¶Of Merlyns prophecyes that we¦re declared of kynge Edwarde. That was kynge Henrys sone.
OF this kyng Edward prophecyce Mer¦lyn / and called hym a dragon the secon¦de of the .vi. kynges that sholde regne in Eng¦londe and sayd / that he sholde be medled with mercy / and also with strenthe and fyernesse. That sholde kepe Englonde frome colde and hete. And that he sholde opene hys mouthe to∣warde walys and that he sholde sette his foot in wyk and that he sholde close with walwes / that sholde doo moche harme to his sede. And he sayde sothe. For the good kynge Edwarde was medled with mercye and with fyernesse / with mercy ayenst his enmyes of walys / and after of Scotlonde with fyernesse / whan he put them to dethe for ther falsnesse / and tray∣tourily as they hadde deserued. And welle ke∣ped he Englond frome colde and heet / sythe he kepte it frome alle manere of enmyes that ranne vppon hym to doo hym ony wronge. ¶And welle he opened his mouthe to warde walys / and made it quake thrughe hydour of hys mouthe / whan he conqueryd it thruoghe dynte of swerde. For the prynce Lewelyn and Dauyd hys brother. Ris and Morgan. were put to dethe thrughe theyr falsnesse and theyr foly / And he sette hys foot in to wyk / and con∣quered Berwyk at the whiche conquest were slayne .xxv. thousande and .vii. hondred / out take suche as were brente in the redde halle. ¶And the walles yt he lete make shall be noy∣ous / vnto his sede. As men shall here after in∣the lyf of syre Edwarde of Carnaruan hys so¦ne. And yet sayd Merlyn that he sholde make ryuers ren in blood & wyth brayne. & ye semyd well in hys warres there as he had ye maystry And yet Merlyn sayd yt ther sholde come a peo¦ple out of ye nortwest durynge the regne of the forsayd dragon yt shold be ladde by an yll grey¦hoūde / yt shold the dragon crowne kynge. that afterward sholde fle ouer ye see for drede of the dragon without comynge ayen. & that was pro¦ued by syr Iohn̄ Baylol ye kynge Edwarde ma¦de to be kynge of Scotlonde. ye falsly aroyse a∣yenst hym▪ & after he fled to his owne londes of Fraūce / & neuer he came ayen in to Scotlond for drede of kyng Edward: And yet sayd Mer¦ly: that peple yt shold lede ye sayd greyhoūd shol¦de be faderles vnto a certayne tyme soth he sa∣yd. For the peple of Scotlonde gretly were dy¦sesyd after syr Iohan baylol was fled. And mer¦lyn sayd the sone shold become in hys tyme as redde as ony blood in tokenynge of grete mor∣talyte of people And that was knowe wel whā the Scottes were slayne. And syth sayd Mer∣lyn / ye same dragon shold nouryshe a Fox. that sholde meue grete werre ayenst hym / yt sholde not in hys tyme be ended / and that semed well by Robert the Brus. that kynge Edwarde nou¦rysshed in hys chambre that sythen stale a way & meued grett werre ayenst hym / whiche wer∣re was not ended in his tyme And yet sayd mer¦lyn that the dragon sholde deye in ye marche of an other londe / & that hys londe sholde be long without a good keper. And that men shold we¦re for his dethe from the yle of Shephey vnto the yle of Mercyll / wherfore alas shall be ther songe amonge the comyn people faderles in the londe wastyd And that prophecie was kno¦we ouer all full well. For the good Kynge Ed∣warde deyed at Burgh vp sandys / that is vp¦on the Marche of Scotlonde the englyssmen were dysc••mferced and sorowed in Northum¦berlonde / For cause that kynge Edwardes so¦ne sete by the Scottes no force. for the ryot of