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

¶How kynge Arthur axed of Merlyn y^e ad∣uentures of .vi. of the last kynges that were to regne in Englonde / & how y^e londe shold ende

Syr sayd Merlyn. In the yere of the In¦carnacyon Ihesu Cryste .M·CC.xv. shall come a lambe out of wynchestre / shall ha¦ue a whyte tonge and true lyppes / and he shal haue wryten in his herte holynes. This lam∣be shall make many goddes houses / & he shall haue peas the moost parte of his lyfe. And he shall make one of the fayrest places of y^e wor••∣de / that in his tyme shall not fully ••e made an ende of. ¶And in the ende of his lyf wulf of a straunge londe shall doo hym moche harme and sorowe thrugh warre. But at the ende the lambe shall be mayster thrugh helpe of a reede foxe / that shall come out of the North west / & hym shall ouercome / and the wulf shall dey•• in water. And after that tyme the lambe shall lyue noo whyle / but he shall deye. ¶His heed shall be in a straūge londe. And the londe shall be wythout a gouernour a lytell tyme

ANd after this shall come a dragō med¦led with mercy & also with woodnesse And that shall haue aberde as a gote that shal gyue in Englonde a shade we / and shall kept the londe fro colde & hete / and hys owne foo•• shall be sette in wyke & that other in London. And he shall enbrace Inhabitaunces. And he shall open his mouth to warde walys. And the tremblynge of the hydour of his mouthe / hys ••eres shall stretche to warde many habytacy∣ons and countrees. And his breth shall be full swete in straūge londe. And in his tyme shall the ryuers renne blood and with brayne. And he shall make ī places of his londe walles that shall do moche harme vnto hys seed after hys tyme. ¶And thenne shall there come a people out of the North west durynge his regne that shall be ladde thrughout a wycked hare / that the dragon shall do crowne kynge / that after∣warde shall flee ouer the see wyth out comyn¦ge ayen for drede of the dragon. ¶And in that tyme the sonne shall be as reed as an blood that see thorughout all the worlde / that shall beto∣ken grete pestylence & dethe of folke / thorugh dynt of swerde. And that people shall be fader¦les / tyll the tyme that the dragon deye thrugh an hare: that shal meue ayenst hym warre vn¦to the ende of his lyf: that shall not fully be en¦ded in his tyme ¶This dragon shall be holde in his tyme the best body of the worlde. and he shall deye besyde the marches of a straūge lon∣de: and the londe shall dwel faderles wythout a good gouernour: and men shall wepe for his dethe: from the yle of. Shepey to the hauen of Marcyll. ¶wherfore Alas alas shall be theyr songe of faderles folke: that shall ouer lyue in his londe destroyed.

ANd after this dragon shall come a go∣te out of. Kar that shall haue hornes & a berde of syluer / and there shall come out of his nosethryll a dompe that shall betoken hun¦gre and sorowe and grete dethe of the people. And moche of his londe in the begynnynge of hys regne shall be wasted. ¶Thys gote shall go ouer vnto Fraūce: and shall open the flou∣re of his lyf and deth. ¶In his tyme there shal

aryse an E••••e in Corne way••e that shall haue fethers of go••e / that of pryde ••ha•• be without pere of the londe. And he shall despy••e lordes of blood. And a••••er he shall flee shamefully by a beer at G••uer••e••h / and after shall be made brydges of men vpon the costes of the ••ee and stones shall falle from castelles / & many other townes shall be made playne. ¶In his tyme shall seme that the beer shall brenne / and a ba∣tayll shall be done vpon the armes of the see in a felde ordeyned as a sheld And at that batayl shall deye many whyte heedes / wherfore thys batayll shall be called the whyte batayll. And the forsayd beer shall do thys gote moche har∣me / & it shall come out of the South west & of his blood. Thenne shall the go••e lese moche / & of hys londe / tyll that the tyme that frenshyp shall hym ouercome. And thenne shall he close hym in a lyons skynne / & thenne shall he wyn¦ne that he had before lost & more therto. For a people shall come out of the North west y^t shall make the gote so sore aferde thet he shall be in grete perplexite. And he shal aduenge hym on his enmyes thrugh coūseyll of two owles that fyrste shall be in peryll for to be vndone. But the olde owle shall wende away a certayne ty∣me / & after he shal come ayen in to this londe. These two owles shall do grete harme to ma¦ny one / and soo they shall counseyll the gote to arere warre ayenst the forsayd beer. And at y^e last the go••e and the owles shall come at Bur∣ton vppon Trent / and shall go ouer / and for drede the beer shall ••••ee & a swanne wyth hym fro his company to Burton warde the north and there they shall be with an harde shoure. And thenne shall the swanne be take & slayne wi••h sorowe and the beer taken heeded al ther next his ••est / that shall stande vpon broken brydge / on whom the sonne shall cast hys bee∣mes. And many shall hym seke for vertue that from hym shall come. ¶In y^e same shall deye for sorowe •• ••are ap••ple of his londe / soo that londes shall be vpon hym y^e more bo••der after warde. And those two owles shall doo moche sorowe to the foresayd floure of lyf / & her shall lede in to dystrestre / so that shall passe ouer the see into Fraunce / for to make peas bytwene the gote and y^e flouredelyse / and there she shall dwelle tyll a tyme that her sede shall come and set••e her: •• they shall be styll tyll a tyme: that they shalle them clothe wyth grache. And they shall fethe the owles and shall put them to dy∣spytous deth. And after shall this gote be brou¦ghte to dysease and great Anguysshe: and in sorowe he shall lyue all his lyf

