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.
Hardyng, John, 1378-1465?, Ellis, Henry, 1777-1869, ed., Grafton, Richard, -1572?
The. C.xli. Chapiter.
¶ Iohn kyng of Englande, duke of Normandy and Guyan, &erle of Angeou, began to reygne the yere. M. CC. and. iiii. and reigned. xvii. yere, and died the yere. M. CC. xxi.
HIs brother Iohn, was kyng then of Englande, *. [Ihō kyng of Englande.]
And crouned was at Westminster ful faire
By all estates and lordes of his2. [this.] lande,
And sone therafter deuorced, full vnfayre,
From his wife wed[ded] that there afore was heyre
Vnto therle of Glucestre full wyse,
That sonnes had that tyme of great enterprise.
¶ For cause of whiche and of consanguinitye
Deuorce was made, and toke another wyfe,
Dame Isabell, therles doughter fayre and free,
[Of Englande, and his heyre knowen ryfe,]
Whiche after made hym ful great warre & stryfe,
For she was wyfe, of Hugh Brune of [Toreyn]
The viscount then, toke3. [taken.] fro hym [a virgyne.]4. [vng.]
¶ Wherfore Hugh Brune nomore of hym wolde hold,
But warred hym5. [on hym.] on euery side aboute,
Tyll he hym toke, with other manyfolde,
And slewe theim all, were thei neuer so stoute.
In his first yere a taxe he tooke full6. [thrugh.] out,
Of eche plough land thre shyllynges fully payed,
For whiche the people7. [folke.] bitterly for hym prayed. [Fol. C.xlix.]
