of the longe way & also for lak of vitaill as theywente / In this yere Raynold pecok bisshopp of Chichestre was foū∣denan heretik and the iij. day of decembre was abiured at lamb∣hythein the presence of the erchebisshopp
THe duke of yorke the erles of warrewyk and of Salis∣burysaw the gouernaunce of the reame stode most by theQuene and hir counceill / and how the grete princes of thelonde were not called to counseill but sette a parte
toune / and sente the duches of yorke with hir chil∣drento my lady of bokyngham hir sustre / where she was kepte longeafer / ¶And forthwith the kyng ordeyned the duke of Somerse¦teCaptayn of Caleys / And these othir lordes
of the said duke of yorke sodenly fill dounthe croune which henge thēne in the myddes of the said hous whichis the frraytour of the abbey of westmestre / which was taken for a{pro}dige or tokē that the regne
to the lyueThat londe bryngeth forth ryueBut of grete ryches to be draweAnd close many in shorte saweHit is a corner smallAs though god fyrst of allMade that londe so feleTo be selere of all heleWales is deled byA water
The prophecye of merlȳ of kyng henry that was king johānes so∣ne capitulo clxOf king edward king Hēries so∣ne capitulo clxjHow ydeyne doughter of Lewe∣lyn prīce of walys: & Aymer bro∣ther of therle of moūfort were ta¦ke on the see
whō vor∣tyger yafe a place that kalled is thong castell Capitulo lviANd sone after this sorwe tydynge came to vortiger that a grete nauye of strā¦giers were arryued in the contre of kēt But he wist not whēs thei were.
bretaigne: & shull auenge the deth of hyr bro∣ther & they shull brenne yow first with sorwe / ād after they shul slee a grete partie of Saxons: & shull owt dryue the remanaūt of ye lād And therfore abide
of Anbrian: wher some tyme was an hows of relygyō that tho was destroy∣ed thurgh paynymes: wher of a knight that was called Anbri sō∣me tyme was founder of ye hous and therfore the hyll was called ye mont
kīg of northfolk & southfolk This seynt Edmond king ordei∣ned as moche folk as he might & fought with the Danoys / but he and his folk were discomfyted / & the king him selfe dryuen vnto ye castellof
the seconde yere of hys regne. vpon seint Calixtes day / And he lyeth at WalthāOf kyng william bastard. & how he gouerned him well & wysely: & of the werre bitwene him ād the king of Fraūce Ca. cxxxiijWHā
ād somme of hem let he go freely ād somme let he put to the deth: But afterward the two kynges were accorded: And whan kyng Hēry had holy all the lād of nor∣mandye & scōfyted hys enemyes of Fraunce:
the Castellof Bristowe This Maude the empresse anon̄ was made lady of Englond: and alle men helde hyr for lady of the lande: but they of Kent helde wt the king Stephenes wyfe / ād al∣so William of pree
Erle with mochel honour of his men of the land. & to hȳ di∣den feaute and homage the most partie of his land. And tho was this Hēry the empresses sone er∣le of angoye. and duke of normā∣die / In
Randul∣phe of Chestre / Wyllyam Erle marchall· Wyllyam the erle of Penbroke: Wylliam the Brener erle of Feriers: Serle the Maule baron And all othyr grete lordes of the reaulme of Englond helde wyth Lowys the kynges sone of Fraunce.
sentēce the kī∣ges sone of Fraūce Lowys / and notheles the same Lowys wolde nat spare for to werre for all that / But wēt anone & toke the castel of Berkāsted & the castellof Her∣ford / and frō
cronycles of scotlād & by the grete lordes of scotland / which̄ of hē was of the eldest blo∣de / & it was founde that Bailloll was eldest: & that the king of scot¦land shold hold of the king of
vpon the kyng of Fraūce / And the erle of Flaūdres vndyrfong him wyt mochel honour & graūted hȳ all his landes at his owne will And whē the kyng of Fraūce herd tel∣le that the kyng of Englōd was
of rome that kȳg edward shold wedde dame Margarete / kyng Phelippes suster of Fraū∣ce. & ye erchebisshop robert of wȳ∣chestre spoused hē togedre. thurgh which̄ mariage there was made pees bitwen̄ kȳg edward of En∣glōd & kyng Phelippe
grete lordes of Englōd at one assent sentē to kyng Edward to the castellof kenillworth ther yt he was in kepyng vndyr the war∣de of sir Iohan Hachȳ that was the bysshop of Ely. & sir Iohan of percy