The. C.xxiij. Chapiter.
¶ Wyllyam Rufus, kyng of England, reigned thirtene yere, and began to reigne in the yere of our Lorde a thousand four score and ten, & dyed ye yere a thousand one hundred & three.
HIs soōne Wylliam Rufus, as he deuised, [Kyng William Rufus.]
Was crouned then wt great solempnitee,
But after soone duke Robert was auised
To clayme England by his priorite,
And Normandy also [as for his] [in.] proprete;
As he that was his eldest soone and heire,
With hoste full greate in England game [ganne.] repeire,
¶ And made greate warre vpon his brother so
Three yere all out betwene theim [so] continued,
Till at last thei bothe betwene theim twoo
Did condiscende as well to theim perteined,
[With whole herte and will nothyng feined,] [They to abide be theire othis certeyned.]
The iudgement of kyng Philip of Fraunce [Fol. C.xxxi.]
To vndergo and bide his ordinaunce.
¶ In whiche meane while his brother erle Hēry,
The castels all belongyng to the croune,
As high [his.] constable of England properly
Then seazed had in his possession,
As his office, by good dereccion,
Asked of right and of [good] consuetude,
To kepe theim sure to the crounes excelsitude.
¶ The kyng Philip, by his auised parliament,
Gaue iudgement betwene the [tho.] brethren twoo,
As kyng Wyllyam their father full [fully.] ment:
All Normandy Robert should haue euer moo,
And Wyllyam England, & frendes should bee so,
And liue in peace without [withoutyn.] any clayme,
And either other releace and whole disclayme.