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

Francia.

PHylyp the .v. of that name and brother of the forena∣med Lewys, whyche for his heygth was surnamed Phylyp the longe / began hys reygne ouer y^e Frēchmē in y^e yere

of our lorde .M.CCC. and .xvii, and the .x. yere of Edwarde the seconde than kynge of Englande. But fyrste he reygned but as regent of Fraūce, for so moche as Clemence the wyfe of kynge Lewys was left of her sayd husbande with chylde. The whiche in processe of tyme was delyuered of a man chylde named Iohan, that dy¦ed shortly after. After whose dethe y^e sayd Phylyp was forthwith proclay¦med kynge of Fraunce, and crowned at Parys aboute Chrystmas folow∣ynge / al be it y^t the duke of Burgoyn with other for a whyle with sayd that coronacyon / and wolde haue prefer∣red the doughter of Lewys last deed. But other of the lordes and nobles of Fraunce wolde not be agreable, y^t a woman shulde enheryte so great a kyngdome. By meane wherof vn∣kyndnes kyndled atwene the kynge and the sayd duke. But by wyse me∣dyatoures they were after acorded, in suche wyse that the sayd duke ma∣ryed the eldest doughter of y^e kynge.

In this passe tyme suche meanes were made by the Flemynges, that an vnyte and accorde was stablys∣shed atwene Fraunce and them for y^e tyme that it helde. whiche peace as testyfyeth the Frenche cronycle, was laboured and ended by a cardynall named Iosselyn, & sent frome y^e .xxii. Iohan than pope / so that by medya∣cyon of the sayd cardynall, the erle of Flaūdres was receyued vnto y^e kyn∣ges grace / and at Parys dyd vnto y^e Frenche kynge his homage, & sware vnto hym feawtye.

In the thyrde yere of the reygne of this Phylyp / the prouost of Pa∣rys hauyng in his pryson a Pycarde a man of great rychesse, whiche for fe¦lony or lyke cryme was iudged to be hanged. The sayd prouoste for great benefyte to hym doone, and payment of great summes by y^e sayd Pycarde, toke an other poore innocent man & put hym to dethe in stede of the sayd Pycarde. Of the whiche offence whā due profe of it was made before the kynges counceyll / the sayd prouoste for the same dede was put vnto lyke iudgment.

In the fyfth yere of the sayd Phy¦lyp, all the lazaryes of the countrey of Langadocke were brente, for so moche as they were accused of theyr owne confessyon proued, that they had poysoned and entended to haue poysoned all the welles of that coun∣trey. And for many Iewes were vn∣to them consentynge / therfore many of them suffered lyke iudgment. In this yere also for somoche as in those dayes in dyuers places of Fraunce, a fonde prophecy was broughte vp amōge the comune people, that shep∣herdes and herdes shulde wynne the holy lande. Than they assembled thē selfe in dyuers places and compa∣nyes, and lastly came togyder at Pa¦rys. where they were so many in nom¦bre, by reason of other of the comune people that fell vnto them, that the Prouost of Parys was not of power to withstande thē / so that they brake prysones and toke out suche perso∣nes as them pleased / and from thens wente beggynge and robbynge tyll they came into Langedocke. where they fel vpon the Iewes, and robbed theym of all suche mouables as they myght fynde, and slewe of theym al∣so. wherfore the other of the Iewes ferynge the sayd comunes / gathered them with theyr wyues & chyldren to the noūbre of .v.C. into a towre, and thought to defende them & theyr wy∣ues and chyldren from the sayd her∣des. But anone as they hadde wyt∣tynge therof / they assawted the sayd towre so egerly, that in the ende se∣ynge they myght not escape, for very despyte they threwe theyr chyldren

downe at theyr hedes / & after slewe eyther other, for they shulde not fall in the handes of theyr enemyes / or elles to auoyde y^e peynes of the fyre, whiche the herdes hadde begunne to fasten vpon the sayd towre. whā the sayd Herdes hadde thus robbed and slayne y^e Iewes of Langdocke / they departed thens and yode towarde a a countrey called Carcasson, enten∣dynge lyke robbery as they before had vsed. wherof y^e countrey beynge warned / stopped & kepte so the pas∣sages, & withstode them with suche power and strengthe, that they dysse¦uered thē selfe by small companyes / so that many of them were taken and hanged, & the other fled in saue gard¦ynge them selfe / and so this folysshe prophecy was ended with synne and shame.

Kynge Phylyppe by meane of yll coūseyle sette a great taske vpon his comunes / that is to meane the fyfth parte of theyr mouable goodes. For the whiche, consyderynge he had no charg of warres ī no place, they mur¦mured & grudged wonder sore. But how it was or this taxe was leuyed / he fell in a feuer quarteyne & a great flyx. whiche sekenesse fell vpon hym by prayer of the comunes after the Frenche boke, for leuyenge of y^e sayd greuous taxe. Than for hym was made many solempne processyons & other prayers. How be it in lōge pro∣cesse he dyed, whan he had languys∣shedde from the begynnynge of Au∣gust tyl the .viii. day of Ianuary. Up¦on whiche day he dyed, whan he had reygned .iiii. yeres & .vii. monethes & odde dayes / leuynge after hym none heyre male / wherfore the crowne dys¦cēded vnto his brother Charles erle of the Marches.