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 ...

NOw ȝe haue [herde] Lordes, how Sir Iohn of Bailoil, in tyme of pees, was chosen to bene Kyng of Scotland, for encheson þat he come of þe eldest douȝter of þe Erl Dauid of Huntingdon, þat was Kyng Alisaundres broþer of Scotland, þat deide wiþouten heir of his body bigeten; and how þis Iohn made feaute & homage to Kyng Edward, þat was Kyng Henries sone þe þrid, for his landes of Scotland; and how he afterward wiþsaide his homages, þrouȝ conseile of þe Scottes, In þe ȝere of the Incarnacion M^l cclxxij^o, and sende vnto þe pope, þrouȝ false suggestion þat he made his oth vnto þe forsaid sir Edward, ouer his estate and his wille, of þe whiche oth þe Pop assoilede him, þrouȝ his bulles to him sent. ¶ And anone as Kynge Edward wiste þerof, he ordeynede anone his [MS Rawlinson B 171 162a] barons, and come Vnto Berewike, and conquerede þe toune; at þe whiche conqueste þere were slayn xxv M^l & vij^c. and Bailoil, þat was Kyng of Scotland, come & ȝelde him vnto Kyng Edward; and þe Kyng afterward delyuerede him out of þe tour of London, and alle þe

grete lorde[s] of Scotland wiþ him, þat were taken at Berwike, and ȝaf ham sauf condit to gon into Scotland. And the Scottes seþenes, þrouȝ her falsenesse, werrede oppon Kyng Edward. ¶ And when Sir Iohn Bailoile, Kyng of Scotland, saw al þis, he went & put him ouer þe see vnto Dompier, and leuede þere oppon his owen landes as wel as he might, til þat þe Scottis wolde amende ham of hir misdedes & trespasseȝ, and lad with him Sir Edward, his sone. Wherfore þe Scottes, in despite of him, callede him "Sir Iohn Turnetabard," for cause þat he wolde nouȝt offende ne trespasse aȝeynes Kyng Edward of Engeland; and so he forsoke his reaume of Scotland, and sette þerof but litil pris. ¶ And þis Sir Iohn, Longe duellede in Fraunce, til þat he deide þere; and Sir Edward his sone vnderfonge his heritage, and dede homage vnto þe Kyng of France for his landes of Dunpier.

¶ And so hit felle afterward þat Edwarde, þat was Iohn Bailoilles sone, had wiþ him a squyer of Engeland þat was born in Ȝork-shire, þat men callede Iohn of Barnaby; and þis Edward Bailoil louede him miche, & was neiȝ him, and wiþ him ful pryuee. [MS Rawlinson B 171 162b] ¶ And so þis Iohn of Bernaby was in debate with a Frenche-man in þe toune of Dounpier and so he quellede him, and went in his way, in al the haste þat he might, into þe castel fortil haue socoure and helpe of his lord. ¶ And anone come þe Officeres of þe toune forto take Iohn of Barnaby as a feloun. and Sir Edward, his lorde, halpe him, and rescuede him, and by nyȝt made him wende out of the castel; and so he went his way, and come into Engeland with-oute eny harme. ¶ And when þe Kyng of Fraunce saw þat Sir Edward had rescuede his feloun, he bicome wonder wroþ aȝeyns Sir Edward, and anon lete him bene arest, and toke into his hande alle his landes. ¶ Tho duellede Sir Edward in prison vnto þe tyme þat Sir Henry Beaumond come into Fraunce; þe whiche Henry some-tyme was Erl of Angos in Scotland, þrouȝ his wif, and was put out of þe forsaide Erldome when þe accord was made bituene Engeland & Scotland, þrouȝ þe Quene Isabell & Sir Rogere þe

