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Title: The Cronycles of Englonde with the dedes of popes and emperours, and also the descripcyon of Englonde
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Print source: The Cronycles of Englonde with the dedes of popes and emperours, and also the descripcyon of Englonde
Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364. Polycronicon.
[Imprynted at London: In Fletestrete at the sygne of the Sonne by Wynkyn de Worde, the yere of our lorde god. M.CCCCC. [et] xxviij. the .ix. daye of Apryll] [1528]
Alternate titles: Saint Albans chronicle.
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Tabula.
¶ Here begynneth a shorte and a breue Table / for to wherof ony man shall please hȳ to rede in this boke.
¶ Here begynneth the hystor of ye holy Patryarkes / .
¶ Here begynneth the seconde parte / of the kyngdome of Brytayne.
¶ Here begynneth the thyrde part / and cōtynueth vnto the Natiuite of Chryst.
¶ Here begynneth ye fourth parte / & con¦tynueth vnto ye comynge of ye Saxons.
¶ Here begynneth the .v. parte / & conty¦nueth vnto the comynge of the Daues.
¶ Here begynneth the popes and empe¦rours & other notable thȳges in ye tyme of the Saxons beynge in Englonde.
¶ Here begynneth the .vj. parte / & cōty∣nueth vnto ye comynge of ye Normans.
¶ Here begynneth the .vij. parte / & con∣tynueth vnto our dayes / that is to saye vnto kyng Edwardes regue the fourth the .xxiij. yere.
The prologue.
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¶ Hic incipit fructus temporum.
¶ Anno mundi primo. Et ante Christi natiuitatem .v. M .C .lxxxxix.
¶ Anno mūdi. iiij .C .xxxv. Et ante xp̄i natiuitatem .iiij. M .ix .C. lxxiiij.
¶ Anno muudi. vij .C .lxxxxv. Et ante Christi natiuitatē .iiij. M. iiij .C .iiij.
¶ Anno mundi. M. iiij .C .liiij. Et ante Christi natiuitatē .iij. M. vij .C .xlv.
¶ Anno mundi. M. vj .C .xlij. Et ante Christi natiuitatem .iij. M .v .C. lvij.
¶ Anno mundi .ij. M. ij .C .xlij. Et ante Christi natiuitatē .ij. M. vj .C .lvij.
¶ Anno mūdi .ij. M. vj .C .xliij. Et ante Christi natiuitatem .ij. M .v .C. lvj.
¶ Anno mundi .ij. M .ix. C .v. Et ante Christi natiuitatē .ij. M. ij .C .lxxxxiiij.
¶ Anno mundi .iij. M .C .xiiij. Et ante Christi natiuitatem .ij. M .lxxxv.
¶ Anno mūdi .iij. M .C .lxxxiiij. Et au∣te Christi natiuitatem .ij. M .xv.
¶ Anno mūdi .iij. M. iij .C .xliiij. Et an∣te Christi natiuitatē. M. viij .C .lvj.
¶ Anno mūdi: iij. M. iij .C .iiij. Et ant Christi natiuitatē. M. vij .C .lxxxxix.
¶ Anno mūdi .iij. M .v .C. xliiij. Et an∣te Christi natiuitatē. M .v. C .lx.
¶ Anno mundi .iij. M .vi. C .lxxviii. Et ante Christi natiuitatē. M .v .C. x.
¶ Anno mūdi .iij. M. vij .C .xxxv. Et an te Christi natiuitatē. M. iiij .C .lxxiiij.
¶ Anno mūdi .iij. M. vij .C .lxxv. Et an∣te Christi natiuitatē. M. iiij .C .xxiiij.
¶ Anno mundi .iij. M. viij .C .lxxv. Et ante Christi natiuitarē. M. iij .C .xliiij.
¶ Circa annū mundi .iij. M .ix. C .lxxv. Et an̄ Christi natiuitatē. M. ij .C .xxiiij.
¶ Circa annum mundi .iiij. M .xxv. Et ante Christi natiuitatē. M .C .lxxiiij.
¶ Anno mundi .iiij. M .lxxv. Et ante Christi natiuitatem. M .C .xiiij.
¶ Incipit regnum Britannie / nunc dicitur Anglia.
part 2
¶ Here begȳneth now how Brute was goten / & how he slewe fyrst his moder / & after his fader. And how he conquered Albyon / that after he named Brytayne after his owne name / that now is called Englonde / after the name of Engyst of Saxonye. This Brute came in to Bry∣tayne aboute the .xviij. yere of Hely.
¶ How Brute was dryuen out of the londe / & how he helde hym in Grece.
¶ How Coryn became Brutes man / & how kynge Goffar was discomfyted.
¶ How Brute arryued at Totnes in the yle than called Albyon / and of the wrastlyng that was bytwene Coryn and Gogmagog.
¶ How Brute buylded London / & cal∣led this londe Brytayn / and Scotlonde Albanye / and Wales Cambar.
¶ How Lotryn that was Brutes sone entred with moche honour / and gouer∣ned the londe well and worthely.
¶ How Madan reged in peas all his lyfe.
¶ Anno mundi .iiij. M .C .xxij. t Christi natatem. M. xxiiij.
¶ How Mempris slewe his broder Maulyn.
¶ Anno mundi .iiij. M .C .lxv. Et ante Christi natem. M .xxxiiij.
