. 5 >ey ora. T.
6 aftir be .T. 7 be forseide T. be forsaid R. 8 of om.
9 alle om. T. 10 to for to C. n left TR. 12 leaf 187.
13 iij TR. . 14 aforsaid }>at R. 15 - 15 of >e pees . . . ther om. TR.
16 bev om. TR. I7 ~ 17 was songe?i and done T.
Thunder-storms. Anglo-French Treaty. Eclipse. Drought. 313
reaumej, and of hir counceill that fere were 1 fan present, & not
had yswore byfor, fe forsaide ofe that they 2 had made, & was
titled bytwene hem, fey behighten fere to kepe, & all of er coue-
4 ncmntes fat were bytuene ham yordeyned. 3 11 And infe 4 same^er
men, bestes, trees, & housyng, wif sodeyn tempest & strong light-
nyng were yperisshed 5 ; & the deuel appered bodyly in manms
liknes to myche peple as they went in diuerses pieces in 6 the
8 cuwtre & spake to hem. 7
[A Parliament at Westminster. Eclipse of the Sun ; Marvels, etcJ\
Kyng Ed ward e in fe xxxvj $ere of his regne anon after Criste-
masse in f e feest of 8 Conuercion of seirct Poul, held his par-
lement at WestrmVisfer, in the which was put forf and showed f e
12 acorde and the tretys fat was stably sshed and ymade 9 betwene fo
ij. kinges ; the which ac 10 orde plesid to 11 myche peple ; and f erf ore,
by fe Kynges commawndement, fere were gadryd and comyn
togider in Westminster cherche, the ferst Soneday of 12 Lente, that
~16 is to sey, the ij. TL&lend of Eeuerell, the forsaid English men and
Frensshe men ; wher was song a solempne masse of f e Trynyte,
of 13 f e Erchbisshop of Caunterbury, Mayster Symond Islepe. And
whan Agnus Dei was do, f o u King, beyng fere with his sones, and
20 also wif f e kynges sones of Frawnce, and ofer noble and grete
lordes, with candels ylight, 15 and crosse ybrought 16 forth al fat were
called ferto that were not yswore 17 afor sworen 18 fat same othe that
was writen oppon goddis body & oppon f e masse boke in f is wyse,
24 "We, N. and N., sweren oppon holy Goddes body, and on 19 fe
gospels, stedfastly to hold and kepe toward vs f e pees and f e acorde
made betwene the too kynges, and neuere forto do fe contrarie."
And whan they had f us swore, 20 fey token her scrowes that f e
28 othes were comprehendid in, to the 21 Notaries.
IT And this same ^er, in f e Asce?iciouw, even about Midday, was
seyn the Eclipse of f e suiroe; and f er Mowed suche a newe 22 droght
that, for defaut of rayn, fer was grete bareynes of corn, froyt, 23 and
32 hey, and in fe same 3ere, the vj. kalend of luyn, fere fill a sang-_
weyra rayne, almoost like blood, at 24 Burgoyne; and a sangweyw
1 were >ere R. 2 that thei T. \>at >ey R. they om. 0.
3 ordeynyd T. 4 Jris TR. 5 perisshed R. 6 of T.
7 ham. Capftttfcm ccxxxij R. 8 feest of om. TR, 9 maad TR.
10 leaf 187, back. " to om. R. 12 in T. 13 bi T. 14 the TR.
15 light TR. 16 brought R. 17 Swore R. 18 sworen om. T.
19 vpou T. 20 I-swore T. 21 the om. R. 2 ' 2 newe om. R.
^offruytT. * in R.
314 Apparitions. Prince of Wales wedded. [CH. ccxxxi
crosse, fro morwe vnto pry me, was seyn and apperid at Boloigne in
fe eyr, fe whiche meny a man sawe; & after, it mevid & fill in 1
f e myd see.
H and in J>e same tyme in Fraunce & in Engelond, & in of ere 4
meny 2 landes as fey had 3 duelled in 4 playn cuntres & desert bare
wytnes, sodenly f er apperid ij castels, of fe whiche wenten out ij.
ostes of armed men ; and f e to 5 oste was helid and clothed in
white, and fe tofere 6 in blak ; and whan 7 8 batayl bytuene hem was 8
byguraie, the white ouercome fe blake, and an one 9 after, fe blak
token hert to hew & overcome fe white; and 9 after fat, fey went
a^en into her castellis, and fat 10 fe castels & al fe oostes vanisshed
awey. and in fis same $ere was a grete & a 11 houge pestilence of 12
peple, and namely of men, whos wyues, as wymmew out of goue?*-
naunce, token husbondes, as wel strawngers as ofere lewed and
symple peple, }>e whiche, for^etywg her owne wurschip & berthe,
coupled & maried hem with hem 12 fat were of lowe degre & litel 1&
reputacion.
U In this same }ere deide Kerry, f e 13 Duke of Lancastre ; & also
in this 3ere, Edward, Prins of Walys, weddid f e Cuntesse of Kent,
fat was Sere Thomas wyf 14 Holande, fe whiche was departed & 20
deuorsid sumtyme fro f e Erl of Salysbury, for cause of ]>e same
knyght. And about Jris same tyme fere bygan & aros a grete com-
panye of diuers nacions gaderid togeder, of worn her leders &
gouernours were Englissh peple ; & fey were clept ' a peple without 24
an heed,' f e whiche deden mych harme in f e partye of Erawnce ;
& not long after fere aros anofer cu?7ipanye of diuers nacions fat
was called ' f e white compahye,' f e whiche, in f e parties & cu/atre
of Luwbardye, dede myche sorwe. fis same ^ere Sere lohn Gaunt, 28
fe sone of King Edwarde fe third, was made Duk 15 of Lancastre,
by resouw & cause of his wyf, fat was fe doubter & 16 eyre of
Kerry, sumtyme Duk of Lancastre.
Of the grete wynde, & howe Prins Edward, fe 17 lordship of 32
Guyene, of King Edward his fader toke of him, 18 & went thider.
cc, xxxij. 19
I into T. 2 meny o]>er R. 3 >at R. 4 in the TR.
6 )>at oon T. and >at on R. 6 >at o>ir T. 7 whenne the T.
8 leaf 188. 9 - after }>e blak . . white and om. T. 10 J>anne TR.
II An T. 12 with hem om. T. 13 >e om. R. u wyf of T.
16 >e Duke T. " and the T. 17 had >e T.
8 toke of him om. TR. 19 cc. ccxxxiij R.
CH.CCXXXII] Wind,Rain & Frost. Zaw-pleadingsin English. 315
And in fe xxxvij $er of King Edward, the xv day of January,
that is to sey, on Seynt Mauris day, about evesong tyme, \er aroos
& come such a wynd out of f e suoth, wi)> such a fersnes, that he
4 brast & 1 blewe 2 doun 3 to ground hye houses, & strong byldynges,
toures, cherches, & 4 steeples, & ofer strong 5 fynges ; and al ofer
strong 6 werkes fat stoden still, were so yshake ferewith, fat fey
ben jett, and shol be euermore, the febelere & weyker while fey
8 stonde ; & fis wynd lasted w*'t/ioute eny cesyng vij. dayes continuels.
IT And anon after, ]>er folowed such watres, in hey tyme & in
hervest tyme, fat #11 feld- werkes were strongly let & left vndone,
and in f e same ^ere Pn'ns Edward toke f e Lordship of Guyene, &
12 dede to Kyng Edward his fader feaute & homage f erf ore, & went
ouer see into Gascoigne, wif his wyf & his childryn ; & anone after,
King Edward made Sere Leonel, his sone, Duke of Clarence, & 7
Edmund, his ofer sone, Erl of Caumbrig. U and in f e xxxviij 3ere
16 of his regne, hit was ordeyned in fe pa?'lement, fat men of lawe,
bothe of fe temporall & of 8 holy chirche lawe, fro pat tyme forth
shold plede in her moder tunge. And in f e same 3ere comen into
Engelond thre kinges, that is to sey, f e King of Fraunce, the King
20 of Cypres, & fe King of Scotlande, by cause to visite & to speke
wif ]>Q King of Engelond, of whiche 9 J>ey were wonder welcomen 10
& myche yworshiped. 11 & after fat fey had ben her longe tyme,
ij of hem wenten a^en home into 12 her owne kingdomes; but fe
24 King of Fraunce, thurgh grete sikenes & malady fat he had, left
still in Engelonde.
1F and in f e xxxix $er of his regne, was a strong and an houge
frost, & that lasted long, that is forto sey, fro Sent Andrewes tyde
28 vnto f e xiiij kalewcZ of Aprill, that f e tilthe & 13 sowyng of fe erthe,
& of ere suche feld werkes and hand werkes, were myche yyet 14 &
lefte 15 vndo, for colde & hardnesse of 16 erthe.
U And at Orrey in Brytayne fat tyme was ordeyned a grete
32 dedly batayll bytwene Sere lohn of Mounfort, Duk of Bry 17 tayne,
& Sere Charles of Bloys, but f e victorie fill to f e forseyd Sir John,
thurgh help and socour of f e Englissh men ; & f ere were take meny
& sqwyers and of er men fat wererc ynoumbred. 18 In the
1 touris chirchis and T. 2 leaf 188, lack. 3 down om. T.
4 toures cherches and om. T. 5 strong om. T. 6 strong om. R.
7 and sir R. 8 of the T. 9 whom T. of whom R.
10 home ayen to T. to R. n worshiped R. 12 to R. 13 and >e R.
14 let R. 15 moche I left T. 16 of the T. 17 leaf 189.
18 men of name R.
316 Peter 's Pence not to be paid. Earn. Pestilence. [CH.CCXXXII
whiche bataill was slayn Cliarlis hy??iself, with al fat stood about
hyin ; & of f e 1 Englissh men fe?* were slayn but vij. And in this
$ere deid at Savey, lohn, the King of Fraunce, whose seruise &
exequyes King Edwarde lete 2 ordeyne, & dede in diuerses places 4
worschipfully to be done, and to douorre of worschipfull men
ordeyned hyni worthily to be ledde, wif his owne eostes & ex
penses; from 3 fens he was fet into Frawnce, & beried at Seywt
Denys. 8
[Peter's Pence stopt. Rain, Sparrow-fights, Plagues.]
H In the xl $eer of King Edward the vij, kalend of Feuerer,
was born Edward, Prins Edwardes sone, fe whiche, whan he was
vij }ere olde, he deide. And in f e same }er hit was ordeyned that
seynt Petris pens, fro fat tyme for]? shold not be payd, fe whiche 12
Kyng Iva, sumtyme King of Englond, of f e cuntre of West-Saxons,
that bygan to regne in f e 3er of our Lord DClxxix, ferst graunted
"to Rome, for f e scole of Engelond ther to be continued. And in
this same $er fere fill so mich rayne in hey-tyme, that it wasted 4 & 16
distroyed bof e corn & hey ; and ]>er was suche a debate & fightyng
of sparows, by diue?'s places in thes 5 dayes, that men founden
vnnumerable multitudes of hem dede in feldes as fey wenten. And
ther fill also such a pestilens, that neuere non such was sene in no 6 20
manges tyme alyve 7 for meuy men, anone 8 as fey were go to bed
hool 9 & in good poynt, 10 sodeinly fey deiden. also fat tyme a
sikenes J>at men callen ' f e pokkes,' slow bof e men and whymmen,
four} hire enfectyng. U and in fe xli. ^er of his regne 11 King 24
Edwarde, was bore at Burdeux Eichard the seconde, 12 sone of
Prins Edward of Engelond, fe whiche Richard 13 King Richard of
American heved at fe funtston, after whom he was cleped Richard.
& f is same Richard, whan his fader was dede, & Kyng Edward 28
also, was crouned Kyng of Engelond f e xj ^ere of his age, thurgh
ryght lyne & heritage, & also by commun& assent & desir of fe
comnalte of f e reaume.
. [With Du Guesdin's help King Pedro of Spain is deposed,
and King Henry elected, A.D. 1366.]
IT About fis tyme, at King Edwardes commandement of 32
Engelond, whan al fe castelles & tounes were ^olde to him, that
1 >e om. TR. 2 lete om. R. 3 And from T. And fro R.
4 lasted T. 6 Tho T. 6 no om. R. 7 on lyue T.
8 anone om. R. 9 hool T. 10 point anon R. n his re^ne om. TR.
13 leaf 189, back. 13 Richard was C. Richard TR.
CH. ccxxxn] K. of 'Spain deposed. Danish Invaders repulst. 317
long 1 weren hold in Frounce by a grete cou??ipany assembled
togider, Sere Bertram Cleykyn, kny^t, and 2 a 3 orpid man & a good
werreowr, went & pwrposid hym to put out Piers, Kyng of Spayne,
4 out of his kingdom e wif help of f e most partye of f e forsaide grete 4
cumpanye ; trustyng also oppon help & fauour of f e Pope, for as
myche as hit come to his eres that f e same Piers shold lede & vse
the most 5 worst & synfullest lyf out. 6 U The wiche Peris, King of
8 Spayne, ysmytyn 7 -with drede of this tydyng, fled into Gascoigne
to Prins Edward, forto haue help & socour 8 of hym. and whan 9
he was fled out of Spayne, Herry his broker, fat was a bastarde,
by assent of fe moste pa?*tie of Spayne, & f orughe help of fat
12 ferfull cumpany fat y spak of arst, was made & crouned Kyng of
Spayne : and f e noumbre of fat same cumpany was rekened & 10
set at f e nou?ftbre of Ix. M* fighting men.
[A Danish Expedition against England.}
U This same ^ere, in fe monfe of luyn, ]>ere come -a gret
16 companye & navee of fe Danes, & gaderyd hem togedir in fe Nor])
See, pwrposyng hem to come into Engelond, to reue & to n robbe,
and also to 11 slee; with 12 who??i, couiitreden & metten in fe see,
Maryners and ofer orpyd fightyng men of the same cuwtre, & 13
20 disparpled hem 14 ; & fey, 15 ashamed, went home a^en into her owne
cuntre. But amonge al of ere was 16 a boystows and a strong vessell
of her nauie that was ouere-sayled of the 17 Englissh men, & was
pen'sshid & dreynt; in J?e whiche, fe stiward & o]per worthy &
24 grete men of Denmark, were take prisoners, &, by the Kyng of
Engelorcd & his councell, yprisoned. 18 IF The whiche lordes, ]?e
Danes afterward comen & soghtew 19 al about for to haue had 20
her goodes fat f ei had lost ; and f ei, not wel apayed ne plesid of
28 fe answere fat f ei had here, 21 turned homwardes 22 a^en levyng
behind hem in her ynnes, pryvyly ywriten, 23 in scrowes and on
walles, "3e 24 shull Danos ]>es Wanes." Than happed fere an
Englissh writer & 25 wrote a^ens f e Danes in f is rnanere wyse : Her
32 shull Danes fett banes.
1 long om. TR. 2 and om. TR. 3 an TR. 4 grete om. R.
5 most om. R. 6 out om. R. 7 ysmytyn om. T.
8 socoure and help T. socour and help R. " 9 whan om. T.
10 rekened & om. T. n to om. R. 12 leaf 190. 13 and thei T.
14 hem om. T. 15 >ey om. T. 16 t'er was R, " the om. T.
18 prisoned T. 19 sente R. 20 had with C. had TR.
21 >ei T. here om. R. ** hoom R. w writen R. M t>e T.
25 & om. R. ^ sette her TR.
318 Edw. Ill 'advises the Black Prince to help Pedro. [CH.CCXXXII
[The deposed King Pedro of Spain appeals to the
Black Prince for help.~\
And in f is tyme, Peirs, Kyng 1 of Spayne, m't/i of er Kynges,
fat is forto sey, fe King of Nauerne, & 2 fe King of Malogre,
beyng menes, wente?* bitwene, & prayed counceyl 8 & help of Sere
Edwarde, ]>e Prins f one}, whose counceil, whan he had vnderstond 4
her articles & desire fat he was requyred of ij. 4 kinges, lothe he was,
and ashamed, to sey 'nay,' & contrarie hem; but nofeles he was
agast lest it sholde be eny preiudice a^ens fe Pope. 5 Long he
taried hem or he wolde graunte & consente ferto, til he had better 8
counceyl & avysement wit/i good deliberations of King Edward, his
geter and 6 his fader. U But whan fat 7 he was with euery dayes
& continuele bysechynges of so meny noble men yrequired 8 &
spoken to, & wif meny prayers ysent 9 and made bituene fam, 12
Prins Edwarde sent to his fader bof e by pleynywg leta?es, and also
by confortable, conteyDyng al her suggestions and causes, wif al
fe tofer 10 Kynges epistles & le^res forto haue n comfort and helpe
of fe wronges, not only to fe Kyng of Spayne ydo, but also for 16
such finges fat might fal to ofe?*e kynges also, if it ner not fe
sonner holpen & amendid, Jmrgh f e dome & help of knyghthood to
hem that it asked & desired. U The which letties, whan f e kyng
and his wys counceyll had seyn & vndirstonden, he had grete 20
compassions & heuynesse of such a kynges spoylyng and robbyng,
wif myche vermaille 12 ; and sent a^en comfortable letteres to Prins
Edward, his sone, and to fe of ere forsaide kynges, & warned hym
forto arme hym & ordeigne hym a3ens fat mysdoer, & to wifstond 24
hem, by fe help of God, that weren such enemyes to kynges.
[The Black Prince undertakes to help the King of Spain.']
U Whan this 13 noble Pryn$ had resceyued f es letteres, hym-self,
wif f e of ere kynges byfor all her counceyll clept togeder or fat he
wold vndirtake fe querell be 14 bonde, & knet sore fe King fat was 28
deposid wif a grete othe, fat is forto sey, fat he shold eue?*e after
maynteigne the ry$t byleue and faith of holi chirche, & holy
chirche 15 also wif al her mynistres, rightes & libertees, to defende
from all her enemyes ; and all eueles 16 & al fat were f ere a^ens, 32
1 kyng om. T. 2 & om. R. 3 of counsett T. 4 J>o TR.
5 pope and T. 6 his geter & om. TR. 7 >at om. TR.
8 required T. 9 sent T. 10 o\>er R. leaf 190, back.
12 mervaitt R. 13 j>e R. 14 he R. 16 & holy chirche om. R.
16 & all eueles om. TR.
CH.CCXXXII] K. Pedro's oath. 2 Eagles fight. Stars fall. 319
bytte?*ly to ponysshe & destourble, & al pe rightes libertees &
pryuileges of holy cherche encrece, mayntaigne & amende, & al
J>inges pat were wrongfully benome, wipdrawe & bore awey, by hym
4 or by eny opere by cause of hym, hastly to restore a^een, and to
dryve & put out Sara^ins & al opere mysbyleued peple out of his
kyngdom, wip al his strenghe & power, & suffre ne admitte none
such for no manere ping, ne cause to duell theryn ; and pat whan he
8 had take a cristen womman to wyf, he shold neuere come in to x non
oper wo?7imans bedde, ne non opere manrces wyf to 2 defoule : al pes
_J*forsaide J>inges, trewlych forto kepe, 4 continue & fulfill al his lyf
tyme, he was bound by othe afor notaries, in presence and witnes
1 2 of tho kynges wip opere prins, & pan thilk 5 gracious Prins Edward
vndertoke pe cause & pe querele of pe King pat was deposed, &
benight hym, with 6 pe 7 grace of God, to restore hym a^en to his
kyngdome, and lete ordeigne & gadre to-gedir forthwip in all haste,
16 his nave, wip men of armes, to werre & fight in this forseid cause.
[Fight of Eagles ; Fall of Fiery Stars ; Storms and
Destruction.]
IF And in this same tyme, oppon pe sonde of the Scottyssh see,
pat meny a man 8 hit sye ther 9 iij. dayes togedir pere were sene ij.
Egle}, of pe which the tone 10 come out of pe southe, & pe toper 11
20 out of 12 pe North, & cruelly & strongly pey foughten togider &
warstled togider; & pe south Egle ferst ouercome the Northe egle,
& al 13 to-rent and tare hym wip his bille & his clowes, pat he shold
not reste ne take no brepe ; and aftir, the south egle flye home to
24 his owne coostes. and anone after, pere folowed & was seyn
in pe 14 niorne afore pe 15 suwne rysing; and after, in 16 pe last day of
Octobre saf on, pat 17 meny sterres gaderid togedir on an hepe fel
doun into pe erpe, levyng behind hem fery 18 bemes in manere of
28 lightnyng, whos flaumes & hete brent & consumed meraiys elopes
& mewnys here, walkyng on pe erpe, as hit was seen & knowen of
meny a man. 1F and $et thilk Northren wynd, that is euere redy &
destinat to all evell fro Seynt Katerins even til iij. dayes aftir, lost
32 good wipoute nombre vnrecouerable. and in pese same dayes per
fill & comen also such lightnynges, pundres, snowe & hayl, pat hit
wastede and destroyed men, bestes, houses and trees.