Mortymer & her companye, for þe mariage þat she made bituene Dauid, þat was Robert þe Brus sone, and Dame Iohn of þe toure, Kyng Edwardus sustre of Engeland, and wel vnderstode þis, þat at the ende he shulde come to his ryght, but if [it] were þrouȝ þe Edward Bailloill, þat was right heir of the reaume of Scotland. ¶ And þe Kyng of Fraunce, Lowys, louede wel þis Sir Henry, and was wiþ him ful priuee, and [MS Rawlinson B 171 163a] þouȝt forto make delyuerance of Sir Edward Bailoiles body, if he might in eny maner. ¶ Tho praiede he þe Kyng, þat he wolde graunt him of his grace Sir Edward Bailoilles body vnto þe next parlement, þat he miȝt leue wiþ his owen rentes in þe mene-tyme, and þat he myȝt stande to bene Iugede by his pieris at the parlement. ¶ the Kyng grantede him his praieres, and made þe forsaide Sir Edward ben delyuerede out of prisoun in the maner aboue-saide. and anone as he was out of prisoun, Sir Henry toke him forth wiþ him, & lad him into Engeland and made him duelle priueliche in the Maner of Sandhal oppon Owes in Ȝorke-shire, wiþ þe Lady Vescy. and so he ordeynede him þere an Huge retenance of peple of Englisshemen, and also of Aliens, forto conquere aȝeyne his heritage. ¶ And so he ȝaf miche siluer vnto soudeoures and to Alienes forto helpe him; and þai bihight him forto helpe in al þat þai might, but þai failede him at his most nede.

And at þat tyme Donalde, Erl of Morref, herde telle how þat Sir Edward was comen into Engeland, and come to him, and made wiþ him grete ioye of his commyng aȝeyne, and saide to him, and bihigh[t] þat alle grete lordes of Scotland shulde bene to him entendant, and holde him for hir Kyng, as right heir of Scotland. and so miche þai wolde done, þat he shulde be crounede Kyng of þat lande, and to him dede feaute & Homage. [MS Rawlinson B 171 163b] þo come Sir Henry of Beaumond to Kyng Edward of Engeland, and praiede him, in way of charite, þat he wolde grant

of his grace vnto Sir Edwarde Bailoil, þat he moste safliche gone bi land fram Sandhall vnto Scotland, forto conquere his riȝt heritage in Scotland. ¶ the Kyng Edward ansuerede and saide vnto him: "yf þat y soffre þe Bailoil wende þrouȝ my londe toward Scotland, þan þe peple wolde say þat y were assenting to þe company." ¶ "Now, Sir, y praie ȝow þat ȝe wolde grant him leue to take vnto [him] soudeoures of Englisshe-men, þat þai myȝt safly lede him þrouȝ ȝour land vnto Scotland; and, Sir, oppon þis couena[n]t, þat if it so bifalle—þat God hit forbede!—þat þai bene descomfited in bataile þrouȝ þe Scottes, þat y and alle þe lordes þat holden with Bailoil ben for euermore put out of oure rentȝ þat we haueþ in Engeland." ¶ and þe Kyng, oppon þis couenant, grantede hir bone, as toching him and þo þat were of þe same querell, þe whiche cleimede forto haue londes & rentȝ in þe reaume of Scotland. ¶ And þise were þe names of þe same Lordes þat pursuede þis mater, þat is to seyn, Sir Edward Bailoil, þat chalangede þe reaume of Scotland; Sir Henry Beaumond, Erl of Angos; Sir Dauid of Stroboly, Erle of Atheles; Sire Geffray of Mountbray, Walter Comyn, and meny oþere þat were put out of hir heritage in Scotland when þe pees was [MS Rawlinson B 171 164a] made bituene Engeland and Scotland, as bifore is saide.

¶ And ȝe shal vnderstond þat þise lordes toke wiþ ham v C men of Armes and ij M^l Archires of footmen, and þo went vnto ship atte Rauenesere, and sailede by þe see til þat þai come vnto Scotland, and come to lande at Kynkecorne, xij mile fro Seint Iohnes toune, and sende oute hier shippes aȝeine, for þai shulde nouȝt ben hurt ne apairede, neiþer þat no man shulde gone into shippe aȝeyne, þouȝ þat þai hade nede, but abide at al periles, and nouȝt flee, but stande, and raþer soffre deþ þan flee, to mayntene hir trew querelle. ¶ when þe Erl of Fif, a fers man and a sterne, herde telle þat þe Bailoil was comen forto take þe lande of Scotland, he come in haste vnto Kynkecorn wiþ x M^l Scottes, forto destourble him, þat he shulde nouȝt come to land. ¶ But Sir Edward Bailoil and his company had taken þe land, maugre