¶ Anno mundi. iij. M. ij .C .v. Et ante Christi nattem .ix .C. lxxxxj.
¶ Reges Israel inpi.
¶ Anno mūdi .iiij. M. ij .C .xxv. Et ante Christi natiuitatem .ix .C. lxxiiij.
¶ Of kyng Ebrac the whiche began to regne the .xv. yere of Dauyd / and how he conquered fraunce.
¶ Of kynge Brute greneshelde the fyrst sone of kynge Ebrac.
¶ Of kynge Leyll that was Brute grenesheldes sone.
¶ Anno mūdi .iiij. M. ij .C .lxvj. Et ante Christi natiuitatem .ix .C. xlij.
¶ Of kynge Lud Ludibras that was kynge Leyles sone.
¶ Of kynge Bladud that was Ludi∣bras sone / how he regned and was a good man and a nygromancer.
¶ Anno mundi .iiij. M. ij .C .lxxxxj. Et ante Christi natiuitatē .ix .C. viij.
¶ Anno mūdi .iiij. M. iij .C .ix. Et ante Christi natiuitatē. viij .C .lxxxxiij.
¶ Of kynge Leyr sone to Bladud / & of the answere of his yongest doughter / that gracyously was maryed vnto the kynge of fraunce.
¶ How kyng Leyr was dryuen out of his londe through his folke. And how Cordeill his yongest doughter helped hym at his nede.
¶ Anno mūdi .iiij. M. iij .C .xlix. Et an∣te Christi natiuitatem. viij .C .liij.
¶ Anno mūdi .iiij. M. iij .C .lxxxviij. Et ante Christi natiuitatem .viii .C. xj.
¶ How Morgan & Conedag neuewes to Cordeil warred on her & put her to deth.
¶ How Reynolde that was Conedags sone regned after his fader / and in his tyme it rayned blode thre dayes / in to∣kenynge of grete deth.
¶ How Gorbodian regned in peas that was Reynoldes sone.
¶ How Gorbodian had .ij. sones / & how the one slewe y• other for to haue y• londe / & how ydoyne theyr moder slew y• other wherfore the londe was destroyed.
¶ How foure kynges curteysly helde all Brytayne / and what be theyr na∣mes ye shall here after.
¶ Of kynge Donebant that was Clo∣tens sone / & how he wanne the londe.
¶ How Donebāt was the fyrst kyng y• euer bare crowne of golde in Brytayne.
¶ How Brenne & Belyn departed bytwene them the londe after the deth of Donebant theyr fader. And of the warre bytwene them.
¶ How Belyn let departe out of his londe kynge Gutlagh of Denmarke and Samye.
¶ How accordmēt was made bytwene Brenne and Belyn through Cornewen that was theyr moder.
¶ How kynge Cormbatrus slewe the kyng of Denmarke / for bycause that he wolde not paye to hym his truage.
¶ Anno mūdi .iiij. M. iiij .C .xl. Et ante Christi natiuitatem. vij .C .lvj.
¶ Anno mūdi .iiij. M. iiij .C .lvj. Et an∣te Christi natiuitatem. v .C .xliij.
part 3
¶ Anno mūdi .iiij. M. iiij .C .lxij. Et au∣te Christi natiuitatem. vij .C .xl.
¶ Anno mundi .iiij. M .lxxij. Et ante Christi natiuitatem. vij .C .xxvij.
¶ Anno mundi .iiij. M .v .C. j. Et ante Christi natiuitatē. vj .C .lxxxxviij.
¶ Anno mūdi .iiij. M .v .C. lviij. Et an∣te Christi natiuitatem. vj .C .xlj.
¶ Anno mūdi .iiij. M .v .C. lxxxviij. Et ante Christi natiuitatem .v .C. xj.
¶ Anno mundi .iiij. M. vj .C. Et ante Christi natiuitatem. vj .C.
¶ Anno mundi .iiij. M. vj .C .xxxiiij. Et ante Christi natiuitatem .v. C .lxv.
¶ Incipit Monarchia Persarum.
¶ Of the gouernaūce of Rome tyll the Emperours began.
¶ Incipit historia libri Esdre.
¶ Circa anū mūdi .iiij. M. vij .C. xxxiiij Etante Christi natiuitatē. iiij .C .lxv.
¶ Circa annū mundi .iiij. M. vij .C .lix. Et ante Christi natiuitatē. mj .C .xl.
¶ Circa annū mundi .iiij. M. viij .C .ix. Et ante Christi natiuitatē. iij .C .lxxxx.
¶ Bycause ye kynges of Britayne nexte after lyued in peas moost parte / & lytell of them is wryten / therfore they shal be set togyder tyll it be comen to Cassyba∣lon kyng of Brytayne / the whiche was broder to Lud.
¶ How kyng Seysell regned and well gouerned the londe after Guentholen.
¶ How ymor regned after Seysell his fader / and he begate How an that regned in peas after his fader.
¶ How kynge Morwith dyed through myschau of a beest.
¶ Of Grandobodyan that was sone to Morwith / that made Cambrydge.
¶ Of Arthogasle that was Grandobo∣dians sone / how he was made kynge & after put downe for his wyckednes.
¶ How Hesidur was made kynge after the deth of his broder.
¶ How the Brytons came and toke Hesidur out of pryson / & made hym kynge the thyrde tyme.