1 in TR. 2 to om. R. 3 leaf 191. 4 be kept R. 5 ]>at R.
ept .
hym with om. T. 7 bi the T. 8 a man om. T. 9 it saw R.
that oon T. }>at on R. n that o]>er T.
al om. T. u in the T. in J>e R. om.
in om. R. 17 J>at om. R. 18 very R.
10 that oon T. ]>at on R. n that o]>er T. 12 }>at o]>er com off R.
13 al om. T. u in the T. in J>e R. om. C. 15 ]>e om. R.
320 The Black Prince's victory over K. Herry. [CH.CCXXXIII
Of pe bataill of Spayne bituene Prins Edward & Kerry pe
Bastard of Spayne. C&pitulo CC mo xxxiij . 1
[I]n pe $er of our Lord a M^CCC. Ixvij, & of Kyng Ed
ward xlij., pe thrid day of 2 Aprill, per was a strong bataill & a 4
grete, in a large felde yclept 3 Prya^ers, fast by pe water of Naders
in Spayne, bitwene Sir 4 Edward Pryns, 5 & Harry, pe Bastarde of
Spayne ; but pe victorie fill to Pryns Edwarde, by pe grace of God.
& )>is same Prins Edward had with hym Sere John, pe Duke of 8
Lancastre, his broker, and worpi oper 6 men of armes, aboute pe
noumbre of xxx. Mt. And pe King of Spayne had on 7 his side,
men of diuerce nacions, to pe noumbre of a 8 C. M*. & passyng.
U Wherfore pe sharpnes & pe fersnes of his aduersarye, wip his 12
fill boystus & ful 9 grete strengthe, made & 10 strevyn 11 pe ry^tfull
partye abak a gret wey ; but purgh pe grace of Almy^ty God,
passyng eny mawnys strengthe, thilk hougest ooste was desparbled
myghtfully by j?e noble Duk of Lancastre and his oste, or pat Pryns 16
Edward come nye hym. U And whan Harry pe Bastard sey pat,
he twrned wip his men, 12 wip so grete haste and strengthe, to fle,
pat an houge cuwpanye of him in pe forseyd flood, & of pe brigge
per-of, 13 filler 14 doun 15 & perisshed. and pere were take, pe Erl of 20
Dene and Sere Bertram Cleykyn, pat was chefe 16 maker and cause
of the werre, and also chyueteyn of pe vauntward of pe bataill, wip
meny oper lordes and knightes, to pe noumbre of ij. M* ; of whom
ij c weren of Frazmce, & meny of Scotlond ; & pere were feld in pe 24
felde on our enemy s side, of lordes and kny3tes, vfith opere mene
peple, to pe noumbre of vj M* & mo ; and of Englissh men but a
fewe. U And after pis, pat noble Prins Edward restored pe same
Piers into his kingdom a3en. pe whiche Piers afterward, pour} 28
trecherye & falsnes of pe f orsaid Bastarde of Spayne as he sate atte
pe table, he was strangled and deyde. but after pis victorye, meny
noble and hardy men of Engelond, in Spayne, pour$ the fflix & odir
diuers siknesses, toke her dethe. 32
& in pis same 17 3er in Marche, 18 was seyn 'Stella Comata'
bitwene pe North costes & pe west, whos bemes strecched toward
Frawnce. and in pe $er next sewyng of King Edwardes regne
1 C&pUulo CO T. CCxxxiiij R. 2 Zea/191, back. 3 clept TR.
4 sir om. R. 5 bitwene Prince Edward T. >e Prins R.
6 and o>er worthi R. 7 in R. 8 an T. 9 ful om. R.
10 made & om. R. " droof T. dryuen R. 12 wij> his men om. TR.
13 ]>er of om. R. 14 fil a T. 15 A downe T. 16 chefe om. T.
17 leaf 192. 18 in Marche om. T.
CH. ccxxxm] Prince Lionel wedded. Duchess Blanche dies. 321
xliij.,in Aprill, Sere Leonell, Kyng Edwardes sone, fat was duk of
Clarence, went towarde Myleyn, with a chose meyne of f e gentils
of Englond, forto wedde Galoys doubter, 1 and haue her to wyf, by
4 whom he shold haue half 2 fe Lordship of Mileyn. But after fat
fey were solempnly wedded, the 3 same Duke, about fe Natiuite of
our Lady deid. 4 & in fe same ^ere fe Erensshe men breken fe
pees & the trewes, ryding on fie Kinges ground and lordship of
8 Englorcd, in J>e shire & curctre of Pountyf , & taken & helden castls
& tounes, & bere fe Englisshe men on hond falsly 5 & sotilly, 6 fat
fey were cause of breking of fe 7 truws. And in }>is same $ere deyd
fe Duchesse 8 of Lancastre, & is beryed worschipfully in 9 Seynt
12 Poules Cherche. 10
[A Great Pestilence, A.D. 1369.]
5F The xliiij ^ere of King Edward regne, was f e grete pestilens
of men and of grete beestes ; and by grete fallyng of wateres fat
fill fat tyme, f er fill grete hyndryng & destroyeng of corn, in so
16 mych fat fe next $ere after, a busshell whete 11 was solde for xl d.
and about f e laste ende of May, Kyng Edwarde held his parle-
ment at Westminster ; in f e whiche j9arlement was treted & spoken
of fe ofe & fe 12 trewes fat was broke bituene hem and fe King of
20 Erazmce, & how he my^te best oppoii his wrong be avenged.
IT In fis same 3er, in fe Assumpsion of our Lady, deid 13 Qwene
Philippe of Engelond, a ful noble and good woman; & at
Westminster ful worschipfully is buried & entered.
24 And about Missomere, f e Duke of Lancastre & f e Erie of Her-
ford, wif a grete cumpanye of kni^tes, wentew into Erawnce, wher
fey gete hem but a litell worship and name 14 ; for fer was an houge
oste of Frenssh men oppon 15 Chalkhul brigge, 16 & anofer oste 17
28 of Englisshe men faist by f e same brigge, 16 f at longe tyme had leyn
fere ; and meny worfy men & grete of fe 18 Englisshe men ordeyned
& 3af counceyll forto fight & ^eue bataill to f e Erensh men ; but f e
forsaide lordes wolde nofing 19 consente ferto, ne assent, 20 for no
32 manere fing. U Ther ano? after, hit happid fat fe Erl of "War-
wyke come fedirward forto werre ; & whan f e Erenshmen herde
1 Galeys >e Dukis sister of Mileyne R. 2 J>e half R. 3 pat T.
4 he died T. 5 men falsly on honde T. >at falsli R.
6 sotilly om. T. 7 >e am. R. 8 Duke T. 9 at T.
10 chirche at London) R. n of whete T. 12 and of the T.
13 died the T. 14 and name om. R. 15 leaf 192, lack.
16 - 16 & ano>er oste . . . brigge om. R. 17 oste om. T. 18 ]>e om. T.
19 not R. 20 ne assent ora/R.
322 Earl Warwickdies. Sir J.Hawkwode's supplies. [CH.ccxxxni
of his comynge, or fat fey 1 come fully to londe, fey left her tentis
and pavilons, wif al hir vetayles, & fledden 2 and wenterc awey pre-
veyly. And whan f e Erl was come to londe wif his men, he wente
in al has[t] 3 into 4 Normandy e, and distroyede fe He of Cavs, four3 4
dent of suerde & poui^ fire ; but alias, in his retw?*nyng into 5 Eng-
lond-warde home a^en, at Caleys he was take vrith siknes of pestil-
lence, & deide, nowt lewyng behynde him, after his dayes, non G
so noble a kni^t, ne so 7 orpid of armes. II In whiche tyme rayned 8
and werred thilk orpid knijt, Sere lohn Hawkwode, fat was an
Englisshman born, hauyng with hym at 8 his goue?*nance f ilk white
cumpanye fat ys abore 9 ynemned, fe whiche were 10 o tyme a^ens
holy chirche, and anofer tyme a3ens lordes werryng, & ordeynede 12
gret batailes ; & ]>er in fat cuTitre he dede many mervayles f inge^.
And aboute f e Conuersion of Seynt Poule, King Edward, whan
he had Bended and done fe entering and fe 11 exequites, wif grete
costes and rialtees, aboute fe tombe 12 & buryng of Quene 16
Phillip his 13 wif, he held his parlement at Westmmsfe?*. In f e
whiche parlement was axed of fe clergye a iij. ^ers disme, fat is
forto sey, a gret dime to be paled .iij. $er duryng ; and the clergye
put hit of, and wolde not graunte hit vnto Ester next comyng ; 20
& pan fey graunted wele fat in iij 3ere, by certeyne termes, fat
disme 14 shold be payed ; & also of fe lay fee, was a iij. 3ers xv.
ygraunted to f e King. c
Hov sir Robert Knollis, wif ofer certeyne 15 lordes of fe 24
reaume, 16 wente ouere fe see into Frawnce; & of here
gouernaurcce, C&ptiido CC mo , xxxiiij . 17
And in fe xlv $ere of King Edward, in fe bygenyng, King
Edward, wif owne-wise 18 counceyll and vndescret, borwed a 28
grete su?rame of gold of fe p?'elatis and lordes, Marchauntes and
ofer riche men of fe 19 reaume, saynge fat hit sholde be spende in
deflendyrag of holy cherche & of his reaume ; but neuer f e latte?*
hit profited hit 20 not. Wherfore about Midsomer after, fe king 32
made a grete oste of fe worthiest men of his reaume, amonges
whom were somme lordes, fat is forto seyn, fe Lord Fitz water,
1 he TR. 2 fledde t>enne3 R. 3 haste T. 4 haste toward R.
6 to TR. 6 non om. R. 7 knyght and TR.
8 and at TR. 9 afore R. 10 were om. TR. n >e om. R.
12 sepulcure TR. 13 his wif T. his wiff R. wif om. C.
14 Zea/193. 15 wrteyne om. R. 16 of }>e reaume om. TR.
17 CO T. CC xxxv R. 18 with vnwis R. 19 his TR.
20 hit om. TR.
The English forces separate) & are broken by the French. 323
be Lord Gromson, and ope?* wor)>i kni^tes, of whiche kni^tes )>e
King 1 ordeyned Sere Robert Knolhs, a proved kni^t and wel
assayed in dede of armes, f orto be gouernour ; and bat, bour^ his
4 gouernnance and counceyll, al ping sholde be gouerned & dressid.
and whan bey come into Fraunce, as long as bey duelled and helde
him hole togider, be Frensshmen borust 2 nout falle oppon hym. &
at be 3 laste, aboute be bigynnyng of wenter, for enuye and covetyse 4
8 bat was amonges ham, and also discorded, bey sunddered & partyd
him into diuers companyes, vnwysely & follely. But Sere Robert
Knollis & his men wentew and keptew ham saf 5 wibinne a Castel
in Britaigne. & whan be frenshe men saw bat our men were
12 deuyded i^to diuers curapanyes & places, nou$t holdyng ne
strengyng ham togeders, as bey aw^te forto done, bey fel fersly on
our men, & for be moste partey 6 tol*^ ham & slowen, 6 ; and bo
bat ]?ey toke, ledde wij) him presoners. U And in J?e same 3ere
16 Pope Vrban come fro Rome to Avyoun, for enchesouw & cause J?at
he shold acorde and make pees bytwene }>e King of F?-aunce and
]?e King of Engelonde for euermore ; but alias, 7 or he bygan Jris
tretis, he deide wif sikenes, j?e xxj day of Decembre, & was
20 yburied 8 as for ]je tyme in J>e cathedral cherch of Avyon, fast by
J>e hye 9 auter. & fe next ^ere after, whan he had leyn so, his bones
were taken out of ]>e erj>e, and beryed new in fe abbey of Seynt
Victour, fast by Marcyle, of J>e whiche abbey he was simtyme
24 abbot hymself. 10 & in bofe places ]?at he was buryed yn, ther 11
bene meny grete miracles done and wroght, thurgh J?e grace of
God, to meny a ma?mes help, and to J>e worship of God. After
whom folowed next, & was made Pope Gregore Cardynall, dekene,
28 at bifore was clept Piers Rogier.
[TJie Blade Prince takes Limoges, and comes bade to England .]
51 In this same ^ere ]?e Citee of Lymage rebelled and faght a^ens
]>e> Pryns, as o]?ere Citees in Guyene dede, for grete taxes, costages
& raunsoms, ]?at J)ey wer put-yn and ysette 12 to 13 by Prins Edward,
32 ]?e whiche charges were unportable, & to chargeable ; wherfor Jjey
twrned fro him, & fill to J>e King of Frazmce, & whan Pryns
Edward sawe jns, he was sore ychaufed 14 & ygrevid ; and in twrnyng
1 the kyng TR. the om. C. 2 durest R. 3 >e om. TR.
4 and covetyse om. TR. 5 selffR.
6 6 token hem or slowen hem T. or slowen ham R, 7 leaf 193, back.
8 buried TR. 9 hye om. R. 10 hymself om. R. u ther om. T.
12 sette T. 13 to om. T 14 chaufed R.
BRUT. Z
324 The Black Prince comes home. Laymen made State officers.
homward a^en to Engelond, with sore skyrmisshes & fightyng and
grete 1 assautes, fought 2 with hem, & toke )>e forsaid Citee, & dis-
troyed hit almost to fe 3 g?*ounde, and slow al fat were *founcle in
fe Citee. 4 And fan, forto sey fe sothe, for diu<?'3 sik nesses and 4
maladies J>at he had, and also for defaute of money fat he myght
not wifstande ne tarie on his enemys, he hyed hym a$en into
Engelond. And about f e bygynnyng of Januarij he come into
Engelond with his wyf and his meyne, levyng behind him in Gas- 8
coigne J>e Duk of Lancastre & Sere Edmund, 5 Erl of Caumbrigge,
with opere worfy and orpid men of armes.
U In f e xlvj $ere of King Edwarde, at f e ordinance & sendyng
of King Edwarde, fe King of Nauern come to hym to Claryngdoun, 12
to trete wif ham of certeyn f inges touching his werre 6 in Normandye,
wher King Edward had left 7 certen seges in his stede til he come
a^en ; but King Edwarde myghtew not spede of fat fat he asked of
hym; and so fe King of Nauerne, with grete worshup & grete 16
^eftes, toke his leue, & wente home a$en. And about f e begynnyng
of Marche, whan f e parlement at Westminster was bygumie ; f e
King axed of fe clergy e a subsidie of L. M l ti, 8 J?e whiche, by a 9
good avisement & by a general co?juocacioutt of fe clergye, hit was 20
ygraunted 10 & yordeyned 11 fat hit shold be payede & reised of fe
lay fee. And in f is parlement, at f e requeste & axyng of f e lordes,
in hatered of men of holy chirche, f e Chaunceler & tho fat were
Bisshopes, fe Tresorer & f e Clerk of fe Pryue Sele, were remeued 24
& put out of hire office, & in hire stedes were seculer men put yn.
And while f is pa?*lement laste, f<?r comen solempne ambassiatours,
ysent 12 fro fe Pope to trete wif fe King, of pees, & saiden fat fe
Pope desired to fullfille his p?*edecessours will ; but for al hir 28
comyng fey spedden not of hir purpos.
Of f e sege of Rochell, & hov f e Erl of Penbroke was take?*
of fe Spaynarde}. Cap^wlo CC mo xxxv . 13
The ix day of Juyn, King Edwarde, in f e xlvij 3ere of his regne, 32
helde his pa?*lement at Wynchestre; & hit lasted but viij. dayes ;
to f e 14 parlement was sompned by wryt, of men of holy chirche,
iiij. bisshopes & 15 iiij. abbotes, wif oute eny mo. This pa?-lement
1 and grete om. R. 2 fightyng sautis foughten T. 3 be om. T.
founde >ernne R. 6 lohn TR. 6 Z^/194. * lost R.
8 1 Ml pound T. 9 a om. R. 10 grauuted R. ordeyned R.
12 sent R. 13 CC T. CC xxxvj R. " fis R. 15 & om. T.
OH. ccxxxv] . K. Pedro s Daughters wed English Nobles. 325
was 1 liolden for Marchauntis of London, of Norwych, & of o]>er
diners places, in diue?*s Binges and poyntes of tresourc fat fey were
diffamed of, fat is forto sey, fat fey were rebelle, & wolde 2 rise
4 a^ens fe King.
U This same ^ere f e Duk of Lancastre and be Erl of Caumbrigge,
his broker, come?i out of Gascoigne into Englond, & token &
weddid to hir wyues Petres doghters, sumtyme King of Spayne ; of
8 which 3 ij doubters fe Duke had fe elder, 4 and fe Erl fe Conger.
And f e 5 same tyme ]>er were sent ij Cardinals fro f e Pope, fat is to
sey, an Englissh Cardinal, & a Cardinal of Parius, to trete of pees
bytwene tho ij. reaumes, fe which, whan fey had ben bofe longe
12 eche in his province, & in places & cuwtres fast by, tretyng of fe
forsaid pees, at f e last fey toke wif hem her le^res of procuracye,
& went a^en to f e court of Eomeward, 6 wif oute eny effecte of hir
purpos. 1T In fis $ere also fere was a stronge bataill on fe see
16 bytwene Englissh men & Flemmynges ; & fe Englissh men had fe
victorye, & toke xxv. shippes ycharged 7 wif salt, sleyng &
drenchyng al fe men fat were ferin, vnwytyng hem fat fey weren
of fat cuntre. and redily mych harme had fall by cause 8 f erof,
20 ue had pees fe 9 son?zer be made bitwene hem. and in fis same
^er f e Erenssh men byseged f e toun of f e 10 Eochell, wherfor f e
Erie of Penbrok was sent into Gascoigne vrith a grete cu??zpanye of
men of armes, forto destroye f e sege ; f e which passeden f e n see,
24 & comen safe to 12 f e haven of Eochell. and whan fey were fere
at f e haven moufe, or fat 13 fey myght entre, sodenly comen oppon
hem a strong naue of Spayne, fe whiche ouercome?^ fo 14 fe
Englissh men, in mych blemyshyng, hurtyng & sleyng of many
28 persones, for as miche as f e Englysse men were not fan redy forto
fight, ne ware of hem. & in fis comyng oppon 15 of f e Spaynardes,
all f e Englissh men, eyf er fey were take or slayn ; & x. of hem
were wonded to fe dethe ; & all her shippes ybrent. 16 1T And fere 17
32 fey token fe Erie, with an houge tresour of fe reaume 18 of Engelond,
& many of e?* noble men also, on Missomer eve, f e whiche is seynt
Mildredes day, & 19 ledden hem wif 20 him into Spayne. And of fis
mysshif was no grete wonder, for fis Erie was a f ul euel lyuer, as
1 was maad and T. 2 wolde om. T. 3 leaf 194, back.
4 elder TR. Erie C. 5 J>at TR. 6 ward om. R. 7 charged TR.
8 bycause om. R. 9 >e pece T. 10 >e om. T. " in >e T.
12 vnto T. into R. 13 fat om. T. 14 )>o om. T. 15 on T.
16 brent R. 17 >ere om. T. 18 of >e reaume om. T. 19 J>ei T.
20 hem \vi]> om. R.
326 Lord Pembroke s evil deeds. Invasion of France. [CH.CCXXXVI
an opyn lechour ; & also in a l certeyne porlement he stood and
was a^ens pe 2 ri^tes & pe fraunche of holy chirche 2 ; and also he
counceyled pe King and his counceyle, 3 pat he shold axe more of
men of holy chirch pan of oper persones of pe lay fee. H And for 4
pe King & opere of his counceyl axcepted & token raper evell
opynions & causis a^ens men of holy chirch, pan he dede forto
fende & maynteyne pe ri$t of holy chirch, hit was sen in 4 many
tymes after, pourgh lakkyng of fortune and 5 g?*ace, pey had not ne 8
here awey so 5 g?'ete victorye ne power a^ens hir enemyns as pey
dede byfore.
})is same ^ere, ]>e King, wip a grete ostee, entred pe see to
remeve pe sege of 6 Eochell ; but pe wynd was euen cont?-rye to 1 2
hem, and suffred hem 7 not longe tyme to 8 goo fer fro pe londe.
Wherfore he abode a certeyne time oppon pe see costes, abyding
after a good wynde for him ; and ^et come hit not. So at pe 9 laste
he come pens wip his men to londe ward a3en ; and anon as he was 16
a 10 londe, pe wynde bygan turne, 11 and was in anoper coste pen he
was byfore.
Hov pe Duk of 12 Lancastre, with a grete oste, went into
Flaimdres, 12 & passed by Parys, poru3 Burgoyne. Ca^itulo 20
CC mo xxxvj . 13
Sone 14 after, in pe xlviij ^ere of King Edward, pe Duk of
Lancastere, wip a grete oste, wente into Floundres, and passid
by Parys, pour$ Burgoyne, & pour$ alle Fraunce, til he come to 24
Burdeux, wipoute eny mane?*e wipstonddyng of pe Frenshe men.