him and his company, and him descomfitede; at þe whiche scomfiture Sir Alisandre of Seton was þer quellede, and meny oþer. ¶ The Erl of Fif was þo wonder sory, and ful euel shamede þat so litil company hade him descomfitede, and shamefulliche put him & alle his company þat was alif forto flee. þo come Sir Edward the Bailoil, and toke þe contre al about him, til þat he come to þe Abbay of Dunfermelyn; and þere he fonde vitailes for him and [MS Rawlinson B 171 164b] for his men. and amonge all oþer þinges, He fonde in a chambre aboue v C of grete stafes of fyne oke, with longe pikes of yren and of stele: he tok and delyuerede ham to þe most strongeste of his company. ¶ And anone after he went fro þens, and loggede him in a felde ij mile fro Seint Iohn toune. and when þe burgeys of þe toune herde how þe Erl was descomfitede þrouȝ Sir Edward Bailloile, þai were sore adrade, and broken þe briggeȝ þat þai had made ouer þe water of Erne, so þat þe Bailoil might nouȝt gon ouer; Wherfore he loggede him þere al þat nyght, but litel hede he toke to reste, and saide vnto his peple, ¶ "Now, dere lordes, ȝe knowe ful wel þat we bene now loggede bituene oure enemys; and if þai mow vs hampre, þere nys but litil deþ; whe[r]fore if we abide here all þis nyght stille, y leue þat hit shal turne vs to miche harme; for þe power of Scotland may euery day wax and encresce, and we may nouȝt so; and we bene ful litel peple as aȝeins ham. whefore y praye ȝow, for the loue of Almyghty God, make we vs bolde and hardy, and þat we mow mightely take þe Scottes þis nyght, and boldely werr oppon ham; and late vs pu[r]sue ham þis niȝt; and if þai bene trauailede þrouȝ vs, and þai see oure hardynesse, so þat oþere Scottis þat comen, and mete ham & see ham so trauailede and wery, þe sorer wil bene adrade wiþ vs forto feiȝten; and fressheliche þan we shullen [MS Rawlinson B 171 165a] feiȝt, and oppon Ham pursue, so þat, þrouȝ the grace of Almighty God, al the worlde shal speke of þe douȝtynesse of our chaiualry." ¶ And, sires, vnderstondeþ

wel þat all the company þat come with Sir Edward Bailoile grauntede wel vnto þis conseil, and were þerof glade, and anone pursuede oppon þe Scottes þat wer bicomen wonder wery. and þe Bailoile and his company sore folwede ham, and dede ham miche sorwe þrouȝ her assaut, so þat þai myght nouȝt, for feble, ham helpe, and for litel peple. ¶ But þo saide amongus ham: "what is vs now bifalle, þat so litel peple as þe Bailoil haþ in wenge, done vs so miche trauaile and sorwe? now certes hit semeþ vs þat he werches by grace, for he is wonder graciouse in his querelle, and al we certes shul bene dede er þat we may come to him, vs forto ȝelde, siþ þat his fader sette of vs no pris."

¶ And amonge alle oþere þengus, þe Bailoil & his peple passede þe watere of Erne, so þat Sir Roger of Suynerton, þe sone, was fers and angri, and went forth; and þai saw miche peple of men of armes ful wel arraiede; and forþ þai went vnto ham, and wiþ ham fouȝten, and quellede as meny as wolde abide, and toke; and noþelesse at þat assaut þai wende þat hit hade bene þe grete host of Scotland. and when hit come to þe morne, þai gadrede ham and restede a while. ¶ But þe while þat þe Englisshemen restede, þe noble Baron Thomas of Vescy, and þe noble baron of Stafford, prekeden hir [MS Rawlinson B 171 165b] horse vp and doun by þe hulles, forto Kepe þe estres of þe contreye. ¶ and as þai prekeden vp and doun, þai saw a grete hoste of gode arraye, ordeynede in iij wenges, wiþ helmes and shelde shynyng, comyng oppon ham, and þo come þo ij lordes aȝeyne vnto þe Bailoiles folc, and saide, "Now, for the loue of Almyghty God, beþ of gode comfort, for ȝe shul haue bataile anone right!" ¶ And þo spake Sir Fouk, þe sone of Gerrein, a baroun of grete renoun and of dede of Armes: "Sires lordynges, vnderstondeþ [þ]at y wil saien y haue seyne meny diuerse wenges, as wel amonges Sarasynus and Gewes as amonge þe Scottes; and ȝitt see y neuer þe ferþe part of þe wenge feiȝten. and þerfor, and we wil abide our enemys, we beþ

ynow forto feiȝt aȝeynes ham; but if we be nouȝt of gode hert and of gode wille forto feiȝt wiþ ham, for certes we ben ful fewe aȝeyns þis company. ¶ And þerfore, for the loue of God, take we vnto vs gode hert, and lete vs bene bolde; and þenke we neiþer oppon oure wifes ne oppon our cheldren, but oneliche to conquer ham in bataile; and, þrouȝ þe helpe of our Lord God, oure enemys we shul ouercome."

