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.xvi. Chapiter.

¶ Of the battayle of Sayne, & of the carykes there taken in the sea afore the mouth of Sayne.

THe kyng sent then y^e duke vnto the sea Of Bedforde, y^t [than.] with four hūdreth sayles To vitayl Hareflete [w^t] therle of Marche no lee, Therle marshall without [withoutyn.] any fayles With therles, armed in plate and mayles, Of Oxenforde, Warrewike, and Huntyngdon, Of Salisbury, Deuonshire, & many [a] baron;

¶ Of Arondell also, these erles all Were in that flote, [vn]to the noumbre of men Twenty thousande Herouldes did theim call; On our Lady daye thassumpcion then [All these lordes with many worthy men,] The fyfth yere of the kynge was then expresse, Whē there enemies theim met at Sayn doutelesse.

¶ They faught ful sore afore the water of Sayn. With carrikes many well stuffed and arayed, And many other shippes great of Hispayne, Barges, balyngers, and galeys vnfrayed [vnaffraied.] , Whiche proudly came vpō our shippes vnprayed; [And by theuen] [be the euyn.] there sayles aualed were set, The[yr] enemyes slayn in battayll, and sore bet.

¶ And many dryent were that daye in the sea, That as our flete rode there then [than stille.] alwaye, Vnto the feast nexte of his [hir.] Natiuitee, The bodies flete amonge our shippes echedaye, Full piteous was, and [and foule.] to see theim ay, That thousādes were. xx. as they then [gan.] tolde, That taken were in that same batayll bolde.

¶ In which meane while, whiles [as.] our ships there laye, It was so [suche.] calme without [withoutyn.] any wynde, We [They.] might not sayle ne fro thens passe awaye,

Wherfore theyr galeys eche day there gā vs [to.] fynd, With ores many about vs dyd they wynde, With wildfyre oft assayled vs [them.] daye and night, To brēne our shippes in that they could or might.

¶ The flete came home [than at] [that.] our Lady day, Frō Sayn, whiche tyme y^e kyng then had cōueied Themperoure then to Caleys on his waye, And home agayn was come right well apayed, Of the welfare of that [worthy] flete assayed [well assaied.] , So well in armes vnto his hie pleasaunce, Vpon his foes, & kepte theim selfe by gouernaūce. [Fol. CC.xii.]