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

¶Of y^e lawe of kynge Hēry y^e fyfth and what he ordeyned for kyng Rycharde & for hymself after his dethe.

HEre is to be noted that this kynge Hen∣ry the fyfth was a noble prynce after he was kynge and crowned how it before in hys yo••gth he had be wylde recheles & spared noo thynge of hys lust ne desyres but accōplesshed them after his lykyng / but as soone as he was crowned enoynted & sacred anone sodaynly he was chaunged into a newe man & set all his en¦tent to lyue vertuously in mayntenynge of ho∣ly chyrche / destroyenge of heretykes / kepynge Iustyce & defendynge of his reame & subgettes

¶And for as moche as hys fader had deposed by hys labour the good kyng Rycharde & pyte¦ously made hym to deye / & for the offence done to hym ayenst his legaunce he had sent to rome for to be assoyled therof For whiche offēce our holy fader y^e pope enyoyned hym to make hym to be prayed for perpetually. and lyke as he had done to be takē from hym his naturall lyf ther¦fore he shold do fyside four tapers to brēne per∣petually about his body that for the extynccōn of his bodely lyf his soule may euer be remem∣bred and lyf in heuē in spyrytual lyfe. And also that he sholde euery weke on y^e daye as come a∣aboute of hys deth haue a solempne masse of re¦quiē & on y^e euē afore dyryge wyth .ix. lessons & a doole to poore peple alwaye on that daye of a xi. shellynges & .vii. pens to be deled peny mele / and ones in the yere at his annyuersary his ter¦mēte to be holden in y^e most honest wyse / & •• be¦deled y^e daye .xx. poūde in pens to poore people And to euery monke .xx. shellynge whyche alle these thynhes performed thys noble kynge for his fader for kyng Henry the fourth / his fader performed it not durynge hys lyf of whome as it is sayd that god dyd touche hym & was lepre¦or that he deyed. ¶And also thys noble prynce lette do calle all y^e abbottes & pryours of saynte Benets order in Englond & had all them into the chapytre hous of westmynster for the refor¦macyon of theyr order wherin he had comuny¦cacyon / and also wyth bysshops and mē of the spyrytualte / in so ferre forth that they doubted sore as that he wold haue had the temporaltes out of theyr hondes / wherfore by the aduyse la∣bours and procurynge of the spyrytuallyte en∣couraged the kyng for to chalenge Norman∣dye and his ryght in Fraunce / to that entente to set hym a warke there that he shold not seke none occasyons for to entre into suche maters And than all his lyf tyme afterwarde he labou∣red & was besy in the warre & in conquerynge a grete parte of the reame of / fraunce. and so af¦terwarde y^t by the grement of the Kynge Char¦les he had the gouernaunce & the rule of the rea¦me of / fraunce and he was proclamed regnet & heyre of / fraunce. ¶And so notwithstandynge for alle this grete warre that he had / neuerthe∣les yet he remēbred his soule & also thought that he was mortall & nedes must deye / for whyche cause he ordeyned by hys lyfe tyme the place of his sepulture where as he is buryed / and hath euery daye thre masses perpetually songen in a chapell our his sepultur of the whiche y^e myd¦dyll masse & the fyrste and the laste masse shall be as it is assygned by hym as it apperyeth by these verses folowynge.

Henrici misse quinti sunt hic tabulate. Que successiue sunt per monachos celebrate.

¶De dm̄ca.

Prima sit assumpre de festo virginis alme. Poscit postremā cristus de morte resurgens

¶Feria secunda.

Prima salute de festo virginis extat. Nunciat angelicis laudē postrema choreis

¶Feria tercia.

Esse deum natum de virgine prima fatetur Cōmemorat natam sic vicima misse mariam

¶Feria quarta.

Prima celebretur ad honorē neupmat{is} almi. Vltima conceptam denunciat ••ē mariam

¶Feria quinta.

Semper prima colideber de corpere cristi. Vltima sit facta de virgine purificata

¶Feria sexta.

Concedet vt prima celebretur de truce sanctā. At{que} salutate f••et postrema maria

¶Sabbato.

Omnes ad sanctos est prima coleda super nos Vltima de requie pro defunctis petit esse. Semper erit media de proprietate d••ci.

¶And yet the noble Kynge Henry the fyfte founded twoo houses of relygyon on is called Syon besyde Braynforde of y^e ordre of Saynt Brygf••te both of mē and women and on that other syde of the Ryuer Tamyse an hows of monkes of Chartrehous / in whyche twoo pla¦ces he is contynually prayed for nyght & daye / For euer whan they of Syon resten than they of the Chaptre hous do theyr seruyce & in lyke wyse whan they of the Chartre hous resten the other gooth to / & by ryngynge of the belles of eyther place eche knoweth whan they haue en∣ded theyr seruyte whyche be nobly endowed / & do dayly there grete almes dedes / as in Char∣ter hous certayne chyldren be founde to scole. & at Syon certayn almes geuen dayly. And yet besyde all thys he founde a recluse the whyche shall be alway a preest to praye for hym by the sayd Chartre hous whyche preest is suffycyent¦ly endowed for hym & a seruaunt Lo here may all prynces take ensample by thys noble pryn∣ce that regned so lytyll tyme not fully .x. yere &

