¶Of the debate that was betwixt Cassy∣bolon and the Erle of London / and of the truage that was payed to Rome.
ANd after it befelle thus vpon a daye / that the gentylmen of the kinges hous¦holde & the gentylmen of the Erles housholde of London after meete wēte togyd for to playe And thorugh debate that arose amonge them Enelin that was the Erles cosyn of London slewe Irēglas that was ye kyng{is} cosyn. wher∣fore swore that Enelyn shold be hanged. But the Erle of London that was Enelins lorde wolde not suffre hym / wherfore the kyng was gretely wroth and vexed towarde the Erle / & thought hym destroye. And preuely the Erle sente letters to Iulius Cezar that he sholde co∣me in to this londe for to helpe hym and hym auenge vpon the kynge / and he wolde helpe hym with all his myghte. And whan thempe¦rour herde thys tydynges he was full glade / and ordeyned a stronge power / and came a∣yen the thyrde tyme in to thys londe / and the Erle of London helped hym with .viii. thou∣sande men / and at the thyrde tyme was Cassi¦bolon ouercome and dyscomfyted and made peas to the Emperour for thre thousande poū¦de of syluer yeldīge by yere for trauge for thys londe for euermore. ¶And thenne half a yere after passed the Emperour Iulius Cezar wen¦te ayen vnto Rome / and the Erle of London wich hym. For he durste not abyde in this lon∣de. And after Cassybolon regned .vii. yere in peas / and tho he deyed the .xvii. yere of his reg¦ne and lyeth at yorke.