¶ And with þat, come þe hoste of þe Scottes toward ham ful sorely, & aȝeins Sir Edward of Bailoile, in iij baitailes wel araiede in Armure; and wonder fressheliche þai comen toward þe Bailoiles men. But when Sir Donalde, Erl of Marcile, saw al [MS Rawlinson B 171 166a] þis, he saide to Robert þe Brus, þe sone of Robert þe Brus, þise wordes: "Sir Robert," quod he, "ful sore me forþenkeþ at myn hert þat þis folc, þat þe Bailoile haþ brouȝt wiþ him, shulde dye wiþ dent of Scottisshe meneȝ suorde, siþ þat þai bene Cristen men as wel as we bene; and þerfore me þenke þat hit were grete charite to sende vnto ham forto ȝelde ham vnto our mercy and grace, and raunsoun ham þrouȝ greuous raunsons, forasmiche as þai haue take our land and done ille." ¶ "Now, certes," quod Sir Robert Danolde, "y haue wel perceyuede þat þow art an enemy and traitour vnto Scotland, siþ þat þow wil consent to saue oure dedely enemys þat haue done vs miche sorwe and shame; and nowe hit semeþ wel þat ȝe beþ of her assent." ¶ "Certes, Robert," quod Sir Donald, "falseliche ȝe lye! y am nouȝt of her company ne of her consent; and þat hastely ȝe shul see, for y wil feiȝt wiþ ham raþer þan eny of þis company." "And certes," Sir Robert saide, "y shal, magre þin heede, assaile ham or þow." ¶ And wiþ þat þai prekeden her stedes fersely oppon Caskemore, and her wenges ham folewede on a renge. and þo come þai, and mette þe Bailloil and his company at an hongen bouȝt of þe more in a streite passage. and so faste þai hastede ham vnto þe Englisshemen, so þat þousandes felle to þe gronde, eche

oppon oþer, into on hepe, boþe horse and man. ¶ The Bailoil and his men þo [MS Rawlinson B 171 166b] mighghtely stoden aȝeynes Ham, and faste quellede þe Scottis vnto þe grounde, & meny sore woundede, so longe til þat þai stoden oppon ham, and foynede ham with her suordes & speres þrouȝ-out here bodyes; and so sore trauailede oppon ham til þai bicome ful wery, and wist nouȝt what to done. and þe Scottes þat were lafte alif fledden to saue ham-self, in the best maner þat þai myght. ¶ And þo pursuede Edward Bailoile & his men, and quellede of ham til þat hit was nyght. and fro þens þai went vnto Seint Iohnes Toune, and toke hit, and helde ham þere and vitailede ham-self atte her owen wille, for þai fonden ynouȝ wherwith to make ham mery. ¶ þo made þe Bailoile his men þat wer woundede gone to shippe forto wende into Engeland, forto hele her woundes.

And in þat same tyme þere was a Flemyng in þe see, a strong þef robour þat me callede 'Crab'; and þis Flemyng was dryuen out of Flaundres for his wickednesse; and þerfore he come into Scotland, and helde him wiþ þe Scottis, and dede as miche harme vnto the Englisshe-men as he myght. ¶ And þis Crab mette in þe see þis Bailoiles men þat wer wondede in bataile, þat were sent aȝeyn into Engeland forto hele her woundes. and þis Crab ȝaf vnto ham a grete assaut, and wolde haue quellede ham euerychon; but þe Englisshe-men defendet ham wel and manliche, [MS Rawlinson B 171 167a] and descomfitede Crab and his company; and þo gan he forto flee into Scotland. ¶ And as he come towarde Seint Iohnes toune, he fonde a grete company of Scottis, þat were comen aȝeyn to-geder after þe scomfiture of Gaskemore, þe whe[ch] bisegede Bailoil and his men in þe same toune of Seint Iohn; and anone tolde to þe Scottis how þat he descomfitede of þe Englisshe-men þat were sore wondet at Gaskemore, & went toward Engeland forto hele her wonde; and saide vnto þe Scottes, þat þai shulde haue no grace ne might aȝeynes Edward

Bailoile, for enchesoun þat he had scomfitede & empairede al the chiualrye of Scotland wiþ an handeful of men, as to acount aȝeins þe Scottis þat wer slayn. Wherfore he conseilede ham to remeve þe sege fram Seynt Iohnes toune, and kepe ham in þe best maner þat þai couþe or myght. ¶ The Scottes vnderstode þat Crab saide ham soþ, and forsoke þe sege and went þens by nyght, and halpe ham-self in the beste maner þat þai might.

