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THE .CLXXVIII. CHAPITER.
EUdo the sonne of Robert erle of Angeowe / beganne his rey¦gne ouer the French men, in the yere of our lorde .viii. hundred .lxxx. & .xv / and the .xxiii. yere of Alurede then kynge of Englande.
ye shall vnderstand that the aboue named Robert erle of Angeow was as tutor and guyder vnto the forena¦med kynges of Fraunce Lewys and Charlys / and lastely was slayne of the Danys. The whyche Robert left after hym .ii. sonnes, Eudo and Ro∣bert. whych Eudo for the great fame that he was of, and also for ye great trouth that in hym was prouyd and knowen / ye lordes of one assent chose hym to be kynge of the lande for the terme of his lyfe. And as affermeth the french boke & other he was crow¦ned of walter then archebyshoppe of Senys.
Howe be yt this is somdele doutfull to be gyuen credence vnto, for dy∣uers reasons that therunto myghte be made. Mayster Gagwyne sayth, that he hath sene some authoures, that testyfye this forenamed Charlis the symple, to be the lawfull son of Lewys Balbus / and the foresayde Lewys and Charlis late kynges of Fraunce, to be the bastarde sonnes of the sayde Lewys Balbus.
Then to folowe the mater, thys Eudo in cōsyderacyon that the sayd Charlis the symple was insuffycyēt to guyde the lande, he was putte vn¦der the guydyng of this sayd Eudo / and he was made kynge in his stede. The whyche myghtly defendyd the lande from all daunger of enymyes. And ouer yt he caused the sayde Char¦lys the symple to be noryshed and broughte vp wyth moste dylygence / so that he was informed & exercysed wyth all vertues doctrine, and other thynges necessarye vnto a prynces son. And finally when this noble and vertuous knyghte Eudo knew yt he shulde dye / he called before hym the lordes & nobles of Fraunce / yt whych he charched by solemne othe, that af∣ter his deth, they immedyatly shulde crowne Charlis for theyr kyng / and dyed soone after, when he hadde rey∣gned as affermeth authours by the terme of .ix. yeres.