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 ...
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- 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 ...
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Contents
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The Brut, a Chronicle of England.
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section - [A]
- [THE PROLOG.]
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Here endeth þe prolog of Albyon, þat þo was an Ile. and herkeneth now how Brute was geten, & how he slow,
ferst his Modir, & Afterward his fadir; & how he Conquered Albyon þat After he nepned Brytaigne, after his name, þat now is y-called Engelond, After þe name of Engist of Saxoyne. Capitulo Primo. - How Brut was dryue out of þe land, & held hym in Greke. Capitulo ij.
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How Coryn bycome Brutes man, & how Kyng Goffar was discomfited. Capitulo iij
o . - How Brut Aryued at Tottenes in þe Ile of Albyon; & of þe Bataylle þat was betwen Coryn & Gogmagog. Capitulo quarto.
- How Brut made London & Called þis land Brytaigne, & Scotland Albyne, & Walys Camber. Capitulo quinto.
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Of Kyng Madhan, how he regnede in pees al his lif, and of Menpris and of Manlyn his sones; and how Menpris slough Manlyn his broþer, and how wolfes drow him al to peces. ¶ Capitulo Sexto. -
Of Kyng Ebrac, how he conquerede ffraunce, and bigate xx
ti sones and xxiij douȝtres. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Septimo. - Of þe Kyng Brut Greneshal, þe ferste sone of Ebrac the kyng. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Octauo.
- Of kyng Leyl. ¶ Capitulo. ¶ Nono.
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Of Kyng Lud Ludibras, þat was Kyng Leiles sone. ¶ Capitulo x
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Of þe kyng Bladuc, þat was Ludybras sone, regnede, and was a gode man and a nygromancer. Capitulo xi
mo . - Of Kyng Leir, and of þe ansuere of his ȝongest douȝter, þat graciousely was mariede to þe Kyng of Fraunce. C. xij.
- How Kyng Leir was dryuen out of his lande þrouȝ his owen folye; and how Cordeil his ȝongest doughter halpe him in his nede. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Terciodecimo.
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How Morgan and Conenedag þat were Neveus to Cordeil, werrede oppon here, and put here into prison. C. xiiij. - Of Rynallo, þat was Conedagus sone: how he regnede after his fader; and in his tyme it raynede bloode iij daies, in tokenyng of gret deth. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Quintodesimo.
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How Gorbodian regnede in pees, þat was Rynallo sone; and after, he deide, and liþ at Ȝork C. xvj
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How Gorbodian hade ij sones, & how þat on slough þat oþere, forto haue þe heritage; & how Ydoyne her moder quellede þat oþere, wherfore þe lande was destroiede. ¶ Capitulo ¶ xvij
mo . - How iiij kynges curteisely helde al Britaigne; and whiche beth here names. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Octodesimo.
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Of Kyng Donewall, þat was Cloteneȝ sone, and how he hade wonne þe lande. ¶ Capitulo xix
o . - How Donewal was þe ferst kyng þat euere Werede crone of golde in Britaigne. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Vicesimo.
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How Brenne and Belyn departede bituene ham þe lande, after þe deth of Donewal, hir fader; & of þe werre. Capitulo xxj
o . - How Belyn delyuerede out of þis lande Kyng Gutlagh of Dennemarc, and Samye. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Vicesimo Secundo.
- How accorde was made bituene Brenne and Belyn, through Cornewenne, hire moder. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Vicesimo Tercio.
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How Kyng Corinbatrus quellede þe Kyng of Dennemarc, for enchesoun þat he wolde nouȝt paye him his truage. ¶ Capitulo xxiiij
to . - How þe Kyng Guentolen regnede in godenesse, & wel gouernede þe lande al his liftyme. ¶ Capitulo vicesimo Quinto.
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How Kyng Seisel regnede, and wel gouernede þe lande after Guentolen. ¶ Capitulo xxvj
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How Kymore regnede after Seisel his fader; and he bigate Howan, þat
regnede after him. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Vicesimo ¶ Septimo. - How Kyng Morwith deide þrouȝ meschaunce, þrouȝ a beste for his wickednesse. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Vicesimo ¶ Octauo.
- Of Grandobodian, þat was Morwitheȝ sone, þat made the toune of Cambruge. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Vicesimo Nono.
- Of Artogaile, þat was Grandobodianus sone: how he was made kyng, & siþ put adoune for his wickednesse. ¶ Capitulo Tricesimo.
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How Hesider was made kyng after þe deth of Artogaile his ¶ broþer. Capitulo xxxj
o . - How þe Britouns token Hesider oute of Prisoune, and made him kyng þe þridde tyme. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Tricesimo Secundo.
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How xxxiij kynges regnede in pees, eche after oþere, after
þe deth of Hesider. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Tricesimo Tercio. - How Lud was made kyng after þe deþ of Ely his fader. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Tricesimo ¶ Quarto.
- How þe Britons grantede to Cassibalam, þat was Ludes broþer, þe land: in whas time Iulius come ij tymes forto conquere þe lande. ¶ Capitulo Tricesimo ¶ quinto.
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Of þe debate þat was bituene Cassibalam and þe Erle of London; & of þe truage þat was payede to Rome. ¶ Capitulo xxxvj
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How þe lordes of þe lande, after þe deth of Cassibalam, for encheson þat he hade none heire, made Andragen kyng. Capitulo ¶ xxxvij
mo . - Of Kymbalyn, þat was Andragenus sone, a gode man, and wel gouernede þe lande. Capitulo xxxviij.
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Of Kyng Gynder, þat was Kembalynes sone, þat wolde nouȝt paye þe truage to Rome for the lande þat Cassibalam hade grantede; & how he was slayne of a Romayne. Capitulo xxxix
o . - Of Kyng Armoger, in whas tyme seynt Peter prechede in Antyoche, wiþ oþere apostlis in diuerses contres. Capitulo xl.
