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

THE .CXXIII. CHAPITER.

AFter many and great actes concludyd by thys counsayll betwene these two foresayd prynces: Gunthranus in open audyence ad∣mytted hys neuewe Chyldebert for his heyre, for so mych as he had none heyre of hys bodye / commyttynge the rule therof to hym before all that were there. And after toke hym a{per}te, and shewyd to hym whych of his no¦bles he shulde take to counsayll, and whyche he shuld refuse. And specyal¦ly he warnyd hym to be well ware of hys moder Brunechyeldis, for that he knewe in her so great vntrouthe & subtylty / and also of Gyllon the bys∣shoppe, the whyche he also sayde he was not to be trusted. when he had thus aduertysed hys neuewe, they both retourned vnto the place of coū¦sayll / where by them and theyr coun¦sayllys certayn thynges concernyng the comone wele were sette in an or∣der. And that done, the sayde coun∣sayll was fynyshed / and purueyaūce for theyr dyner pronyded, the pryn∣ces wyth theyr baronye went vnto dyner. In the season of whych dyner the sayde Gunthranus sayde vnto y^e great nomber of lordes beynge pre∣sente / ye my lordes and nobles of Fraunce, the whych to me haue euer more ben true and dere / here is myn neuew, the whyche as myne heyre I haue allowed and ordeynyd, whome I praye you to honoure, and wyth true fayth be vnto hym obedyent as to your kyng. For of y^e great worthy¦nesse that of hym is to come, I am in great hope / whyche is allyed wyth myght and vertue. And to the aug∣mentacyon of these wordes / shortely after restored to hym all such cytyes, as Chilpericus by hys lyfe had with holden from hym. And soone after eyther from other in moste humble & louynge maner departyd.

Of thys peace betwene these two prynces thus stablysshyd, the fame ranne wyde. wherfore certayne lor∣des beyng vppon the partye of Gun¦doaldus refused hym / and went vn∣to the party of Gunthranus.

Soone after wyth hys people Gū∣doaldus resortyd vnto a cytye ouer the ryuer of Gerounde named Con∣uena / where for the strength therof, he thought to abyde hys fortune. wherof when Gunthranus was war¦ned / he in goodly spede made thyder warde, and layd hys people nere vn¦to the sayde cytye. But when he had espyed the strēgth therof / and knew well yt was daungerous for to ob∣teyn: he thē vsyd gyle, where strēgth myghte not preuayle / and deuysed or forged certayn letters in the name of Brunechyeldys, wherin was fay∣ned, that the sayde Brunechyeldys shulde desyre Gundoaldus in all ha¦sty wyse, to resorte vnto the cytye of Burdeaux.

Of whyche fraude Gundoaldus no thynge suspectynge / commaundyd hys treasoure wyth other hys stuffe vnder saufe gydynge thyderward to be conueyed. wherof the knightes of Gunthran{us} hauyng knowlege, with a stronge cōpany made ouer the fore sayd water of Geroūde, & layde such

watche for them, that they encoun∣tred the sayde people that caryed the sayde treasure and stuffe / and par∣force toke it from the knyghtes of Gundoaldus and presentyd it vnto Gunthranus.

