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 .CXXVI. CHAPITER.

NOw that I haue shewed vn∣to you the fyne & ende of these two bretherne / by reason of whose deth the hole pryncypate of Fraunce fell vnto the abouenamed Clothayr: I shall now expresse vnto you the de¦dys by hym done after he hadde all the rule onely.

So yt was that y^e forenamed Bru¦nechyelde malygned euer agayn Lo¦thayr. And to the fortheraūce of her malyce▪ she behauyd her in such wise wyth some of the rulers & lordes of Austracy, that she caused them to ad¦mytte owne named Sygebert to be ryghtfull enherytoure of that lande▪ But for that some of them had good experyence of theyll dysposycyon of this woman / they therfore sent two noblemen of that lande name Pe∣pyn

and Arnold vnto Clothayre / wil¦lynge hym to sende hastely into that prouynce. After the whyche message by these two lordes reported, Clotha¦rius shortely after spedde hym into Austracy / and at a castell called Ca∣thomat he lodgyd hym with hys peo¦ple. whereof herynge Brunechielde sent vnto hym / & gaue vnto hym mo¦nicyon that he shuld voyde the land, for so myche as Sygebert the eldest sonne of Theodoryche was therof ryghtefull enherytour.

ye haue harde before that Theodo¦ryche vsyd lemmans / of the whyche he receyued foure sonnes, y^t is to say Sygebert, Corbe, Chyldebert, and Merone. wherfore y^e foresayde Bru∣nechyelde entendynge to dystourbe Lothayre and all the lande / fortyfy∣ed the sayd Sygebert to clayme the lande of Austracye. And when Clo∣thayre hadde receyued knowlege of this maundemēt from Brunechielde or Bruncheuste / he sent to her answe¦re that he wolde assemble the lordes of Austracy, and be demed by theym, whyther thys land belonged to hym, or Sygebert. And she ferynge that sentence / excyted people of the pro∣uynce of Germanye to strength her partye, wyth all the people that she myght make of the sayde countre of Austracy. And that to bryng about / she sente one Garnery an other Al∣bon. Of this Garnery she hadde su∣speccyon that he shuld fauour y^e par∣tye of Lothayre / wherfore to Albone hys felowe she sente letters, that he shulde put the sayde Garnery away. whē Albone had ouer rad the letter / he brake yt in peces & threwe theym from hym. And afterwarde a frende of Garneryes gaderyd the peces / and so ioyned theym that he concey∣uyd the sentence of the letter, and forthwyth shewyd yt vnto Garnery. when Garnery perceyued the maly∣cyous entent of Brunechielde, he kepte yt secrete to hym selfe: all be it that he by his secrete meanes caused the Germanyes that they shuld take no partye wyth Brunechyelde. And that done he retourned into Bur∣goyne / where wyth her and in her cō¦panye he solycyted so the lordes of Burgoyne, that some of them abhor¦red the crudelite of that woman. And when Garnery hadde in thys wyse compassed hys maters / he sent vnto Lothayr, & shewyd that yf he myght haue hys grace and safecondute / he wolde come to hym and shew to hym thynges concernynge hys aduaun∣tage. All the whyche was graunted.

Then Clothayre by counsayle of y^e sayd Garnery assembled his power / & shortly sente a strenght of theym in to Champayne and Cathaloyne / where yt was shewed that Sigebert hadde gatheryd great strenghtys. Then forsoke the party of Sigebert many nobles of Austracye / amonge the whyche myne authoure nameth Rucco, Sigoldus, and Enulanus, and yelded them to the mercy of Clo¦thayre. Then shortly after the hostes of Clothayre and Sygebert mette / where Garnerye, by tokens betwene hym and dyuerse of the captaynes of Sygebert before assygned, y^e sayd captaynes wyth theyr people wyth∣drewe them, so that Sygebert wyth hys two bretherne Corbo and Mero¦neus gaue backe whyle they came to the ryuer of Sigoune / where after lytle resystence the foresayde two bre∣therne were taken. But the frenche cronicle sayth that all foure brethern were there taken. All be yt mayster Gagwyn sayth, that Sygeberte by the vertue of hys horse escapyd / so that he was not after that daye seen.

And soone after thys victory Bru¦nechyeldes, which also of the frenche cronycle ys named Bruneheuste /

was broughte as prysoner vnto the presence of Lothayre, wyth a suster of Theodoryche, whych Garnery or Gerney hadde taken in the tentes of his enymyes. Then Lotharius forth¦wyth commaūded Corbon to be be∣hedded / and preseruyd Meroneus, for so mych as he was to hym godfa¦ther / and euer after cheryshed hym as his kynnesman.

Lotharius thus hauyng y^e victory of his enimyes, made great ioy. And after he hadde somedeale sette that countrey and other in quyete / he then toke aduyse of hys lordes howe he shulde be demeaned wyth Brune∣chielde, that hadde ben authoryce of so manyfolde mychyefes and crymy∣nous ded{is}. The whych of one cōsent and mynde condescendyd & agreed, that she shuld be put to moste payn∣full and vyle deth. And fynally after fore betynges she was sette vppon a horse / and so conueyed thorough the hoste / that all men myghte beholde and se her / and after brought agayn to y^e kynges presence. where then the kynge rehersed vnto her a longe pro¦cesse of all her murdurs, conspyra∣cis, and wycked dedes / affermynge that she hadde ben the occasyon and cause of the deth of .x. prynces, be∣syde other meane persones. And whē he hadde sayde hys pleasure / he then commaunded her to be bounden to a wylde horse tayle by the here of her hedde / and so to be drawen whyle she were dede.

And when this iudgement was exe¦cuted / she by the lycence of the kynge was buryed in an house of relygyon wythin the cytye of Hosdon̄ or Os∣don̄, that she before tyme hadde buyl¦dyd in the honoure of saynte Mar∣tyne, besyde other many that she in her lyfe buyldyd in dyuerse other pla¦ces, endowyng them wyth great and ryche possessyons.