- How Kyng Westmer ȝaf to Berynger an Ilande forlete; and þere þis Beringer made þe toune of Berwik. Capitulo xlj.
- How Kyng Westmer Lete arere a stone in þe entryng of Westmerland, þere þat he slouȝt Rodrik; & þere he biganne ferste Housyng. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Quadragesimo ¶ Secundo.
- Of Kyng Coil, þat was Westmeres sone, þat helde his lande in pees his lif-tyme. ¶ Capitulo xl Tercio.
- How Kyng Lucye regnede after Coel his fader, þat was a gode man; and after, he bicome cristen. ¶ Capitulo xl ¶ Quarto.
- How þis lande was longe wiþouten a kyng; and how þe Britons chosen a kyng. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Quadragesimo. ¶ Quinto.
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Of Kyng Constance, þat was a Romayn, þat was chosen kyng after þe deth of Coel, for-asmiche þat he hade spousede Elyn, þat was Kyng Coeles douȝter. Capitulo xlvj
o . - How Constantyne, þat was Kyng Constanceȝ sone, & þe sone of seynt Elyne, gouernede and rewlede þe lande, & was Emperour of Rome. ¶ Capitulo xl Septimo.
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How Maximian, þat was þe Emperoureȝ cosyn of Rome spousede Octouyaneȝ douȝter, and was made kyng, ¶ Capitulo xlviij
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How Maximian, þat was þe Emperourres cosyn, conquerede the Lande of Amorican, and ȝaf it to Conan Meriedok. ¶ Capitulo xlix
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How Vrsula, and xj M
l of maydenes þat were in here company, went towarde litil Britaigne, & al were martrede at Coloigne. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Quinquagesimo. - How Kyng Gowan come forto destroye þis lande; and how aman of grete power, þat me callede Gracian, defendede þe lande. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Qui[n]quagesimo ¶ Primo.
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How Gracyan made hym kyng whan Maximian was slayn; & after, þe Brytouns quelled hym for his wikkydnesse. Capitulo quinquagesimo ij
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How Constantyn, þat was þe kynges broþer of litel Britaigne, was Crouned kyng, for his worþines, of mych Bretaigne. Capitulo liij
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Of Constaunce, þat was Constantynus sone, þat was Monk at Wynchestr; & how he was made kyng after his faders deth, þurgh Counceill of Vortiger, þat was Erle of Westsex, for-as-mych as Aurilambros & Vter, his ij breþerin, were but of younge age, & was slayn. Capitulo liiij
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How þe wardeynes þat hade þo ij childerne to kepe, þat were
Constantines sones, lade ham to litel Britaigne, for the tresoun and falsenesse of Vortiger. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Quinquagesimo ¶ Quinto. -
How Engist and xj M
l men come into þis lande, to whom Vortiger ȝaf a place þat is callede Thongecastell. Capitulo lvjto . -
Of Ronewenne, þat was Engistes doughter
and how Kyng Vortyger [spou]sede her for here beaute. C. lvij mo . -
How Vortymere, þat was Vortigers sone, was made kyng, & Engist dryuen oute; & how Vortymer was slayn þrouȝ Ronewenne. ¶ Capitulo lviij
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How þe Britons chosen a-noþere tyme Vortyger to bene here king; and Engist come into þis lande aȝeyne, & þai fouȝten to-gedres. ¶ Capitulo lix
o . - How Vortiger went into Walis, and biganne þere a castel, þat wolde nouȝt stande wiþouten morter temprede wiþ mannes blode. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Sexagesimo.
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How þe kyng lete seche Merlyn þrouȝ al Walys forto speke wiþ him. Capitulo lxj
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Of þe ansuere of Merlyn, wherfore þe kyng axede whi his werk myght nouȝt stande þat he hade bigonne, myȝt nouȝt proue. Capitulo lxij
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Of þe significacions of þe ij dragounes þat were in þe botume of þe ponde, þat fouȝten togederes. Capitulo Sexagesimo tercio. - Of Kyng Aurilambros; how he pursuede Vortiger and Engist, and how þai deiden. Capitulo Sexagesimo Quarto.
- How Aurilambros dede redresse þe lande of Grete Britaigne, þat was destroiede þrouȝ Saxoynes. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Sexagesimo ¶ Quinto.
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How þe Britons went forto seche þe grete stones in Irland. Capitulo lxvj
to . - How Passent, þat was Vortigerȝ sonne, & þe Kyng Guillomer, come into þis land; and how a traitoure þat me callede Coppa, enpoisenede þe Kyng Aurilambros. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Sexagesimo Septimo.
- When Aurilambros was dede, a sterr in the morne was seyne with a clere light; & at the bouȝte of þe beeme was seye þe heuede of an horrible Dragoun. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Sexagesimo ¶ Octauo.
- Of þe bitokenyng of þat sterr. ¶ Capitulo Sexagesimo ixo.
- Of Vter Pendragoun; and wherfore he was callede so, after ȝe shal here; & he was ouertake for þe grete loue of Igerne, þat was þe Erles wif of Cornwaile. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Septuagesimo.
- How Vter bigate on Igerne, þat was þe Erleȝ wif of Cornewaile, Arthure þe kyng. ¶ Capitulo Septuagesimo primo.
- How Kyng Vter chees Aloth to kepe þe lande of Britaigne whiles þat he was sik. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Septuagesimo ¶ Secundo.
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How Arthure, þat was þe sone of Vter, was cronede after his faderes deþ; & how he drof Colegryn & þe Saxoynes, and Chelduc of Almayne, out of þis lande. Capitulo lxxiij
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How Arthure ȝaf bataile to þe Saxones when þai comen aȝeyne, and bisegede þe toune of Baþe, & ham ouercome. ¶ Capitulo lxxiiij
to . - How Kyng Arthure axede of Merlyn þe aventures of vj the laste kynges þat weren to regne in Engeland, and how þe lande shulde ende. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Septuagesimo ¶ Quinto.
