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.lxxix. Chapiter.

¶ Of the battayle of Halidon hill, and howe Edwarde Bayliol did homage leege to kyng Edwarde of Englande.

TO Halydon hill they came w^t [with all.] their prayes, Barwike castell and towne so to rescue, Wher to oure hoste ful oft they made frayes [affraies.] ,

Both day & euen and morowes or [er.] day dewe; But then the kyng of Englande to hym [them.] drewe The kyng also of Scotland with his might, Full sore that daye in batayll did they fight:

¶ Where Edwardes two had al the victorye, The royaltes of all Scotlande there wer slayn, Thyrty thousande with theim liggand [liynge.] by, Of men of armes and archers dead certayn: Then in the yere next after soth to sayn, At Newcastell Edwarde, kyng of Scotlande, His homage did to the kyng of Englande. [Homage of y^e Scottes.]

¶ For whiche y^e cōmons of Scotlād on hym rose, And slewe his men that he into [to.] Englande came, And gatte an hoste and rode vpon his fooes, Through Anand, through Kylay, & Conyngham, Carrike, and Glascowe, slewe al [y^t] he foūd at hame: The kyng Edwarde of England with power, Through Lowthian so did to Stryuelyn [Stively.] clere.

¶ And both met [they mett.] there with great [muche.] gladnesse, And home they came destroiyng all the waye: Another yere in Iule, for to redresse Scotlande agayn, with hostes they gan a fraye, At saynt Iohns towne they met in great araye, And ther they made therle of Athelis regent, Whome the commons felly slewe [than slewe.] and shent.

¶ Kyng Edwarde sent after in another yere, In Maye, Henry Lancastre, a noble knight, To Scotlande with an hoste of good power, And afterwarde he came [went.] with mekill might To saynt Iohns towne & [on the monthes] [ouer the mountes.] right, Through Murrey to Elgyne, Giluernes [Envernes.] , & Rosse, Throughout mounteynes, woddes, myre [mires.] , & mosse.

¶ Kyng Edwarde then came home into Englāde, And proclaymed his sonne, Edwarde nominate, [Fol. C.lxxxi.] The prince of Wales thens forth I vnderstande, Henry Lancastre the younger he create

Erle of Derby to beare the hole estate, Wyllyam Mountague erle of Salisbury, Of Northampton; Wyllyam Bowne [Boun.] full manly

¶ Of Gloucester he made Hugh of Awdely, Of Suffolke then he made Robert Hufforth, Of Huntyngdon Wyllyam Clinton gay, Whiche erles the kyng toke with hym forth, [With many a worthy knyght bothe of South and North,] And with the quene so vnto Andwarpe, And there abode [by] all the wynter sharpe,

¶ With great people and worthy chyualrye, Agayn the kyng of Fraunce to clayme his right, And wrote his title vnto y^e [Romishe bishop] [Pope.] on hie; The [duke of Barre and other lordes] [The dukes of Barre and of Gelre.] of might, The quenes frendes then socoure had hym hight, Where then the quene of hyr sonne Lionell Delyuered was, as chronicles do tell.

¶ He cherished then Flaundres that they forsoke Theyr naturall lorde and swore feautee To hym and his theyr power they betoke, To byde and dwell vnder his souerayntee, [Because they sawe in hym suche humanitee,] He chaunged his armes in banners and penons, And in his seale quartred of both regions.

¶ And in the yere then of his reygne thyrtene, His armes chaunged and called kyng of Fraūce, He rode in Fraunce on warre, as then was seen, A thousande tounes he brent by [his] puysaunce; The kyng of Fraunce without [withoutyn.] variaunce, Sent hym worde [full worde.] that he wold with hym fight; But at the poynt he did not as he hight:

¶ For at that tyme in sonder they were a myle, He fled awaye, kyng Edward held the felde; Two dayes after he [sued and Vmfreuile] [he shewed and other while.] Of hym had sight, and then he founde his sheld,

By whiche he knewe his couenaunt he not held; Wherfore the kyng to Brabant went agayn, The dukes three of Barre, Earle [shere.] and Brabayn.

¶ The parliamēt [thē] at Westmynster was hold, Wher they graūt[ed] hym the. ix. lābe flees & shaue Of the commons; but the churche nomore wold Hym graunt, but one dysme of theim to haue; For which he graūted generall perdone and gaue. The. ix. lambe flees & shaue [shere.] graunt was two yere, To helpe the kyng his right to conquere.