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

¶Of the Conquest of Berwyke.

SO whan the twoo Cardynalles were gone agayne in to Fraunce for to trete of the peas of cambroy the kynge sent thether of his erles and barons. This is to saye syr Ed¦monde his broder erle of Lancastre and of Le¦cetre / syr Henry Lacy erle of Nychol / & Wylly¦am Vessy Baron / and of other baronettes. a∣boute .xiii. of the best and wysest of Englonde ¶And in the same tyme the kynge Edwarde toke his vyage to Scotlonde / for to werre vp¦on Iohn̄ Baylol kynge of Scotlonde. ¶And syr Robert Roos of Berwyk sledde fro y^e En¦glysshmen / & wente to the Scottes. And kyng Edwarde wente hym towarde Berwyk / and besegyd the towne. And tho that were within manly them defended & sette a fyre and brente two of Kynge Edwardes shyppes / and sayde in dyspyte and reprey•• of hym (wenyth kyn¦ge Edwarde with his longe shankys / to haue gete Berewyk all our vnthankes gas pykes hym / and whan he was doon gas dykes hym) whan kyng Edwarde thys scorne / anone tho¦rugh hys myghtenesse / he passed ouer the dy∣ches and assaylled the towne / and came to the yates / and gate and conquered the towne / and thrughe hys gracyous power slewe .xxv. thou∣sande and .vii. hondred scottes. and Kynge Ed¦warde loste no man of renoune saufe syr Ry∣charde of Cornewayle. and hym kylled a Fle¦mynge out of the redde halle with a quarell as the forsayd Rycharde dyde of hys helme. And

comaunded theym for to yelde them / and put them in the kynges grace. And y^e Scottes wol¦de not wherfore that halle was brent and cast downe. And all tho that were therin were bren¦te and kynge Edwarde loste noo moo men at that vyage of symple estate but .xxvii. Englys∣shemen. And the wardeyn of the castell yaue vp the keyes of y^e castell wythout ony assawte And there was taken syre Wyllyam Douglas Symonde Frysell and the erle patryk yelded them to the peas. But Ingham of Humbres∣mylle & Robert the Brus that were with kyn¦ge Edwarde forsoke kynge Edwarde and hel¦de with the Scottes. And afterward they we¦re taken and put in to pryson And tho lete kyn¦he Edwarde close in Berwyk wyth walles & with dyches / and after Robert Rous went to Tyndale / and sette wuyerbrydge a fyre and Exham / and Lamerstok and slewe and rob∣byd the folke of the countree. And after that he wente fro thens to Dunbarre. And the fyrste wenesdaye of Marche the kynge sent the erle of Garenne. syr Hugh Percy and syre Hugh Spenser wyth a fayre company for to besege the castell. But one that was called syre Ry∣charde Sywarde a traytoure and a fals man ymagyned for to begyle the Englysshmē / and sente to the Englysshmen theym for to deseey∣ue / and sayd / That he wolde yelde to theym y^e castell. yf they wolde graunt them .viii. dayes of respyce / that he myhht sende and telle to syr Iohan Bayloll that was kynge of Scotlonde how is men fared that were within the castell. ¶And hym worde but yf he wolde remeue the sege of the Englysse men / that they wolde yel∣de that castell vnto the Englysshe men. ¶The messenger tho came to syr Iohan Baylol that tho was kynge of Scotlōde where that he was wyth his hooste / and the messenger tolde hym all the caas / And syr Iohan toke his hoste and came on the morowe erly towarde the castell. and syr Rycharde sywarde sawe hym come y^t was mayster of the counseyll and keper of the castell and sayd vnto the Englyssgmen O say¦de he. now I see a fayre company and well ap¦parelled I wyll goo ayenste theym / and wyth them to mete / and theym assaylle. And syr Hu∣ghe Spenser sawe the falsnesse of hym· and y^e treson· And sayd to hym O traytour take and proue your falsnesse shalle not auaylle you. And Hughe Spenser commaunded anone to bynde hym. And all in hast wente ayenst ther enmyes / and slewe of Scottes .xxii. thousand. For the Scottes had that tyme no man wyth them of honour saufe Patryke Graham that manly foughte / and longe at the laste he was slayne. And tho sayde the Englysshmen in re¦preyf of the Scottes (Thyse scaterande Scot¦tes holde I for sottes of wrenches vn ware. Erly in a mornynge in an euyll tymynge wen∣te ye fro Dūbare. ¶As tho that ware within the castell sawe the scomfyture they yelded vp the castell vnto the Englysshmen. And boun¦de theyr bodyes godes & castels to kynge Ed∣warde. And soo there were take in that castell thre erles .vii. barons / and .xxxviii. knyghtes & xi. clerkes / and .vii. Pycardys and all were presentyd to kynge Edwarde And he sente thē to the towre of London to be kepte.