AFter thys gote shall come out of wyn∣desore a boore: that shall haue an heed o•• a whyte lynons herte: and pyteous lokynge ¶His vysage shalle be reste to lyke men. Hys breeste shall be staunchynge of thyrste to tho that be thrysty: His worde shall be gospell. hys herynge shall be meke as a lambe· In the fyr∣ste yere of his regne he shall haue grete payne to Iustefye thē that ben vntrue. ¶And in his tyme shall hys londe be multeplyed wyth aly∣auntes. And this boore thorugh fyresnesse of hys herte that he shal haue: shal make wulues to become lambes. & he shall be called thorugh out of y^e worlde Boore of holynesse / fyers••esse of noblynesse and of mekenesse. And he shall mesurably al that he shall do vnto the brough of Ierusalem. ¶And he shall whette his teeth vpon the yates of Pards: and vpon foure lon¦des. Spayne shall tremble for drede. Gascoy∣ne shall swete. In Fraūce he shal put his wyn¦ge. His grete tayle shall reste in Englonde soft¦ly. Almayne shalle quake for drede of hym. ¶This boore shal yeue bantelles to two tow¦nes of Englonde: and shall make the Ryuer renne wyth blood & brayne. And he shall ma∣ke many medowes reede: and he shall gette as moche as his auncetours dyd. And er that he dyed / he shall bere thre crownes / and he shall put a londe in greate subiecyon / And after it shall be releued / but not in his tyme. ¶This boore after he is deed for hys doughtynesse / shall be entyred at Coleyne. And his lōde shall be fulfylled of all good.

AFter this boore shall come a lambe: y^t shalle haue f••et of leed: and an heed of brasse: and herte of loppe a swynes skynne. And an harde. And in hys tyme hys londe shal be in peas: the fyrste yere of his regne he shall do make a cytee that all the worlde shall speke there of. ¶This lambe shall lese in his tyme a grete parte of his londe thrugh an hydeous wulfe: but he shall recouer it: and yeue a lord∣shyp to an Egle of his londe and this egle shal welle gouerne it tyll the tyme that pryde shall hym ouercome. Alas the sorwe: For he shalle deye of hys brothers swerde. And after shall the londe falle to the forsayd lambe: that shall

gouerne the londe in peas all hys lyues tyme. And after he shall deye / and the londe be ful∣fylled of all maner of good.

AFter this lambe shal come a mold war¦pe / cursyd of goddes mouth / a caytyf / a cowarde / an haare / He shall haue an elderly skynne as a gote / & vengeaunce shall falle vp¦on hym for syn̄e. ¶In the fyrst yere of his reg¦ne he shall haue of all good gret plente in hys londe and to warde hym also / And in hys lon¦de he shall haue grete praysyge / tyll the tyme that he shal surffre his people lyue in to moche pryde without chastysynge / wherfor god wyl be wrothe· ¶Thenne shall aryse vp a dragon of the North / that shall be full fyerse / and shal meue warre ayenst the forsayd mold warpe / & shal yeue hym batayle vpon a stone. This dra¦gon shall gadre ayen in to his company a wul¦fe / that shall rome out of the west to meue war¦re ayenst the forsayd mold warpe in hys syde / so shall the dragon / and bynde theyr tayles to gyders ¶Then̄e shall come a lyon out of Ir∣londe / that shall falle in company wyth them. And thenne shall tremble the londe that shall becalled Englonde as an aspen leyf / And in that tyme shal castelles be felled downe vpon Tamyse. And ye shall seme that Seuerne shal be drye / for the bodyes that shall falle deed the¦re in / The foure chyef floodes in Englonde shall renne in blood. And grete drede shall he / & anguysshe that shall aryse. ¶After the mold warpe shall flee and y^e dragon. The lyon and the wulf shall them dryue a waye / and the lon shall be wythout them. And the mold warpe shall haue no maner of power sauf only a shyp¦pe wherto he maye wynder ¶And after that he shall goo to londe where the see is wythdra∣we. And after that he shall yeue the thyrde par¦te of hys londe / for to haue the fourth parte in peas and in reste. And after he shall lyue in so¦rowe all his lyftyme· ¶And in his tyme the h••••r bathes shal become colde. And after that shall the mold warpe deye auenturously and sodenly. Alas for sorowe / for he shall be drow∣ned in a flood of the see His seed shall be come faderles in straunge loude for euer more. And then shall the londe be departed in to thre par∣tes / that is to saye / to the wulf / to the dragan / and to the lyon. And soo shall it be for euermo∣re· And thenne shalle thys londe be called the ••de of Conquest. And so shall the ryghe hey¦res of Englonde ende