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.lxxxi. Chapiter.

¶ Howe Henry duke of Lancaster went to Guyan in y^e yere of Christe a thousande thre hundreth. xlv. And of the batayle of Cressy, in the yere of Christe a thousand thre hundreth fourtye and syxe.

ANd then Henry, duke of Lancaster create, [Fol. C.lxxxiii.] Went to Guyen with many bolde baron, Where then he gate the cytees of estate, And castelles fele [many.] & many a walled towne, And made the lande Englyshe both vp & doune, And to [the kyng] Edwarde obeied [obeyinge.] , as they [it.] ought, And great worshyp and ryches there he caught.

¶ And in the yere a thousande [and] CCC. gone, Syxe and fourtye kyng Edwarde at Cressy Met with Philyp of Valoyes there anone, That kyng of Fraunce was by intrusery, At whiche batayle Edwarde had [the] victorye, And with honoure and myght there gate y^e felde, And Philyp fled and caste there doune his shelde.

¶ And his eldest sonne with hym went awaye, With an hundreth banners in [her] company; The kynges of Beme were slayne that daye, And of Maliogres there full manfully, The dukes of Alaunson also [ther.] theim by And of Loreyn slayne were in [in that.] batayle, And earles fyue without [withoutyn.] any fayle.

¶ Of Flaunders, Bloys, Harcourt & Melayne [Miloyne.] , Of gentyls and other without any essayne, And of Guntpre [Grauntpre.] were there in batayle slayne Fyue score thousande, the twenty daye certayne, And syxe also of Auguste accompted playne: The kyng Edwarde had all the victorye, The kyng Philyp had all the vilanye.

¶ [The] king Dauid then of Scotland, w^t power, To Duresme brent, where on saynt Lukes daye, The archbyshop with his clergye clere And syr Gylbert Vmfreuyle in good araye, The lorde Percy the Neuyle [lorde Nouile.] then laye With all the North a [but.] lytell frome Duresme, Wher then they faught & on [y^e] king Dauid came.

¶ And take he was y^e yere of Christe was then A thousande full, thre hundreth fourty and syxe, Full sore wounded full lyke he was a man, [And also of his lordes mo then fyue or syxe,] Brought to Lodo priuely through Essex, For lordes shulde not hym take w^t [be.] greate power, From Iohn [of] Coupland y^t was his taker clere.

¶ And in y^e towre of London [then] kept in warde, To tyme the king were come [comyn.] home out of Fraūce: That then in Fraunce mo castelles to regarde, And townes walled, got[en] by his hye puissaunce, Then had the kyng Philip in gouernaunce, And lyke was then all Fraūce to haue conquerde With his alies, he made that lande afferde.