¶ When þis tidyng was know þrouȝ Scotland, how þat þe lordes and knyghtes were scomfitede at Gaskemore of Scotland þrouȝ Sir Edward Bailoil, ȝe shullen vnderstonde þat the Lordes and ladies & gentiles of Scotland comen wonder faste vnto Seynt Iohnes toune, and ȝelde ham vnto Baloile, and to ham dede feaute and homage for hir londes, and ȝelden ham vnto his pees, [and helde him for heir lord. and he vnderfonge of ham heir homages, and grauntede ham his pees; and fro þens he went to þe Abbay of Scone, and þere he was cronede Kyng of Scotland. and after, he lete crie his pees] þrouȝ [MS Rawlinson B 171 167b] -out þe Land. and at þat same tyme Hit bifelle þat Kyng Edward of Engeland helde his parlement amongus his Lieges at þe Newe-Castell oppon Tyne, forto amende þe trespasses and þe wronges þat had ben done in his land. and Sir Edward þe Bailoil, Kyng of Scotland, come to him þider, and dede vnto him feaute and homage for þe reaume of Scotland. ¶ And in þis maner Kyng Edward of Engeland gaderede aȝeyn þe homages and feautes of Scotland, wherof he was put out þoruȝ conseil and assent of Dame Isabell his moder, and of Sire Rogere Mortymer, Erl of þe Marche.

¶ Tho toke Sir Edward Bailoil, Kyng of Scotland, his leue of Kyng Edward of Engeland, and went þens into his owen lande of Scotland, and sette but litil be ham þat hade conseilede him and holpen him in his querell; wherfore þai went from him, and went & leuede by her owen londes and rentȝ in Scotland. ¶ And so hit bifelle afterward nouȝt longe, þat þe Kyng of Scotland ne

remevede and come to þe toune of Anand, and þere toke his duelyng. and þider come to him a company of knyȝtes, stronge men and worthy, & ȝelde ham vnto þe kyng, and bare ham so faire in dede, and in contynaunce so þat he trust miche oppon ham. [and anone as þe traitoures sawe þat he trust miche oppon ham], þai ordeynede amongus ham l. in o company, and wolde haue slayn her Kyng; but, þrouȝ þe grace of Almyghty God he brake out þrouȝ a walle [by] [MS Rawlinson B 171 168a] an Hole in his chambre; and, as God wolde, scaped her traitery. and alle his men wer quellede; and he ascapede wiþ miche drede to þe Toune of Cardoile, and þere helde him, sore annoiede: and þis bifelle on oure Ladyes eve þe Concepcioun.

¶ Tho sent Kyng Edward Bailoil to Kyng Edward of Engeland, how falsely and traiterousely he was in litel while put vnto shame and sorwe, þrouȝ his lige men, oppon whom he truste wonder miche and praiede him, for þe loue of Almyghty God þat he wolde mayntene him and helpe [him] aȝeyns his enemys. ¶ the Kyng of Engeland hade of him þo grete pite, & bihight him helpe and socour, and sent him worde þat he shulde halde him in pees stille in the citee of Cardoile, til þat he hade gaderede his power. ¶ Tho ordeynede Kyng Edward of Engeland a conseil at London, and lete gader his men in diuerses shires of Engeland, and when he was redy, he went toward þe toune of Berwik-vp-Twyde; and þider come to him Kyng Edward of Scotland, wiþ his power, and bisegede the toune, and made wiþout þe toune a fair toune of pauylouns, and dikede ham wel al aboute, so þat þai hade non drede of þe Scottes; & made meny assautes wiþ gonnes and wiþ oþere engynes to þe toune, wherwiþ þai destroiede meny a fair hous; and cherches also were beten adoune [MS Rawlinson B 171 168b] vnto the erþe, wiþ gret stones, and spitouse comyng out of gonnes and of oþere gynnes. and noþeles þe Scottes kepte wel þe toune, þat þo ij kyngus miȝt nouȝt come þerin longe tyme. and noþeles the