& he dede him but litel harme, saf he toke and raunseued many
places & touwnes, & meny 15 16 men lette hem goon after 16 frely.
U The same $er pe King sent certeyne enbassetours to pe Pope, 28
praynge hew pat he sholde 17 leue of and melle-not 18 in his court of
pe kepynge^ & reseruaciou?js of benefeces in Engelond ; & pat po
pat were chose to bisshopes sees 19 & dingnites, frely & wip ful right
my^te 20 loye haue, 21 & be conformed. 2 ' 2 Of her Metropolanes and 32
1 leaf 195. 2 2 right-is of holi chirche and J>e ffraunchises T.
3 and his connceyle om. TR. 4 in om. R.
55 grace for ]>ey hadde neuer so R. 6 at T.
7 and suffred hem om. T. to him ]>at he my^te not R.
8 to om. R. 9 ]>e om. T. 10 at T. at ]>e R. n to turne T.
12 12 lancastre wente into fflaiwdris vfitft a greet hoost T.
13 CO T. CCxxxvij R. 14 Anoon T. Anon R. 15 meny om. T.
1616 men an( j a fter lete hem gone T. men and let ham aftir go R.
17 wolde T. 18 and not medle TR. 19 sees om. R.
* ful moche T. right myjte R. 21 haue TR. and haue C.
22 leaf 195, back.
Prelates appointed. Disputes between Edw. Ill & the Pope. 327
Erchebisshops, as pey were went to be of old tyme of J>es poyntes,
& of ober toching pe Kinge and his reaume. When pey hadden
her answere of pe Pope, pe Pope enioyned hem pat pey sholde
4 certyfie hem a$en by her letteres of pe Kinges wylle, and of his
reaume, or pat pey determened out 1 of pe forsaide articles.
1T In this same }er, deid John, pe Erchebisshop of 3ork, lohn,
bosship of Ely ; William, bisship of Worsschestre, in whos stedes
8 folweding, and were made bisship by pe 2 auctorite of pe Pope,~
Mayster Alexander Nevyle to pe Erchebysshoprich of 3ork, Thomas
of Arundell to pe Bisshop 3 of Ely, & sere Kerry Wakef eld to pe
bysshoprich of Worcestre. In whiche tyme it was ordeyned in pe
12 parlement pat all Cathedrall cherches shold ioy and haue her
eleccions hool ; & pat pe King, fro pat tyme afterward, sholde not
write a^ens hem pat were ychosen, 4 but rather help ham by his
le^res to her cownrmaciourc. & this statut was kept, and dede
1 6 myche profet & good ; & in pis parleme7^t was grcainted to ]?e King
a dysme of J>e clergye, & a xv of J?e lay fee.
IF The ^ere next 5 after, of King Edwarde xlix, ]?e v. day of
luyn, deid Mayster Willia??^ Wytlesey, Erchebisshope of Caunter-
20 bery. Wherfor pe monkes of }>e same chirche asked & desired a
Cardinall of Engelond to be Erchebisshop ; and ]>e?'fore J>e King was
agreued, & had ment and pewposed to have exiled J?e monkes of }>e
same hous 6 ; & so J>ey 7 spended mich good or J?ey myghte haue j?e
24 Kingej g?-ace a3en, & his loue ; but $et wold not J>e King consente
ne grannie to her elecciourc of J)e Cardinall, ne ])e Pope also, ne his
Cardinals.
& about J)e bygynnyng of August, it was tretid & spokew at
28 Brugges of certeyn poyntes & articles hauyng bytwene pe Pope and
J)e King of Engelonde & pis tretis lasted almoste ij. 3ere. At ]?e s
laste it was acorded bytwene ham, J>at )>e Pope, fro J?at ty 9 me forpe,
shold nout vse ne dele wij> J)e reseruacions of 10 benefices in Engelond;
32 and Jmt pe King shold not g?minte ne lete no benefices by his wryt
fat ys yclept n * Quare impedit ' ; but as touchyng J?e eleccions
aboue seyd, Jjere was nojjing touchid ne do; & pat was ywyted 12 &
put oppon certeyn clerkes, the 13 whiche rajjer supposed & hoped 14
36 to be auazmced & promoted to bysshopriches which 15 ]?ey desired
~& coueyted, by J?e court of Rome pan by eny eleccions. 16
1 ought T. 2 >e om. TR. s archebisshopriche R. 4 chosen TR.
5 nexte yeer R. 6 chirche R. 7 ^ey om. T. 8 j>e om. T.
9 tea/ 196. 10 of>eR. n clept TR. 1S wyted R. 13 the om. T.
14 hoped & supposed R. ]5 with that T. 16 Jmnne o}>er wise R.
328 A year's tmce with France. A great Pestilence. [CH.CCXXXVII
This same 301' about Candelmasse, fere comen & mettera
togider at Brugges, meny noble and worfy men of bof e reaumes,
to tretew of pees bituene fo ij. kingdomes. And this tretys
lasted twey $er, wif g?-ete costes & houge spences of 1 bofe 4
parties ; & at f e laste fey went & departed fens wif out eny accorde
or effecte.
11 The next $er after, fe xlix 2 301' of Kyng Edward, J>e iiij.
None of Maii, beyng $et void & vacaunt 3 }>e Erchebisshop of 8
Caunterbury, Maister Symound Sudbury, Bysshop of London,
was 4 made Erchebisshop of Cavmterbury ; & Maister Will. Cour-
teneye, fat was Bisshop of Herford, was fan made Bysshop of
London ; & fe Bisshiop of Bangor was made Bosship of Herford. 12
And in f is same tyme, in a certeyn tretys, & speking of pees,
trews was take bytwene Eraunce & Engelond, fro 5 Missomere vnto
Missomere come a3en,al on hool ^er. U And about the bygynnyng
of Aprill, fe Duke of Brytayne, wif meny Erles, 6 barons, and 16
noble and 7 worfy men of Engelond, went ouere see 8 into Brytaigne,
wher he had al his lust, desire & pwrpos, 9 ne had f e forsaide trws
be so sone ybrake, 10 f e whiche letted hem myche. This same tyme,
f e He of Constantyn, wher fat the castell of Sent Sauour is yn, fat 20
longe tyme was fought at & byseged of fe Frenshe men, n was fan
golden to fe Erenshemen, 11 wif al f e appwrtenowmces, into grete
harme & hyndryng of f e reaume of Engelond.
And fe 12 same ^er fere were so 13 grete & so passyng hetes, & 24
ferewifal a grete pestilens in Engelond, & in ofer diuers parties of
fe world, fat it destroyed & slow, violently & strongly, both men
& wymrnen wit/iout nou??ibre.
11 This same $er deid Sir Edwarde, fe lord Spencer, a worthy 28
kny^t and a bolod ; & in f e Mynstre of Teukesbury worschipfully
is buried.
& lastyng this pestilens, f e Pope, at f e instaunce & prayer of
a 14 Englissh Cardinall, graunted to al fe peple fat deid iu Engelond 32
fat weren sory and repentaimt for her synnes, & also shryven, ful
remyssiou7i, by ij. bulles vnder lede, vj. monthes fan next to last.
In fis same $er fe Erl of Penbrook was take & raunsened by 15
Bertram Cleykyn, bytwne Parys & Caleys, as he come towarde 36
1 on T. 2 TR. 3 vacaunt & void R.
4 london was T. london >ey R. 5 fro R. for C. 6 erlis & R.
7 noble and om. R. 8 j>e see T. 9 pnrpos and desire R.
10 ybrake T. take RC. "- 11 was ]>an golden . . . men om. T.
12 this TR. 13 leaflQQ, back. 14 an T. 15 bi for R.
CH. ccxxxvm] Commons want proof 'of 'King 'sneed of 'money. 329
Engelonde oppon Seint Etheldredis day ; f e whiche Seynt, as hit
was said, f e same Erl oft tymes had offended ; & wif in a while
after, he deide. & in Nouf^bre 1 next after, )>ere mettew at Brugges
4 fe Duke of Lancastre & fe Duke of Angeoy, wij> meny ofer lordes
& p?'elates of bof e reaumes, forto trete of pees.
Of fe defe of prins Edward, & of dame 2 Alys Perers, & Piers
de la Mare. CapMo CC xxxviij . 3
[A Parliament held at Westminster, A.D. 1376. Alice Ferrers
and Lord LatimtrJ\
8 Not 4 longe after fe Ij. $ere of fe regnyng of ,King Edward, he
lete ordeyned & holde his parlement at Westminster, fe grettest
fat was sen meny $ere afore. In f e whiche parlement, he axed of 5
Commzmaltee of f e reaume as he had done byfore, a grete subsede
12 to be graunted to hem, for defendyng of hem and of his reame;
but fe cowmunes answered fat 'fey were so oft, day be day,
ygreued & charged wij) so meny talyage^ & subsidies, fat fey my^te
no longer suffre non such berf es ne charges ; U and fat fey knewyn
16 & wisten wel fat fe King had ynov for sauyng of hem & of his 6
reaume, yf pe reaume wher wel and trewly gouerned, but fat 7 8 it
had be so long euel ygouerned 9 by euel officers, fat the reaume
niy^t neither 10 be plenteuous of Chafifare and merchaundise, ne
20 also wif n richesse : & fese finge^ fey profered hem self, if fe
King wold, certey[n]ly to preue & stonde by. and if it were
found & proued after, fat fe King fan had nede, fey wold fen
gladly, euery man, after his power and state, hem wold 12 helpe &
24 lene.'
IT And after fis, fere were publisshed & shewed in f e parle-
ment meny playntes & defautes of officers of 13 f e reaume, & namely
of fe Lorde Latymer, fe Kinge^ Chaumberlayn, of his evel gouer-
28 nawnce, bofe 14 to f e King & eke to fe reame; & at f e laste also fer 15
was tretid & spoken of Dame Alys Pereis, for fe grete 16 wronge3 &
evel 17 gouernazmce fat was done by her & by her counceyl in fe
reame; fe whiche Dame Alys Perers, fe King had holde long
32 tyme to his le??mian. Wherfor hit was fe lesse wonder thogh,
1 MS. Nofibre. 2 dame om. T. 3 CC T. 4 Not TR. Bot C.
5 of >e R. 6 j> e E 7 >at omm R . s Ua f 197> 9 gouerned TR.
10 neucr T. n of R. 12 wold om. R. 13 diners of R.
14 bofe om. R. 15 fere it R. 16 grete om. T.
17 yuyl T. evel R. wel C.
330 The Speaker imprisond. The Black Prince dies. [CH.CCXXXVIII
jmrgh )>e freelte of f e wcwwnanwys exciting & her streyng, cowsentid
to her lewednes & evell counceyll. U The which Dame Alys, &
also f e Lord Latymer, & also ofer 1 such fat sterid f e King to evel
gouernazmce, a^ens his profite & f e reaumes. also al f e co??i??i?malte 4
of }>e reame desired & asked fat fei shold be meved & done 2 awey,
& in her stedes, wyse men & wor]>y fat were trewe, & welle assayed
& proued, and of good gouernrmnce, shold be put in her stedes.
U So anionge all of ere, f er was on among f e communes fat was a 8
wys kny^t, & a trewe, & an eloquent man, whos name was Piers de
la Mare ; & fis same Piers was chosen to be speker for the com
munes in }>e parlement. 3 & for fis same 4 Piers told & publissed fe
trewpe, & rehersid meny wronges a^ens fie forsaid Dame Alys, & 12
o]>er certeyne persones of fe Kinge^ counceyl, as he was bode by
f e communes, & also trustyng mych forto be supported & mayn-
teyned in fis mater by help & fauour of )>e Pryns, anon as f e
Pryns was dede, at }>e instaunce and 5 request of fe forsaid Dame 16
Alys, fis Piers de La Mare was iugged to pe?'petuel p?'i'soun in pe
Castell of Notyngbom, in fe whiche he was ij. }ere. & fe vj.
kale7^d of luyll, lastyng J?at same parlement, deid Prens Edwardes
ferst sone, pat is forto sey, in 6 Trynite SouTiday ; in J>e worship of 7 20
whiche feest he was wont euery ^ere, wher fat euere he were in fe
worlde, to make & hold J>e nioost sole?piiyte fat he myght.
11 Whos name & fortune of kni^thood, but yf it had bene of
anofer 8 Ectour, al men, both Christen & hefen, while he leuyd & 24
was in good poynt, wondred mych, & dred him wonder sore ; whos
body is worshipfully beryed at Crycherche of 9 Caunterbury.
And in fis same ^ere fe man & fe Erles temrmntes of Warwyk
arisen maliciously a^ens fe Abbot & fe Covent of Euesham & her 28
tencwmtes, & destroy eden fersly f e Abbot & f e toun, & wounded &
bete her men, & slowen of hem meny one, & wenten to her maners
& places, & dede myche harme, & brekyn doun her parkes & her
closes, & brentera & slowen her wild bestes, and chaced hem, 32
brekyng her fisshepond hedis, & lete f e water of her pondes, stewes
& ryuers, renne out; & token fe fissh, & here it with hem, &
deden hem al fe harme fat fey my^te. U In so ferforth, fat
forsofe fey had be distroyed perpetuely, fat abbay, 10 wif all her 36
membres & 11 appwrtenawnces, but yf fe King fe sonner had
1 o]>cr om. R. 2 put R. :! in }>e prirlement om. T. 4 same om. R.
6 leaf 197, back. 6 on R. 7 of \>Q R. 8 of anoj>er om. T.
9 in T. 10 >at abbay om. R. " & om. T.
CH. ccxxxix] Subsidy granted to Edw. III. His Grandson. 331
holpen hit & taken heed ferto. and ferfore fe King sent his
levies to fe Erie of Warwyk, chargyng hym, & eomaiwdyng, fat
he shulde stynt, redresse & amende tlie evel doers & brekers of his
4 pees, and so, by menys of lordes & of ere frendes of bofe sides
pece l & good acorde & lone was made bytwene hem. H And for
f is hurlyng, as hit was seyd, fe King wold not be gouerned at fat
tyme by his lordes fat fere were in fe p?-lement; 2 but he toke and
8 made his sone, f e Duk of Lancastre, his goueraowr of f e reaume ;
the which stood so still gouernour til tyme fat he deide.
The same ^ere, anon after Candelmasse, or the porlement was
done, the King axede a subsidie of the clergie and of f e lay fee,
1 2 and hit was graunted him, )>at is forto seye, that he sholde haue of
euery persone of the lay fee, bothe of men and womman fat passed
xiiij. }er age, iiij d. outake pore beggers that were knowen opynly
for 3 nede, beggers, 4 and fat he shulde haue of eue?y man of
16 holy chirche fat was beneficed or p?*omoted, xij d., and of al ofere
fat were nout promoted iiijd., outake )>e iiij, orders of the Frers
beggers.
U This same $er, after Myghellmase, "Richard, Prin3 Edward e^
20 sone, was made Prins of Walys ; to whon )>e King also ^af 5 fe
Duche of Cornewayl, wyth fe Erldom of Chestre. and aboute J)is
tyme, )?e Cardinallis of Engelond, fe forfe day bifore Mary
Maugdalyne day, after mete, sodeynly was smete & take 6 wij> a
24 palsie, & loste his speche ; and on Marye Mawgdalyne day
he died.
Of the deth of Kinge Edwarde ; and hov Sere John Mounster-
worf, knight, was drawe and honged for his fals treson/*.
28 Capita CC mo . xxxix . 7
Ryght anon after, in )?e lij ^ere of his 8 regne, of King Edward,
in )>e begynnyng of October, Pope Gregory J>e xj. brou^t
and removed wij> hem his court from Aveyon to Eome.
32 And j?e xij. day of Aprill, John Munsterworfe, knight, at
London was drawen, hanged, and fen byheded; and after, his
body quartered, and sent to fe .iiij. 9 chef tonnes of Engelond, and
his heed sette oppon 10 London Brigge. U For fis same lohn was
1 pece and T. and C. 2 leaf 198. 3 for TR. fro C.
4 necli pouere beggers T. nedy poer beggars R. 5 yaf also TR.
6 was take and suiyte T. & take om. R. 7 CO T. 8 ]>Q TR.
9 to foure the T. iiij ]>e R. 10 on T.
332 Treachery of Sir John Munsterworth. . Edw. Ill dies.
ful vntrewe to J?e J King and to the reaume, and ful coveytous and
vnstable ; for he toke ofte tymes grete summes of money of J>e
King and his counceyll for men of armes wages, that he sholde
haue payed ham ; and take hit into his owne vse. and he, dreding 4
at 2 the laste he shold he shent and acused, for )>e same cause fled
pryuily to the King of Fraunce, and was swore to hem, and
bicome his man, and behight hym to bringe a 3 grete nave of
Spayne in confusion, and distroyende of 4 Engelonde. but rightful 8
God, to whom no pryvite is vnknowe, suffrede hym ferst to be
shent and spilt, or that he sholde so trecherously & falsly, his leige
lord, the King of Engelonde, and his peple and his reaume in
the whiche ground the same lohn was bore wickedly, thourgh 12
bataill, destroye, or bryng his cursed purpose aboute.
In the feste of Seynt Gregore j?o 5 next sewynge, King Edward
$af to Eichard of Burdeux, his eyr, that was Pryns Edwardes sone,
att Wyndesore, the ordre of knyghthood, and made hym knyght. 1 6
the which Kyng Edward, whan he had regned lj. 6 $ere and more,
the xj kalend of luyn, he deide at Shene, and is beried worship-
fully at Westmynster ; on whos soule God haue mercy ! Amen 1
1 leaf 198, back. 2 J>at at TR. 3 him a T. 4 of TR. al C.
5 ]>e T. 6 lij R.
333
APPENDIX B.
[THE CHARACTER OF EDWARD III.]
[MS. Harley 753, fol. 146 /. (collated with MS. Harley 331 = X,
Lambeth 491 = F, and Lambeth 738 = Z).]
Of ]>e description) 1 of Kyng- Edward, Cap . CC. xxix . 2
THis 3 Kyng Edward' was forsobe of a passyng goodnesse, and ful
gracious amonge aH be worthymen of J>e world? ; for he passyd
4 and shone by verfcue & gmce 4 yeven to \\yrn fro God', above aH his
predecessours bat were noble men & worthy. And he was a wele
hard-herted 5 man, for he dred nener of none myshappes, ne harmes
ne evyH fortune, bat my3t falle a noble warryour, and a fortunable, 6
8 bothe 7 on lond? 8 and on be see. 9 And in ail batayle & assembles,
wiih a passyng glory and worshyp 10 he had? euere be victory.
And 11 he was meke and benygne, homely, sobre, & softe to aft
mane?' men, 12 as wele to straungres as to his owne subiectes, And to
12 olper bat were vnder his gouernaunce. 13 He was devoute & holy,
bo]>e to God & holy 14 chirch; if or he was worshipped & 15 mayn-
tened holy chirch and her mynystres vritfi aH maner reuerences. 16
He was treteable & wele avysed in temperaH & worldly nedes, wyse
16 in counsel!, and discrete, soft, meke, 17 & good to speke vriih,.
In hys dedes & inanere, fuH gentiH & wele ytaught, havyng pite
on hem 18 J>at were in dissese; plentevous in yevyng almesse, 19
Besy 20 & corious in bildyng; And fuH lyghtly he bare & suffred
20 wronger and harmes. And whan he was yeve to any occupac^on, he
left aH oj>er J>ynges in 21 ]?e mene tyme, and tent 22 ferto; semly of
body, & of mene stature ; havyng alwey, to high & lowe, a good
chere. And \er sprang & shone so mocll grace of hym 23 ]?at, what
I distraction MS and Z. 2 heading om. Z. 3 The Z.
4 vertue of grace YZ.
5 a wel and a hardy hertid Y. a well and an harty hartid Z.
6 and so fortunable X. a fortunate Y. a ffortyuant Z.
7 for bothe Y. 8 on >e loud X. 9 on se Z. 10 glory and Joy Z.
II And om. Y. 12 maner off men Z. 13 his owue Gouernaunce Z.
14 to holy Z. 15 worshepid halpe and Z. 16 of reuerence Z.
17 and meke Z. 18 to hem XY. 1& benefytes Z. 20 and Besy Z.
21 for Z. 2* tent om. Z. leaf 146, back.
334 The Character of King Edward the Third. [APP. B
maner man had byhold* his face, or had dremed of hy?, he hoped J>at
day j>at ati ]>yng shokH hap 1 to hym loyfuft and lykyng. And
he gouerned gloriously hys kyngdom) into his age. And 2 he was
large in yevyng, and wyse in spences. He was fulfilled with 3 aH 4
honeste of good maners, & vertuous ; vnder whom to lyve, 4 hit was
as for to regne; wherfor his name 5 & his loos sprang so fere bat it
came into hethenesse and Barbarye, shewyng and tellyng his
worthynesse & mauhode in alt londes; And bat in 6 no lond? vnder 8
heven had be 7 brought forth so noble a kyng, 8 so gentiH & so
blessyd, or myjt reyse such anober whan he were dede.