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How Arthure ouercome Guyllomer þat was Kyng of Irland & how þe Scottes bicomen his men. Capitulo lxxvj to . - How Kyng Arthure spousede Gunnore, þat was Cadoreȝ cosyn, Erl of Cornewaile; & after he conquerede of Guillomer all Irland. ¶ Capitulo Septuagesimo ¶ Septimo.
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How Kyng Arthure come into Fraunce, & conquered þat
londe of Froll, þat was a Romayn, & him quellede. Capitulo lxxviij o . -
How Kyng Arthure auauncede alle his men þat hade trauailed in his seruise. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Septuagesimo Nono. - Of þe lettre þat was sent fram þe Citee of Rome for pride to Kyng Arthure ¶ Capitulo ¶ Octogesimo.
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Of þe bolde ansuere þat Kyng Arthure sent to þe Emperour of Rome & to þe Romayns. Capitulo ¶ iiij
xx primo. -
Of þe reuerence þat Kyng Authure dede to þe Emperourreȝ messagers of Rome. Capitulo ¶ iiij
xx Secundo. - Of þe kynges & lordes þat comen to helpe Kyng Arthure aȝeyneȝ þe Emperour of Rome. Capitulo Octogesimo ¶ Tercio.
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How Kyng Arthure fauȝt wiþ a Geaunt in Spaigne, þat me callede Denabȝ, þat quellede Elyne, þat was Kyng Hoeleȝ Cosyne, of litel Britaigne. Capitulo iiij
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How Kyng Arthure ȝaf bataile to þe Emperour, in þe whiche bataile þe Emperoure was slayn. Capitulo Octogesimo v
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How Kyng Arthure lete entere his knyȝtes þat he hade Loste in bataile; and how he sent þe Emperourreȝ body
to Rome, þat þere was slayne in bataile. Capitulo Octogesimo vj to . - How Mordrede þe traitour to whome Kyng Arthure tok his lande to kepe, and his castelles, and helde hit aȝeynes him. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Octogesimo ¶ Septimo.
- How Arthure enchacede Mordrede þe traitour, and how he was slayne, and Kyng Arthure also wondede to þe dethe. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Octogesimo ¶ Octauo.
- How Kyng Arthure delyuerede þe reame to Constantyn, þe sone of Cador, his nevew. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Octogesimo ¶ Nono.
- How Kyng Constantyne was werrede of Mordredus ij sones. Capitulo Nonogesimo.
- Of þe Kynges Adelbright and of Edelf. Capitulo Nonogesimo primo.
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How þe Kyng Edelf mariede þe damisel Argentil to a knaue of his Kechyne. Capitulo iiij
xx & xijo . - Of Kyng Conan. Capitulo Nonogesimo Tercio.
- Of Kyng Certif; and of Gurmonde, þat come þrouȝ paynemys into Britaigne. Capitulo Nonogesimo Quarto.
- How Kyng Gurmonde drof þe Kyng Certif to Chichestre, and quellede þe Britons, & þrouȝ quey[n]tise ¶ gete the toune. [Capitulo nonagesimo quinto.]
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How þis lande was clepede Engeland for þe name of Engist; and how meny Kynges were
made after in þe Londe. ¶ Capitulo Nonogesimo Sexto. -
How Seynt Austyne baptisede & conuertede Kyng Adelbright, and ij bisshopis þat he callede his felawes. Capitulo iiij
xx xvijo . -
How seynt Austyne went into Walys, þere þat þe Britouns were; & how þai nolde nouȝt bene obedient to þe Erchebisshop of Kanterbury. Capitulo iiij
o xx xviijo . -
How Kyng Adelbr[i]ght and þe Kyng Elfride quellede Brecyual, þat was a Kyng of Britons þat helde þe contre of Leicestre. Capitulo Nonogesimo ix
o . - How Cadewaladre, þat was Kyng of Leycestre, and Elfride, Kyng of Northumberland, weren frendes; & of þe debate þat after was bituene Edwyne & Cadewalayn, þat were boþe here sones. Capitulo Centesimo.
- How Kyng Oswolde was quellede þrouȝ Kyng Cadwaleyne and Peanda; & how Oswy, þat was seynt Oswoldesȝ broþer, regnede after him, & quelde Peanda. Capitulo Centesimo primo.
- Of Kyng Ossa, þat was souereyne of alle þe kynges of Engeland; & how eueryche werrede oppon oþere in his tyme. Capitulo Centesimo Secundo.
- How þe Kyng of Northumberlond, Osbright, forleye þe wif of Buerne Bocard þrouȝ strengþ; & after þis Buerne conquerede þe Kyng wiþ stronge power. Capitulo Centesimo tercio.
- How þe Danoys toke Ȝork & quelled Kyng Osbright, and afterwarde Kyng Elle. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Centesimo ¶ Quarto.
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How Seynt Edmunde þe Kyng was martrede. Capitulo Centisimo v
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How Hubba & Hungar toke þe toune of Redyng. Capitulo Centisimo vj to . -
Of Kyng Alurede; & how þe Danoys in his tyme praiede him of mercy, þat þai moste gone out of þe lande. Capitulo Centesimo vij
o . - How Hubba & Hunguar were quellede at Chippenham; & how þe Danoys brouȝt hir kyng vnto oure kyng. Capitulo Centesimo Octauo.
- How þe Danois þat comen into Fraunce wiþ Gurmonde, come aȝeyne into Engeland; & of þe deþ of Kyng Alured. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Centesimo ¶ Nono.
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Of Kyng Edward, þat was Kyng Aluredus sone. Capitulo Centesimo x
mo . - Of Kyng Athel[s]tone, & of Edmunde, Eldrede, & of Edwynne his broþer. ¶ Capitulo Centesimo ¶ Vndecimo.
