Here begynneth a shorte and abreue table on the Cronycles ...

¶Of the batayll of Spayne besyde the wa¦tre of Naxers that was bytwene prynce Ed∣warde / and syr Henry bastarde of Spayne.

IN the yere of our lord a .M.CCC.lxvii and of kynge Edwarde .xlii. the thyrde daye of Aprylle there was a stronge batayll & a grete in large felde called Pryazers faste by the water of Nazers in Spayne bytwene syre Edwarde the prynce & syr Henry the bastarde of Spayne / but the vyctory fyll to prynce Ed∣warde by the grace of god. ¶And this same prynce Edwarde had with hym syr Iohn̄ du∣ke of Lācastre his broder & other worthy men of armes about the nombre of .xxx. thousand. ¶And the kynge of Spayne had on hys syde men of dyuers nacyons to the nombre of an hondred thousande & moo / wherfore the shar∣penesse and fyersnesse of hys aduersary wyth his fyll boystous and grete strenthe made and dryue y^e ryghtfull partye a backe a grete waye but thrugh the grace of almyghty god passyn∣ge ony mannes strenth that greate hoste was dysparpled myghtefully by the noble duke of Lancastre and his hoost / or y^e prynce Edwar∣de came nyghe hym. And whan Henry bastar¦de sawe that / he torned with his men in so gre¦te haste and strenth for to flee / that a gret com¦pany of them in the for sayd flood & of y^e brydge ther of fellen dowen & perysshed. And also the∣re were taken the erle of Dene & syr Bartram Cleykyn that was cheyfmaker and cause of y^e warre & also cheyftayne of the vauntwarde of the bataylle wyth many other greace lordes and knyghtes to the nombre of two thousan∣de / of whome two hondred were of Fraun∣ce and many also of Scotlonde. ¶And there were felled in the felde on oure enmyes syde of lordes & knyghtes wyth other meyn people to the nombre of .vi. thousande and moo / and of Englysshmen but a fewe. And after this the noble prynce Edward restored y^e same Peers to this kyngdome ayen / the whiche Peers af¦warde thrugh trechery and falsnes of the for∣sayd basterd of Spayne as he satte at his mete he was strangled & deyed. But after this vyc¦torye many noble men of Englond / & also har¦dy in Spayne thrug the flyx & dyuers other se∣kenes toke theyr dethe. ¶And also in the sa¦me yere in the Marche was seen stella Come ta bytwene the north costes & y^e west whoos be∣mes stretched towarde fraunce. ¶And in the next yere folowynge of kyng Edwardes regne xliii. in Apryll syr Lyonell kynge Edwardes sone that was duke of Clarnece wente to war¦de Melayne with a chosen meyne of the gētyls of Englonde for to wedde Galoys doughter & haue hyr to hys wyfe / by whom he sholde haue half y^e lordshyp of Melayne but after that they were solemply wedded and about y^e Natyuyte of our lady the same duke of Melayne deyed. And in the same yere / frensshmen brake the pe∣as & the trewes rydynge on y^e kyng{is} grounde & lordshyp of Englond in the shyre & countre of

Puūtyfe / & token & helde castell & townes / & be¦re the Englysshmen on honde falsly & subtyll that they were cause of brekynge of trewes. & in thys same yere deyed the duches of Lācastre and is buryed worshypfully in saynte Poules chyrche. ¶The .xliiii. yere of kyng Edwardes regne was the gretest pestylence of men and of grete bestes & by the grete fallynge of waters y^t felle at that tyme / there fell grete hyndrynge & destroyenge of corne in so moche that y^e next ye¦re after a busshell of whete was solde for .xl.d. ¶And in thys same yere about the laste ende of Maye kynge Edwarde helde tho his parle∣ment at westmyster in whiche parlement was treated & spoken of the othe & trewes that was brokē bytwene hym and the kynge of / fraunce & how he myght be auenged vpon his wronge ¶In this same yere in the Assumpcyō of our lady deyed quene Phylyp of Englonde a fulle noble & gode lady & at westmyster full worshyp fully is buryed and entered And aboute mydso¦mer y^e duke of Lancastre & the erle of Herforde with a grete company of knyghtes wente into fraunce where as they gate them but lytel wro¦shyp & name / for there was a grete hoste of the frensshenmen vppon Calkhull brydge / and an other hoste of Englyssemen faste by the same brydge that lōge tyme had lyued there And ma¦ny worthy & grete men of Englonde ordeyned & yaf counseyll for to fyght & yaf batayll to the frensshemen but the forsayd lordes wolde not consent therto for no maner thynge. ¶And a¦none after it happened that y^e erle of warwyke come thyderwarde for to warre / and whan the frensshmen herde of his comynge of that he ca¦me fully to londe they left theyr tentes & pauy∣lyous wyth all theyr vytayls & fledde & went a waye pryuely. And whan the erle was comē to londe wyth his men he went in all hast towar∣de Normandy & destroyed the yle of Caux with strenthe of swerde and thrugh fyre But alas in his retornynge to Englond warde home ayen at Calys he was taken with sykenes of pesty∣lence & deyed not leuynge behynde hym after his dayes soo noble a knyght of armes. ¶In whyche tyme regned & warred y^e noble knyght syr Iohn̄ Hawkewod y^t was an Englysshman borne / hauynge with hym at his gouernaunce the white cōpany that is a forsayde. y^t whiche o tyme ayenst holy chirche & an other tyme ayen¦ste lordes warred & ordeyned grete batayls and there ī that same coūtre he dyde many merueyl¦lous thynges. ¶And aboute the cōuercyon of saynt Poule the kyng whan he had ended & do¦ne the entrynge & exequyes wyth greate costes and ryaltes about y^e sepulture of & buryeng of quene Phylyp his wyf he helde a parlement at westmyster in whyche parlement was axed or y^e clergye a thre yeres dyme / that is for to saye a grete dyme to payed thre yere durynge / & the clargye put it of and wolde not graunte it vnto Ester next comynge / & than they graunted wel that in thre yere by certayne termes that dyme sholde be payed and also of the laye fee was a thre yere .xv. graunted to the kynge.