Neuerbelesse, 9 lecchery & mevyng of hys flessh. haunted hym
in his age ; wherefor be rather, as it was to suppose, 10 for vnmesur- 12
able fulfillyng of hys lust, his lyff shorted be sonner. And herof
takeb good hede, lyke as hys dedys byfore bereth wytnesse ; for, as
in hys bygynnyng ali pynges were loyfutt and lykyng to hym &
to aH be 11 peple, And in hys myd age he passed aH men 12 in high 16
loye and 13 worshype and blessydnesse, Ry^t so, whan he drow in-to
Age, drawyng downward Jjurgh lecchorye and o]>e?* 14 synnes, litiH &
litiH aH po loyfutt and blyssed 15 pynges, good fortune & prosperite
decresed and myshapped, And Infortunat ])ynges, & vnp?*ofytable 20
liarmes, with many evele, bygan for to sprynge, and, J>e more
harme is, conteyned longe tyme after.
1 ffall Z. 2 And mn. Z. 3 of Z. 4 >e lyffe Z. 5 fame YZ.
6 in om. YZ. 7 be om. XYZ. 8 kny^t Z.
9 Neuere the latter Y. Neuyr >e latter Z.
10 suppose for XYZ. " be om. Z. 12 pepill Z. 13 and om. YZ.
14 aft'ter Z. 15 blisfnll X.
[FROM THE CORONATION OF RICHARD II (A.D. 1377)
TO THE CAPTURE OF ROUEN (A.D. 1419).]
Richard II crownd. French Galleys burn English Towns. 335
[C]
N 01
OF
[Cambridge University Libi-ary MS. Kk. 1. 12.]
*And aftir King Edwarde the thrid, fat was bore at Wyndesore,
Regned Richard of Burdeux, that was Prynce Edwarde^
sone of Walis ; which Prince Edwarde was f e sone of 2
4 King Edwarde fe iij de . 3 Ca$itulum ccxxxix.
And aftir the gode King, King Edwarde the iij de , fat was born
at Wyndesore, Eegned Eicharde fe ij, fat was fe gode Prince
Edwarde^ sone of 4 Walis ; which King Richard was born yn fe
8 cite of Burdeux yn Gasquoyn, and was crouned at Westminster yn
f e xj yere of his age. IT And yn ij 5 yere of his regne fil f e
debate fat was betuene f e Lorde Latimer and Syr Eaaff Ferers,
kni^t, 7 fat were ayens Hawle & Schakele, squiers, for the prysoner
12 fat was take yn the botayle of Spayngne 8 by fese ij squyers, fe 9
which fe sayde 10 Lorde Latymer and Ser Eaaff Ferrers wolde haue
had ; f e which prysoner was f e Erie of Deene, fat fay toke yn f e
batayle of Spayngne. 8 IT Wherfore fese ij lorde^ comyii yn-to
16 Westminster churche, 11 andfounde fis on Squier heryng his 12 messe
besyde Seint Edwarde} schryne ; and there f ei slow hym fat me
callyd Hawle ; and Schackele was arestid and put yn-to f e Tour of
London ; and fere he was long tyme, for 13 he wolde not delyuer f e
20 Erie of Dene, his p?*esoner, vnto f e^e ij lorde^ by Ser Aleyn Buxhill,
Constable of the tour, and be Ser Eaaff Ferrers, one of his aduer-
saryes, tyll fe tyme fat 14 fe king grawnted hyin grace.
H In the iij de yere of King Eicharde come f e 15 galies of Fraunce 16
24 yn-to Engelonde, vnto dyuers porte^, and brent, & Eobbyd, and
slow moch pepyll of Engelond, fat is to sey, 17 Wynchilse, Eie,
Hastynge, 18 Portesmouth, Hampton, Stormore, & 19 Grauysende,
and dede moche harm, and wente horn ayen.
I leaf 110, lack. 2 of ]>e T. 3 >e iij d e om. T. 4 Prynce of T.
5 >e seconde R. 6 regne for TR. 7 the knyght T.
8 - 8 om. T. 9 and \>e R. 10 sayde om. R.
II into the Chirche of Westmynstre TR. r2 his om. T. la and T
14 J>e tyrae J>at om. TR. 15 J>e om. T.
16 yeer off his Regne J>e galeys of ffraunce come R. 17 seie at T.
18 hastyng and T. 19 and om. T.
336 The 4d. Poll-Tax. Hurling Time. Plunder of London.
[The Commons' Revolt led by Jack Straw and Wat Tyler.]
And yn f is same yere was a parlement holden at Westminster ;
and at fat parlemeut was ordeyned fat euery man, woman &
childe, fat were 1 at fe age of xiiij yere & aboue, f or^out all f e Eeme,
pore folke & Eich, 2 sclmlde pay to f e talage iiij d ; wherfore come 4
aftirwarde grete myscliiff & nioche dese^e to alle 3 communialte of
fe Reme. U And yn f e iiij yere of f e regne of King Eicharde fe
comynes loked vp, & 4 arysyn vp 5 yn dyuers parte; of fe Eeme,
and dede nioche harm, fe which fei callid 6 "hurlyng tyme." And 8
fei of Kent & of Essex madyn hem ij cheveteyne^ to rewle &
gouerne fe compayne of Kent & of Essex: fat one 7 me 8 callid
Jackestaw Jacke Strawe, and fat ofer, Watte Tyler; and fai comen and
assembled ham vpon fe Blake-Heth yn Kent. And apon the 9 12
Corpus Christi day and after, fei comen doune yn-to South werk,
and brekyn vp f e prison hous, fat is to wite, f e Kingis Bench, and
fe 10 Marchalsy, & delyverde out alle f e pn'soners. And so fe same
day fei comen yn-to London ; a?id fe?'e thay robbyd f e peple, and 16-
slowyn alle 11 alyens fat fay my^t fynde yn fe cyte and aboute fe
cite, and despoiled alle her gode^, and made havoke. U And on
the Eridai 12 next aftir, fat was on fe morowe, thei comyn vn 13 to fe
Tour of London ; and the king beyng f ere-yn, fei sette out of f e 20
Tour fe Archebishop of Cauntwrbury, Maistir Symond 14 Sudbery,
and Ser Eobert Hale}, Pryour 15 of Saint Johnes, 16 and a Whit Frere
fat was confessour vn to King Eicharde, and broi^t ham vnto f e
Tour Hill ; and fere fay smytyn of her hedys, and comyn ayen to 24
London, & slowyn mo peple of men of lawe, and ofer worthi men
yn dyuers parteye; of fe cite. And fanne went fai 17 to the Duke;
place 4 of Lancaatre, beyonde Saint Mary Stronde, fat was callyd
Savoy. 18 U And fere fei deuoured & destroyed al f e gode; fat fay 28
my;t fynde, 19 and bare ham away, and brent vp fe place. And
fanne aftir fey went to Seint Johnes without Smythffelde, and
destroyed f e godes, 20 & brent vp fat hous, and went to Westimwsfer, -
and so to Sent Martyne; fe Graunt, and made hem go 21 out of 32
1 weren T. were E. om. Kk. 2 and o]>er T.
:{ att >e T. al >e R. 4 loked vp & om. TR.
5 vp om. R. 6 callid >e TR. 7 one om. R. 8 >at men T.
9 Kent on TR. 10 )>e om. T. n alle J>e TR.
12 leaf III. 13 vn om. T. 14 sir Edmunde TR.
15 hospitaler prionre and maistir T. 16 lohnes house T.
17 fei wenten T. >ey wente R. 18 >e Savey T. 19 fynde >ere R.
20 goodis there T. 21 to go TR.
Jack Straw slain ly Walworth, The Risers vanish. 337
fe sayntwarye, alle 1 fat were fere 2 ynne for eny maner of 3
gryth. 4
IT And Jeanne come vnto f e Temple, and to alle of er ynnej of men
4 of la we, & dispoyled ham and rebbed ham of 5 her gode^, and also
taare hir bokis of law ; and f ai 6 come to London, and brake vp the
pryson of Newgate, & droff out alle fe prisoners, felons, & ofir of 7
bothe counties, and alle fe peple fat was with -ynne ham, &
^destroyed alle f e bokis of bothe counties ; and f us fay contynued
forth, both Saturday and Sonday, 8 vnto 9 fe Monday next folowyng,
yn alle hir 10 malice & wickydnesse. And fanne, 11 on the Monday,
King Kichaid, with his Ibrde^ fat were with hym fat tyme, and 12
12 with fe Meire of London, William Walworth, fe 13 aldermen & fe
cowmyne} of fe cite, come 14 yn 15 to Southwerk 16 to here & 17 know
fe entencion of fese rebellis and misgoverned pepil. 18 U And fis
lak Straw fanne made an oyes in f e felde, fat alle f e pepyl of
16 accorde schukle come nere, & here his clamour and 19 his crye and
his will, and fe lorde^, and fe Mayre and fe aldermen, with fe
comwMwialte, hauyng indignac^on of his Covetise and Falsnesse,
and his foule presompcion ; and anon William Walworth, fat tyme
20 beyng Mayre, drew out his knyff, and slow lack Straw, and anora
ry^t fere dede smy^t of his hed, and sette it vp apon 20 a spere-
schafte and so it was bore f rou$ London, & set on high vp on
London Brygge. U And 21 anon alle fe 22 rysers and mysgouernyd
24 men were voyded and 23 vanysched, as hit hadde not byn fay.
IT And 24 fe king, of his grete godenesse, and by prayer of his lorde^,
made fere vj kny^tis of gode & worthi men of f e cite of London,
fat is, 25 William Walworth fat tyme was 26 Mayre and slow lack
28 Straw, & ij de27 was Nicholas Brembre, fe 28 iij was 29 John Phily-
pot, the 28 iiij was 30 Nicholas Twyfford, fe 28 fyfffe was 29 Eobert
Lawnde^, fe 28 vj, Eobert Gayton. IT And fanne fe king, with his
lorde^ and his 31 kny^tes, retourned ayen vnto the Tour of London ;
32 and fe?*e he restid hym tylle his 32 peple were bettir cecyd, & seet yn
I alle om. R. 2 with T. ]>ere om. R. 3 of om. R. 4 gryth om. T.
5 of TR. orKk. 6 ]>anne |>ai T. >anne j>ey R. 7 andofTR.
8 vnto J>e Sonday T. 9 and vnto T. 10 her maner of T.
II >anne om. T. 12 and om. T. 1:J >at was ]>at tyme come with >e TR.
14 and come T. 15 yn om. T. 16 Smythfelde R. 17 and to T.
18 peple pat so reuyd and robbid T.
19 and here his clamouris and T. and here his clamour and R. om. Kk.
20 vpon T. it vpon K. 21 And om. T. >ese T. >i3e R.
2{ and clene T. & clene R. l24 And thanne T. and )>anne R.
25 is to saie T. is to say R. j, at was ^ t tyme T. >e ije T.
28 and >e T. was om. TR. 30 was om. T. 31 his om. R. & this T.
338 Rebels hangd. Earthquake. Dunkirk Fight. [CH. ccxxxix
rest and pee$. 11 And panne, by processe of tyme, as pay my^t gete
and take pe$e 1 Rebellis & rysers, they hanged ham vp on 2 the next
galous yn euery lordesschippe throu^ pe 3 Reme of Engelond, 4 be xl
& be xxx, be 5 x. & be xij., euer as pay myghte be goton & take 6 4
yn eny parteys.
U And yn pe v. yere of King Richarde} Regne was pe grete
Erthe quake; and pat 7 was do 8 gene?*ally ovir 9 alle pe worlde,
the Wedynesday afFtir Whitsonday, yn the yere after 10 incarnacion 8
of our Lorde Ihesu crist, m 1 ccc. iiij xj, 11 where-of alle pe peple were
sore agast, and drad 12 long tyme aftir, for pe grete 13 vengaunce and
grete drede pat our Lorde God schewed and dede.
IT In 14 pe vj $ere of his regne, 15 Ser Henri Spenser, Bischop of 12
Sbrthwych, went with a croyserey ouer pe see yn-to pe contre of
Flawndre} ; & pe?'e he 16 gate pe towne of Grauenyng, & 17 pe toun
of Olden burgh, 18 Dunkirk, and Newport; and pere pai ladde &
fry^t .LJ. schyppe^ wz't/i peleage 19 for to haue come yn to Engelonde 16
with alle pese schippes and goodis, 20 and pe Bischop of Northwich
and his counsel lette brenne pose schippe^, with al pe peleage, yn
pe same havynne, all yn-to hard asches.
U And at Dunkirk was don a grete batayle betuene pe Flemynge} 20
and pe Englisch men ; and 21 at pat batayle was slayn a gret multi
tude of pese Flemynge}, and a passyng noumbre. IT And panne
went pe bischop with his retynu vn-to Ipre^, and besegid it a long
tyme ; but it my^t not be gote, and so he lefte pat sege, and come 24
ayen yn-to Engelond, for our Englischmen were foule destroyed,
and mony deied on pe Flyx.
[Anne of Bohemia comes to wed Richard II.]
IT And yn pis same $ere come Quene Anne yn-to Engelond,
for to be spoused vnto King Richard ; and hir fadir was Emperour 28
of Almayne, and King of Beeme. And with hir came pe Duk of
Tassy and hir vncle, and mony oper worth! lorde^ & kni^tes 22 of
hir cuntre of Beeme, and of oper Duch tunge;, to do hir reuerence
1 leaf 111, back. 2 vpon T. :i out >e TR. 4 of Engelond om. T.
5 and bi T. 6 be take and gete T. 7 hit T. 8 do om. T.
9 oiler T. I0 after the T. after >e R. n and xj T. 12 a dred T.
13 girte om. TR. 14 And in TR.
15 of ]>e reigne of kyng Richard T. of j)e regne of king Richarde R,
16 and >ei T. \>ey R. 17 & om. 1S Broburgh T.
19 pilage T. peseage Kk.
20 with these shippis and goodis T. with.pe^e shippes & godis R. om. Kk.
21 and om. T. knyghtis and lordis T.
CH. ccxxxix] Rich. II married. English help to Portugal. 339
and worschip. H And Ser Symond Beuyrley, a worthi
of ]>Q Gartyr, 1 & oper kny^tis and squyers pat were pe Kingi}
embassetoures, brou^t hir yn-to Engelond, and so ferthe to London.
4 *I And pe pe[p]le of pe cite, fat is to saye, pe Mayre & pe Alder
men and alle pe 2 comyne$, rydyn ayens hir to welcome hir; and
euery man yn gode aray, and euery craft with his Mynstralcye, yn
pe best maner, mette with hir on pe Blak-Heth yn Kent, & so
8 broi^t hir to 3 London prou^ pe cite, and so forth yn to 4 Weste-
mystre, vn-to pe kinge^ palice ; and pere sche was spousede vnto
King Richard, welle and worthily, yn pe Abbey of Westmynstre ;
and pere sche was crouned Quene of Engelond ; and alle hir frendis
12 pat comyn with hir hadde gret yeftis, and hadde grete chere, and
were wel refresched 5 as long tyme as pai abyden here.
U And yn pis same yere was a batayle do with-ynne pe kinge^
Palys at Westmynstre, for certeyne poyntis of treson, betuene Ser
16 lohn of Ansley, kny^t, defendaunt, and Karton, Squyere, pe
appellaunt ; but pis Ser lohn of Ansley ouyr-come pis Carton,
& made hym 6 to yolde hym withynne pe listis, and anon pis
Craton (sic) was 7 dispoyled of his harne} and drawe out of pe lystis,
20 and so forth to 8 Tyborne ; and pere he was hangyd for his falsnesse.
U And yn 9 the viij yere of his Regne 10 Ser Edmuwde of Langele,
Erie of Cawmebrygge, pe kinge^ vncle, wente vnto n Portingale with
a Fayre manye of men of arme^ and archers, yn helpyng & streyng-
24 thyng 12 of pe King of Portyngale ayens pe King of Spayngne and
his power, and pere pe King of Portyngale hadde pe victory of his
Enymye^, prou^ help and comfort of our Englysch men. And
whanne pat iornay was y 13 do, The Erie of Cawmbrige com horn
28 ayen with his peple yn-to Engelond yn haste ; blessid be Gode and
his gracious yeft ! Amen !
11 And pis same yere, Kinge Richarde hylde his Cristismesse yn
pe Maner of Estham (sic). And pe same tyme, pe King of Ermonye
32 nedde out of his owne londe, and come yn-to Engelond, for to
haue socour and help of our King ayens his enyrnye}, pat hadde
dreve hym of 14 his Reme ; and so he was brou^t vn-to 15 pe King to
Eltham, pe?-e as pe King hylde his realle feest of Cristismasse \ and
1 MS. gartyd. 2 )>e om. T. 3 into T. 4 vnto T.
5 and weren wele cherid and refresshid T. & well were chered & refres-
shed R.
6 leaf 112. 7 was om. T. 8 to >e T. 9 yn om. T.
10 J>e reigne of kyng Richard T. n into T.
12 in strengthyng and helpyng T. in strengthinge & helpmge R.
13 y om. TR. 14 out of T. 15 to R.
BRUT. A A
340 The King of Armenia. Treaty with the Scots. [CH.CCXXXIX
fere otire King welcomed hym, and dede hym reuerence &
worschip, and comuiawnded alle his 1 lorde$ to make hym alle fe
chere fat fay cowthe. and panne he besou^t the King 2 of grace
and help, and of his co??zfort yn his nede, and fat he my^t be bro$t 4
ayen yn 3 -to his owne kingedoin and londe, for fe Turkey hadde
deuoured & destroyed moch parte of his londe ; and for drede he
fledde, & come hider for socoure and helpe. IT And than 4 fe
King, hauyng compassion of his gret myschiffe and greuos dese^e, 8
anon 5 he toke his Counsel, and axed what was best to do. and fai
answered and sayde, ' yef it likyd hym to yeue hym eny gode, it
were welle ydo : and as towchyng his peple, to Trauayle so fer yn-to
out-londe^, it were a grete ieparde ' ; and so f e King yaf hym golde 1 2
and seluyr, and many riche^ 6 and iewellis, and betau^t hym to God ;
and so he passed ayen out of Engelond.
1T And yn f is same yere King Richarde, \vith a ryall power, went
yn-to Scotland for to war ayen 7 fe Scottis, for hir Ealsnesse and 16
destrocc^on fat fay 8 hadde do ayens 9 fe 10 English men yn fe
Marchis. And fe 11 Scottis come doun 12 for to trete 13 with hym 14
& with his lorde$ for trewes, as for certeyn yeres; and so oure
Kyng and his Counsel graunted hem trewes certyn yeres 15 vwto 20
her axyng, and our King turned hym horn ayen yn-to Engelonde.
IT And whanne he was come vnto 16 Yorke, fere he aboode and
restyd hym. and 17 fere Ser John Helond, fe Erie of Kentis
brofer, slow fe Erlis sone of Staffarde and his heyre with a daggar 24
yn f e cite of Yorke, wherfor the King was sore amoued and grevid,
& remevyd fro f enne^ and come to London ; and f e Meire and f e
Aldermen and fe commyns, with alle fe solempnite fat fay 18
19 myghte do, 20 rydyn ayens fe King, and brou$t hym ryally throu} 28
the cite, & so forth vnto Westmynstre vnto his owne Palis.
IT And yn fe ix yere of his regne 21 he hadde 22 a parlement at
Westminster, & fere he made ij dukes, and a Markques & v. erle$ :
I >e T. 2 the king om. T. 3 yn om. TR. 4 than om. T.
5 and om. TR. and anon Kk. 6 riche yif'tis T. rich 3iftis R.
7 vpon R. 8 >e Scottis T. 9 to T. 10 do vnto R.
II >anne >e T. 12 downe vnto >e kyng T.
13 entrete T. 14 with him TR. hym Kk.
15 yeeris, and so oure kyng and his counceile grauntid hem trewes certeyne
yeris T. yeris and so J>e king & his counsel graunted ham trewis certayn
yeres R. om. Kk.
1B to T. 17 and om. TR. 18 >ay om. 19 leaf 112, back.
20 }>at myghte be do R.
21 of kyng Richardis reigne T. yeer of king Richardis Regne he held R.
22 helde T.