- Of Kyng Edgare, þat regned aboue þe kyngus of Scotland & of Walys; & how he was bigilede þrouȝ takyng of his wif. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Centesimo ¶ Duodecimo.
- How þat Kyng Edgare wedede Estrilde afte þe deth of Edelwolde. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Centesimo ¶ terciodecimo.
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Of seynt Edward þe Martir; how Estrilde his stepmoder lete him quelle, forto make Eldred, her owen sone, Kyng. Capitulo Centesimo xiiij
o . - Of Kyng Eldrede; & how þe Kyng Swyn of Denmarc helde Engelond & how Eldrede, þat was seynt Edwardes broþer, was nouȝt bilouede in his reme, and þerfore fledde into Normandye. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Centesimo ¶ Quintodecimo.
- How Kyng Eldrede come aȝeyne fram Normandye; & how Knoth þe Danoys regnede; & of þe werr bituene him & Edmunde Irenside. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Centesimo ¶ Sexto decimo.
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Of Kyng Knoght. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Centesimo ¶ Septuagesimo. -
How Kyng Edmunde Irenside traiterousely was slayn, þrouȝ a tratour þat me callede Edrith of Statton. Capitulo Centesimo xviij
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How Kyng Knoght sent Edmundes sones boþe into Denmarc forto slee; & how þai were sauede. Capitulo Centesimo xix
mo . -
How Kyng Knoght, þat was a proude man, conquered Norwaye; & how he bicome afterwarde meke. Capitulo Centesimo ¶ xx
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Of Kyng Harolde, þat leuer hade gone in foot þan ryde on hors. Capitulo Centesimo xx[i]
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Of Kyng Hardiknoght, þat was Haroldes broþer. Capitulo Centesimo xx[i]j
mo . -
Of þe Vylonye þat þe Danoys dede to þe Englisshe-men; wherfore fro þat tyme afterward was none Danoys made Kyng of Engeland. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Centesimo Vicesimo iij
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How Godewyne, þe false traitoure, tok Alurede oppon Gildesdoun, when he come fro Normandye to bene Kyng of Engeland, & dede him bene martrede in þe Ile of Ely. Capitulo Centesimo xxiiij
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Of Seynt Edward þe Confessoure, þat was Aluredes broþer; How he was Kyng of Engelande. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Centesimo ¶ xxv
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Of þe ferst specialte þat God shewede for seynt Edwardes loue by his lif. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Centesimo ¶ xxv[j]
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How þe Erl Godwyn come aȝeyn into Engeland, & hade aȝeyne al his land, & afterward Seynt Edward wedede his douȝter. Capitulo ¶ Centesimo xxv[i]j
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How seynt Edward saw Swyn, Kyng of Denmarc, drenche in þe see at þe sacrament, as he stode & herde masse. Capitulo Centesimo. ¶ xxviij
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How þe ryng þat Sent Edward hade ȝeuen to a pore pilgrime, for þe loue of seynt Iohan Euaungelist, come aȝeyn vnto Kyng Edward. Capitulo Centesimo xxix
mo . - How seynt Edwarde [de]ide on the xij day. Capitulo ¶ Centesimo ¶ Tricesimo.
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How Harolde, þat was Godwynus sone, was made Kyng; & how he scapede fro þe Duc of Britaign. Capitulo Centesimo xxxj
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How William Bastard, Duc of Normandy, come into Engeland, & quellede Kyng Harold. Capitulo vj
xx xij. -
Of Kyng William Bastard, & how he gouernede him wel & wisely; & of þe werr bituene him & þe Kyng of Fraunce. Capitulo Centesimo xxxiij
o . -
Of Kyng William Rous, þat was William Bastardes sone, þat destroiede tounes & hous of religioun fort[o] make þe new Foreste. Capitulo ¶ Centesimo xxxiiij
to . -
Of Kyng Henry Beauclerc, þat was William
le Rousus broþer; & of þe debate bituene him & Robert Curthose, his broþer. Capitulo Centesimo ¶ xxxv. - Of þe debate þat was bituene Kyng Lowys of France & Kyng Henry of Engeland; & how Kyng Henrieȝ ij sones were loste in þe hye see. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Centesimo ¶ Tricesimo ¶ Sexto.
- How Maude þe Emperesse come aȝey[ne] into Engeland; and how she was afterward wedded to Gaufrey, þe Erl of Angoy. Capitulo Centesimo xxxvij.
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How Stephene Kyng Henryes suster sone, Was made Kyng of Engeland. Capitulo ¶ Centesimo ¶ Tricesimo ¶ Octauo. -
How Maude þe Emperesse Went fram Wynchestr vnto Oxenford; and after she ascapede to Wallyngford; & what sorwe & disese ¶ she hade. Capitulo Centesimo xxxix
o . - How Gaufride, Erl of Angoy, ȝaf vp vnto Henry, þe Emperesse sone, al Normandye. Capitulo Centesimo xl.
- Of Kyng Henry þat was þe Emperesse sone, in whos tyme Seynt Thomas of Kaunterbery was Chaunceller. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Centesimo xl primo.
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Of Kyng Henry, þat was þe Emperesse sone; & of þe debate þat was bituene him & his fader whiles þat he was in Normandye. Capitulo Centesimo xlij do . -
How þe Cristen men loste þe Holy Land in þe forsaid Kyngus tyme, þrouȝ a false Cristen man þat bicome a Sarasyne. Capitulo Centesimo xliij
to . - Of Kyng Richard, þat conquerede all þe Holy Land þat Cristen men hade loste. Capitulo Centesimo Quadragesimo quarto.
- How Kyng Richard come aȝeyn fro þe Holy Lande, & avenged him of his enemys. Capitulo Centesimo Quadragesimo quinto.