Kynges abiden þere so longe, til þo þat were in þe toune faillede vitailes; and also þai so wery of wakyng þat þai wiste nouȝt what to Done. ¶ And ȝe shulle vnderstonde þat þo þat wer in the toune of Berwik, þrouȝ hir comune conseile and her assent, lete crie oppon þe walles þat þai miȝt haue pees of þe Englisshe-men; and þerof þai praiede þe Kyng, and of his grace, and praiede him of trewes for viij daies, oppon þis couenant, þat, if þai were nought rescuede in þat side of þe toune toward Scotland, of þe Scottis, wiþin viij daieȝ, þat þai wolde ȝelde ham vnto the Kyng, and þe toune also. and to holde þise couenauntȝ, þai profurede to þe Kyng xij hostages oute of þe toune of Berwik. ¶ When the hostages wer delyuerede vnto þe Kyngus, anone þo of þe toune sent vnto þe Scottes, and tolde ham of hir sorwe & meschief. and þe Scottes comen þo pryueliche ouer þe water of Twyde, to þe bouȝt of þe Abbay; and Sir William Dikett, þat was þe Styward of Scotland, and meny oþer þat comen wiþ him, put ham þere in grete perile of hamself att þat tyme of hir lif; for þai comen ouer a bruge [MS Rawlinson B 171 169a] þat was to-broken, and þe stones away. and meny of hir company were þere drenchede; but þe forsaide William went ouer, and oþere of his company, and come by þe Englisshe shippis, and quellede in a barge of Hulle xvj men; and after þai went into the toune of Berwik by the water side; Wherfore þe Scottis helde þo þe toun rescuede, and axede hir hostages aȝeyne of þe Kyng of Engeland. ¶ And þe Kyng sent ham worde aȝeyne þat þai askede the hostages wiþ wronge, siþ þat þai comen into the toune by Engeland syde; for couenaunt was bituene ham þat þe toune shulde be rescuede by the half of Scotland. anon Kyng Edward þo commanded ham to ȝelde þe toune or he wolde haue þe hostages. and þe Scottis saide þat þe toune was rescuede wel ynow, and þerto þai wolde holde ham. ¶ When Kyng Edward saw þe Scottis breke her couenauntȝ þat þai made, he was wonder wrothe, and anone lete take Sire Thomas fitȝ and Sire Alisaundre of Seton, Wardeyne of Berwik,—the whiche Thomas was person of Dunbarr,—and lete ham be taken ferst bifore þe oþer hostages, for

enchesoun þat Sir Alisaundres fader was keper of þe toune. and þe Kyng commandede euery day forto take ij hostages of þe toune til þat þai were alle done, vnto þe deþ, but if þai wolde ȝelde þe toun; and so he wolde teche ham to breke her couenauntȝ. ¶ And when þo of þe toune herde þis tydynges, þai bicome wonder sory, and sent to þe Kyng of Engeland, þat he [MS Rawlinson B 171 169b] wolde graunt ham oþer viij dayes of respite, so þat bituene CC men of Armes and xx^ti men of Armes mygh[t] by strengþ gon bituene ham vnto þe toune of Berwik, ham forto vitaile, so þat þe toune moste be holde for rescuede. ¶ And if it so were þat xxj or xxij or mo were slayn of þo CC biforesaide, þat þe toune shulde nouȝt ben halde for rescuede. & þis couenaunt forto holde, þai sent to him oþere xij of þe toune in hostageȝ. ¶ The Kyng of Engeland grantede ham her praier, and tok þe hostages. on Seynt Margaretes eve, In the ȝer of grace M^l CCC xxxij, þe Scottis comen ferseliche in iiij wengus wel arraiede in Armes, forto mete Kyng Edward of Engeland and Edward þe Kyng of Scotland, & wiþ hir power, and come fast and sharpely aȝeynes evesong tyme. and þe same tyme was flode at Berwik, in the water of Twede, þat no man myght wende ouer, on horse neiþer on foote, and þe water was bituene þo ij kyngus and þe reame of Engeland: and þat tyme abyden the Scottis in þat oþer side, for enchesoun þat þe Englisshe-men shulde haue bene drenchede or slayn.