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. CC.vii. Chapiter.

¶ Howe Robert Vmfreuile went into Scotlande, and lay in the Scottishe sea. xiiii. dayes, and euery daye faught with y^e Scottes, some daye on the northsyde, and some daye on the southsyde, and gatte. xiiii. greate shippes, & brent there galiot with ordinaunce and sore battayll in the Scottishe sea afore Edynburghe, and at the Blakenesse.

THe yere eleuenth of this same kyng Henry, Syr Robert Vmfreuile toke the see With. x. sayles to kepe it notably, When trewce was taken in specialtee Betwene Scotlande and vs in certentee, To the Scottishe sea both by sea and lande, And to Monshole [Mousehole.] on our syde I vnderstande.

¶ In the Scottishe sea with his shippes he laye, Where. xiiii. shippes he toke with his manhede,

And faught full sore at full sea euery daye, Sometyme vpon the northside so in dede, And some tyme on the southsyde out of drede, With the duke of Albany and [and theym.] of Fyffe, [And his proude Scottes y^t faught then full ryffe:] [And some tyme on the South side als full rife.]

¶ With therle of Douglas and theim of Lothiā, And brought his fiers brennyng vpon the sea In botes and cogges [cockes.] ordened by theim than [one.] , With other botes with mē of armes in propertee, And archers good well pauyshed in specialitee, That brent theyr shippes and theyr galiot, A shyppe of auantage was then God wote.

¶ When he had ben there. xiiii. dayes to thende, With his prises he came to [into.] Englande, Full of cloth, wollen, & lynnen that [the.] land to amend, Pytche and tarre both [ynough hoth.] , for fre and bonde, [For to amende the shepes of our lande:] [And merchaundyse gotyn with stronge honde.] Floure and mele of whete and rye he solde, The market he so mended manyfolde:

¶ And wood he had, and other marchaundise, Woll, and hide, and yron great quantitee, Woll skynnes, cloth of golde, and spyceries, Iewelles in chestes, and stones of precioustee, [And other marchauntes in specioustee], [Of dyvers thynges he ther gote grete plente.] And prisoners also, and mykell [right muche.] flaxe, Wynes swete, and mykell poleyn waxe.