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

¶Of y^e dethe of Kynge Edwarde & how syr Iohan Monster warch knyght. was drawē & hanged for his falsnesse.

Ryght anone after in the .lii. yere of Kyn∣ge Edward in the begynnynge of Oc¦tobre pope Gregorye the .ix. broughte & reme∣ued his courte wyth hym from Auy••yon to co¦me. ¶And the .xii. daye of Apryl. Iohan Mon¦sterwarthe. Knyght att London was drawen & hangyd & than quartred & sent to four cheyf townes of Englond & his heed smyten of & sete vpon londen brydge / for this same Iohn̄ was full vntrewe to the kynge and to y^e reame & co¦ueytous & vnstable / for he tooke oftymes grete sōmes of money of the kynge & his coūseyll for men of armes wages that he sholde haue pa¦ed them & tooke it to his owne vse / & he dradde that att the laste he sholde be shent & accused for the same cause and fled pryuely to the kyng of Fraunce & was sworne to hym & become hys man and behyghte hym a greate nauye out of

Spayne in to confucyon & destroynge of Eng¦londe / But the ryghtfull god to whom no pre∣uyte is vnknowen suffred hym fyrst to beshen¦te & spylt or that he so traytoursly and falsly be¦trayed hys lyege lorde the kynge of Englonde and his peple in hys reame in the whiche groū¦de this same Iohn̄ was borne & wyckydly thru¦ghe batayll destroyed or he brought about hys cursed purpose. In the feest of Saynt George tho next kynge Edwarde gaaf to Rychard of Burdeux his heyr y^t was prynce Edwardes so¦ne at wyndsore thordre of knughthode & made hym knyght the whyche kyng Edward whan he had regned .li. yere the .xi. kal of Iune he dey¦de at Shene & is buryed worshypfully at west¦myster on whos soule god haue mercy. Thys kynge Edwarde was for soth of a passynge go¦denes & full gracyous amonge all the worthy men of the worlde for he passed & shone by ver¦tue of grace gauen to hym from god aboue all his predecessours y^t were noble men & worthy and he was a well harted man & an hardy / for he drade neuer no myshappes ne harmes ne e∣uyll fortune y^t myght fall a noble warryoure & a fortunate / for both on londe & see & in all ba∣tayls & assembles with a passinge glory & Ioy he had the vyctory he was meke & benygne ho¦mely sobre & soft to all mē as well to straūgers as to his owne subgettes & to other y^t were vn¦der his gouenaūce. He was deuoute & holy bo∣the to god & hooly chyrche / for he worshypped holpe & mayntened holy chirche & theyr myny¦stres wyth all maner reuerence / he was treata¦ble & well auysed in temporall & worldly nedes wyse in counseylle & dyscrete & meke to speke with / in his dedes & maners gentyll and well taught / hauynge pyte of them that were in dy¦seace / plecteuous in geuynge of bene faytes & almoses besy & curyous in bayldynge / & lyght¦ly he bare & suffred wronges and harmes and whan he was gyuen to ony occupacyon he lef¦te all other thynge for the tyme & tended ther to semely of body and a meyne stature / hauynge al waye to hyghe & to lowe a good chere. And here spronge and shone so moche grace of hym that what man had beholde hys face or had dre¦med of hym he roged that daye that all thynge sholde hap to hym Ioyfull and lysynge. And he gouerned hys kyngdome gloryously vnto his aege / he was large in geuynge and wys in spentes / he was fulfylled wyth all his honeste of good maners and vertues / vnder whom to lyue it was as for to regne. wherfore hys fader and his loos spronge so ferre that it came in to hethenes & Barbary shewynge and tellynge his worthynes & manhode in alle londes / and that no londe vnder heuen had brought forthe so noble a kynge soo gentyll and soo blessyd or myght reyse suche an other whan he was dede Neuertheles lechery and meuynge of his fles∣she hauntyd hym in his aege / wherfore the ra¦ther as it is to suppose for vnmesurable fulfyl¦lynge of his luste his lyfe shorted the soner. ¶And hereof take good hedelyke as his dedys bereth wymesse for as in hys begynnynge alle thynges were Ioyfull & lykynge to hym / and to all people. And in hys myddel aege he passed all people in hyghe Ioye worshyp and blyssyd¦nes. Ryght soo whan he drewe in to aege dra∣wynge donwarde thrughe lechery and other synnes lytell and lytell alle tho Ioyfull & bles∣syd thynges and prosperite decreasyd and mys¦shcaped and vnfortunate thinges and vnpro¦fytable harmes with many euyls began for to sprynge and the more harme ys yt contynued longe tyme after.