¶ How xxx. kynges regned in peas he after other after y• deth of Hesidur.
¶ How Lud was made kynge af∣ter the deth of Ely his fader.
¶ Anno mūdi .iiij. M. viij .c .lxxxxiiij. Et ante Christi natiuitate. ij .C .xv.
¶ Incipit Monarchia Grecorū: et cessat Monarchia Persarum.
¶ Anno mūdi .iiij. M .ix. C .ix. Et ante Christi natiuitatē .CC .ix.
¶ Incipiūt reges egipti: qr asr non pōt fieri tinuatio: & intexunt reges Sirie.
¶ Anno mūdi .iiij. M .ix. C .lix. Et ante Christi natiuitatem. ij .C .xl.
¶ Circa annum mūdi .v. M .xxxiiij. Et ante Christi natiuitatem .C .lxv.
¶ Circa annū mundi .v. M .lix. Et ante Christi natiuitatem .C .xl.
¶ Regnum Iudeorū restituitur.
¶ Anno mūdi .v.M.C.xxxiiij. Et ante Christi natiuitatem .ix. C .v.
¶ How that the Britons graūted vnto Cassibalon that was Luddes broder ye londe / in whose tyme Iulius Cesar ca∣me twyes for to conquere Brytayne.
¶ Of the debate that was bytwene Cassybalon & the erle of London / & of the truage that was payde to Rome.
¶ How the lordes of the londe after the deth of Cassybalon / & for bycause he had none heyre / made Andragen kynge.
¶ Circa annum mundi .v. M .C .lix. Et ante Christi natiuitatem .xl.
¶ Incipiūt im{per}atores Augusti. et dict{us} est Augustus quia augebat populū.
¶ Of Kymbalyn that was Andragens sone that well gouerned Brytayne.
¶ Christus natus est ex virgine Maria anno mundi .v. M .C .lxxxxviij.
part 4
¶ Here at Chrystes natiuite begynneth the syxth age duryng to y• fynall iudge∣ment / hauynge yeres as god knoweth.
¶ Anno Christi .xij.
¶ Anno domini .xxxiiij.
¶ Of kyng Gynder that was Kym∣balyns sone / that wolde not paye the truage to Rome for the londe yt Cassi∣balon had graūted / and how he was slayne of a Romayne.
¶ Of kynge Armager in whose tyme saynt Peter preched in Antioche with other apostles in dyuers coūtrees.
¶ How kyng Westmer gaue to Beryn∣ger an ylonde forlet / & there this Beryn¦ger made the towne of Berwyk.
¶ How kynge Westmer let arere a stone in ye entrynge of Westmerlōde there as he slewe Roderyk / & there he began fyrst housynge.
¶ Of kynge Coyll that was kynge Westmers sone / that helde his londe in peas all his lyfe tyme.
¶ Cira annū Christi .lxxiiij.
¶ Anno domini .lxxxiiij.
¶ Anno domini .C .iiij.
¶ Anno domini .C .xliiij.
¶ Anno domini .C .liiij.
¶ How kynge Lucie regned after his fader / whiche was a good man / & af∣ter he became chrysten.
¶ How this londe was long without a kynge / & how ye brytons chose a kynge.
¶ How Constance a Romayn that had spoused Eleyne kynge Coyls doughter was chosen kynge after kynge Coyll.
¶ How Constantyne that was kynge Constances sone & sone to saynt Eleyne gouerned and ruled the londe / and af∣ter was emperour of Rome.
¶ How Maximian that was the em∣perours cosyn of Rome spoused Octa∣uyans doughter / and after was made kynge of this londe.
¶ How Maximian that was the empe¦rours cosyn cōquered ye londe of Amori∣can / & gaue it to Conan Meriedok.
¶ How Vrsula and .xj. M. maydens that were in her company wente to∣warde lytell Brytayne / and all they were martyred at Coleyne.
¶ How kynge Gowan came for to destroye this londe / and how a man of grete power that was called Gra¦cian defended the londe.
¶ How Gracian made him kyng whan Maximyan was slayne / & afterward ye Britons slewe hym for his wyckednes.
¶ How Constantyne that was the kynges broder of lytel Britayn was crowned kynge of grete Brytayne for his worthynes.
¶ Of Constance that was kynge Con∣stantynes sone / whiche was a monke at Wynchestre / and how he was made kynge after his faders dethe / through counseyle of oger that was e of Westser for as moche as Aurilambros and his two bretherne were but yonge of age. And Vortiger let shee ya for to be kynge hymselfe.
¶ Auno domini .C .lxxiiij.
¶ Anno domini .CC .xliiii.
¶ Anno Christi .CC .lxxiiij.
¶ Anno Christi .CCC .viij.
¶ Anno domini .CCC .lxiiij.
¶ Anno Christi .CCCC .xiiij.
¶ Circa annū d .CCCC .xlix.
¶ Here begynneth the fyfth parte durynge to the co∣mynge of the Danes.
¶ How Engyst and .xj. thousande men came in to this lōde / to whom Vortiger gaue a place y• is called Thonge castell.
¶ How Vortiger loued Ronewen Engi¦stes doughter / & how he spoused her.
¶ How Vortimer that was Vortigers sone was made kyng / & Engyst dryuen out / & how Vortimer was poysoned.
¶ How the britons chose an other tyme Vortiger to be theyr kynge / and Engist came in to this londe agayne / and how they fought togyder.