Lyke as before ye haue harde that certeyne lordes of the hoste of Gun∣doalde fled vnto the hoste of Gun∣thranus / so in thys passe tyme .iiii. capytaynes or rulers of the hoste of Gunthranus fled vnto Gundoalde / y^t whych myne authour nameth De∣siderius, Mommolus, Bladascus, and Sagyttaryus. whyche .iiii. after theyr comynge to Gundoalde stode in such fauour / that he was by theyr counsayle myche what aduysed and gyded. It was not longe after that y^e knyghtes of Gunthranus had thus wonne y^e foresayd treasoure & stuffe / that Gundoald was so sore pursued that he was fayne to close hym wyth in a stronge cytye / the whyche Len∣degylsus mayster of the hoste of Gū¦thranus assayled by dyuerse feates of warre to wynne. But whā he saw hys labour lost / than he cautelously fande y^• meane to speke secretly with one of the foresayde .iiii. capytaynes named Mommolus, and wyth hym treatyd of the betrayenge of y^e cytye. The whyche after many and longe exhortacyons, wyth the assuraūce of theyr lyues and other, graūtyd vnto the sayd treason / whereof the maner shulde be thus. Thys sayd Mommo¦lus wyth the forenamed Bladascus and other of that affynyte / shulde set a fyre an olde temple wythin y^t citye. And when the people of y^e citye were besyed to quenche the fyre / the sayde Mommolus wyth hys adherentes to open the gates, & so to let in Lyn∣degylsus and hys knyghtes. But yet thys treason set a parte / Mōmo∣lus goeth to Gōdoalde, and sheweth to hym the greate daunger that he standeth in of his enemyes. wherfore he counsayled hym that he wyth the other rulers about hym go vnto the tentys of Gunthranus and yelde them all vnto hys grace and mercy. And also to the entent that he shuld there shewe and proue, that he was the indubytate son of the fyrste Clothayre / the whyche to the kynge and all his hoste was very doutfull, and the more bycause he so fled from them. whan Gundoaldus had at ley soure harde the counsayle of Mom∣mole, gyuynge to hym credence / for so mych as by hys counsayle before tymes he had fortheryd hys causes / and also by comfort that he reportyd to haue by meanes of Lyndegylsus before named: he settyng a parte all fere, wyth certayne nomber in peasy¦ble wyse issued the cytye. And whan he had a lyttell space gone: ii. erles of Gunthranus hoste named Bole and Boson receyued hym, and delyuered hym to the power of Lyndegylsus / and Mommole retourned wyth the other of his confederey, vnto y^e citye / and closed faste the gates bytwene y^e citye and the pauyllyons of Gūthra∣nus. where was a lytell coppyd hyll / to the heyght whereof whan Gundo¦alde was comen, the sayd Bosō hym sodeynly threwe downe. And as he was rollynge downe the hyll / with a great stone he strake him on the hed, by vyolēce wherof he was forthwith slayne or dede. And Mommole, the whych as before is towched was re∣entred the citye / fyrste dyspoyled the goodes of the sayd Gundoalde / and after fell vpon the citesyns, and rob∣bed and spoyled them in lyke maner, not sparynge prestes nor other / and after brente chyrches, temples, and houses without pytye / whyche done he sped hym vnto the tentys of Lyn¦degylsus. But he not beynge sure of the sauegarde of the sayde Mōmole

and hys cōpany from the murmoure of hys knyghtes / or more veryly for he wolde not be a knowen of the pro¦uyded deth of theym / commaunded the sayde Mōmole wyth hys adhe∣rentes to tary without, & not to come in the prese of hys knyghtes, tyll he had somedele pacyfyed them. whiche was done, but not all without strife / for some there were that beganne to quarell wyth hym and hys. But whē Lyndegylse sawe that this Mōmole and his company were somdele with¦drawē frō his pauylyon, he made a to¦ken to hys knyghtes / whereby they knowyng his mynde, fell vpon him & slewe hym. Sagyttarius one of the foresayde .iiii. of that company, the whyche myne authour reporteth to be a byshoppe, fledde to haue saue∣garded hym self / but in his flyght he was slayne. And whē these enymyes where thus brought out of lyfe / Gun¦thranus commaūded the goodes of the sayde Mommole to be broughte vnto hys tresorye / whyche were of great valure, and after were egallye deuyded betwene hym and Childe∣bert hys neuewe. It was not longe after but certayne tokens & fygures appered in the fyrmament, the which by astronomers were iuged the fyne of some prynce / whyche after a yere shewyd to be true. For the sayd Gun¦thranus dyed vpon a yere folowyng the sayd fygures or sygnes / when he hadde ben kyng of Orleaunce by the terme of .xxxvii. yeres / and was bu∣ryed wyth great pompe in the cytye of Cabylon wythin the prouynce of Burgoyne, in y^e monastery of saynte Marke, whyche he before had buyl∣ded / and lefte for hys heyre of that kyngdome his neuewe the foresayde Chyldebert.