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.

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¶ Howe kyng Richard was brought deade frō Pountfret to Powles and after buried at Langley, for menne shoulde haue no remembraunce of hym. And howe syr Robert Vmfreuyle faught with y^e Scottes at Redeswere, and [Fol. C.xcix] had the felde and the victorye.

IN March next after kīg Rychard thē was dede, Fro Poumfret brought with great solempnyte, Men sayde forhungered he was & lapped in lede, At Poules his masse was done and diryge, In hers royall semely to royalte, The kyng & lordes clothes of golde there offerde, Some. viii. some. ix. vpon his hers were proferde.

¶ At Westminster then dyd they so the same, When [Men.] truste he shuld [shuld then.] there haue buryed bene In that mynster, lyke to a prynce of name, In his [owne] tombe together with the quene Anne, that afore his fyrste wyfe had [that had.] bene; But then the kyng hym faste to Langley sent, There in the freres to [be buryed] [burie.] secretement.

¶ On Michelmasse day next after his coronaciō, Sir Robert then my mayster Vmfreuyle, At Redeswyres [Redeswire.] withoute excusacyon, With Richarde [sir Richarde.] Rotherforde fought that whyle, And toke [the] stewarde as I can compyle, And Iames Douglas with the lorde Seton [of Seton.] , And prisoners many [for to geue] [then for to.] raunson.

¶ Two hundreth men vpon y^e felde were slayne, Thre hundreth fled, some hole, some maymed sore, That dyed at home with sorowe and w^t payne, Some died homeward y^t home they came nomore: Where so he fought vnto his men right thore, A mery worde he wolde saye or they met, To glad theyr hartes enemyes [their enemyes.] to ouerset.

¶ The. ii. yere of his reygne then he went, [The kynges voiage into Scotlande.] In haruest [tyme so] [the laste.] into Scotlande, And Edenburgh with the countre brente, In whiche tyme the Scottes brent our lande, All Bamburgh shyre in Northumberlande; For both wardeyns with the kyng were gone, No wardeyne there, but husbandes by their owne.