¶ How Vortiger wente in to Wales / & began there a castell yt wolde not stande without morter tempred with blode.
¶ How ye kyng let seke Merlin through out all Wales for to speke with hym.
¶ Of the answere of Merlyn vpon the kynges castell that wolde not stande.
¶ Of the significacyon of these two dragons that were in the bottom of the ponde that fought togyder.
¶ Of kynge Aurilambros / and how he pursued Vortiger and Eugist / and how they dyed.
¶ How Aurilambros dyd redresse the londe of grete Brytayne / whiche was destroyed through the Saxons.
¶ How the Brytons went for to seke the grete stones in Irlonde.
¶ How Passent yt was Vortigers sone & kyng Guillomer came in to this londe & how a traytour that was called Cap∣pa empoysoned ye kyng Aurilambros.
¶ Whan Aurilambros was deed / a sterre on ye morow was seen wt a clere lyght / & at yt bought of the beme was seen the heed of an horryble dragon.
¶ Of the betokenynge of the sterre.
¶ Of Vter pendragon / & wherfore he was called so ye shall here. And how he was ouertaken wt the loue of Igreyne yt was the erles wyfe of Cornewayle.
¶ How kyng Vter begate on Igreyne that was the erles wyfe of Corneway∣le Arthur kynge.
¶ How kynge Vter chose Aloth to kepe the londe of Brytayne whyle yt he was seke / for as moche as he myght not for his sekenes.
¶ How Arthur yt was the sone of Vte was crowned after his faders dethe / & how he droue out of this londe Coleg & the saxons / & Cheldrik of Aimayne.
¶ How king Arthur gaue batayle vnto the sarons whan they came agayne in to this londe / & had besyeged the towne of Bathe / and ouercame them.
¶ How kynge Arthur asked of Merlyn the aduentures of .vj. of the last kynges that were to regne in Englonde / & how the londe sholde ende.
¶ How kyng Arthur fought wt Guillo∣mer & ouercame hym. And how ye scot∣tes became his men.
¶ How kyng Arthur spoused Gue∣neuer y• erles cosyn of Cornewayle / and after he conquered all Irlonde.
¶ How kyng Arthur went in to fraūce & conquered the londe of Froll that was a Romayne / & how he slewe hym.
¶ How kyng Arthur auaunted all his men that had trauayled in his seruyce.
¶ Of the lettre that was sent from Rome for pryde to kynge Arthur.
¶ Of the bolde answere that kynge Arthur sent to the emperour of Rome and to the Romayns.
¶ Of the reuerence that kynge Arthur dyd to the emperours messengers.
¶ Of the kynges and lordes that came for to helpe kynge Arthur a∣gaynst the emperour.
¶ How kyng Arthur fought wt a gyaūt in Spayne that was called Dinabus yt slewe Eleyue that was kynge Howels cosyn of lytell Brytayne.
¶ How kynge Arthur gaue batayle to the emperour / in ye whiche batayle the emperour was slayne.
¶ How king Arthur let bury his lordes & knyghtes that he had lost in ye batayle and how he sent the emperours body to Rome that there was slayne in batayle.
¶ How the traytour Mordred to whom kyng Arthur toke his lōde to kept & his castels / & he helde them agaynst hym.
¶ How king Arthur chaced yt traytour Mordred / & how he was slayne / & kyng Arthur Wounded to deth.
¶ How kynge Arthur delyuered the realme vnto Constantyne the sone of Cador his neuewe.
¶ How Constantyne slewe Mordreds two sones that warred vpon hym.
¶ Of kynge Adclbryghe and of kynge Edell.
¶ How kyng Edell maryed the da∣moysell to a knaue of his kerhym.
¶ Of king Conan yt was Curans cosin.
¶ Of kyng Cortyf & Gurmond yt came through the paynyms in to Brytayne.
¶ How kynge Gurmonde droue kynge Cortif to chuhestre / & slewe the britons and through subtylte gate the towne.
¶How this londe was called Englōde for the name of Engist / and how many kynges were made after in this londe.
¶How saynt Austyn baptysed & cōuer∣ted kyng Adelbryght / and the bysshops that he made his felawes.
¶How saynt Austyn went in to wales where as the Brytons were / and how they wolde not be obedyent to the arche bysshop of Caunterbury.
¶How kyng Adelbryght & kyng Elfry de slewe Brecynall y• was a kyng of bry tons that helde y• coūtree of Leycestre.
¶How Cadewan kynge of Leycestre & Elfryde king of Northumberlond were frendes. And of the debate y• after was bytwene Edwyn and Cadwalyn that were bothe theyr sones.
¶How kynge Oswalde was slayne by kynge Cadwalyn & Peanda. And how Oswy that was saynt Oswaldes bro∣der regned after hym / & slewe Peanda.
¶ How kynge Cadwaldre y• was Cad∣walins sone regned after his fader / and was the last kynge of Brytons.
¶ How Cadwaldre went out of this londe in to lytell Brytayne.
¶ How kynge Osfa was souerayne aboue all the kynges of Englonde / & how euery kyng warred vpon other.
¶ How the kyng of Northumberlonde Osbryght forlaye the wyfe of Buerne Bocard through strength / & afterward this Buerne conquered the kynge with power and strengthe.
¶ How the Danes toke yorke / and slewe kyng Osbryght / and soone af∣ter slewe kynge Elle.