CH. ccxxxix] Earl of March slain. French wine-fleet. 341
fe first fat was mad Duk, was fe Kingej vncle, Ser Edmu7v.de 1 of
Langeley and 2 Erie of Caumbrigge; and hym he 3 made 4 Duk of
Yorke ; and his of er vncle, Ser Thomas of Wodestoke, fat was Erie
4 of Bokingham, he made Duke of Gloucestre, and Ser Lover, fat was
Erie of Oxynforde, he 5 made Marques of Denelyn; and Henry of
Bolyngbroke, fe Duke} son of Lancastre, he 6 made Erie of Derby ;
and Ser Edwarde, fe Dukes sone of York, he 6 made Erie of Ruth-
8 lond Ser John Holande, fat was f e Erie of Kentis brother, he 6
made Erie of Huntyngton ; Ser Thomas Mombraye, Erie of Notyng-
ham, & Erie Marchall of Eugelond; and Ser 7 Michell of Pole,
kny^t, he 6 made Erie of Suffolke and Chaunceler of Engelbnd.
12 IT And the Erie of the 8 March, at fat same 9 parleinent holdoii
at Westemynstre, yn 10 playne parlement among al fe Lorde^ and
Comyns, was proclaymed Erie of the March, and heyre 11 parant
vnto 12 fe croune of Engelonde aftir King Richarde. U The which
16 Erie of the 13 Marche went ouyr 14 see yn-to Irelond vnto his lorde-
schippe^ and londe^, for the Erie of 15 Marche is Erie of Ylcestre yn"
Irelonde, and 16 by ry^t lyne and heritage, and at 17 a 18 Castill of his
he lay fat tyme; and fere come apon 19 hym a grete multitude yn
20 buschmentis of wilde Iryschmen, hym for to take and distroye,
and he come out ffersly of his Castell with his peple, and manly
ffa^t vrith ham ; and fere he was take, and hew al to pecis, and
fere he 20 deied ; on whose soule God haue mercy ! Amen !
24 U And yn the .x. yere of King Richarde^ regne, fe Erie of
Arundell went to 21 fe see with a grete Naueye of schippe}, enarmed
with men of arme^ and gode archers. And as 22 fai come yn to fe
brode see, fei mette with fe hole flytte fat come lade with wyne 23
28 from Rochell ; and 24 the wyne$ were Enymye^ godes ; and feron
cure 25 Naueye sette apoin 26 ham, and toke ham alle, and brou^t hym
yn to 27 diuers portly and hauons of 28 Engelond, & sum to London :
and fere f e my^te haue hedde a ton of Rochel wyne of f e beste for
32 xx s. of sterlynges ; and so we hadde gret chep of wyne f rou3~out
f e Reme at fat tyme, f ankyd be God Almy^ty !
1 Symonde T. 2 and om. TR. 3 he om. R.
4 and he was made T. 5 him T. 6 him he T. 7 sir TR. for Kk.
8 the om. TR. 9 same tyme of >e T. 10 in >e T. u heir of R.
12 to TR. 13 the om. TR. 14 ouer >e TR. 15 of the T.
16 and om. R. 17 there at T. >ere at R. 18 >e R. 19 vpon TR.
20 he am. T. 21 vnto TR. ^ And as T. and Kk.
23 eomen wyne lade T. with wyne om. R. ^ and om. T.
25 and )>ere oure T. ]>ere our R. and beron Kk. 26 vpon TR.
27 vnto R. * into T.
342 Rich. IPs evil Counsellors. Tho. Usk &c. liangd. [CH. CCXL
How fe .v. lorde^ arysen at Ratcot brydge, ye schul here. 1
ccxl. 2
And yn fe a.xj yere of King Richarde} regne, 3 fe .v. lorde^
reson at Ratcote brygge, yn 4 destroccyon of the 5 RebelU's fat weryn 4
fat tymeyn alle this 6 Reme. U The first of the .v. lorde} was Ser
Thomas of Wodestoke, f e Kingis vncle, and Duk of Gloucestre ;
fe 7 ij was Ser Richarde, Erie of Arundell ; fe 8 iij was Ser Richard,
Erie of "Warwic; fe iiij was Ser Harri 9 Bolyngbroke,Erle of Derby, 8
and J?e .v. was Ser Thomas Mouubray, Erie of Notygham. IF And
fe^e .v. lorde} sawe fe myschif, and mysgouernaunce, and fe
Ealsnesse of the Kinge} counsell ; wherfor f ai fat were of f e Kinge}
kounsel chef, 10 ffleddyn out of fis londe ouer fe see, fat is to say, 12
Ser Alisaunder Neuyle, Archebischop 11 of York, Ser Robert le Yeere,
12 Marquis of Develyn and Erie of Oxynforde; Ser 13 Michel de la
Pole, Erie of Suffolke and Chaunceler of Engelond. and fese iij.
lorde} went ouyr see, 14 and cam nevir ayen, for there fay deied. 16
And fan 15 fe$e .v. lorde} forsaide 16 niaden 17 a pa?'lemewt at West-
mystre, and fere thay tokyn Ser Robert Tresilian, J>e Justice, and
Ser Nicholl Brembre, kny^t an 18 cite^ein of London, and Ser lohn
Salesbury, kny^t of the Kingis housholde, & Vske, sergeaunt of 20
arme3 ; and mony moo of o]?er peple were take and luged vnto 19
deth by J?e counsel of j>ese .v. lorde^ yn hir parlement at West-
-winster, for treson )?at ]?ai put apon ham, to be draw fro fe 20 Tour
of London Jjroii} )?e cite, and so forth to Tyburne ; and fere to be 24
hangyd, and fere her f rotis to be kut ; and fus fei were serued, and
deiden.
And aftir fat, yn fis same parlement, was 21 Ser Symond of 22
Beverlay, fat was a Kny^t of fe Garter, and Ser John Beauchamp, 28
kny^t, fat was Steward of the Kingis housholde, and Ser lame}
Berners, were for-Iuged vn-to 23 deth; and 24 fay wer ]add on fote
vn-to 25 fe Toure Hille; and fere were her hedis smytyn of, and
mony other mo, be fe^e .v. lorde}. 32
1 ye schul here om. TR. 2 CO T. CCxlj R.
3 in the reigne of kyng Richard >e xj e yeer T. \>e Regne of king Richarde
be xj yeer R. 4 in >e T. 5 the om. TR. 6 >e TR.
7 and be T. 8 And be T. 9 henri of R.
10 weren that tyme cheef of be kyngis counceile T. were ]>at tyme chief of
be kinges counsett R. n the Erchebisshop T. 12 leaf 113.
13 and sir T. 14 be see TR. 15 ban om. T. 16 forseide v. lordis T.
17 aboue seide maden T. 18 and T. & R. 19 vnto be T.
20 be T. bo Kk. 21 at Westraynstre was T. 2a of om. T.
23 vnto the T. 24 and banwe T. & banne R. to TR,
CH. CCXL] Tournament for Foreigners in London. 343
[Jousts in Smithfield, A.D. 1388.]
U In jris 1 forsaide parlement, and in fe xij 3ere of King
Eicharde^ regne, he let crye and ordeyne 2 generalle Justice, fat is
called a turnement, of lorde^, kny^tis and skquiers. IT And fese
4 lustes & turnement were holden at London in Smithfelde, for alle
maner of strayngers, of what londe & 3 cunctre fei 4 were, and 5
fidir fei were ri^t welcome; and to hem and to alle ofer waa
holden opon housholde and grete ffestis ; and also grete yftis were
8 yeue to alle maner of straungers. And fay 6 of the kinges syde
were 7 alle of on 8 sute: her cotis, her armyour, schelde^, & her 9
hors & 10 trapure, alle 11 was white hertis, with crowne} about her
nekkis, and cheyne^ of golde hangyng fere vp-on, and f e croune
12 hangyng lowe before fe hertis body; fe which hert was fe kinge^
lyveray fat he yaf to lorde^ & ladie^, kny^tis and skquiers, for to
know his housholde from of er peple. U And at Jris first comyng to
her lustes, xxiiij ladie^ ladde fese xxiiij lorde^ of f e Garther with
16 cheynys of goolde, and alle yn fe same sute of hertis as is afore
sayde, from f e Tour on hors bak f rou3 the cite of London yn-to
Smythfelde, fere f e lustes schulde be do. 12 And fis fest and lustes
was holde general, and 13 to alle fo fat wolde come, of what land or
20 nacion ]>ai euyr he 14 were; and pis 15 was holde duryng xxiiij
daye$, of Ipe kinge^ owne cost; and fese xxiiij lorde^ to answere
to 16 alle maner of 17 pepil fat wolde come jridir. And pedir come fe
Erie of seint Poule of Fraunce, and mony ofer worthi kny^tes with
24 hym of diuers parteys, fful welle arayed. 18 And out of Holand &
Henaude come fe Lorde Ostrenaunde, J?t was fe Duke^ sone of
Holande, & mony oj?er worthi kny^tes with hym, bothe 19 of Holand
& Henaude 20 fulle welle arayede. And whenne fese feste and
28 lustes was do and 21 endid, fe King fanked fese st[r]ayngers and
yaf ham mony grete yeftis; and fanne fei token hir leue of fe
King & of ofer Iorde3 and ladye}, and went horn ayen yn-to her
owne cuntre, with grete loue & moche fanke.
32 H And yn fe xiij yere 22 of King Richarde3 regne, \er was a
I this same T. J>is same R. 2 ordeyne a T. 3 or TR.
4 what so euer >ei T. 5 of & T. off and R. 6 >ay om. TR.
7 >ey were R. on om. T. o R. 9 & her om. TR. 10 & om. TR.
II and alle T. & att R. 12 holde T. 13 and om. T.
14 thei T. >ei R. 15 )>is om. T. 16 to om. TR. n of om. TR.
18 MS. Kk. wrongly inserts here U And >e3 Fest & lustes was endid, f>e
king thankyd >ese. And >es ffest & ... ]?ese om. TR.
19 bothe om. T. 20 henaude om. T 21 do and om. TR.
22 leaf W, back.
344 John of Gaunt's Expedition to Spain. [CH. CCXL
batayle y 1 do yn the Kingis pal is at Westmynstre, betwene a skquyer
of Nauerne pat was wzt/?- pe king, and anoper skquier pat me callid
John Walsch, of 2 poyntis of treson pat pis Nauerner put vp-on pis
Walsch ; but pis Nauerner was oue?'come, and yelde hym craunt to 4
his adue?-sarye, and anon he was dispoyled of his armyow?-, and
draw out of pe palis vnto Tyburne, and pere he was hangyd for his
ffalsnesse.
U And pe xiiij yere of pe regne of King Eichard, Ser John of 8
Gaunt, Duk of Lancastre, went ouyr se 3 yn-to Spayne, for to
chalenge his ry3t, pat he hadde be his wife} tytill, vnto pe croune
of Spayngne, with a gret ost of pepil, of men of arme$ and
archers. And he 4 had 5 with hym pe Duchesse, his wyff, and his 12
iij do^tre}, yn-to 6 Sp[a]yne, and pere 7 pay weryn a grete while.
1F And at pe 8 last, pe King of Spayne began to trete with pe Duke
of Lancastre, and pay were accorded to-gadir prou$ hir bope counsel,
yn pis maner : pat pe King of Spayne schulde wedde pe Duke$ 16
dorter of 9 Lancastre, pat was pe 10 ry^t- heire to Spayne, and 11
schulde yeue to 12 pe Duk of Lancastre golde and seluyr, pat was
cast yn-to grete wegge^, and mony opir iewellis, as mony as viij
Charietis rny^t carye, H And euery yere aftir, durywg pe lyff of pe 20
Duke of Lancastre and of the 13 Duchesse his wyff, .x. M> Marke of
golde, pe which golde auenture and 14 charge^, pay of Spayne schulde
aue?*ture and bryng ycrley to 15 Baione to pe Dukes assygne}, be
surete made. H Also pe Duk of Lancastre niaried anoper of his 24
dou^tres vnto pe King of Portingale pe same tyme. And whanne
he hadde do pis, 16 he come horn ayen yn-to Engelond, and pe gode
lady his wyff also ; but mony a worth! man yn pat viage deid vpon
pe Flix. 17 28
IT And yn pe xv yere of King Eicharde^ regne, he hilde
his Cristismasse yn pe Maner of Wodestoke ; and there pe Erie of
Penbroke, a yong lorde, & 18 tendir of age, wolde lerne to luste
with a kni^t me 19 callid Ser lohn Saint-John, & redyn to gadir yn 32
pe park of Wodestoke ; and pere pis worthi Erie of Pembroke was
slayn w^t/f pat ope?* knightes spere, as he cast hit fro hym whanne
1 y om. TR. 2 for T. 3 }>e see T. 4 he om. T. 5 ladde R.
6 oner ]>e see with him into T.
7 and there T. and )>ere R. and Kk. 8 >e om. T.
9 of TR. om. Kk. 10 J>e om. R. n and J>e kyng of Spayne T.
12 vnto TR. 13 his T. 14 and om. T. 15 vnto R.
16 Jms T. 17 viage vpon ]?e flixe died T. 18 and a T.
1D J>at men T. ]>at me R.
CH. CCXL] Dispute between Londoners and Bp. of Salisbury. 345
he 1 had cowped; and pus pis gode Erie made pere his ende; for
whose dethe 2 pe King and the Quene made moche sorow. 3
51 And yn pe xvj yere of Kyng Richard his regne, 4 lohn Hende
4 beyng pat tyme Maire of London, and lolm Walworth & Henry
Vannere beyng scherreffes of London, fat 5 tyme a bakers man bare
a basket of horsbred yn to Flet-strete, toward an ostrye hous ; and
pere come a yemon of pe Bischoppis of Salysbury, pat was callyd
8 Romayn, and he tok an horsloff out of pe basket of pe baker 6 ; and
he askyd hym ' whi he dede so.' And pis Romayn turned ayen, and
brak pe bakers hedde; and neyboure^ come out, and wolde haue
restid pis Romayne ; and he brak from ham and fledde yn-to pe
1 2 lorde^ place, and pe counstablis wolde haue hadde hym out ; but pe
Bischoppe^ men schitte pe ^atis fast, 7 and kept pe place pat no man
my^te entre. And panne moch more pepil gadryd pedir, & saide
pat 'pai wolde haue hym out, or 8 ellis pei wolde brenne vp pe place,
16 and alle 9 that were with-ynne.' IT And panne come pe Maire and 10
Schereffe}, with opir myche pepill, and cecid pe malice of pe
comyne^, and made euery man go 11 horn to his 12 hous, and kepe pe
pee^. 51 Thanne 13 pe$ Romaynes lorde, pe Bischop of Salusbery, Ser
20 lohn Waltam (pat was pat tyme treserer of Engelond) went to Ser
Thomas Arundel, 14 Archebischop of York, and also Chaun[ce]ler of
Engelonde, and to hym made his complaynt 15 vpon pe peple of pe
cite of London. 51 And panne pe$e ij Bischope^, of grete malice
24 and vengeaunce, comyn vnto 16 the King to Wyndesore, and made a
grete complaynte vpon the Maire and the Schereffes ; and anon
af tirward alle pe cite ir was before pe King and his cowsel, and pai
cast vn-to 18 ham a greuous herte, and wondir grete malice. 51 And
28 anon sodenly pe King sent for pe Maire of London & for pe ij
scherreffe^ ; and pai cam to 19 hym to pe Castell of Wyndesore.
And pe King rebukyd pe Maire and pe scherreves f ulle foule, for pe
offens pat pai hadde do ayens hym & his officers, yn his chaumbir
32 of 20 London. II Wherfore he deposid & put out the Mayre of
1 >ei TR. 2 eende and jjerfore T. 3 sorow for his deeth. T.
4 of kyng Richardis reigne T. yeer of king Richardis regne R. his
regne Kk.
5 ]>e same TR. 6 >e bakers basket T.
7 fast om. T. shette faste >e yatis R. 8 and R. 9 leaf 114.
10 and >e TR. n to gone T. 12 her T. 13 And thanne T.
14 of Arundett T.
15 and )>ere )>e bisshop made his compleynt vnto ]>e chaunceler T. an
]>ere made his complaynt to him R.
16 to T. 17 anoon att >e Citee aftirward T. 18 to T.
19 vnto T. 20 at TR.
346 Rich. IPs Quarrel with Londoners. Court moves to York.
London 1 and pe ij 2 Scherreve^ ; and pis was don xiiij 3 daye^
afore pe Fest of saint lohn the Baptist. U And panne pe King
callyd to hym a kni^t pat me called Ser Edward Valyngrigge, 4 and
made hym warden and gouernoure of pe cite, & Chaumbyr of 4
London, and ouyr alle his pepil pereynne ; and so he kept pat office
but iiij wokis, because he was so tendir and gentill vn-to pe cete3ens
of London ; wherfore pe King deposyd hym, and made Ser Bawde-
wyn Eadyngton, kny^t, pat was Countroller of pe Kingis Hous- 8
holde, wardeyne and gouernoure of his chaumbyr, and of his 5 peple
perynne; and chese vnto hym to worthi men of pe cite to be
Scherevi^ wit/i hym, for to gouerne & kepe pe kinge$ lawe$ yn the
cite; & on me called Gylbert Maghfelde, and pat ope?*, Thomas 12
Newenton, And pe$e iij gode men hadde pe gouernaunce of pe cite
vn-to pe tyme of pe Maires eleccion panne next, 6 pat was called
William Stawnden 7 ; And pis Gilbert Maghfelde & Thomas
Newneton, schereff. H And panne pe Mayre & pe ij schirreve^, 16
and alle pe aldermen, vriih alle pe worthi craftis of London, went
on fote vn to pe Tour; and pere came out pe Counstable of pe
Tour, and yaff pe Maire and pe Schereve^ her othe, and charge, 8
as pay scholde haue take yn the Chequer at 9 Westmynstre yn 20
pe Kinge} Court of his lustres & Barons of the sayde 10 Cheker ;
and panne went thay whom ayenne.
H And panne pe King and his Counsel, for grete malice of pe
Cite of London, and 11 despite, remevid alle his Courte^ fro 12 West- 24
mynstre vn-to pe cete of Yorke, pat is to say, pe Chauncerie, pe
Cheker, pe 13 Kinge^ Bench, and also pe Comyn Place, and pere pay
hilde alle her 14 Courtis of Law fro mydsomer vn-to 15 pe fest of
Cristismesse next comyng. U And panne pe King & his counsel 28
sawe it not so profitable pere, as it was at London ; paraie anon he
16 removid hit ay en to 17 London, and so to Westmynstre, for gret
ese of his officers and avauntage of 18 pe King and of 19 alle pe
comyns of pe Rerne. 32
U And whenne pe 20 peple of London sawe & knew pat pese
1 of London om. TR. 2 and boj^e TR. and for the ij Kk. :{ a xiiij T.
4 Walyngregge T. Walingrugge R. 5 >e TR. 6 next >anne T.
7 Wiliam Staundon) was chosen mayre T. nexte William Staundon)
chosen meire R.
8 hir charge and oth R. 9 of T. 10 sayde om. TR. " and for R.
12 from T. fro R. for Kk. 13 and >e T. 14 )>ese T. his R.
16 midsomer that is to saie J>e feste of seynt lohn) ]>e Baptist vnto T.
16 leaf 114. buck. 17 vnto TR. 18 for R. 19 of om. TR.
20 >e am. TR.
CH. CCXL] Richard II reconcild with the Londoners. 347
courtis were come ayen, and pe King and his peple also, 1 panne pe
Maire and pe Aldermen, with pe Cheff 2 comyns, let gadir a grete
suwnie of goolde of alle pe comyns of the cite, & ordeyned & made
4 grete rialte ay ens his comyng to London, for 3 to haue his grace
and gode 4 lordeschip, and also her liberteis and Fraunche^es
graunted vnto ham ayen as pai afore tyme hadde. And J)ann, by
-grete instaunce and praier of Quene Anne, and of oper 5 Iorde3 and
8 lade^, pe King graunted hem grace : and pis was do at Schene yn
Sothereye. U And pan 6 pe King with-ynne ij 7 daye} aftir, com to
London ; and pe Maire of London, 8 schereue}, aldremen, 9 and alle
pe worthi cite aftirward, redyn ayens pe King yn gode araye vnto
12 pe heth on pis syde pe maner of Scheno, submittyng humyly hem
self, 10 and mekely, with 11 almaner of 12 obeysaunce} vn-to hym, as
pay owed to 13 do. Arid pus pai brou^t pe King and pe Quene to
London. 11 And whanne pe King come to pe gate of pe Brygge of
16 London, pere pay presentid hym with a mylke-white stede, sadelled
and brydilled, & trapped with white cloth of golde and red parted
togadir, and pe Quene a palfraye alle white, trappid yn pe same
aray 14 with white and rede, and pe 15 condite} of London Eonnen
20 white 16 wyne and rede, for al maner pepill to drynke of. H And
betuene Seint Poule^ and the Cros yn Chepe, pere was made a
stage, a ryalle, stondyng vpon hygh ; a[n]d perynne were mony
angelis, with dyuers melodie} and songe ; and an 17 aungell come
24 doun 18 fro pe stage on high, by a vice, and sette a croune of golde
& precious stone} & perles apon pe Kinge} hed, and anoper on 19 the
Quene} hed ; and so the citezenys brought pe King and pe Quene
vnto Westmynstre, yn-to his palice at 20 Westmynstre, & presentyd
28 hym vfiih ij basyns of syluyr, & ovirgilte, fulle of coyned golde,
the swrama of xx m*li, 21 prayng hym, of his 22 mercy and lordschip
and specialle grace, 23 pat pay my}t haue his gode loue, and 24 libertee}
& Fraunche^es like as pay hadde before tyme}, and by his lettre^
I also om. T. 2 cheff om. T. 3 and for T. 4 his good TR.
