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[25th year of Henry VI] MD OFF THE PARLEMENT OF BERYE, ANNO DOMINI Ml.CCCC.xlvjo.
Th[e] Parlement of Berye, the regne of kyng Harry the vj. the [A.D. 1447.] xxv ȝere. The parlement began the x day of Februarye. [[Feb. 10th.]]
And onne the xvj day of the same moneth mustered the men of [[Feb. 16th.]] the same contre on the north syde of Berye on Henow Heth to the nowmbre of xl. Ml.
And on the morewe they schewed hemself on the south-este party of the towne off Berye. And there they brak up their waache, and euerye man went to his owne dwellyng-place, somme xxxti mȝle, somme xx mȝle, x mȝle, iiij mȝle, somme more, somme lesse, and no doubte of hit was (sic) a fervent coolde weder and a bytynge.
And on the morewe, that is to seye the xviij day of Februarye [[Feb. 18th.]] and Schrooffe-Sonedayes Even, come the duke of Gloucetre fro Lanam; and or he come by halue a mȝle or more mette with hym sir John Stourtone, treserere of the kynges howse, and sir Thomas Stanley, cownteroller of the kyngus hows, in message fro the kyng, was (sic), as hit was reportyd by somme of the forseyd dukes meyne:—"That forasmoche as the forseyde duke of Gloucetre hadde labered in that feruent coolde wheder, hit was the kynges wylle that he scholde take the nexte wey to his loggyng, and goo to his mete." And indede he enterid in at the Southgate about xj on the clokke affore none. And by estymacyon there come with hym to the nowmbre of iiij score hors. These forseyd messageres, when they hadde do the kynges comaundement, toke leue of the duke, and retournede aȝeyn to the kyng.
And the forseyde duke roode into the horse-market, and toke the wey on his lyfte hoonde to the Northgate warde, and he enteryd into a lewde lane. And then the duke asked a pore man that dwelled in the same lane, "What calle me this lane?" The pore man answered and seyde, "Forsothe, my lord, hit is called the Dede lane." And thanne the good duke remembryd hym of an olde prophesye that he hadde radde mony a day before, and seyde, "As our Lord