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. lxxv. Chapiter.

¶ A good cause to make knightes worthy and coragious, and ladies and gentilwomen to lyue in great clennes.

THer was no knight accompted [accompte than.] of honoure But if he wer in warre approued thrise, Nor [Neither.] with ladies beloued as paramoure; Whiche caused knightes armes to exercyse, To be [been.] vertuous, and clene of life and wise; It comforte [comforted.] also ladies and theyr femynitee, To lyue the more in perfite [honeste.] chastitee.

¶ And when this feast royall was dissolued, The kyng rewarde[d] so highly eche estate, And in his mynde ymagened and inuolued Howe sone and when, at tyme preordinate, They might agayn bee [so been.] consociate; And commaunde[d] theim at the nexte Pentecost, There for to bee [been.] with him, both least and moste.

¶ Dubricyus, then archebyshop of Cairlyon, Mekely ceased and [hole] forsoke his cure, Purposyng so, of good religion,

An heremytes [ermyte.] lyfe thence forwarde to endure; In whose steade Dauid, of life full pure, Was set to rule the churches dignitee, To Gods pleasaunce with all [all the.] libertee.

¶ To Mangauero, the sea [cee.] pontificall Of Chichester [Circestre.] he gaue withouten lette, Of Wynchester with [the] cōmoditees all To Duuyan he gaue, and hym in sette, [To God and the churche as fell of dewe dette;] Thysle of Alclud also pontificall To Eledoure [Eledenne.] he graunte[d] as might befall.

¶ As then befell the feast of Whytsondaye, That all his knightes of the table rounde [Fol. lxviii.] To his presence were commen in good araye, And euery knight his auenture that stounde Had tolde the kyng, as his order was founde; Whiche aduentures the kyng made [all] be writtē In his register, euer to be knowen and weten [not forgetyn.] .