5 of her T. hir R. 6 l?an om, T. 7 a ij T. 8 london) with >e T.
9 aldremen om. T. 10 hem humbely T. submittinge ham humbeli R.
II with om. T. 12 of om. TR. 13 for to T.
14 white and in ]>e same aray trappid T. and in the same aray trapped R.
15 also >e T. 16 with white T. alle >e R. 17 oon T.
18 a downe T. 19 Crowne vpon T. croune vpon R.
20 paleys And )>anne on ]>& morne aftir ]>e mayre and Ipe sherefis and |>e
Aldermen of london) come vuto ]>e kyng into his paleys at T. Palis. And
>anne on >e morow aftir ]>e meir and >e sherevis and J>e aldermen of london)
com vnto >e king in his Paleis at R. 21 xxM 1 pound T.
22 his hie TR. & of his grace T. and leve and R.
348 Jousts in Smithfield. Ric. IPs Queen Anne dies. [CH. CCXL
patente^ confermed. 1 U And J>e Quene, and olper worth! lorde$ &
ladie^, ffillyn on Mr 2 kneys, and besou^t pe King of grace to con-
forme Jris. Thanne J)e King toke vp j>e Quene, and grauntyd hir
alle hir askyng, and ]?anne J)ei Ranked fe King and J>e Quene and 4
went home ayene.
IT And yn )?e xvij 3 yere of his regne, 4 certeyne lorde^ of Scot-
lande com yn-to Englonde to gete worschip, as by feet of arme^ :
J>ese 5 were J?e pe?*sons : ))e Erie of Marre, and 6 chalanged the Erie 8
Marchall of Engelonde to luste with hym certeyn poynte^ on hors-
bak with scharpe speris. And so J>ai redyn togadir, as ij \vorthi
kny^tis & lordes, certayne cours, but not J?e fulle chalange J?at fe
Scottysche Erie made; for he was cast both hors and man, and ij 12
of his rybbis brokyn with J>e 7 ffalle; and so he was -born out of
Smythfelde, hom yn-to his Inne ; and with-ynne a litil while aftir-
ward 8 he was caried homwarde yn a liter ; & atte York he 9 deied.
U And Ser "William Darell, kny^t, and 10 banerrer of Scotland, 16
made anojjer chalange vrith Sire 11 12 Piers Courteneye,kny$t; and J?e
Kinges banerrer of Engelonde, of 13 certeyne course} hit on horsbak
yn fe same ffelde. U And whanne he hed y 14 rede certeyne cours
hit, and saw he my^tnothaue 15 fe bettyr, yaf 16 it ouyr, and wolde 20
no more of his chalang, and 17 turned his hors and rode hom vnto his
owne in. 18 And one Kocborne, squier, of Scotland, chalanged Sir 19
Nicholl Hawberke, kny^t, of certeyne cours, hit with scharp speris
on horsbak ; and redyn .v. cours hit togadir ; and att euery cours 24
))e Scotte was cast doun, 20 both hors and man; and Jms our
Englisch lorde^ 21 pankyd be God ! had )?e f elde.
H And yn Jje xviij 22 yere of King Richarde^ regne, deied J>e
gode gracious Quene Anne, j)at was wiff to King Eicharde, yn )?e 28
maner of Schene, yn J)e schire of Surreie, vp-on Whitsonday.
fanne 23 was sche bro3t to London, and so to Westmynstre ; and
]>ere was sche y 24 beryed and worthily entered, besyde saint Edwarde^
schryne ; on whose soule Almy3ti God haue mercy and pite ! 32
amen ! 25
I and patentis And her chartir confermyd T. 2 hir om. TK.
3 xvj T.
4 of kyng Richardis reigne T. yeer of king Richardis Regne R.
5 And >ese T. 6 and he T. & he R. 7 Jat T.
8 lititt tyme aft^r T. alitil tyme aftir R. 9 >ere he TR. 10 >e T.
II sir T. sirR. sixe Kk. 12 leaf 115. 13 ofTR. 14 y om. TR.
13 not haue TR. haue Kk. 16 he yaf TR. 17 but T. 18 his Inne T.
19 sir T. sir R. for Kk. 2 adoun) TR. 21 men R. ** xvij T.
23 And >annc TR. ^ y om. TR. ** amen om. T.
CH. CCXLJ] Isabella of France, 9 years old, to wed Rich. II. 349
How King Richarde spoused dame Isabell, pe Kingis doi^tir of
Fraunce, yn the towne of Caleys, and brou^t Mr yn-to
Engelond, and let croune hir Quene yn pe Abbey of Saint
4 Petris of Westmynstre. C&pitulum ccxlj . J
In pe xx ti yere of King Richarde} regne, he went ouyr se 2 to
Caleys, with dukis, Erlis, lordis, and Barons, and mony oper worth!
squyers, yn grete aray, and comyn pepil of pe Reme yn gode aray,
8 as longith to such a worpi king and prynce, of his nobley 3 to do
hym reverence and obseruaunce, as owed 4 to be do to 5 hir liege
lorde, and so my^ty a King and Emperour yn his owne, to abyde and
resceyve there pat worthi & gracious lady pat schulde be his wif, a
12 yong creature of ix yere of age, Dame Isabell, pe Kingis dou^tir of
Fraunce, and mony 6 worthi lordi^ of grete name, bothe Barons and
kny^tis, with moche oper pepil pat comen vn to pe toun of Grauen-
yng, and ij Dukis of Fraunce : pat on was pe Duk of Burgoyne,
16 and pat oper, Duk 7 of Barre, pat wolde no firmer lasse panne pey
hadde plegge} for 8 ham. And panne King Richarde delyuered ij
plegge^ for ham to goo saaf and come saaf : his ij worthi vncle^, pe
Duk of Glowcestre and pe Duk of York. And pei ij went ouer pe
20 watir of Grauenyng, & abiden pere as for 9 plegge^, vnto pe tyme
pat pe Maryage and pe fest were do. 10 IT And panne pe^e ij worthi
Dukis of Fraunce 11 come ovir pe water at Grauenyng, and so to
Caleis, with pe 12 worschepful lady, Dame Isabell, pe 13 Kingis
24 dou^tir of Fraunce. And with hir come mony a worthi lorde and
lady, 14 kny^tis and squyers, yn pe best aray pat my^t be ; and pere
pai mette with our meyne at Caleys, pe which welcomyd hir and hir
meyne with pe grettest 15 honour and reuerence pat my^t be, and
28 so brou3t hir to 16 Caleys toun. And pere sche was resceyvid with
alle pe solempnite and worschip pat my^t be do vnto 17 such a lady.
And panne pei brou^t hir vnto pe King ; and pe King toke hir,
and welcomed hir and alle hir fayr mayne, 18 and made pere alle pe
32 solempnite 19 pat my3t be do. U And panne pe King and his
counsel axed of the Frensche Iorde3 20 whethir alle pe conauntes and
I cc T. ccxlij R. 2 went him oner >e see T. J>e See R.
3 nobley and of his owen pcrsone T. nobleie and of his owen) psrsone R.
4 owith T. 5 vnto T. 6 many o]>er TR. 7 >e Duke R.
8 of R. 9 for |>e Kk. |>e om. TR. 10 was done T. was do R. were Kk.
II of Fraunce om. T. 12 this T. >is R. 13 fat is }>e T.
14 and eek lady and T. 15 beste TR.
16 brought into T. hir into R. 17 to R. 18 maynce T.
19 leaf 115, back. *> men and lordis R.
350 Eich. II wedded in France, icelcomd in London. [CH. CCXLI
forwarcle^, with fe composicion fat were ordeyned and made on
bothe parteys, schulde be trewly kept and holde betwene hem ;
and fai sayde "ye"; & fere fay sworon and token 1 hir charge
apon a boke, and toke 2 hir oth welle and trewli it 3 to holde yn alle 4
nianer poyntis and couenauntes, without contradiccion or delay yn
euery 4 mane?* wyse. And fanne was sche broi^t to 5 Seint Nicholas
chirch yn Calis ; and f ere sche was worthili weddyd, with f e
moste 6 solempnite fat eny king or 7 quene my3t haue, with arche- 8
bischoppes and Bischope}, and alle 8 mynystre} of holy churche.
IT And fanne were fai 9 brou^t hom vnto 10 fe Castell, and set 11
to mete, and fere 12 were serued with alle maner of delicace^ of alle 13
riall metis and drynkis plenteuously, to alle maner of strayngoure^ 12
and al ofer. And no creature 14 warned fat Fest, but alle were
welcome ; for f ere were grete halys & tentis sette vp on f e grene
without fe castell, for 15 to resceyue alle maner of peple, and euery
office redy to serue ham alle; and fus fis worth! manage was 16
solemli do and ended with alle ryalte.
1T Thanne 16 f ese ij Dukys of Fraunce, with hir peple, tokon hir
leue of fe King and 17 Quene, and went ayen to Grauenyng watir;
and fere fe Frensch lorde^, fat is to say, f e ij Dukis & 18 hir meyne, 20
were comen ovir fe watir of Grauenyng, & fere fay mette, &
eue/ych toke leue of ofer; and so fai departed, and our lorde^
come ayen to Caleys, and f e Frensch lorde^ went hom ayen 19 yn-to
Fraunce. 24
And 20 anon aftir, fe King made hym redy 21 with fe Quene and
alle his lorde^ and 22 ofer pepil with ham, & comyn ouyr fe see
yn-to Engelond, and so to London, and fe Maire and fe Schereve^,
with al fe aldermen and worthi comyue^, ryden ayens ham vnto f e 28
Blacke-Hef yn Kent; & fere fay mettyn with fe King and fe
Quene, and welcomyd ham, and fat yn gode aray, and euery man
in his clof ing of his crafte, and her 23 mynstrelles to-fore ham ; and
so fay brou^t ham to Saint George^ Barre yn Southwerke ; and fere 32
I and token T. and took R. and Kk. 2 made TR. 3 hir T.
4 any T. eny R. 5 vnto TR. 6 with moche T. 7 and T.
8 alle om. T. 9 >ai om. TR, 10 to T.
II sett T. set R. for Kk. 12 >ere >ei T. 13 alle om. R.
14 creature was T. 15 for om. TR. 16 and T. 17 and J>e T.
18 and att T. and alle R.
19 wenten ouyr >e watir and so home T. wenten, ouer >e watir and so hom
in to ffraunce ayeen). R.
20 ayen And T. 21 him redy T. made him redy R. hym Kk.
22 and ladies and T. & ladiej & alle R. a here T.
CH. CCXLI] The Queen crownd. The Duke ofG-loster imprisond. 351
hy 1 tokyn hir leue, and fe King and fe Quene redyn to Kenyng-
ton ; and f anne f e peple of London turned horn ay en. And yn
turnyng ayen to London brygge, fere was so moche prees both on
4 fote & on hors, 2 fat fe?*e were ded on fe brygge a 3 xj pe?'sone$ of
men, 4 wymmew & chyldryn : on whose soule^ God haue mercy !
amen ! U And f anne aftirward f e Quene was brou^t to the Tour
of London, and fere 5 sche was al ny3t. And on fe morowe 6 sche
8 was brou^t frou^ fe Cete of London, and 7 so forth to 8 West-
mynstre, & fere sche was crouned Quene of Engelonde. fan 9 was
sche brou^t ayen yn-to the Kingis Palis, and fere was 10 holde
an opon & a ryall Fest after 11 hir coronacion, for al maner peple 12
12 fat fedir come : and f us 13 was do fe Sonday afftir fe Fest of seint
Clement, in f e xx yere of King Blcharde^ regne.
And fan, f e xxv day of august next folouyng, be euyl excita-
cion & ffals counsel, & for grete wrathe 14 and malice fat he had of
16 olde tyrae vnto his vncle, fe gode Duke of Gloucester, and to fe
Erie of Arundel, & to fe Erie of Warwic, U The King, by is 15
euylle counsell, late yn the Euenyng on f e same day aboue saide,
made hym redy with his streynthe, and rode yn-to Essex vnto f e
20 toune of Chelmesforde, and so come to Plassche sodenly, fere Ser
Thomas of Wodestoke, fe gode Duk of Gloucestre, lay. And f e
gode Duk come anon to welcome fe King 16 ; and fe King hym self 17
arestid fe gode 18 Duke 19 ; and so he was ladde doun to fe water,
24 and anon put yn to a schippe, and 20 had vnto Caleis, and brou^t
vnto 21 capteynys warde, to be kept yn holde be fe Kinges com-
maundement of Engelond : U And fat tyme f e Erie Marchal of
Engelond was capten of Caleis. 11 And anon aftir, 22 be com-
28 maundement of fe King and of 23 his fals Counsel, co?ftmaunded fe
capten to put hym to 24 deth. H And anon certeyn yernen 25 fat had
}>e gode Duk yn kepyng, tooke her counsel how fei 26 wolde put
hym to 27 deth; and fis was her poyntrnent : fat fai schulde come
32 vpon hym whanne he were yn 28 bedde, and aslepe on a Fetherbed.
And anon fei bonde hym honde and 29 foot, 30 & chargid hym to ly
1 thei T. >ey R.
2 on hors and on foote T. bofe on hors and on fote R. 3 a om. TR.
4 men and T. 5 and ]>ere R. and Kk. 6 morne TR.
7 att oner and T. 8 vnto T. 9 And Jeanne TR.
10 was TR. was sche Kk. n at TR. 12 of peple T. 13 this T. >is R.
14 leaf 116. 15 his T. 16 duke come to euytt come |>e kyng anoorz, T.
17 liym self om. T. 18 goode om. R. 19 duke him silf his owen bodi T.
20 and anoon T. 21 into >e TR. ffl after sende a T. 23 bi TR.
24 to JMJ T. w anoon >o men T. 26 J>at |>ei TR.
27 to J>e T. vnto R. a R. and.o7n. R. 30 foot and hond T.
352 The Duke of Gloster strangled. The Great Parliament.
stylle ; and whanne pai hadde pis l do, pe 2 tokyn i j smale tewellys,
and made on ham 3 rydyng knottis, and caste pe tewellys aboute ])e
Dukis nek : and panne ])ei token pe f etherbed pat lay vnder hym ,
and cast hit aboue hym ; and pan pei drowen her towellts eche 4
waye$ ; and sum lay vpon pe fethir bed apon hym, vnto pe tyme
pat he were ded, because pat he schulde make uon noyse. And
)ms pei strangled pis worth! Duk vn[to] the deth, on whose soule
God, for 4 his pite, haue merci ! Amen ! U And whenne pe King 8
hadde arestid pis worth! 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 5 he was come, he sent for the Erie of Arundel and
for the gode Erie of Warwic; and anon as pay cam, 6 he arestid 12
ham 7 his owne self. Sir lohn Cobham 8 & Ser lohn Cheyny,
kny^tis, he arestid also yn pe same wyse, 8 til he made his pa?*le-
ment ; & anon pei were put ynto holde. But pe Erie of Arundel
went at large vnto pe parlement tyme, for he founde sufficient 16
surete to abyde pe lawe, & al maner of answere at pe 9 poynte} pat
pe King & his Counsel wolde put vp on hym.
10 Off pe grete parlement, and of pe deth of pe Erie of Arundell ;
and how pe Erie of Derby and oper were exiled, and pe 20
sayde Erie come ayen ynto pis londe ; and how King
Kicharde went ynto Irelond, and how he deide. 10 Ca$itulum
ccxlij. 11
And yn the xxj yere of King Richarde^ regne, he ordend a 12 par- 24
lenient at Westmynstre, pe which was clepid ' pe Grete Parlement ' ;
and this parlement was made for to iugge pese iij worth! lorde$
and ope?* moo, as ham lust 13 at pat 14 tyme. U And for pat iugement
pe king let make in alle hast a long and a large hous of tymbir, 28
The which was called an hale, and couered with tyle$ ouyr ; and it
was oputt al aboute on bothe syde^, and at pe endis, pat al maner
of men my^t se prou^out; and pere pe dome was holden 15 vpon
pese forsaide lorde^, and Iugement yeue at this forsaide parlement. 32
U And for to come to 16 pis parlement pe King sent his writtis vnto
I }>us R. 2 do thus thei T. J>ey R. 3 hem ij T. ham ij R.
4 of T. 5 as sone as T. 6 )>ei were come T.
7 hem bo)>e T. ham bo]>e R.
-* and he arestid also sir lohn) Cobham and sir lohn) Cheyney knyghtis
T. manere R.
9 to alle T. 10 - 10 OS J>e grete parlement . . . deide om. TR.
II ccxliij R. 12 him a T. la list TR. this T.
J5 &tt/116, back. 16 vnto TR.
OH. CCXLII] Great Muster of Richard IPs Adherents. 353
euery lorde, Baron, kni^t and squier, in euery schire frou^out
Engelond ; and fat euery lorde schulde grade and bryng his retynu
of peple with hym, 1 yn as schort tyme and the 2 best aray fat fay
4 my^t gete, in maynteynyng and streyngthyng of f e King ayens
ham fat were his enymys, and fat fis were do yn alle haste, and
fei 3 to come to hym yn peyne of deth. U And fe kyng hym self
sent ynto 4 Chestirschire, vnto fe Chefteynes of fat cuntre, and fay
8 gagred and brou^t a grete and an huge multitude of peple, bothe of
kny^tis & of 5 Squyers, & prynspally of yemen of Chestreschire, fe
which yemen and archers fe Kyng toke yn-to 6 his owne court, &
yaf ham bothe 7 boge 8 of court and gode wage}, to be kepers of his
12 owne body, both be ny^t and be day, above alle ofer persons, and
most ham 9 loued & best trust. II The which sone aftirwarde
turned fe King to gret losse, schame, hyndryng, and his vttirly
vndoyng and destrocc^on, as ye schalle here sone aftirward.
16 IT And fat tyme come Ser Henry, Erie of Derby, with a grete
meyne of men of arrne} and archers; and fe Erie of Kuthlande
come with a strong pouer of peple, bothe of men of arme} and
archers ; and the Erie of Kent brou^t with hym 10 a grete power of
20 men of arme} and archers ; The Erie Marchalle come yn f e same
wyse ; n The Lord Spenser yn the same mane?* ; The Erie of North-
ombirlond and Ser Harry Peercy his sone, & Ser Thomas Perci, f e
Erie} brofer; & alle 12 fe}e worthi lordi} brou^tyn a fayre mayne
24 and a strong power, & ech man yn his best aray ; And f e Duk of
Lancastre and f e Duk of York comyn yn f e same maner with men
of arme} and archers, folouyng f e King ; and Ser Wilh'am Scrop,
Tresorer of Engelonde, come yn f e same maner. IT And f us, yn
28 f is aray, comyn alle f e worthi men of fis londe vnto our King ;
and alle fis peple come to London yn on day, yn so moche fat 13
euery strete & lane yn London & yn f e sowthbarbe} weren fulle of
ham logged, and .x or xij myle about London euery way. And
32 fis 14 pepil brou}t fe King to Westmynstre, and went horn ayen
vnto hir loggynge, bothe hors & man. IT And fan on f e Monday,
f e xvij day of Septembre, f e parlement began at Westminster, f e
which was clepyd " f e grete parlement " ; and on f e Fryday next
36 ffolowyng, fe Erie of Arundel was brou^t yn-to ( 15 parlement
1 retenu with him of peple R. 2 in >e T. in the R.
3 >ei mn. T. 4 to T. 5 of om. R. 6 vnto T.
7 bothe om. TR. 8 bouche T. 9 ham om. TR.
10 with hym om. TR. n manere TR. 12 alle om. T. I alle R.
13 in R. 14 |>ese T. 15 in to ]>e R.
354 Execution and Burial of the Earl of Arundel. [CH. CCXLII
among alle fe lorde}, and fat was on 1 saint Mathewe^ day fe
Apostyll & euawngelist, & 2 fe?-e was 3 foriuged vnto the deth in
fis 4 hale, fat was made yn fe palis at Westmynstre. And fis was
his lugement : he 5 scholde go on fote, vriili his hande} y 6 bounde 4
be-hynde hym, from fe place fat he was foriuged ynne, and so
forthe f rou$ f e cite of London vnto f e Toure hyll, and there his
lied to be smetyn of ; and so 7 it was do yn dede yn f e same place.