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Of Kyng Iohn, þat in þe ferst ȝere of his regne loste al Normandye. Capitulo Centesimo xlvj
mo . -
How Kyng Iohan wolde nouȝt do for þe Popes commandement; wherfore al Engeland was enterdite & suspended. Capitulo Centesimo xlvij
o . -
How Stephen of Langetone comme into Engeland þrouȝ þe Popis commandement, & the[n] went aȝeyn. Capitulo Centesimo xlviij
o . -
How Kyng Iohn destroyed þe ordre of Cisteaux. Capitulo Centesimo xlix
o . -
How Pandolf delyuerede a clerc þat hade falsede & contrefetede þe Kyngus monye bifore þe Kyng. Capitulo Centesimo l
o . - Of þe lettre obliga[to]rie þat Kyng Iohn made to þe court of Rome; wherfore þe Petrus pens beþ gadrad þouȝ al Engeland. Capitulo Centesimo Quinquagesimo primo.
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How þe clerkes þat werne outlawed of Engeland, come aȝeyn, & how Kyng Iohn was assoiled. Capitulo Centesimo lij
o . -
How þe enterditing was vndone in Engeland; and of þe debate þat was bituene Kyng Iohn & þe barons of þe reaume. ¶ Capitulo Centesimo liij
o . -
How Lowys, þe Kynges sone of Fraunce, come into Engeland wiþ stronge power of peple, to ben Kyng of Engeland. Capitulo Centesimo liiij
to . -
And in þe same tyme þe Pope sent into Engeland a legate þat me callede Swalo; & of Kyng Iohnes deþ. Capitulo Centesimo lv
to . -
Of Kyng Henry þe þridde, þat was cronede at Gloucestre. Capitulo Centesimo lvj
to . - How Lowys turned aȝeyn into Fraunce; and of þe confirmacioun of Kyng Iohnes chartre. ¶ Capitulo Centesimo Septimo.
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Of þe quinȝime of godes þat were granted for þe new chartres; & of þe puruyance of Oxenford. Capitulo ¶ C
o lviij. -
¶ Of þe sege of Kemworþ; & how þe gentilmen werr disheritede, þrouȝ conseil of lordes of þe reaume of Engeland; & how þai comen aȝeyn, & had her landes. Capitulo Centesimo lix
no . -
Prophecie of Merlin of Kyng Henry, expounede, þat was Kyng Iohnes sone. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Centisimo lx
mo . - ¶ Of Kyng Edward, þat was Kyng Henrieȝ sone. Capitulo [Centisimo] lx primo.
- How Ydoyne, þat was Lewelynus douȝter, Prince of Walis, & Aymer þat was þe Erles broþer Mounford wer taken in þe see. Capitulo Centesimo lxij.
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How Lewelyn þouȝ enginge of Dauid his broþer, Werrede aȝeyne vppon Kyng Edward. Capitulo Centesimo lxiij
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¶ How Dauid, þat was Lewelynes broþer, Prynce of Walys, was put to deþ. Capitulo ¶ Centesimo lxiiij
to . -
Of þe redressing þat Kyng Edward made of his Iusticeȝ & of his clerkes, þat þai had done for her falsenesse; & how he drof þe Gewes out of Engeland, for her Vsurye and her mysbileue. Capitulo Centesimo lxv
to . -
How Kyng Edward was seisede in al þe lond of Scotland þrouȝ consent & graunt of alle þe lordes of Scotland. Capitulo Centesimo ¶ l[x]vj
to . -
How Sir Iohn of Balol, Kyng of Scotland, wiþsaide his homoge; and of Sir Thomas Tourbeluile. Capitulo Centesimo lxvij
o . -
Of þe Conquest of Berwik. Capitulo Centesimo Sexagesimo viij
o . - How Kyng Edward, of his grete grace, delyuered aȝein þe Scottes out of prison, þat were cheueteyns of the londe; and þay drow ham þo to þe Frenchemen, þrouȝ conseil of William Waleys. Capitulo Centesimo Sexagesimo Nono.
- How William Wallis lete slee Sir Hughe of Cressingham; and of þe batail of Foukirk. Capitulo Centesimo Septuagesimo.
- Of þe laste mariage of Kyng Edward; and how he went þe þridde tyme into Scotland. Capitulo Centesimo Septuagesimo primo.
- How þe castel of Estreuelyn was bisegede. ¶ Capitulo Centesimo lxx secundo.
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How Troillebastoun was ferste ordeynede. Capitulo Centesimo lxx iij
o . - Of þe deþ of William Waleys, þe false traitoure. Capitulo Centesimo lxxiiij.
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How þe Scottes come to Kyng Edward, forto amende here trespasse þat þai had done aȝeyns him. [Capitulo] Centesimo lxxv
to . -
How Robert þe Brus chalanged Scotland. Capitulo Centesimo lxxvj
to . - How Sire Iohn Comyn gaynesaide þe crounyng of Robert þe Brus. Capitulo Centesimo Septuagesimo Septimo.
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How Sir Iohn Comyn was traiterousely slayn. Capitulo Centesimo lxxviij
o . -
How Robert þe B[r]us was cronede, and made Kyng of Scotland. Capitulo Centesimo lxxix
o . - How Kyng Edwarde dobbit at Westminster xiiij score knyghteȝ. Capitulo Centesimo Ottogesimo.
- How Robert þe Brus was scomfitede in bataile; and how Symond Frisell was slayn. Capitulo Centesimo Ottogesimo primo.
- How Iohn, Erl of Atheles, was take, & put to deþ. Capitulo ¶ Centesimo Ottogesimo secundo.
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How Iohn, þat was William Waleys broþer, was put to þe deþ. Capitulo Centesimo iiij
xx iijo . -
How Robert þe Brus fley fro Scotland to Norwaye. Capitulo Centesimo ottogesimo iiij
to . - How Kyng Edward deide. Capitulo Centesimo Ottogesimo quinto.
