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

Anno. dn̄i. M.v.C.viii.		Anno dn̄i. M.v.C.ix.
Tayllour.	Thomas Exmew.
Stephyn Ienyns.		Anno .xxiiii.
	Rychard Smyth.

IN the begynnyng of the may∣res tyme, syr wyllyam Capell after his prysonement in the coūtour & shyreffes house, was by the kynges counsayll commaūded to the towre / where he remayned tyll the kynge dyed / & shortly after was delyuered wyth many other. And in lykewyse was syr Laurēce Aylemer dalt with / & cōmytted to the warde or house of Rychard Smyth shryfe / & there re∣mayned as prisoner by y^e space aboue sayd.Thys yere vppō the saterdaye next before saynt Georges day in the nyght, whych saterdaye was the .xxi. daye of Apryll, dyed the kynge oure soueraygne lorde at hys manour of Rychemount / vpon whose soule and all chrysten Iesu haue mercy. Amen.

And so thys foresayd noble prince reygned .xxiii. yeres and .vii. mone∣thes, and one daye therof lakkynge.

THys magnyfycent & excellent prynce Hēry the .vii. thus payed to deth his dette of nature as before is sayd. Of whome suffycient laude & prayse can nat be put in wrytyng, cōsyderyng y^e cōtynuall peace & trāquylete whyche he kept thys his lande & comons in / wyth also the subduynge of hys out∣warde enymyes, of the realmes of Fraunce & Scotland by hys greate polycy & wysedome, more thā by she∣dyng of cristē bloode or cruell warre. And euer ruled so myghtly hys sub∣gectes & mynystred to them suche iu∣styce, y^t nat allonely they loued and drad hym / but all crysten prynces he∣ryng of hys gloryous fame, were de∣syrous to haue wyth hym amyte &

allyaunce. And for that he in all tēpo¦rall polycies & prouisions exceded all prynces by hys tyme reygnynge / dy∣uers popes, as Alexander the syxte, Pius the .iii, & Iulius the .ii. nowe beynge pope, by theyr tymes eyther of thē sunderly wyth auctorytie & cō∣sent of theyr spyrytuall & deuyne coūsayll, elected & chase thys excellente prynce, and admytted hym for chyefe defensour of Chrystes church, before all other crysten prynces. And for a confermaciō of the same / sente vnto thys inuyncibyll prince by .iii. sundry famous ambassades, thre swerdes with .iii. cappes of mayntenaunce. what myght I wryte of the stedfaste contynēcy, great iustyce, & mercyfull dealyng of thys prynce. what myght I report of hys excellēte wysedome & moste sugred eloquence, or of hys in∣mouable pacience & wonderfull dy∣scressyon. Or what shuld I tell of his most beautyfull byldynges, or exce∣dyng charges of manifest reperaciōs and ouer all thys of hys excedynge treasoure & rychesse innumerabyll. But as who wolde saye, to consider in order all his notabyll actes, which wolde aske a lōge tract of tyme, with also the lyberall & somptuous endo∣wemēt of the monastery of westmyn∣ster & other, to wryte / I myghte con∣clude y^t hys actes passed all the noble actes of hys noble {pro}genytours syne the conquest / and may moste cōgruly aboue all erthly prynces, belykened vnto Salamō kyng of y^e Israelytes and be called the seconde Salomon for hys great sapience & actes by him done hys lyuys tyme executed. All whyche premysses tenderly conside∣red, euery naturall Englysshmā now lyuyng, hath cause & ought deuoutly to pray for the soule of this moste ex∣cellent prynce Henry the .vii, that he maye atteyne that celestyall mansiō, whych he and all trew crysten soules are enheritours vnto / the which god hym graunt. Amen.

And the rather because of the exel¦lēt vertuous bryngyng and leuynge vnto vs by goddes ayde and pro∣uysyon, of our moste gracyous and moste d••ad soueraygne lord Henry y^e viii. of that name, as tyghtfull enhe∣rytour vnto the .ii. crownes of Eng∣lande and of Fraunce. The whyche began hys moste gracyous reygne y^e xxii. day of Apryll, in the yere of oure lord god .M.v.C. and .ix.