to hym that wos wardayne of the toune and toold hym the kynges will and his letter shewed hym wherfor they wer comen theder. ¶Merlyn and his moder anone wer sent be fore the wardayne of the toune & he
land that Engist had of vortig{er}s yeft: when that he spoused his doughter ¶And Cheldrik come wt a gret strength & pouer of pepull. &̄ Mordred had assembled also ī his halfe that they had xlM. of strong knyghtes when
castellof Corfe: &̄ as he rode in the thiknes of the wode to aspy his gam it befell that he went a mys & lost his mēy that with him come. & at the last he come out
erle of Cornewaill and Isabell that was emprise of rome & Elenor that wos quen of scotland ¶And this kyng iohn̄ whan he had regned xiiij. yere and. v: monethis and v. dais he died in the castellof Newarke
his kīgdō by Karolus. Alphonsus the kīg ofcastell Richardus brother to the king of englōd erle of cornewell wer chosin emprours aft{er} the long vacacion of the empire. for the che{ser}s of ye em{per}our wer deuyded insondir and ther
axed of the kyng wich of them shuld be kyng of scotland. ¶And kyng Edward that wos full gentill &̄ trew let enquere by the Croniclis of scotland & of the gret lordis of scotland wich of them wos of
gret vengeaunce in englond for encheson of the foresaid Thomas deth. ¶When the gentill erle of his life was passid. The pri∣our and the monkis of Pountfret getten the body of sir Thom̄s of the kīg and they beried it
so died the traitours of en¦glond blissed be almyghty god. ¶And it wos no wōder for thurgh ther councell the good erle Thomas of lancastre wos don to deth. and all that held with Thomas of lancastre thurgh the traitours
Andrew of erkela that is called the vnkind outpulter ¶And also sir Symondward erle of yorke they come & mete with Thomas of lancastre with an huge companye & them ther discomfited. &̄ in that scomfiture the erle of herford
besechīg of his liege of the reame graūtid them a chartre of stedfast pees to all them yt wold it axe. ¶And sir iohn̄ of Henaud &̄ his cōpanye toke ther leue of ye kīg &̄ of the lordis of
erle of Lancastre that had the kinges fadre ī keping thurgh cōmandemēt of the kīg deli¦u{er}ed Edward the kīges fad{er} bi endētur to sir Thomas of berkeley. And so sir Iohn̄ Mautreus &̄ they led him from the castellof
of englon was ordeyned by assent of the cominalte in playn {per}lamēt for to be vnd{er} the war¦de &̄ gou{er}naunce of Henri erle of Lancastre his cosin for saluaciō of his body he was take out of the castell
& ordinaūce of the freres prechours that sir Edward of Carnariuan that wos kyng edward fadre of whom the geest telleth said that he was on liue in the castellof Corf. wherfor all the cōmyns all most of englond
ī all the hast that he myght fro the castellof Corf & comen vn to sir Roger mortimer & toke him the letter that sir edmōd of wod∣stoke erle of kent had takē him closed &̄ enseled with his
deliu{er}aunce of sir edward sum tyme kyng of englond your brother the wich was put doune of his ri∣alte by the comun assent of all the lordis of englond in pesyng of our lord the kyng estate and also of
of kyng edward. ¶And also how the chartre of ragman was deliu{er}ed vn to the scottis wherin the homag & feau∣tes of scotland were conteyned: yt the scottis shuld done eu{er} more to the english̄ kīg for the reame
bailloll kyng of scotland come to him thid{er} and did to him fe¦aute and homage for the reame of scotland. ¶And in this maner kyng edward of englond gadred ayen his homages and feautes of scotland wher of he was
to grace and a few of the gretest per∣soners of state and of gou{er}naūce of the toune he sent in to englōd ther to abide ther ranson and the kynges grace. And all the com¦minalte of the toune the kyng
the erle of Salusberi & the erle of Oxford and a thousand mē of armes and as mony archiers. &̄ in the Natiuite of our lady tok ther shippis at Plymmouth &̄ began to saill. ¶And when hee come and
and vn discrete borawed a gret soume of gold of the prelatis lordis marchantis and other rich men of his reame sayng that it shuld be dispendid in defendyng of holy chirche and of his reame. ¶Neuerthe∣latter it profited nought·