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Of Merlynus prophecies, þat were declarede of Kyng Edward, þat was Kyng Henries sone. Capitulo Centesimo iiij
xx vjto . - Of Kyng Edward, þat was Kyng Edwardes sone. Capitulo Centesimo Octogesimo Septimo.
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How Robert þe Brus come aȝeyne into Scotland, and Gaderede a grete power of men forto werr oppon Kyng Edward. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Centesimo Ottogesimo viij
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How þe toun of Berwik was taken þrouȝ treson; & how ij Cardynales wer robbet in Engeland. Capitulo Centesimo iiij
xx ixo . - How þe Scottes robbede Northumberland. Capitulo Centesimo Nonogesimo.
- How þe Scottes wolde nouȝt amende her trespasse; and þerfore Scotland was enterditede. ¶ Capitulo Centesimo Nonogesimo primo.
- How Sir Hughe, þe Spenseres sone, was made þe Kyngus Chamberlein; and of þe bataile of Miton. Capitulo Centesimo Nonogesimo secundo.
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How Kyng Edward dede all maner
þing as Sire Hugh þe Spenser Wolde. Capitulo Centesimo Nonogesimo tercio. -
How sir Hughe þe Spenser and his fader Were exilede out of Engeland. Capitulo Centesimo Nonogesimo iiij to . - How þe Kyng Exilede þe Erl Thomas of Lancastre, & alle þat helde wiþ him; and how þe Mortymer come & ȝelde him vnto þe Kyng; & of þe lordes siege. Capitulo Centesimo Nonogesimo Quinto.
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Of þe sege of Tikhulle. ¶ Capitulo Centesimo iiij
xx xvjo . - Of þe Scomfiture of Burbrigge. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Centesimo Nonogesimo Septimo.
- How Thomas of Lancastre was biheuedede atte Pountfrett, & v barons hongede and Draw þere. ¶ Capitulo Centesimo Nonogesimo Octauo.
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How Kyng Edward went into Scotland wiþ an C
ml men of Armes, and might nouȝt spede. ¶ Capitulo Centesimo Nonogesimo ¶ Nono. -
How Sir Andrew of Herkela was taken, and put vnto þe deþ, þat was Erl of Cardoile. Capitulo CC
mo . - ¶ Of þe miracles þat God wrouȝt for Seint Thomas loue of Lancastre; wherfore þe Kyng lete close þe cherche dores of Pountfrett, of þe Prioury, for no man shulde come þerin to þe body forto offre. Capitulo Ducentesimo ¶ Primo.
- How þe Quene Isabell went into Fraunce forto treten of pees bituene her lord, þe Kyng of Engeland, & þe Kyng of Fraunce, her broþer. Capitulo Ducentesimo Secundo.
- How Kyng Edward sent Sir Edward his sone, þe eldest, into Fraunce. Capitulo Ducentesimo Tercio.
- How Kyng Edward exilede his Quene, and Edward his eldest sone. Capitulo CC quarto.
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¶ How Kyng Edward, þrouȝ conseile of þe Spensers, sent to þe Duȝsipiers of Fraunce, þat þai shulde helpe þat Quene Isabell, and hire sone Sir Edward, weren exilede out of Fraunce. Capitulo CC
o vto . -
How Kyng Edward lete kepe þe costes bi þe see, & lete trie alle the pris men of Armes & footmen also þrouȝ al Engeland. Capitulo CC
o vjto . - How Quene Isabell & Sir Edward, Duc of Gyene, her Sone, come to land at Herwiche; and how þai deden. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Ducentesimo ¶ Septimo.
- How Maistre Walter of Stapleton, Bisshop of Excestre, þat was þe Kyngus Tresorer, was biheuedede at London. Capitulo Ducentesimo Ottauo.
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How Kyng Edward and Sir Hugh þe Spenser were taken, and þe Erl of Arundel. Capitulo CC
o ixo . - How Kyng Edward was put adoune. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Ducentesimo ¶ Decimo.
- Prophecie of Merlyn declarede of Kyng Edward, þe sone of Kyng Edward. Capitulo CC vndecimo.
- Of Kyng Edward þe þridde after þe conquest. Capitulo ¶ Ducentesimo ¶ Duodecimo.
- How Kyng Edward went to Stanhop forto mete þe Scottes. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Ducentesimo ¶ xiij.
- How þe Englisshe-men Stoppede þe Scottes in þe park of Stanhope, and How þai turnede aȝeyne into Scotland Capitulo CC xiiij.
- Of þe deþ of Kyng Edward of Carnaruan, sometyme Kyng of Engeland. Capitulo Ducentesimo Quintodecimo.
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How Kyng Edward spousede Philippe, þe Erles doughter of Henaude, at Ȝork. Capitulo Ducentesimo xvj
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How þe pees was made bituene þe Englisshemen and þe Scottes; & also of þe iustifiyng of Troilebaston. Capitulo ¶ Ducentesimo ¶ Septuadecimo. -
Of the debate þat was bituene Quene Isabell and Sire Henry, Erl of Lancastre and of Leycestre; and of the ryding of Bedford. Capitulo Ducentesimo xviij
o . - How Kyng Edward went ouer þe see forto Don his homage vnto þe Kyng of France for þe Duchee of Gyene. ¶ Capitulo Ducentesimo Decimo nono.
- How Sir Roger Mortymer bare him so proudely & hie. Capitulo CC xx.
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How Edmunde of Wodestok, þat was Erl of Kent, and þe Kyngus broþer, Edward of Carnaryuan, was biheuedede at Wynchestr. Capitulo CC
o xxio . - Of the Deþ of Sir Roger Mortymer, Erl of þe Marche. ¶ Capitulo ¶ Ducentesimo ¶ Vicesimo ¶ Secundo.
