Fabyans cronycle newly prynted, wyth the cronycle, actes, and dedes done in the tyme of the reygne of the moste excellent prynce kynge Henry the vii. father vnto our most drad souerayne lord kynge Henry the .viii. To whom be all honour, reuere[n]ce, and ioyfull contynaunce of his prosperous reygne, to the pleasure of god and weale of this his realme amen

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Fabyans cronycle newly prynted, wyth the cronycle, actes, and dedes done in the tyme of the reygne of the moste excellent prynce kynge Henry the vii. father vnto our most drad souerayne lord kynge Henry the .viii. To whom be all honour, reuere[n]ce, and ioyfull contynaunce of his prosperous reygne, to the pleasure of god and weale of this his realme amen
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Fabyan, Robert, d. 1513.
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Prentyd at London :: by wyllyam Rastell,
1533 [31 Dec.]
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Great Britain -- History -- To 1485 -- Early works to 1800.
Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 -- Early works to 1800.
France -- History -- Early works to 1800.
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"Fabyans cronycle newly prynted, wyth the cronycle, actes, and dedes done in the tyme of the reygne of the moste excellent prynce kynge Henry the vii. father vnto our most drad souerayne lord kynge Henry the .viii. To whom be all honour, reuere[n]ce, and ioyfull contynaunce of his prosperous reygne, to the pleasure of god and weale of this his realme amen." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A00525.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.

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Anno domini .M.CCi. Anno domini .M.CCii.
 Roger Desert. 
Balliui Anno secun.
 Iamys fyz Barth. 

IN ye moneth of december and seconde yere of kynge Iohn̄ / Ranulphe erle of Chestre by the ex∣ample afore shewed by kynge Iohn̄, lefte hys owne wyfe named Constaū¦ce and countesse of Brytayne, whych before he had maried by counsayll of kynge Henry the seconde / & wedded one Clemens. One cronycle sayth he dyd so, because he wolde haue yssue. But the sayd authour sayth that af∣ter hys opynyon, he dyspleased god so greatly that god wolde suffer hym to haue none yssue / but the rather for that dede dyed wythout.

About thys tyme after opynyon of moste wryters / the people or nacyon callyd Tartares beganne theyr do∣mynyon. These men dwellyd vnder the hyllys of Inde, yt belonged to pre¦ster Iohn̄ / & chase of them self a capi¦tayn of low byrth called Dauid / & so wyth wyues and chyldren passed the next countreys wyth robbynge and spoylyng, and grew shortly in great strength / and after subdued the par∣tes & many other vycyne countreys / and grewe lastely vnto great domy∣nyon and lordshyppe in the eest par∣tes of the worlde / so that lately theyr prynce or souerayne ys called the great Cahan.

In this yere as wytnessyth Poly∣cronycon, the kynge of Scottys dyd homage to kynge Iohn̄ at Lyncoln̄, and sware vpon the crosse of Hubert archbishoppe of Caunterbury, in the presence of a legate of Rome, & .xiii. byshoppes, to be trew lyege man to hym and to hys heyres kynges.

And in this yere one Estate called abbot of Flay, came into Englande /

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and amonge other myracles by hym shewyd, he blessed a well besyde the towne of wye in kent / so ye men and women drynkyng of that water were curyd of dyuerse maladyes. But last¦ly he dyspleasyd so the byshoppes of England, yt he was glade to leue the lande, & after sayled into Normandy

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