The Brut, or The chronicles of England. Edited from Ms. Raw. B171, Bodleian Library, &c., by Friedrich W. D. Brie, with introduction, notes, and glossary ...

¶ How Dauid, þat was Lewelynes broþer, Prynce of Walys, was put to deþ. Capitulo ¶ Centesimo lxiiij^to.

DAuid, þat was Lewelynus broþer, þrouȝ pride wende forto haue bene Prince of Walis after his broþeres deth; and oppon þat, he sent after Walshemen to his parlement at Denbegge, and fulliche made Walys [MS Rawlinson B 171 104a] arise aȝeynes the Kyng, and biganne to meve Werr aȝeyns þe Kyng, and dede al þe sorwe and dissese þat he myght by his power.

¶ When Kyng Edward harde of þis þing, he ordeyned men to pursue oppon him; and Dauid ferseliche him defended til þat he

come to þe toun of Seynt Morice; and þere was Dauid take as he fley, and lad to þe Kyng; & þe Kyng commanded þat he shulde ben hongede & ydraw, & smyten of his heuede, & quarter him, & sende his heuede to London, and þe iiij quarters sende to the iiij chief tounes of Walys, for þai shulde take ensample, & þerof be-war.

¶ And afterward Kyng Edward lete crie his pees þrouȝ Walys, & seisede al the londe into his honde; and alle þe grete lordes of Walys þat were lefte alif, come þo to done feaute and homage vnto þe Kyng as to her Kynde Lord; and þo lete Kyng Edward amende þe lawes of Walys þat were defectif. ¶ And after, he sent to alle þe lordes of Walys, by his lettre patent, þat þai shulde comme alle to his parlement. And when þai were comen, þe Kyng saide to ham ful curtesly: "Lordyng, ȝe beþ welcomen; and me bihoueth ȝour conseile and ȝour helpe forto wende into Gascoigne, forto amende þe trespasse þat to me was þere done when þat y was þere, and forto entrete of Pees bituene þe Kyng of Aragon & þe Prynce of Morrey." ¶ And alle þe Kynges lege-men, Erles & barons, consentede and granted þereto. And þo went þe Kyng into Gascoign, and lete amende þe trespasse þat him was þere don and of þe debat þat was bituene þe Kyng of Arragon & the Prynce of Morrey, he cessede, & made ham accordede.

¶ And while the [MS Rawlinson B 171 104b] Gode Kyng Edward and Alianore his Quene was in Gascoigne, þe gode Erl of Cornwaile was made Wardeyn of Engeland til þat Kyng Edward come aȝeyn. And þo enquerede he of his traitoures þat coniectede falsenesse aȝeynȝ him; and eche of ham alle vnderfonge his dome, after þat þai hade deserued. ¶ But in the mene-tyme, while Kyng Edward was biȝonde þe see, to done ham forto make amendes þat aȝeyns him hade trespassede, a false þef traitour þat me callede 'Rys ap Meriedok,' bigan forto make werr aȝeyns the Kyng Edward; and þat was for enchesoun þat Sire Payn Tiptott wrongefully greuede & disesede þe

forsaid Rys ap Meriedok. ¶ and when Kyng Edward herd al þis, he sent by his lettres to Rys ap Meriedok, þat he shulde bigin to make non werr, but þat he shulde be in pees, for his loue; and when þat he come aȝeyn into Engeland, he wold vndertake þe querel, and wolde done amende al þat was misdone. ¶ The forsaide Rys ap Meriedok dispisede the Kynges commandement, and sparede nouȝt forto done alle þe sorwe þat he might to þe Kyngus men of Engeland; but anone after he was taken, and lad to Ȝorke, and þere he was drawe and hongede for his folye.