¶ How saynt Edmund the kynge was martyred.
¶ How▪ Hubba and Hungar toke the towane of Redynge.
¶ Circa annū dn̄i. iiij .C .xlix.
¶ Anno domini. iiij .C .ixxxxiiij.
¶ Nota That Englonde was longe tyme chrysten Fraunce.
¶ Anno di .v .C. xxxiiij.
¶ Anno domini .v .C. lxxxiiij.
¶ Circa annū dn̄i. vj .C .xliiij.
¶ Nota Machomitum.
¶ Anno dn̄i. vj .C. xiij.
¶ Anno dn̄i. vj .C .lxxxiiij.
¶ Anno domini. vij .C .xiiij.
¶ Anno domini. vij .C .xliiij.
¶ Anno domini. vij .C .lxxxiiij.
¶ Circa annū dūi. viij .C .xliiij.
¶ This tyme came the Danes in to Englonde.
¶ How Hubba & Hungar were slayne at Chyppenham / and how the Danes brought theyr kynge vnto our kynge.
¶ How y• Danes y• went in to Fraūce wt Gurmond / came agayn in to Englonde. And of the deth of kynge Alured.
¶ Of kynge Edwarde that was kynge Aluredes sone.
¶ Anno domini .ix .C. xiiij.
¶ Of kynge Athelstone.
¶ Of kynge Edmund.
¶ Of kynge Eldred.
¶ Of kynge Edwyn.
¶ Anno domini .ix .C. liiij.
¶ Of kynge Edgar that regned aboue the kynges of Scotlonde and of Wales And how he was begyled through the takynge of his wyfe.
¶ How kynge Edgar wedded Estrylde after the deth of Edelwolde.
¶ Of saynt Edward the martyr / & how Estrilde his stepmoder let see hym for to make Eldred her owne sone kynge.
¶ Of kynge Eldred and how the kyng Swyne of Denmarke held Englond & how Eldred that was saynt Edwardes broder was not beloued in his realme & therfore he fledde in to Normandy.
¶ How kyng Eldred came agayn from Normādy / and how Knoght the Dane regned / and of the warre bytwene hym and Edmunde Irensyde.
¶ Anno domini. M .iiij. Nota.
¶ Of kyng Knoght that was a Dane.
¶ How kyng Edmund Irensyde was slayne through treason by a traytour yt was called Edryth of Stratton.
¶ How kynge Knoght sent bothe kyng Edmondes sones in to Denmarke for to be slayne / and how they were saued.
¶ How kynge Knoght yt was a proude man conquered Nor way / and how he became afterwarde meke and mylde.
¶ Anno dn̄i. M .xviij.
¶ Of kynge Harold that had leuer go on fote than ryde on horsbacke.
¶ Of kynge Hardiknoght that was Haroldes broder.
¶ Of the vylany that the Danes' dyd to the englysshmen / wherfore fro that tyme after was no Dane made kynge of this londe.
¶ How Godwyn the fals traytour toke Alured vpon Gildesdown whan that he came from Normandye to be kynge of Englonde / & how he caused hym to be martyred in the yle of Ely.
¶ Of saynt Edwarde the confessour that was Aluredes broder / and how he was kynge of Englonde.
¶ Of the fyrst specyall loue that god shewed to saynt Edward lyuynge.
¶ How the erle Godwyn came agayne in to Englonde / and had agayne all his londe / and afterwarde saynt Edwarde wedded his doughter.
¶ How kynge Edwarde sawe wyne kynge of Denmarke drowned in the see in the tyme of the leuacyon of the sacra∣ment as he stode and herde masse.
¶ How the rynge that saynt Edwarde had gyuen to a poore pylgrym for ye loue of god and saynt Iohn the euangelyst came agayne to kynge Edwarde.
¶ How saynt Edwarde dyed on the .xij. daye.
¶ How Harolde that was Godwyns sone was made kynge / & how he esca∣ped fro the duke of Normandy.
¶ Here came the Nor∣mans and expulsed Harold a Saxon.
¶ Anno dn̄i. M .lxvj.
¶ Of kynge Willyam bastard / & how he gouerned hym well and wysely / and of the warre bytwene hym & the kynge of Fraunce.
¶ Anno domini. M .lxvj.
¶ Of kynge Willyam Rous that was kynge Wyllyam bastardes sone / that destroyed townes & houses of relygyon for to make the newe forest.
¶ Anno di. M .lxxxviij.
¶ Of king Hēry beauclerke yt was Wil¦lyam Rous broder / & of ye debate bytwe∣ne hym & Robert Curtoys his broder.
¶ Of the debate yt was bytwene kyng Lowys of Fraunce and kynge Henry of Englonde / & how kynge Henryes two sones were drowned in the hy se.
¶ How Maude ye empresse came agayn in to englond / & how she was afterward wedded to Geffrey the erle of Angeo.
¶ Anno domini. M .C .xxxiiij.
¶ How Stephen ye was kyng Henryes systers sone was made king of englond.
¶ How Maude the empresse wente fro Wynchestre vnto Oxford / and after she escaped to Walyngford / & of the sorowe and dysease that she had.
¶ How Gaufryde the erle of Angel gaue vnto Henry the empresse sone all Normandy.
¶ Of kynge Henry the seconde that was the empresse sone / in whose ty∣me saynt Thomas of Caunterbury was chaunceler.