U And vj. of J)e grete lorde} fat sat on his lugement redyn 8
vfiih hym vnto fe 8 place there he was do vnto 9 deth. And to se
fat 10 fe execussion were y n do aftir his 12 dome, and by J)e Kingis
commaundement went with hem 13 on fote men of arme} and archers,
a grete multitude of Chestirschire men yn streyngthyng of the lorde^ 1 2
fat bro^t fis erle vnto his deth, for f ai draddyn fat f e erle schulde
haue be rescued and take fro ham, whanne fay come yn-to London.
1T Thus he passed forth f urgh f e cite vnto his deth ; and fere he
toke it full paciently ; on whose soul God haue mercy ! amen ! 1 6
IT And fanne come f e frere 14 Austyns, and toke vp the body and f e
hed of fis gode Erie, and bare it whome yn-to 15 hir hous, and
buryed hym yn hir quere. U And yn 16 fe morow 17 aftir, was Ser
Eicharde, Erie of Warwic, brou^t yn-to fe parlement, fe?*e as fe 20
Erie of Arundel was foriuged ; and f ai yaf f e Erie of Warwic f e
same lugement fat f e forsaide erle hadde ; but f e lorde^ had com
passion on 18 hym because he was of grete 19 age, and relecyd hym to
perpetuall pryson, and put hym yn-to 20 fe He of Man. H" And 24
fanne the Mondaye next aftir, fe lorde Cobban of Kent, Se?' lohn
Cheyne, 21 kny^t, were bro^t yn-to fe prtHement, yn-to 22 fe same
hale ; and fere fay were lugid to be hangyd & draw ; but, f rou^
f e prayer and grete Instaunce of alle f e lorde}, fat lugement was 28
foryeue ham, and relecyd to perpetual prison.
U And fis same tyme was Richard Whityngton, Meyre of
London; and lohn Wodekoc and Will/am Askam, schereve} of
London; and fai ordeined, at euery yate and yn euery warde, 32
strong wacche of men of arme^ and of archers, and prinspally at
euery yate of London, duryng fis 23 same parlement.
1 on TR. of Kk. 2 & om. T. s he was T. 4 his T. s J>at he T.
6 y om. TR. 7 so om. T. 8 leaf 117. vnto >e T.
10 >at om. R. n y mn. TR. 12 hir TR. 13 with hem wenten T.
14 ffreres of T. 15 home vnto TR. 16 on R. 17 ou J;e morne T.
18 of TR. 19 more TR. to om. TR.
21 scr lohn Cheyne .... turned hem omitted in R to page 358, line 30.
22 to om. T. >e T.
CH. CCXLII] Creation of Nobles. John of Gaunt dead, 355
U The King at pis parlement 1 made .v. Dukis, a Duchasse, & a
Marke^, & iiij Erie} ; & pe first of ham was pe Erie of Derby, &
he was made Duke of Hereforde ; and pe ij was pe Erie of Ruth-
4 land, and he was made Duke of Awmarle ; pe iij was pe Erie of
Kent, & he was made Duke of Surrey e ; and pe iiij was pe 2 Erie
of Hontyngton, and he was made Duke of Excestre; and pe .v. 3
pe Erie of Notyngham, and he was made Duke of Norfolk; and 4
8 pe Erie of Some/'sete w r as 5 made pe Markeys of Dorset ; & the
Lord Spenser was made Erie of Gloucestre, and pe Lorde Neuyle of
Rabye was made Erie of Westing-land ; & Ser Thomas Percy was
made Erie of Worscetir, and Ser Wilk'am Scrope, pat was Treserer of
12 Engelonde, he was made 6 Erie of Salysburye. U And whanne pe
King had pis 7 do, he helde at 8 pe parlement a 9 rial ffest vnto all
his lorde^, and to al maner of pepil pat pidir wolde come.
II And yn pe 10 same yere deyed Ser lohn of Gaunt, pe Kinge}
16 vncle, & Duke of Lancastre, yn the bischoppe^ In yn Holborn,-
and was brout fro penne^ to Saint Poule^ and jjere j?e King made &
hilde his terement welle & worthily w^tft all his lorde^, 11 and )?ere
he w r as beryed besyde Dame Blaunch his win , ]?at was dou^tur &
20 heyre to J>e gode Henry, pat was Duke of Lancastre.
[The Fight between Bolingbroke and Norfolk stoptJ]
U And yn the same yere per fil a discencyon and a debate
betuene J>e Duk of Herford & J>e Duke of Norfolke, yn so moche
pat pay waged batayle & cast doun her gloues ; & panne pey 12 were
24 take vp and 13 seled, and the day & pe place of batayle assygned at
Couyntre. 14 and pedir come pe King and 15 alle his lorde^ at pat 16
day, and was sette yn pe ffelde ; and pan pe^e ij worthi lorde^ comyn
yn to pe ffelde, clene armed and wel arayed with alle her wepon,
28 and redy to do her batayle, and were yn the place redy to fi^t at
pe vttrest. ^1 But pe King bade hem cese, and tok pe quarel yn-to
his honde, and forthwith, pere present, exiled 17 pe Duk of Herforde
for pe terme of .x. yere, and pe Duke of Northfolk for evyrmore ;
I kyng did T. 2 \>Q om. T. 3 |>e v om. T.
4 and darae Margrete J>e oold ladi of Northfolk and T. 5 he was T.
6 Englond made him eiie of Wiltshire and air lohn) Moimtagew T.
7 thus T. 8 >e T. 9 and a T. 10 J)i3 T.
II lordes in the chirche of seynt Poules in london) T.
12 leaf 117, bade. and a T.
14 sealid and )>e bataile synyd and j?e day y sett and J>e place assynyd and
whanne }>e day schulde be vttirli assynyd to be doon at Couentre T.
15 with T. 16 )>e T. 17 he exilid T.
BRUT. B B
356 False Blank Charters. Irish Expedition. [CH. CCXLII
and Ser Thomas Arundel, Archebischop of Caunterbury, \vas exiled
f e same tyme for evyr, and deposed of his ssee, for malice of f e
King. U And anon fese iij worth! lorde^ were co?mnaunded and
defendid f e Kinges Kerne ; & anon fay gat hem schippe} at dyuers 4
hauens, and went ouer fe see ynto dyuers londe}, eche his way; &
J)e Duk of Northfolke went to Venice, and fere he deied : on
whose soule God haue mercye ! amen !
IT And f anne King Eicharde made Ser Koger Waldeu, a clerke 8
of his, 1 Archebischop of Caunterbury.
U And yn f e xxij yere of King Richarde^ regne, be fals
counsel and ymaginacion of ffals men and couetous 2 fat were
aboute hym, were made & ordeyned 3 blank Charture}, and made 12
ham to be selid of alle maner of riche men f ro^out f e Reme, in-
so-moche fat fai compellid dyuers pepill to sette to 4 her seele$ ;
and 5 fis was so 6 for gret coueti^e; wherfore alle fe 7 gode hertis
of fe Reme clene 8 turned away fro hym 9 euyr eftir, and fat was 16
vtturli 10 destroccion & ende of hym 11 fat was so hygh and so
excellent a king, f rough couetyse and fals counsel : Alas, for pite,
fat such a king my^t not se !
H And fanne King Richarde sette his kingdom and his riall 20
londe to fferme of Engelond, 12 vnto iiij persone^, f e which were
f ese, Sir WilHam Scrope, 13 Erie of Wilschire & Treserer of Enge
lond, Ser 14 lohn Busch, Henry 15 Grene, and Ser lohn Bagot,
kny^tes; fe 16 whiche 17 turned hem to moche myschef and deth 24
with-ynne a 18 lytil tyme aftir, as ye schal here 19 wretyn sone aftir.
[Richard IPs Expedition to Ireland.]
U Thanne 20 King Richarde made gret ordynaunce, and went
ouyr see 21 Into Irelond, and mony grete lorde^ with hym, with
grete ostes, for to streyngthe hir king, as men of arme}, archers, 22 28
and moche grete stuff & ri$t gode ordynaunce, as longith to warre.
IT And or he passid f e see, he ordeyned and made Ser Edmu?ide of
Langeley his vncle, Duk 23 of York, his Lieutenaunt of Engelond
I a clerke of his om. T. 2 of couetous men T.
3 ordeynyd and maad T. 4 to om. T. 5 to and T. 6 do T.
7 jje om. T. 8 weren clene T.
9 hiwi |>at is )>e kyng T. fro hym )>e kyng Kk.
10 and was vttirly his T. and J>at vtturli Kk.
II of hym om. T. 12 of Englond to ferme T. 13 of Scrope T.
14 and sir T. 15 and sir Harry T. 16 >e om. T. 17 whiche J>at T.
18 a om. T. 19 here fynde T. ^ And >anne T.
21 wente him ouer j>e see T. ^ and archers T. w >e duke T.
Eic. II in Ireland. Henry of Bolinglroke in England. 357
yn his absence, be 1 fe gouernaunce & 2 counsel of fese iiij kny^tis
fat had take Engelonde to ferme of the King. U And Jeanne he
passed f e see, and come ynto Irelonde, and fere he was welle and
4 worthily resceyved. And fese rebellis of Ireland bith 3 callid
' wilde 4 Irisch men' ; and 5 anon her chefteyne^ & hir 6 gouernoures
& 7 leeders comyn doun vnto fe King, & yolde ham vnto hym,
bothe body & gode^, alle at his owne wille, & swore to be his lige
8 men, and fer-to dede to hym 8 homage & feaute, and gode serui^e;
& Jras he cowqueryd 9 f e moste pa?-ty of Irelond yn a litil tyme.
[The Return of Bolingl>roJceJ\
11 While fat 10 King Richard was f us yn Irelonde, Ser Henry of
Bolingbroke, Erie of Derby, fat f e king hadde made before Duk
12 of Herforde fe which Duk, )>e King had exiled out of fis lande
was come ayen yn-to Engelond, for to chalange fe Duchery 11 of
Lancastre as for 12 ri^t & trewe heritage. IF And he come doun out
of Fraunce by londe to Calis, and fere mette hym Ser Thomas of
16 Arundel, fat was Archebischop of Caunturbury, fat was exiled out
of Engelond ; and with hym come f e Erie of Arundell sone, & his
heire, fe which was yn warde and yn 13 kepyng of Ser lohn Selly,
kni^t, sum tyme with }>e Erie of Huntyngton, and with f e Duk of
20 Excestre, f e which was yn the Castell of Rygate yn Suthsex ; and
fere he stale away from Shelly, & come to Caleys ; & fere he was
kept welle and worthily til ]?is 14 oj>er ij lorde^ were come to Caleys.
IT And fan fis worthi Duk, & fe Archebischop of Caunturbury,
24 Arundel, schippid yn J>e hauene of Caleis, and drow his cours
ISTorfe warde, and arryued yn Yorkschyre, Eauensporne, fast by
Brydlyngton; and Jje?'e he come, and entrid J>e londe, & J>ese ij
lorde^ with hym, and hir meyne. And J>anne moche pepil of the
28 Reme, fat wist of his comyng and 15 where he was, anon drowyn
to 16 hym, and welcomyd fese lorde}, and socurred hym yn alle
maner fyngis, and passed forth yn 17 the londe, and gadryd myche
peple.
32 II And whanne King Richard wist of fis, & herde 18 fat fese ij
lorde^ were come ayen yn-to Engelonde, and were londed, fanne
I be om. T. 2 and >e T. 3 ben T. 4 the wilde T.
5 and om. T. 6 hir om. T. 7 and her T.
8 there to him diden T. 9 leaf US. 10 >e T.
II dukedom T. 12 for his T. 13 yn om. T. 14 these T.
15 and om. T. 16 anoon >ei drewe vnto T. 17 into T.
18 Richard herde and wiste T.
358 Ric. II comes lack to England, and is taken. [CH. CCXLII
fe King left alle his- ordynaunce yn Irelonde, and come yn-to
Engelondewarde yn alle fe hast fat he my^te, & come yn-to 1 fe
Castell of Flynt ; and fere he abode for to take his counsell, and
whatmyght 2 best be do; but tohym com non. U And fanne Ser 4
Thomas Percy, Erie of Worcestre, fat was fe Kingis Steward,
when he wist 3 and knew fis, anon he com yn-to the halle among
alle f e pepil, and f e?'e he brake f e yerd of f e Rial Kingis hous-
holde; and 4 euery man went his way, and forsoke his maistir & 8
souereyne lorde, and left hym alone : 5 and Jms was King Richard
brou^t adoun and destroyed, and stode alle alone, 5 without
counsel, confort & socour 6 of eny man. Alias ! for pite of fis ryal
King! 12
H And anon come tydynge^ fat Harry of Bolyngbroke was vp
with a 7 strong power of pepill, and fat alle fe Schyreve^ of
Engelond reysed vp fe Schires yn streyngthing of hym ayens
King 8 Richard; and fus sone he was come out of fe Northcuntre 16
to Bristow, and fere he mette with Ser William Scrope, Erie of
Wilschire and 9 Tresorer of Engelond, and with Ser lohn Busch
and Ser Henry Grene, and lohn 10 Bagot, but he ascapyd from hym,
and went ouer fe see'In-to Irelonde; & fe^e ofer ij 11 kny^te^ were 20
take, and her hedis smytyn of; & fus fei deied for her fals
coueti^e.
U And f anne was King Richard y 12 take, & brou^t vnto f e
Duk; and anon fe Duk put hyni y[n] saff 13 warde and strong 24
holde, vnto his comyng to London. IF And fanne was fe?'e 14 a
Rumore yn London, 15 and a strong noyse, fat King Richarde was
come to Westmynstre ; and the pepil of London ranne f ider, and
wolde haue don moche harm and scathe yn hir wodnesse, ne hadde 28
f e Mayre and f e aldermen, and ofer worthi men, cecid ham with
faire wordes, and turned hem 16 hom ayen vnto London. IT And
fere was 17 Ser lohn Slake, Dene of the Kinge^ chapel of West
mynstre, take, 18 and bro^t to London, and put yn 19 Ludgate; and 32
Bagot was take yn Irelonde, and brou^t to London, & put yn
pn'sone yn Newgate, fere to be kept and 20 abide his answere.
1 vnto T. 2 what myghte T. what Kk.
3 Steward whenne he wiste T. Steward wist Kk.
4 and tho hit disparbelid and T. B - 8 om. T.
6 withoute comfort or socoure or good counceile T. 7 a wondir T.
8 >e king T. 9 and om. T. , 10 sir lohn) T. u iij T.
12 y om. T. 13 into faste T. 14 and there was thanne T.
15 leaf US, back. 16 MS. R begins again. 17 was take T.
18 take om. T. 19 in pmon in T. * and to T.
Richard II deposed. His death. Henry IV made King. 359
IT And sone aftir, f e Duk brou^t King Richard pryuyly to London,
and put hym yn the Tour, vndir sure kepyng as a prisoner. And
f anne come f e lorde^ of the Reme, with alle hir counsel, vnto f e
4 Tour to King Richard and saide to hym of his mysgouemaunce
and extorcaon fat he hadde do, maade, and ordeyned, to oppresse
alle fe coniyn pepil, & also alle 1 fe Reame; wherfore al fe comyn
peple of his Reme wolde haue hym deposed of his kingdom ; and
8 so he was deposyd at fat tyme in fe Tour of London by alle his 2
lorde^ counsel, and by 3 the common assent of al j)e Reme. 1T And
fan 4 he was put fro fe Tour vnto f e castel of Ledis yn Kent, and-
fere he was kept a while; and fan was he hadde fro fenne^ vnto
12 fe kastell of Pomfret in fe Nbrthcuwtre, to be kept yn pryson ;
and sone aftirward ri$t fere he made his ende.
U Whanne 5 King Richarde was deposed, and hadde resyngned
his croune and his kingdom, and hym self kept fast yn holde, fan
16 alle fe lorde$ of fe Reme, with fe corny ns assent, and by one 6
accorde, chosyn fis worthi lorde, Ser Henry of Bolyngbroke, Erie
of Derby, Duk of Herford and Duke of Lancastre be 113 1 lyne and
heritage; and for his my^tful manhode fat fe peple founde yn
20 hym, before al ofer fei choson hym, & made hym King of
Engelonde. 7
Of Ser Henry of 8 Bolingbroke, Erie of Derby, fat regned aftir
King Richarde, fe 9 which was fe fourth Henry after fe
24 Conqueste. Gvpitulum ccxliij. 10
And aftir Kinge Richarde f e secuwde was deposed and put out
of his kingdom, f e lorde^ & f e comyns, alle with on assent, and alle
ofer worthi of fe Reme, chosyn Ser Henry of Bolyngbroke, Erie
28 of Derby, sone & heyre of lohn a Gaunt, Duke 11 of Lancastre, for
his worthi manhode fat ofte tyme hadde be founde yn hym, and
yn dede previd ; vpon Saint Edwarde^ Day f e Confessoure, he was
crouned King of Engelond at Westmynstre, by alle fe Remys
32 assent, next aftir 12 deposyng of King Richard. IT Thanne he
made Henry, his eldist sone & his heire, Prynce of "Walis, Duk 13
of Cornewayle, and Erie of Chestre ; and he made Ser Thomas of
Arundel, Archebischop of Caunturbury ayen, as he was before;
1 to att T. 2 his TR. hir Kk. 3 by om. T.
4 there T. ]?ere R. 5 And ]?anne whenne T. And whanne R.
6 one om. R. 7 Englonde amongis hem. T. 8 om. T.
9 Richarde >e om. T. 10 cc T. ccxliiij R. n lohn) fe duke TR.
12 aftir fe T. 13 and duke T.
360 Ric. II starvd, and buried at Westminster. [CH. CCXLIII
and Ser Roger 1 Walden, that King Richard had made Archebischop
of Caunturbury, he made 2 Bischop of London, for pat time it stode
voyde ; and he 3 made pe Erie} sone of Arondel, 4 that come ouer the
see with him from Caleys into Englond, he made him Erie of 4
ArundaH, 4 and put hym yn possession of alle his londe$ ; and pere
he made homage and feaute unto his liege lorde pe King, as alle oper
lorde$ hadde do.
11 And panne anon deied King Richard in pe castell of 8
Pountfret yn the Northcuntre, for pere he was enfammed vnto the
deth be his keper, for he was kept into 5 iiij or v. daye} fro mete
and drynke ; and so he made is ende yn pis worlde. Yet moche
pepil yn Engelond and yn opir 6 lande$ saide pat he was alyue 12
meny yere} aftir his deth; but wheper he were a 7 lyue or ded, pei 8
hilde hir fals cpynyons and beleue pat pay 9 hadde; and nioche
pepil aftirward comyn to myschif and to foule deth, as ye schulle
here aftirwarde. IT And whanne King Henry wist and knew 16
warly 10 pat he was ded, he lete sere hym yn pe best maner pat he
my^te, 11 and 12 closed hym yn 13 lynnyn cloth, alle saue his visage,
and pat was left opon pat men my^t se and know his pe?*son from
alle ope?' men ; and so he was brought to London with torchis ly$t 20
brennyng vnto Saynt Poule}, and pe?*e he hadde his masse and his
dirige, with moche reverence and solempnite of serui^e. 11 And
fro Poule} was 14 brou^t ynto pe Abbey of Westmynstre, and pere
hadde 15 alle his hole serui^e ayen; and fro Westmynstre he was 24
ladd 16 ynto 17 Langeley, and pere he was beryed: on whose soule
God haue mercy ! Amen !
Tf And yn pe first yere of King Henrye} regne he hilde his
Cristismasse yn pe Castell of Wyndesore; and on pe twelfthe 28
H-o* evyn come pe Duke of Awmarle vnto pe King, and tolde hym pat
he & pe Duk of Surrey, pe 18 Duk of Excestre, pe 18 Erie of Salus-
bury, pe 18 Erie of Gloucestre, & opir moo of her afinite, were
accorded to make a mummyng vnto pe King on 19 xij the day at 32
nyght ; and pere pay cast to sle pe King yn hir revelyng ; and pus
pat 20 Duke warned pe King. And panne pe King come pe same 21
1 Roger of T. 2 made him TR. 3 he mn. R. 4 - 4 RT ; om. Kk.
5 in T. 6 leaf 119. 7 on T. 8 forth thei T.
9 men T. 10 verily T. n J>at he my3te om. TR.
12 and closid hit in a fayre chest with dyuerse spiceries and bawmes T.
and closed him in a fair chiste with diners spice} and bame} and R.
13 in a TR. 14 he was TR. 15 he hadde T. le ladde T. hadd Kk.
17 to T. vnto R. 18 and ]>e T. 19 on >e T. 2 J>is R.
21 t>e same TR. same Kk. )>e om. R.