CLemens the .vi. was pope after Bene∣dict .x. yere / thys man in name and dede was vertuous / and many thynges that Bene¦dict was rygous in / he made easy / and certay∣ne that he depryued he restored / and the rygou∣senes of the fayth of Benedict was laudable •• But moche more laudable was the mekenesse of Clement. This man was a noble prechour and many sermons he gadred / and lete noo mā passe frome hym but he gaaf hym good coun∣seyll / and decessyd a blessyd man. ¶Karolus the .iiii. was Emperour after Lodewyk .xxxi. yere. Chis man was kynge of Beme a wyse man and a myghty. And this man was chosen Emperour by the cōmaundement of Clemens Lodewyk beynge a lyue in his contemacy / and bycause he asked mekely the poopes blessynge and too be crowned of hym as other good kyn∣ges dyde. therfore he was protected of god and preueyled ouer all his enmyes. And many fa∣uourable lawes he made spyrytuall men / the whiche yet are called Karolma / att the laste he decessed a ryche man in vertue and gooddes· ¶Innocentius the .vi. was pope after Clemē∣te .x. yere / and he was a grete louer of relygous men and he founded a monestery in Fraunce

of the ordre of Cartusyens. and was a greate canonyst. ¶Vrbanus the .v. was pope after Innocent. this man was abbot of Myssolens of the ordre of Saynt Benet a doctour and is taken for a saynt. he made the crosse too be pre∣ched ayenst the Turkes / and he made a passa∣ge to the Turkes / And to hym saynt Brygt was sente frome Cryste for the confyrmacyon of theyr rule and thanne he was poysened and decessyd. ¶Gregory the .ix. was pope after hym .viii. yere This Gregory dyd lytell. And after hym folowed the trybulacyon the whiche our lorde shewed to saynt Brygyt for the syn∣ne of the clargye ¶Venselaus sone to Karo∣lus a forsayd was Emperoure .xiiii. yere. And he was a chylde and was chosen whan hys fa∣der was on lyue / but he tooke no kepe of them pyre / and whan he was warned many tymes for to take hede vnto it and wolde not. He was deposed / For he gaaf all his delyte and luste to lechery / and hys ende was without honour for he wente gretly from the maners and the ver∣tues of hys noble fader. And he was crowned with themperyall dyademe. and the wysdome of his fader passed into Sygysmonde his bro¦ther as after it shall appyre. ¶Trbanus was pope after Gregory .vi. yere / this Vrban was chosen in the cytee of Rome by the strenth of y^e Romayns but the Cardynals dyde y^t fo. drede & not wyllyngly / Wherfore they fled vnto the Cyte of Foundorū And they sayd y^t he was not pope / & chose in his place syr. Robert of Geben¦nys the same yere the whiche was called Cle∣ment the .vii· ¶Nota. And here began y^e .xii. stryfe in the chyrche. And it was more worse than euer was ony other before / for it was soo subtyll / that y^e wysest mē that were & y^e beste of conscyence coude not deserue wyth whome it was best to saye & to holde. And this stryfe du¦red xl. yere with a grete sclaunder vnto the cler¦gye and greate peryll vnto mennys soules for heresyes and other euyll thynges the whyche were brought in than. In so moche that there was no doctryne in the chirche for mysdoynge and therfore frome this daye Vrbane the .vi. vnto Martyne I knowe not who was pope. ¶The feest of the vysytacōn of our lady was ordeyned by Vrbane the .vi. after the fourme of the sacramente of the awter for a peas & an vnyte to be had amonge them thrugh the me∣rytees of our blessyn lady. ¶Bonefacias the ·ix. was pope after Vrbane .xv yere. ¶This Boneface was chosen at Rome in the stede of Vrbane / & the stryfe contynued For Benedic¦tys was chosen in Auynyon in the place of cle¦ment and was call••d Petrus de luna & he du∣red to the counseyll of Constantinus / & thenne he wolde not obaye but euer abode obstynate. And at the laste he decessed in the Kyngdom of Aragon. And he commaunded his Cardynals to these an other pope the whyche they dyde a∣none. And they sete vpon an ydoll and named hym Clement / but they profyted not.