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.xv. Chapiter.

¶ Howe themperour and the duke of Holand came to the kyng, the coūte Palatine, the duke of Melayn, the marquys Farrar [Ferrar. edit. alt.] , the lorde Mantowe, and the marques Mount Ferrete, the lorde Moūt Palestrine came with themperour the same tyme, and the duke Bauers and Embeir, and the prince of Orenge also.

ANd in the yere of Christ a thousand clere, Foure hundred also [als.] & therwithall fiftene, When this battaill was smiten as dooth apere, In the third yere of his reigne as was seen, To Caleice so he came and home bee dene, With themperour of Roome, sir Sigemond, Vnto hym came then in to England ground,

¶ With a thousand mēne y^t were full clene araied, [Fol. CC.xi.] The duke of Melayn, the counte Palatyne, The marques Ferrer, y^e lord Mantowe wel apayed, The coūte Carmeler [Carmelio.] , the counte Palestryne, With many lordes of the water of the Ryne, And of the Garter was made the secondarye, And in it stalled, for he would not varye.

¶ The duke of Holand then by sea came With. lx. shippes in Thamis that did aryue, And to the kyng he went vnto lambe, To themperoure after he went belyue, As chronycles then did [it did.] discryue: Then was he made knight of the Garter At his desyre, as sayth the chronicler.