The chronicle of Iohn Hardyng. Containing an account of public transactions from the earliest period of English history to the beginning of the reign of King Edward the Fourth. Together with the continuation by Richard Grafton, to the thirty fourth year of King Henry the Eighth. The former part collated with two manuscripts of the author's own time; the last, with Grafton's duplicate edition. To which are added a biographical and literary preface, and an index, by Henry Ellis.

The. C.xxxiii. Chapiter.

¶ This yonger Henry reigned but. iiii. yeres, and died before his father; [Fol. C.xli.] wherfore he is not accompted as kynge, because his father outlyued hym, and reigned after his death.

ANd to hī said, "Sōne thinke I do you honour, A kynge to serue you thus nowe at youre meate;" He aunswered hym full vnthankefully that houre, And sayd it was no reproue ne. forfete, An erls sonne to serue the [a.] kynges sonne at meate [sete.] ; For whiche the father Henry to Irelande went, [Tyll young Henry the kyng] [And ther abode to yonge Henry.] was dead and spent [In the margin of the Harleian MS. is this rubrick. Nota iste juuenis Henricus Rex regnavit nisi quatuor annis, et obiit ante patrem. Ideo non numeratur pro Rege quia pater ejus Henricus Rex senior supervixit et regnavit ad mortem.] .

Then came Henry and had the gouernement, The father and kyng was then admytte agayn, And reigned then and had the regiment, And but. iiii. yere his sonne reygned soth to sayen; Wherfore he is among kynges certeyne

Not accoumpted by no chronicler, For his father was kynge afore and after clere.