¶ Of kynge Henry ye was sone of kyng Henry the empresse sone / & of the debate that was bytwene hym and his fader / whyle that he was in Normandy.
¶ How ye chrysten men lost ye holy londe in the foresayd kynges tyme through a fals chrysten man ye became a sarasyn.
¶ Anno dn̄i. M .C .lvj.
¶ Of kyng Rychard that conquered all the holy that chrysten men had lost.
¶ How kynge Rychard came agayn from ye holy londe / and auenged hym on his enemyes.
¶ Of kynge Iohn that in the fyrst yere of his regne lost all Normandy.
¶ How kyng Iohn wolde no thynge do for ye popes cōmaūdement / wherfore all Englonde was enterdyted & suspended.
¶ How Stephen of Langton came a∣gayn in to Englond through ye popes cō¦maūdement / & how he went agayne.
¶ How kynge Iohn destroyed the ordre of Cisteaux.
¶ How Pandulf delyuered a clerke that had falsed and coūterfeyted the kynges money before the kynge hymselfe.
¶ Of the lettre oblygatory that kynge Iohn made vnto the courte of Rome / wherfore the Peter pens ben gadered through out all Englonde.
¶ How the clerkes that were outlawed of Englonde came agayn / & how kynge Iohn was assoyled.
¶ How y• enterdytynge was vndone in englonde / & of y• debate y• was bytwene kyng Iohn & the barons of the realme
¶ How Lowys y• kynges sone of fraūce came in to Englonde wt a stronge power of people to be kynge of Englonde.
¶ How the pope sent in to Englonde a legate that was called Swalo / and of the deth of kynge Iohn.
¶ Anno domini. M .CC.
¶ Of kynge Henry the thyrde that was crowned at Glocestre.
¶ How Lowys returned agayne in to Fraunce / and of the confyrmacyon of kynge Iohans chartre.
¶ Of the quinzeme of goodes that were graūted for the newe chartre / and of the purucyaunce of Oxford.
¶ Of the syege of Kelynworth / & how the gentylmen were disherited through counseyle of the lordes of the realme of Englonde / and how they came agayne and had theyr des.
¶ Prophecy of Merlyn of kynge Hen∣ry the fyrst expowned that was kynge Iohns sone.
¶ Anno dn̄i. M .CC .lxxiiij.
¶ Of kynge Edwarde that was kyng Henryes sone. And of his ryalte.
¶ How Ydeyne that was Lewelyns doughter of Wales / and Aymer that was the erles broder of Mountforde were taken on the see.
¶ How Lewlyn through ggnge of his broder Dauid warred agayn vpon kynge Edwarde.
¶ How Dauid yt was Lewlyns broder prynce of Wales was put to deth.
¶ Of the redressyng that king Edward made of his Iustices and of his clerkes that they had done for theyr falsnes / and how he droue ye Iewes out of Englonde for theyr vsury and mysbyieue.
¶ How kynge Edwarde was seased in all ye londe of Scotlonde / through cōsent and graūte of all ye lordes of Scotlonde.
¶ How syr Iohn Bailoll kyng of Scot¦londe withsayd his homage.
¶ Of the conquest of Barwyk.
¶ How kynge Edward of his grete grace delyuered agayne the Scottes out of pryson that were chefetaynes of the londe / and they drewe them to the Frensshmen through the coūseyle of Wyllyam Waleys.
¶ How Willyam Waleys let slee syr Hugh of Cressingham / and of the ba∣tayle of Fonkirke.
¶ Of the last maryage of kyng Ed∣ward / and how he went the thyrde tyme in to Scotlonde.
¶ How the castell of Estreuelyn was besyeged and wonne.
How Troylebaston was fyrst ordeyned.
¶ Of the deth of Willyam Waleys the fals traytour.
¶ How the Scottes came to kyng Ed∣ward for to amende theyr trespace that they had done agaynst hym.
¶ How Robert the Brus chalen∣ged Scotlonde.
¶ How syr Iohn of Comyn gaynsayd the crownynge of syr Robert the Brus.
¶ How syr John of Comyn was traytoursly slayne.
¶ How that kynge Edward dubbed at Westmynster .xxiiij. score knyghtes.
¶ How Robert the Brus was dyscom∣fyted in batayle / & how Symond Fri∣sell was slayne.
¶ How Iohn erle of Atheles was taken and put to deth.
¶ How Iohn that was Wyllyam Waleys broder was put to deth.
¶ How Robert the Brus fledde from Scotlonde to Norway.
¶ How kynge Edwarde dyed.
¶ Of Merlyns prophecyes that were declared of kynge Edward that was kynge Henryes sone.
¶ Anno di. M .CC. lxxxiii.
¶ Of kynge Edwarde that was kynge Edwardes sone.
¶ How Robert the Brus came agayn in to Scotlonde / & gadred a grete power of men for to warre vpon kynge Edward.
¶ How the towne of Barwyk was ta∣ken through treason / & how two cardy∣nals were robbed in Englonde.
¶ How the Scottes robbed Northumberlonde.
¶ How the Scottes wolde not amende theyr trespace / and therfore Scotlonde was enterdyted.
¶ How syr Hugh Spensers sone was made the kynges chamberlayne / and of the batayle of Mitone.
¶ How kynge Edwarde dyd all maner thynge that syr Hugh Spenser wolde.