Conspirators against Henry IV hang d or beheaded. 361
ny}t to London 1 priuili, yn alle pe 2 hast pat he my}te, to gete hym
helpe, socoure, comfort 3 & counsel. And 4 anon pe}e oper, pat
wolde haue do pe King to deth, ffleddyn yn alle pe haste pat pei
4 ni}ghte, 5 for pei knewen welle pat her counsel was bewrayed.
11 And panne fled pe Duke of Surrey, and pe Erie of Salusberye
with 6 alle hir meyne, vnto pe toun of Siscetre; and pere pe pepil
of pe toun wolde haae arestid ham ; and pey wolde not stonde to
8 her arest, but stodyn at her 7 defence, & fau}t manly; but at pe 8
laste pey were ouercome and take ; 9 and pere pei smote of pe
Dukes hed of Surrey, and pe Erie} hed of Salusbury, & mony oper
moo ; & fere 10 pay putte pe quarters in sackys, and her hede} on 11
12 pole} born on hy, and so 12 pei were brou}t prou} pe cite of London
vnto London brygge; and pere her hede} were sette vp an 13 hy, &
her quarters were sent to oper gode toune} and cite}, and set vp
pere.
16 U At Oxynforde were 14 take Ser Thomas 15 Blount, kny^t,
Benet 16 Sely, kny3t, and Thomas Wyntirsell, squyer ; and J?ese were
behedid & quarterd ; & the kny^tes hedis were sette on pole} &
brou^t to London, & sette on London brygge, and J?e quarters sent
20 forth to o]?er place} & toune}. U And yn pe same yere at Pritwelle
yn 17 Essex, was take Ser lohn Holond, ]?e Duk of Excestre, 18 with
pe 19 comyne} of J?e cuntreye ; and pay brou}t hym fro pe mille
vnto Plasche; and to pe same place pere King Richard hadde
24 arestid 20 Ser Thomas of Wodstoke, pe Duk of Glowcestre. And
ri}t pere, yn pe same place, pei 21 smytyn of pe Duk of Excestre}
hed, & brou}t it to London vpon a poole ; and it was sette on
London Brygge. U And yn pe same yere, at Bristow, was take pe
28 Lorde Spenser, pat King Richard hadde made Erie of Glowcestre ;
& pe comyne} of the toune of Bristow 22 toke hym, and brou}t hym
in to pe Market place of the Toun ; & ther thay smyte of his hed
and sent hit to London, and hit was sette on London brygge.
32 IT And yn pe same yere was Ser Bernarde Brokeys, kni}t, take and
1 to London TR. om. Kk. 2 >e om. R. 3 and comfort T.
4 And om. T.
5 haste >at )>ei myghte T. haste >at >ey my^te R. om. Kk.
6 and with R. 7 her om. TR. 8 >e om. T. 9 took hem T.
10 >ere om. T. ll vpon T. 12 so om. T. 13 on TR.
14 were TR. we Kk. 15 ser Thomas om. T. lohn) R.
16 and Benet T. 17 in a mille in TR.
18 Essexe there sir lohn) holande )>e duke of Excestre was take T. Essex
J>ere sir lohn) holande J>e Duke of Excestre was take R.
19 >e om. R. 2 hadde arestid T. hadde arested R. arestid Kk.
21 thei T. >ey R. }>e Kk. w leaf 119, back.
362 Conspirators kild. Owen Glendower rebels. [CH. CCXLIII
arestid, & put yn-to f e Tour of London ; and Ser lohn Selley,
kni$t, & Ser lohn Mawdeleyne & Ser William Fereby, persons of
King Richarde$, were 1 arestid and put yn-to fe Tour of London."
and j>edir come f e Kinge$ Justice^, and saat vpon hem yn the 4
Toure; and fere were 2 dampned alle iiij vnto fe deth. 3 And the
dome was yeue vnto Ser Bernarde Brokeys, fat he shulde go on
fote fro the Tour frou^ fe toun of 4 London vnto Tyburne, and
fere 5 to be hangyd, & aftir his hed to ben 6 smyten of & sett on 8
London Brigge, & Ser lohn Selley, knyjt, and Ser lohn Maudeleyn
& Sir Wilham Feriby, persons, weir draw frou^out London to
Tyburne, & fere hanged. 7
11 And yn fe 8 same yere King Henry sent Quene Isabell, fat 12
was King Richarde} wiff:, 9 horn ayen yn-to Fraunce, 10 and yaff hir
~Golde & siluer and mony ofer lewelle^ ; and so 11 sche was 12
discharged of alle hir dower, & sent out of Engelond.
U And yn fe secuTzde yere of 13 King Henri fe iiij th , was Ser 16
Rogger of Claryngdon, kni^t, & ij of his men, & )>e Priour of
Launde, & viij frere Menoures, and sum Maistres of diuinite, &
ofer, for treson fat fay wrou$t ay ens the King, were drawe &
hangyd at 14 Ty borne, alle xij presoners & persone}. 15 20
U Tha?i 16 beganne fe 17 discencion 18 & debate yn fe can tie of
Walls betwene fe Lorde Grey Rithyn 18 & Oweyn of Glyndore,
Squier of Walis. And fis Oweyn rerid a nownbyr of Walschemen,
and kept fat 19 cuntrey about ry^t strong, & dede myche harme, and 24
destroyed fe Kingis toune$ and lorschippe^ frou^out Walis, &
robbyd & slowgh f e Kingis pepil, both Englisch and Walsch ; and
fus he endured xij 20 yere large. And he toke fe Lorde Gray of 21
Rithyn presoner, and kept hyni fast yn holde tylle he was 28
raunsonde of prysoners of f e March, and kept hym long tyme yn
holde ; and at f e 22 last he made hym wedde on of his dou^tris, 23
and kep[t]e hym sty lie fere 24 with his wiff, and sone after he deyed.
1 and >ei weren T. 2 )>ey weren T. 3 vnto J>e deth alle four R.
4 J>e tour of om. TR. 5 Jjere om. T.
6 aftir his heed T. aftir his hed R. his om. Kk.
7 hangid and her heedis smyten of and sett on london) brigge T. hanged
and hir hedis smyte?i of and set on london Brigge R. & sett on London
Brigge om. Kk. 8 )>is T. this R. 9 >at was ... wiff om. T.
10 ffraunce ]>e which was kyng Richardis weddid wiff T. n so om. T.
12 was so T. 13 of >e reigne of T. 14 at \>e T.
15 & persone? om. TR. 16 There T. Ther R 17 a T. J>e om. R.
isis an( j a d e b a te bitwene >e lord Grey Reffen in >e cuntree of Walis T.
19 att J>at TR. 2 a xij T. 21 of om. T. >e om. T.
'* his dou3tris TR. doujtris om. Kk. there stylle T.
King Henry IV in Wales. Great Dearth. A Comet. 363
11 And panne pe 1 King, 2 knowyng pis myschef, destruccion and
treson, pat pis Oweyn hade y 3 vvroii3t, pen anon he ordeyned a
strong power of men of arme^ and of archers, & moche oper stuffe
4 pat longid to warre, for to abate & destroye pe malice of pe 4 fals
Walschemen. And panne pe King come yn-to Walys with his
power, for to destroy pis Owen and oper rebellis, fals Walschmen.
And 5 anon pei fledde?z yn-to pe mountayne^ ; and pere my^te pe
8 Kinge do hem no^ harme yn no maner of 6 wyse ; but ofte pei
toke pe Kingis cariage, and Query day destroyed his peple. Bat
Oweyii and his men, pe moste parte, ascapid harmele} ; ffor pe
King ne his meyne my^t not come 7 to hem yn no maner -of 8 wise
12 for pe mountayne^ ; and so the King come to 9 Engelond ayen, for
lesyng of moo of his peple, and pus he 10 spedde not pere.
U In pis same yere was gret scarsite of whete yn Engelond, for
a quarter of whete was at xvj s. ; n and merchaunthes were sent out
16 of Engelond ouyr see 11 ynto Spruce for whete. anon 12 pay hadde
lade & freight shippe^ ynow, & came hoom yn saafte, blessid 13 be
God of 14 alle his yeftis !
IF And yn the iij de 15 yere of King Harry e^ regne, ther was a
20 sterre seyne in pe firmament, pat schewed hym-self prou^ alle 16 pe
worlde, for dyuers tokenns pat schulde befalle sone after; pe
which sterre was named & called be clergie 17 'Stella comata.'
And on Seint Marye Magdaleyne day, next aftir, 18 yn pe same
24 yere, was pe Batayle of Schrouysbury ; and pedir come Ser Henry
Percy, pe Erie} sone of Nbrthombirlonde, with a grete multitude of
men of armes & archers, and yaf 19 batayle to 20 King Harry pe iiij the ,
-prou^ fals 21 counsel and wicked reede of Ser Thomas Percy, is vncle,
28 Erie of Worcestre ; and pere was Ser Harry Percy slayn, and pe
most parte of his mayne, yn the feelde, 22 and Ser Thomas Percy
take, and kepi? yn holde ij daye^ tylle pe King hadde sette rest
among his peple on both sydes. And panne Ser Thomas Percy
32 was lugid to be ded, pat is to wete, drawe, hangyd, & his hed
1 ]>e om. T. 2 king Harry T. 3 y om. TR. 4 )>ese T. J>is R.
5 and om. T. 6 of om. TR.
7 nought come T. not come R. not om. Kk.
8 of om. TR. 9 into TR. 10 he om. R.
n 1X and ]>anne was marchaundise of Englond sente oner >e see T.
12 and anoon T. and anon) R. 13 and comen in haste y blessid T.
14 in R. 15 leaf 120. 16 out al R.
17 & called be clergie om. T. 18 folowyng T. folowynge R.
19 yaf a T. 20 to >e T. 21 the fals T.
22 Percy slayn) in ]>e felde & ]>e moste part of his meyne R.
364 Emperor of the Turks in London. Henry IV wedded.
smyte of for his fals treson at Schrowesbeiy, & his lied broi^t to
London & set on London-is 1 Brygge. And al 2 oper peple pat 3
were slayne pere, 4 on pe Kinge^ syde 5 and yn hope parleys, 6 pe
King let bury : and pere was slayn on pe Kiugy} syde yn the 7 4
batayle, J)e Erie of Staffarde, and Ser Water Blount yn pe Kingys
kote armyour, vndir pe Kinge^ baner, and mony mo worthi men ;
on 8 whose soule God hatie mercy ! amen !
IF And yn pe iiij the yere of King Harryej regne, come pe 8
Emp[er]oure of Constantynoble, with mony grete lorde$ and
kny^tes and moch oper peple of his cuntre, in to Engelonde, to
King Harry, with hym to speke 9 and to disporte hym, and see 10
pe gode gouernaunce & pe condicione^ of our peple, and know 11 pe 12
cowmodite^ of Engelond. And our King, with alle his worthi
lorde}, godely and worschepfully hym resceyved, and welcomed
hym 12 and alle his mayne fat come with hym, and dede hym alle
pe reuerence & worschip pat pay cowthe and my^te. And anon pe 16
King commawnded al mane?' officers pat he schulde be serued as
worthily & as 13 ryaly as it longith to 14 such a worthi lorde &
Emperour, on his owne cost, as long as pe Emperour was 15 yn
Engelond, and alle his men pat comyn with hyw. 20
U And yn pis same yere came dame lohane, 16 pe Duchasse of
Bryttayne, yn-to Engelonde, and landed at Falemouth yn Corne-
wayle ; & fro penne$ she was bro^t to pe cite of Wynchestre, and
pere sche 17 was weddyd vnto King Harry pe iiij the yn the Abbey of 24
Saynt Swythens of Wynchestre, with alle pe solempnite pat rny^t
be do and made. H And sone after, sche was brou^t fro penne^ to
London ; and pe meyre, with 18 pe aldermen and pe comyns of pe
cite of London, rydyn ay ens hir, and hir welcomed, 19 and brou^t 28
hir throu^ pe cite of London vnto Westmynstre ; and pere sche
was crouned & made 20 Quene of Engelond ; and pere pe king made
a ryalle and a 21 solempne fest for hir, and for al maner men pat
pedir wolde come. 32
If And yn pis same yere, Dame Blaimche, pe eldist dou3tir of
1 is om. TR. 2 att J>e T. 3 that there T. ]aA \>cr R.
4 }>ere om. TR. 5 side in >at Bataile R.
6 slayne on boj>e parties T. and yn bo]>e parteye om. R.
7 kyngis side in fat T. >at R. syde om. Kk. 8 of T.
9 to speke with him T. 10 to see T. to se R. " to knowe T.
12 hym om. R. 13 as om. R. 14 vnto T.
15 Emperoure was T. Emperour was R. was Kk. 16 lane TR.
17 sche om. T. 18 and T. & R. 19 welcomyd hir T.
20 & made om. R. 21 and a TR. and om. Kk.
Hy, IVs Daughter married. Sea-victory near Flanders. 365
King Harry pe iiij tl19 , was y 1 sent ouyr see 2 with pe Erie of
Somersete, hir vncle, and with Maister Eicharde Clyfforde, panne
3 Bischop of Worcestre, and with mony oper lorde^ and worthi
4 kny3tis, ladie^, 4 and Squyers, 5 as longed to such a worthi lady, and
come vnto Coleyne. And pedir conie pe Duke3 sone of Barrey,
with a faire mayne, and resceyved pis worthi lady, and pere the
Bischop 6 of Worcestre wedded & sacred ham to-gedir, as holy
8 churche it 7 wolde ; & pere was.made a ryalle feest and a 8 grete Justice,
yn 9 reverence and worschip of ham, and to alle peple pat pedir
come. IF And whanne pis maryage and fest was do, pe Erie and
pe Bischop, with alle hir meyne, token her leve of Iorde3 and
12 ladie^ and come home ayen yn-to Engelond in saafte, y 10 pankyd be
God!
U And yn pe .v. yere of King Harry 63 regne, pe Lorde Thomas,
King Harrye3 sone pe iiij the , and pe Erie of Kent went ouyr see, 11
16 and mony olper lorde^ and kni^tes, and men of armys & archers,
and went to 12 pe se to chastise pe rebellis pat afore hadde do moch
harme to our Englisch 13 Marchaunte^ & to mony tonnes and portis
yn Engelond vpon pe se costis. 11 And pe Lorde Thomas, fie
20 Kingis son, cam yn-to Flaundres, toffore a toun pat is callid pe
Scluse, among alle pe schippe^ of dyuers nacyons pat were pere;
and after, pai rydyn with her schippe^ among ham, and went
alonde, & sported ham pere ij. daie^, and cam ayen to hirschippe^,
24 & token pe brode se, & pere pay mettyii with iij carrake$ of lene,
pat were lade with dyuers Marchaundi3e, and welle y 14 manned ;
and pere pay fou^tyn to-gadry^e longe ; but pe Englischmen hadde
pe victorye, and brou^t pe Carrake^ yn-to pe camere before
28 Wynchylse ; and pere pay cantid pes gode^, and on of pe^e Carreke3
was sodenly pere brent, & pe Iorde3 and hir peple turned horn
ayen, and went no firthir at pat tyme.
H And yn that same yere, Serle, yoman of King Eicharde3
32 Eobys, come yn-to Engelond out of Scotland, and saide to diuers
peple pat 'King Richard was alyve yn Scotlond'; and so, moch of
I y om. TR. 2 >e see T. 3 leaf 120, back. 4 and ladies TR.
5 and worthi squyers T. worthi squiers R.
6 the bisshop T. >e Bisshop R. bischop Kk.
7 it om. TR. 8 a om. TR.
9 in pe T. 10 y om. TR.
II iiij e wente oner >e see and >e Erie of kent T. wewte ovir see and >e erl
of kent R.
12 archers a greet meyne wenten to T. archers a greet meyne went R.
13 Englisshe men T. 14 y om. R.
366 Serle hangd. Duel in Smithfield. Arclibp. Scrape's rebellion.
f e peple beleued yn his worde} ; wherfore mych of f e peple of f e
Reeme were yn gret erroure and gruching ay ens f e King, frou} ^ s
informacion 1 fat ))is Serle hadde made, for moche peple beleuyd &
trustid to 2 his seyng; but at fe 3 last he was take yn the North 4
cuntre, and by lawe juged to be draw frou} euery cite & gode
burgh toun yn Engelond ; and so he was serued. And at f e 3 last
he was brou^t to London, vnto Gilde 4 -halle before fe justice; and
fere he was juged to 5 be brou^t to fe Tour of London, and fere to 8
be laide vp 6 -on an hirdille, & fan to 7 be drawe frou^ fe cete of
London to Tyborne, & 8 hangyd, & fan quarterde, and his hed
smyte of & set on London Brygge, & his quarters to be sent to iiij
gode towne} ^ Engelond, & f e?'e set vp : & f us endid he his 9 fals 1 2
treson & desceit.
IT And yn f e vj yere of King Henrye$ regne, ]>Q Erie of Marre,
of Scotland, be saaf condit come ynto Engelond for to chalange Ser
Edmuftde, fe Erie of Kent, of certeyn cours of warre on hors-bak; 16
& so f is chalange was accept and graunted, and fe place take yn
Smythfelde at London. And fis Erie of Marre, fe 10 Scot, corn
proudly n yn-to the felde, as his chalange asked. And anon com yn
fe Erie of Kent, and rode vnto fe Scot, and manfully rydyn 20
togadir with scharp 12 speris dyuers cours; but fe Erie of Kent
hadde f e Eelde, and gate hym moch worschip & fanke of al maner
of 13 men for his manful dedis.
U And )?is yere 14 Ser Richard Scrope, Archebyschop 15 of York, 24
and fe lorde Mounbray, Erie Marchal of Engelonde, gadrid vnto
hym a strong meyne yn )je North cuntre ayens King Henry, and
J?an King Henry, heryng 16 ferof, yn alle Ipe hast J)at he my^te,
come with his power northwarde, and mette with ham at York ; 28
and fere were J?ei 17 ij lorde^ take, and brou^t to 18 )?e King, and ano?z
Jje luge^ weryn sette, and pese ij lorde^ brou^t forth ; and )>ere )>ai
were dampned vn-to fe 19 deth, fat bo)>e her hedis schulde be 20
smyte of; and fere fay made her ende : on whose soule$ God, for 32
his pete, haue mercy ! Amen !
1 thorugh informacion) of lesyngis and falslies T. foru^ informacion) of
his Iie3 and fals lesingis R.
2 peple trustid him and bfleeuyed in TR. 3 >e om. T. 4 |>e Gilde T.
5 forto T. 6 vp om. TR, 7 to om. R. 8 and >ere TR.
9 for his TR. 10 a T. leaf 121. 12 scharp om. T. 13 of om. R.
14 And in J>e same yeer of kyng Harries reigne ]>e iiij*' T. And in }>e vi.
yeer of kinge henries regne fe iiij the R.
15 f>e Erchebisshop T. 16 Janne >e kyng heryng T.
17 j?ese T. fe^e R. 18 vnto T. 19 >e om/R. ^ heedis were T.
CH. CCXLlii] The Earl of Kent wedded. Sir R. Knollis dead. 367
U And whanne 1 pis was do, pe King come to London ayen,
a[nd] 2 restyd hym. And anon, God, of his grete godenesse, wrou^t
and schewyd nieny grete myracles for his worthi Clerke, pe 3
4 Archebischop of Yorke, pat Jms \vas dovn to 4 deth. 5
1T And yn pe vij yere of King Henry e^ regne come 6 Dame
Luce, pe Duke$ sistir 7 of Millane, yn-to 8 Engelond, and so vnto
London, and pere was weddid to Ser Edmrmde Helond, Erie of
8 Kent, yn pe priory of Saint Mary Ouerey yn South werke, with
moche solempnite and grete worschip : and pere was pe King hym
selfe, and yaf hir at pe churche dore. U And whanne 9 pay were
weddyd, and masse do, 10 pe King, his owne persone, brou^t and
12 ladde pis worthi lady yn-to pe Bischopis place of Wynchestre ; and
pere was a wondir grete fest helde, to alle maner of pepil pat come
pedir. 11
U In pis 12 same yere, Ser Robert Knollis, kniy^t, pe worthi
16 warriowr, deied at his Maner yn Northfolke: and fro penne^ he
was broi^t to London on 13 an hors beere, with myche torche
lyghte; and so was he brou^t to 14 pe Whit-Freris yn Flet-strete;
and pere was do and 15 made a ryal & 16 solempne terement for
20 hym, for pern 15 pat pidir wolde come, hope pore & rich; and pere
he lyth beryed 17 ; on whose soule God 18 haue mercy ! Amen !
IF And 19 yn the 20 same yere Ser Thomas Ruston, 21 kni^t, Con-
stab[l]e of pe Tour of London, was dreynt yn 22 Themys 23 at London
24 Brygge, as he com fro Westmynstre towarde pe Tour yn a barge ;
and al prou^ lewdenesse. And yn pe same yere Dame Phelyp, pe
yongyr do^tir of King Henry pe iiij the , was ladde ouer pe see wit 
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