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How Kyng Edward gete aȝeyn into his honde graciouseliche þe feautes and þe homages of Scotland, wherof he was put out þrouȝ þe false conseil of Isabell his moder, & of Sir Rogere Mortymer þat was made Erl of þe Marche. Capitulo Ducentesimo xxiij
to .- part
- THis was þe arraie of the Scottis as þai comen in bataile aȝeynes þe ij Kyngus of Engeland & of Scotland: In þe vant-ward of Scotland were þise Lordes:—
- In þe ferst partie of þe halfe bataile of Scotland wer þise lordes:—
- In þe secunde part of þe half Lien-warde of the bataile of Scotland, were þise lordes:—
- In þe þridde ward of þe bataile of Scotland were þise Lordes:—
- In þe ferþ warde of þe bataile of Scotland were þise lordes:—
- [In þe vte warde of þe bataile of Scotlond were these lordis:—]
- APPENDIX A.
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Hov King Edwarde made a Duchye of þe Erldom of Cor[n]waile; & also of vj. oþere erles þat were newe made; & of þe ferste Chalangyng of þe reaume of Fraunce. Cap
o CCmo . xxvto . -
Hov King Edward come to þe Sclus, and descomfited alle þe poer of Fraunce in þe same havene. Capitulo CCmo xxvj
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Hov King Edward sayled into Normandye, & arryued at Hogges wiþ a gret oste; & of þe batayle of Sclus, and of þe bygynnyg of þe seege of Calys, & also of þe batayll of Duresme. Capo. CCmo xxvij
mo . -
Of the conqueste and
wynnge of Caleys, and of grete pestelence & raynes þat fillen sone aftir; and of þe tresoun ordeyned aȝens Caleys. Capitulo CCmo. xxviij o . - How King Edward had a grete bataylle of þe Spaynardes in þe see faste by Wynchel-see, & of meny oþere þingeȝ. Capitulo CC. xxix.
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Hov King Edward was crouned King of Scotland, and hov Prins Edward toke þe King of Fraunce, & of þe bataylle of Peyters. Capitulo CC
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Of the grete wynde, & howe Prins Edward, þe lordship of Guyene, of King Edward his fader toke of him, & went thider. Capitulo cc. xxxij.
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- [Peter's Pence stopt. Rain, Sparrow-fights, Plagues.]
- [With Du Guesclin's help King Pedro of Spain is deposed, and King Henry elected, A.D. 1366.]
- [A Danish Expedition against England.]
- [The deposed King Pedro of Spain appeals to the Black Prince for help.]
- [The Black Prince undertakes to help the King of Spain.]
- [Fight of Eagles; Fall of Fiery Stars; Storms and Destruction.]
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Of þe bataill of Spayne bituene Prins Edward & Herry þe Bastard of Spayne. Capitulo CC
mo xxxiijo . -
Hov sir Robert Knollis, wiþ oþer certeyne lordes of þe reaume, wente ouere þe see into Fraunce; & of here gouernaunce. Capitulo CCmo. xxxiiij
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Of þe sege of Rochell, & hov þe Erl of Penbroke was taken of þe Spaynardeȝ. Capitulo CC
mo xxxvo . -
Hov þe Duk of Lancastre, with a grete oste, went into Flaundres, & passed by Parys, þoruȝ Burgoyne. Capitulo CC
mo xxxvjo . -
Of þe deþe of prins Edward, & of dame Alys Perers, & Piers de la Mare. Capitulo CC xxxviij
o . -
Of the deth of Kinge Edwarde; and hov Sere John Mounsterworþ, knight, was drawe and honged for his fals tresoun. Capitulo CCmo xxxix
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- APPENDIX B.
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And aftir King Edwarde the thrid, þat was bore at Wyndesore, Regned Richard of Burdeux, that was Prynce Edwardeȝ sone of Walis; which Prince Edwarde was þe sone of King Edwarde þe iij de . Capitulum ccxxxix. - How þe .v. lordeȝ arysen at Ratcot brydge, ye schul here. Capitulum ccxl.
- How King Richarde spoused dame Isabell, þe Kingis douȝtir of Fraunce, yn the towne of Caleys, and brouȝt hir yn-to Engelond, and let croune hir Quene yn þe Abbey of Saint Petris of Westmynstre. Capitulum ccxlj.
- Off þe grete parlement, and of þe deth of þe Erle of Arundell; and how þe Erle of Derby and oþer were exiled, and þe sayde Erle come ayen ynto þis londe; and how King Richarde went ynto Irelond, and how he deide. Capitulum ccxlij.
- Of Ser Henry of Bolingbroke, Erle of Derby, þat regned aftir King Richarde, þe which was þe fourth Henry after þe Conqueste. Capitulum ccxliij.
- And aftir þis King Henri, regnyd his sone Henry, þe vthe aftir þe conquest. Capitulum CC.xliiij.
- How the King went þe secunde tyme yn-to Normandy; & of þe sege of Roone. Capitulum CC xlv.
- How the King sent his vncle Syr Beaufort, Duk of Excestre, before the cite of Roon, and there displayed his Baner.
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How kynge henry the v. leide sege to the Cite of Rone, and how he gate the Cite with strengthe and manhode well and worthily. -
How whanne Kynge Henry herd of his brotheris dethe, Thomas, the Duke
of Clarence, ordeynyd a newe retenewe, and wente ouyr the see in grete haste, & leid sege to Mewis in Bry, with his pepull. // -
How aftur the dethe of Kynge Henry the v
e , Regnyd his sone Kynge Henry the vje , and was borne at the Castell of Wyndesore. // - ¶ How that Kynge Henry the vje went ouyr the see into Fraunce, the viij yere of his regne; and of the whiche [of] Fraunce that was callid the 'Pushell': how she was take prysonere.