¶ How syr Hugh Spenser & his fader were exiled out of Englonde.
¶ How the kyng exiled ye erle Thomas of Lancastre / & all that helde with hym and how Mortimer came & yelded hym to the kynge / and of the lordes.
¶ Of the syege of Tykhyll.
¶ Of the discomfyture of Burbrygge.
¶ How syr Thomas of Lancastre was byheded at Pountfret / and .v. barons & a knyght drawen & hanged there.
¶ How kyng Edward went in to Scot∣londe with an hondred thousande men of armes / and myght not spede.
¶ How syr Andrewe of Herkela was ta∣ken & put to deth y• was erle of Cardoyll.
¶ Of y• myracles that god wrought for saynt Thomas of Lancastre / wherfore the kynge let close in the chirche dores of the pryory of Pountfret / that no man sholde come therin for to offre.
¶ How quene. Isabell went in to Fraū∣ce for to treate of peas bytwene her lorde the kynge of Englonde and the kynge of Fraunce her broder.
¶ How kynge Edwarde sent syr Ed∣ward his sone the eldest in to Fraūce.
¶ How the kyng exiled his quene Isa∣bell and Edwarde his eldest sone.
¶ How kynge Edward through coun∣seyle of the Spensers sente to the douze pers of Fraunce that they sholde helpe that the quene Isabell & her sone syr Ed¦ward were exiled out of Fraunce.
¶ How kyng Edward let kepe ye costes by the see / & let trye all the pryce men of armes & fote men through Englonde.
¶ How the quene Isabell & syr Edward duke of Guyenne her soe came to londe at Herewich / and how they dyd.
¶ How mayster Walter Stapylton bisshop of Excestre ye was the kynges tresourer was heded at London.
¶ How kyng Edward & syr Hugh spen∣ser & the erle of Arundell were taken.
¶ How kyng Edward was put downe and his dignite taken from hym.
¶ Of the prophery of Merlyn de∣clared of kynge Edwarde the sone of kynge Edward the fyrst.
¶ Anno dn̄i. M .CCC .xxvij.
¶ How kyng Edward went to Stan∣hope for to mete the Scottes.
¶ How y• Englysshmen stopped y• Scot¦tes in y• parke of Stanhope / & how they returned agayne into Scotlonde.
¶ Of the deth of kynge Edwarde of Carnaruan.
¶ How kynge Edward spoused Philip the erles doughter of Henaud at Yorke.
¶ How the peas was made bytwene ye Englisshmen & the Scottes / and also of iustyfyenge of Troylebaston.
¶ Of the debate yt was bytwene quene Isabell & syr Henry erle of Lācastre & of Leycestre / & of the rydynge of Bedford.
¶ How kynge Edwarde went ouer the see for to do his homage to the kynge of Fraunce for the duchy of Guyen.
¶ How syr Roger Mortimer bare hym proudly and wonders hye.
¶ How Edmond of wodstok y• was erle of Kent & the kynges broder Edward of Carnaruan was heded at Wynchestre.
¶ Of the deth of syr Roger Mor∣tymer erle of Marche.
¶ Now kyng Edward gate agayn vnto hym gracyously ye homages & faues of Scotlonde / wherof he was put out through false coūseyle of quene Isabell his moder & syr Roger Mortymer / that was newly made erle of March.
¶ This was ye araye of ye scottes how yt they came in batayle agaynst ye two kyn¦ges of Englōde & of Scotlōde. In ye vaūt ward of Scotlonde were these lordes.
¶ How kynge Edwarde made a duchy of the erledome of Cornewayle / and also of syxe other erles that were newe ma∣de / and of the fyrst chalenge of the kyng∣dome of Fraunce.
¶ How kynge Edwarde came vnto the Scluys and dyscomfyted all the power of Fraunce in the hauen.
¶ How kynge Edwarde sayled in to Normādy / & arryued at Hogges with a grete hoost.
¶ How kynge Edwarde besyege Calays / and how it was wonne & yelded vnto hym.
¶ How kynge Edward had a grete batayle With Spanyardes in y• see fast by Wynchelsee.
¶ How kynge Edwarde was crowned kyng of Scotlōde / & how prȳce Edward toke y• kynge of Fraūce & syr Philyp his yonger sone at the batayle of Poytiers.
¶ How the
¶ Of the grete wynde / and how prynce Edwarde toke the lordshyp of Guyen of his fader / and went thyder.
¶ Of the batayle of Spayne besyde the water of Nazers ye was bytwene prince Edward & syr Henry bastard of spayne.
¶ How syr Robert Knolles wt other cer¦tayne lordes of the realme went ouer se in to Fraūce / & of theyr gouernaūce.
¶ Of the besyegynge of Rochell / & how the erle of Penbroke & his cōpany was there taken in ye hauen wt Spanyardes and all his shyppes brent.
¶ How the duke of Lancastre wt a grete hoost wente in to Flaundres & passed by Parys through Burgoyn and through all Fraūce tyll he came to Burdeux.
¶ Of the deth of prynce Edwarde / & of the lord Latimer and dame Alyce Pes through whom & her maynteyners the realme many a day was mysgouerned.
¶ Of the deth of kyng Edward / & how syr Iohn Monsterwarth knyght was drawen and hanged for his falsnes.
¶ Circa amiū dn̄i. M .CCC .lxxx.
