¶How kynge Henry that was sone of kyn¦ge. Henry the Empresse sone / and of the deba∣te that was bytwene hym and his fader why∣le that he was in Normandye.
AFter the cornacyon of kynge Henry the sone of kyng Henry the Empresse lone. That same Henry thempresse sone wen¦te ouer to Normandy & there he lete mary Ele¦nore his doughter of the Dolphyn yt was kyn¦ge of Almayne. And in the .vii. yepe that the Archebysshop saynt▪ Thomas had bē our law¦ed / the kyng of Fraūce made the kyng & saynt Thomas accorded. And then̄e cam Thomas the Archebysshop to Chaunterbury ayē to his owne chyrche. & this accorde was made in the begynnyng of Aduente & afterwarde he was slayne & martred the fyfth daye of Crystmasse thenne folowynge. For kynge Henry though•• vpon saynt Thomas the Archebysshop vpon Crystmasse daye as he sate at hys mete & the∣se wordes sayd That yf he had ony good kny¦ghtes wyth hym / he had be many a day passe•• auenged vpon the Archebysshop Thomas· ¶And anone syr Wyllyam Bretō syr Hugh Moruile / syr wyllyam Tracy & syr Reygn••l••¦de Fitz vrse / beers sone in Englysshe pryuely wente vnto the see / & came in to Englonde vn∣to the chyrche of Caūterbury & there they hy•• martred at saynt Benets awter in the mode•• chyrche. And that was in ye yere of the Incar∣nacyon of Ihesu Cryst .M.C.lxxii. yere. And anone after Henry the newe kyng began for to make warre vpon Henry his fader & vpon his brothern wyllyam & Othus. ¶And so v∣pon a daye the kyng of Fraunce & al ye kynges sones / and the kynge of Scotlonde and all the gretest lordes of Englonde were rysen ayenst kyng Henry the fader. And at the last as god wolde / he conquered all his enmyes. And the kynge of Fraunce & he were accorded· ¶And tho sente kyng Henry specyally vnto the kyn∣ge of Fraunce / & prayed hym hertely for his lo¦ue that he wolde sende to hym the names bi let¦ters of them yt where ye begynners of ye warre a¦yenst hym. And ye kyng of fraunce sent ayen to