¶How kynge Edwarde lette kepe the cos∣tes by the see. and lete trye all the pryce men of armys and foot men thrugh Englonde.
AS kynge Edwarde herde telle ye quen Isabell & Edwarde her sone. wolde co¦me in to englonde / wyth a grete power of aly∣aūtes. & with them yt were outlawed out of en∣glonde for there rebellyousnesse. he was sore a dradde to be put downe / & for to lese his kyng∣dom wherfore he ordeyned to kepe hys castels in walys as well as in Englond / with vytayl¦lers & theyr appa••ylles / and lette kepe hys ry∣uers & also ye. & at ye feest of Decolaciō of saynt Iohn̄ Baptyst ye Cytezyns of London sent to the kyng to Prochestre an .C. men of armys. & also he cōmaūded by hys letters ordeyend / yt e∣uery hundred & wepētake ••otrye as wel men of armys as men on foot. and yt they sholde be put in .xx. sōme. and in an hundred sōme / And commaunded ye alle tho men were redy whan ony shoute or crye were made / for to purpose & take the alyauntis yt came in to Englond for to ben bme hym the londe for to put him out of his kyngdon / And more ouer he lete crye tho∣rugh his patent in euery fayre & in euery mar¦ket of Englonde / yt the quene Isabell & syr Ed∣warde his eldest sone. & the erle of Kent. yt they were take. and saufly kepte without ony ma∣nere harme vnto them doynge / & all other ma¦nere people yt come with them. anone smyte of ther hedys. without ony manere raunsom ta∣kynge of them. And what man myght brynge syr Rogeres mortymer heed of wygmore. shol¦de haue an hūdred poūde of money for his tra¦uall. ¶And ferthermore he ordened by his pa¦trent & cōmaunded to make. a fyre vpon euery hyll / besyde the ryuers and in lowe countrees. for to make hyghe bekenesse of rymbre. That yf it so were that the alyuntes came vnto lon∣de by nyght tyme that then̄e the Inhabycaun¦tys there aboute sholde endeuoyr them selfe in goodly hast to lyght & fyre ye bekenes that the countree maye be warned & come & mete there enmyes. And in ye tyme deyed syr Roger Mor¦tymyer his vcle in the toure of London.