¶ How the fyue lordes arose at Ratcote brydge.
¶ How kynge Rycharde spoused dame Isabell y• kynges doughter of Fraūce in the towne of Calays / & brought her in to Englōde & let her be crowned quene in y• abbey of saynt Peters of Westmynster.
¶ Circa annū dn̄i. M .CCCC.
¶ Circa annū dn̄i. M .CCCC .xiij.
¶ How the kyng of Englonde was ma∣de enherytour & regent of Fraunc / and how he wedded quene Katheryne.
¶ Of the lawe of kyng Henry the fyfth and what he ordeyned for kyng Richard and for hymselfe after his deth.
¶ How kynge Henry the syxth regned beynge a chylde not one yere of age / and of the batayle of Vernoyle in Perche.
¶ How there was lyke to haue ben a grete fraye bytwene the cardynal and the duke of Glocestre. And of the coro∣nacyon of kyng Henry the syxth bothe in Englonde and in Fraunce.
¶ How Calays & Guynes were besye∣ged by ye duke of Burgoyn / & how they were rescowed by ye duke of Glocestre.
¶ How Owen a squyer of wales yt had wedded quene Katherin was arested & of the scysme bytwene Eugeny & Feli.
¶ How the duchesse of Glocestre was a∣rested for treason / & cōmytted to perpe∣tuall pryson in the yle of Man / & of the deth of mayster Roger Bolyngbroke.
¶ How kynge Henry wedded quene Margarete / & of her crownacyon.
¶ How the duke of Glocestre the kyn∣ges vncle was arested at ye parlyament of Bury / & of his deth / and how Angeo and Mayne was delyuered.
¶ How syr Fys A to Fogyers in Normandye. And of y• losse of Constantynople by the Turke.
¶ How this yere was the insurreccyon in Kent of the comyns / of whom Iarke Cade an Irysshe man was capytayne.
¶ Of the felde that y• duke of yorke toke at Brentheth in Kent. And of the byrth of prynce Edwarde. And of the st ba∣tayle at saynt Alvons / where duke of Somerset was slayne.
¶ How the lord was taken by the of Sa / and of the of .
¶ How the kynges housholde made a fraye agaynst the erle of Warwyk / and of the iourney at Bloreheth.
¶ How Andrewe Trollop and the sow∣youres of Calays forsoke the duke of Yorke and theyr mayster the erle of war wyk in the west countree.
¶ How ye erles of Marche / Warwyk / & Salysbury entred in to Calays / & how the erle of warwyk went in to Irlonde.
¶ How ye erles of Marche of warwyk and of Salisbury entred in to Englonde And of the felde of Northamton / where dyuers lordes were slayne.
¶ Now y• duke of Yorke was slayn / & of y• felde of Wakefelde / & of y• second iourney at saynt Albons by y• quene & the prince.
¶ Of the deposynge of kyng Henry the syxth / & how kynge Edward the fourth toke possessyon / & of y• batayle on Palme sondaye / and how he was crowned.
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¶ The names of this ylonde. Caplo .j.
¶ Of the settynge / boundynge / length and brede of Englonde. Ca .ij.
¶ Of the worthynes and preroga cyons. Caplo .iij.
¶ Of the meruayles & wonders. ca .iiij.
¶ Of the chefe partyes of the same londe. Ca .v.
¶ Of the ylondes that ben therto adiacent. Ca .vj.
¶ Of the kynges hye wayes and stretes. Ca .vij.
¶ Of the famous ryuers and stremes. Ca .viij.
¶ Of auncyent cytees & townes. ca .ix.
¶ Wilhel. de pon. lib .iij.
¶ Of prouynces and Shyres. Ca .x.
¶ Oelegibus legum vocabulis.
¶ Of kyngdomes / of boundes and markes bytwene them. Ca .xii.
¶ Of bysshopryches and of theyr sees. Ca .xiij.
¶ D episcopis occidētalib{us}. Wilhelm{us}
¶ De orientalibus episcopis.
¶ De episcopis Mertio{rum}. Wilhelmus.
¶ De episcopis Northumbranis. Withel. de pon .li. ca .xj.
¶ Of how many maner of people haue dwelled therin. Ca .xiiij.
¶ Of the lāguages / of maners & vsage of the people of that londe. Ca .xv.
¶ De gentis huius moribus. Gir. in ere.
¶ Of the londe of Wales. Ca .xvj.
¶ Of the name / and wherfore it is named Wales. Ca. xvi.
¶ Of the commodytees of the londe of Wales. Ca .xviij.
¶ Of the maners and ryghtes of the walsshmen. Ca .xix.
¶ Of the meruayles and won∣ders of Wales. Ca .xx.
¶ Of the descripcyon of Scotlonde somtyme named Albania. Ca .xxj.
¶ Of y• descripcyon of Irlonde. ca .xxij.
¶ Of the boūdyng of Irlonde. Ca. xxiij
¶ Of the gretenes and qualite of that londe. Ca .xxiiij.
¶ Of the defaute of the londe. Ca .xxv.
¶ Of them that fyrst enhabyted Irlonde. Ca .xxvj.
¶ Of the condycyons and maners of Irlonde. Ca .xxvij.
¶ Of the meruayles and wonders of Irlonde. Ca .xxviij.
¶ Of the meruayles of sayntes of Irlonde. Ca .xxix.
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