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- Off the takyng off Will Wawe; And how he was done to dethe.
- How that there ffill grete habundaunce off Rayn; And how dyuers sowdiourz went ouer the see.
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How that A Breton had mordrede a widdow without Algat. Ca II
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How that An Erityk was take And convicte; And how Kyng Henry ordeynyd to go in to Fraunce, to resceyue þe crown. Ca. II
c LXIIIo .
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How þe king of Englond, Henry þe v
te , was made heritier & Regent of Fraunce, & how he weddid Quene Katerine. ca. ccxlv. - Of þe lawds of King Henry þe Fyft, & what he ordeyned for Kyng Richard & for him self after his deth. Capitulum CC xlvj.
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How King Henry þe Sixt regned, beyng A childe, nat one yere of age; And of þe batail of Vernoyl in Perche. Capitulum CC xlvij. -
How þer was A gret Affray like to haue bene bituene the Cardinal & þe Duke of Gloucestre; And of þe Coronacion of King Henry þe vite, both in England & in Fraunce. Capitulum CClviij. - Of þe heresie of Praghe, & of [þe] Counsel of Aras. &c. Capitulum CC xlix.
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How Caleys and Guyhenes wer beseged by þe duke of Bergoyn, & how þei wer rescued by þe duke of Gloucester. Capitulum CCl
mo . - How Owayne, a squyer of Wales þat had wedded Quene Kateryne, was Arested; And of þe Scisme bitwene Eugeny & Felix. Capitulum cclj.
- How þe Duchesse of Gloucestre was Arested for treson, & committed to perpetuel prison in þe Ile of Mann; And of þe deth of Maister Roger Bolingbroke. Ca. cclij.
- How King Henry þe Sext wedded Quene Margaret; And of hir Coronacion. Capitulum CCl[i]ij.
- How þe gode Duke of Gloucestre, Humfrey, þe Kinges vncle, was Arested at þe parlement of Bury; And of his death; And how Anges in Mayn was deliuered.
- How Sir Fraunceys Aragonoys toke Fogiers in Normandy; & of þe losse of Constantinoble by the Turks. Ca. ccliiij.
- How this yere was thensurrexion in Kent of þe communes, of whome Iake Cade, On Irishman, was Capitayn. Ca. cclv.
- Of þe felde þat þe Duke of York toke at Brenthethe in Kent; And of þe birth of Prince Edwarde; And of þe first batail of Seynt Albones, wher þe Duke of Somersett was slayn. Ca. cclvi.
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How Lord Egremond was take by þerle of Salesbury sonnes. And of þe robbyng of Sandwyche. ca
m . cclvij. - How þe Kinges howshold mad Affray Ayenst þerle of Warrewikk; & of þe Iourney at Blorehethe. Cap. cclviij.
- How Andrew Trollop & þe Soudioure of Caleys forsoke þe Duke of Yorke, & þer Maister þerl of Warrewik, in the West contre. Cap. cclix.
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How therles of Marche, Warrewik & Salesbury, entred into Caleys; & how þerle of Warwik went in to Ireland. ca. cclix. -
How þerles of Marche, of Warwik & of Salesbury entred in to England. And of Northampton felde wher diuerse lordes wer slayn. Cap
m . cclxj. - How þe Duke of York was slayn; And of Wakefelde felde, & of þe ijte jorney at Seynt Albones bi þe Quene & Prince. ca. cclxij.
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Of þe deposicion of Kyng Henry þe vj
te ; And how King Edward þe Fourt toke possession; And of þe batail of Palme Sonday; and how he was crowned. Cap. cclxiij.
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How þe king of Englond, Henry þe v
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II.
- [The battle of Crecy and the Siege of Calais, A.D. 1346.]
- ¶ Of the bataile of Cressy, and of the seege of Caleys; and of the bataile of Durham where-as the Kyng of Scottes was taken; and alle in one yere. [This heading is underlined in red in the MS.]
- ¶ Of the Conquest of Caleis by Kyng Edward of Wyndisore; and of the tresoun that was ordeynt for Caleis by one Sir Geffrey Charney. [Big writing underlined in red in MS.]
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- [From Bolingbroke's return, A.D. 1399, to A.D. 1405.]
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¶ Of the deth of Kyng Richard, and of othir dyuers Dukes, Erles, and barons moo. [Big writing, underlined with red.] - ¶ Of the were of Wales betwene the Lord Gray of Rithen and Oweyn of Glyndore of Wales, and of the bataile of Shrewisbury. [Big writing, underlined with red.]
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How Dame Iahne, Duchess of Britayne, come into Englond, and weddit vnto Kyng Henry the iij
te . And of the comyng of þe Emperoure in-to Englond. [Big writing, underlined with red.] - Of the bataile of Mark. [Big letters, red underlines.]
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V.
- [From the Capture of Rouen, 19 Jan. 1419, to the Defeat of the Ghent men at Calais, and the Death of Watkin Ruskin, A.D. 1436.]
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¶ Of the trety of pees þat was betwene Kyng Henry of Englond and Kyng Charles of Fraunce; and of þe mariage of Kyng Henry þe V
te and Dame Kateryn, þe Kynges doughter of Fraunce; and so þe pees was made and fynysshit. [Big writing, with red underlines.] - [The Accession of Henry VI.]
- ¶ Of the Bataile of Vernull in Perche be Iohn, Duyk of Bedford, and Regent of Fraunce. [Big letters, red underlines.]
- How Kyng Henry the VIte was crownet att Westemynster; And after, be counseil of his lordis of Engelond, was crownet Kyng of Fraunce att Paryse. [Underlined with red.]
- ¶ Of the trety of Arras, and howe the Duyke of Burgoyn turnet to the Frensshe party; and howe he laide Seege to Caleis, And howe he withdroughe hym in-to Flaundres or þat Ony rescous come, in the nyghte.
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