dyde so many noble actes as well for his soule to be perpetually remembred & prayed for / as in his conquestes & he beynge in his moste lus¦ty aege dysposyd to eschewe synne & was a gre¦te Iusticer•• in so moche y^t all the prynces of cry¦stendome dradde hym & also of hethenes / & he had determyned in hymself yf god wolde haue spared hym to haue warred on the Sarasyns & for to knowe the ayde of other prynces & alle the passages in y^e Iourneye he sente a knyght of Henaude named Hugh de lanoye vnto Ihe¦rusalem / but or he retorned he deyed at Boys de vencence in the .xxxvi. yere of hys aege. on whos soule god haue mercy Amen.

FElyx the .v. was pope whā Eugenyus was deposed .ix. yere. This man Felyx was duke of Sauoyen deuonte prince an olde man. and he saw his ckyldes chylde This mā whan he lyued a holy lyf was chosen pope of the counsell of Basyle. and eugeny was depo¦sed. and there was stryfe longe tyme. And he had no grete obediēce for the deposycyō of eu∣genye: And at the laste Eugenye decessed. and than felyx ••esygned to Nycholas for fauoure of puas to be had & he was made legate of Fra¦unce & Cardynal of Sabyanus This was the xxiii. stryfe bytwyxt Eugeny and felyx & it du¦red .xvi· yere and thys was a new cause & ne∣uer seen before for the counseill of Basyle depo¦sed Eugeny they vere pope and there was noo mo for he obeyed not the decrees of the coūseyl of Constantinople as they sayd ne he charged not to obeye the counsyel of basyle: but he say¦de rather the countrary sholde be done than as they decreed. wherfore there arose a grete alte¦racyon in y^e mater / for some sayde one waye & some an other & coude not accorde to thys daye for that one partye sayde that coū••eyll was a∣boue the pope. & an other partye sayde the con¦trary y^e the pope was about the coūseyll. But they lefte it vndetermyned. And therfore god muste dyspose for the best. ¶Albert was Em∣perour after Syghysmonde one yere. thys Al∣bert was the duke of Austre & neuewe to Sy∣gysmonde / and therfore he was kynge of Be∣me and of Vngray for hys doughter for other heyre he left none. This man was chosen Em¦perour of almayne but anon he was poysened and dyed / and he was in althynge a vertuous man y^t all men sayd he was a presydent to alle kynges. ¶Fredericus the thyrde was Empe¦roure after hym. this Frederyk was the duke of Osteryk & chosen Emperoure of Almayne but it was longe or he was crowned of the po∣pe for deuysyon. And at the last there was ma∣de an vnyte / & he was crowned with a greate honour of the pope in y^e cyte & was a peasyble man & a quyete & of a synguler pyte & he hated not the clergye (he wedded the kynges dough∣ter of Portyngale / & in hys tyme whyles that heregned he made a grete cūuocacion of pryn¦ces in Ratyspona for the Incours of the Tur¦kes / & shewed vnto them y^t nowe within this ·xx. yere crystendom was made lasse by two hū¦dred myle. and he warned theym y^t they sholde be redy to resyst hym. ¶And the Imperyal cy∣te of Constantynople was take at y^e same tyme of the mysbyleuynge Turkes & betrayed by a Ianuēs whom for his labour the Turke ma¦de a kynge as he promysed hym. and the four∣the daye he called hym to hym and dyde hange hym for his dysceyte to his master. And there was greate sorowe and wepynge amonge the crysten people for losse of y^e noble Cyte / forma¦ny a Crysten man was slayne & innumer able were solde: and the emperour was slayne & for enuye the Turke caused his heed to be smyten of whan he was deed· And almoost all the fay¦the in y^e londe of Greke fayled. ¶Nycholaus the .v. a Ianueus was pohe after Felyx .viii. yere. This Nycholas was chosen at Rome in the place of Eugenye· and yet the stryfe hen ge¦styll / by a lytyll and a lytyll they obeyed hym & all men merueyled that a man of so poore a na¦cyon sholde obteyne ayenst the duke of Sa∣uoy the whyche was cosyn and alyed all moost to alle the prynces of crystendoome and euery∣chone lefte hym. Than in the yere after there was a peas made / felyx resygned for yt pleased our lorde hys name to be gloryfyed by an obiec¦te of the worlde as that Ianuens was in com∣paryson of the duke the pope. This Nycholas was a mayster indiuynyte and an actyue man & a ryche man in conseytes & many thynges y^t were fallē he buyldyd ayen / and al y^e walles of Rome he renewed for dred of the Turke And there was a verse made of this vnyte & publys∣shed in the cyte. ¶Lux fulsit mūdo: cessit felix Nychalao. And that in y^e yere of our lord. M CCCC.xlix. The yere of grace with a grete de∣uocyon was confermed and Innumerable pe¦ple went to the appostels setes.