The chronicle of Ihon Hardyng in metre, fro[m] the first begynnyng of Engla[n]de, vnto ye reigne of Edwarde ye fourth where he made an end of his chronicle. And from yt time is added with a co[n]tinuacion of the storie in prose to this our tyme, now first emprinted, gathered out of diuerse and sondrie autours of moste certain knowelage [et] substanciall credit, yt either in latin orels in our mother toungue haue writen of ye affaires of Englande.

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The chronicle of Ihon Hardyng in metre, fro[m] the first begynnyng of Engla[n]de, vnto ye reigne of Edwarde ye fourth where he made an end of his chronicle. And from yt time is added with a co[n]tinuacion of the storie in prose to this our tyme, now first emprinted, gathered out of diuerse and sondrie autours of moste certain knowelage [et] substanciall credit, yt either in latin orels in our mother toungue haue writen of ye affaires of Englande.
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Hardyng, John, 1378-1465?
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Londini :: In officina Richardi Graftoni,
Mense Ianuarii. 1543. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum.
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Great Britain -- History -- To 1485 -- Early works to 1800.
Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 -- Early works to 1800.
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"The chronicle of Ihon Hardyng in metre, fro[m] the first begynnyng of Engla[n]de, vnto ye reigne of Edwarde ye fourth where he made an end of his chronicle. And from yt time is added with a co[n]tinuacion of the storie in prose to this our tyme, now first emprinted, gathered out of diuerse and sondrie autours of moste certain knowelage [et] substanciall credit, yt either in latin orels in our mother toungue haue writen of ye affaires of Englande." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A02638.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 17, 2024.

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The .xxv. Chapiter.

¶ Bladud kynge of Britayne had Logres and Albany. He made an vniuersitee and a study at Stamforde & a flaume and his temple at Bathe his citee, whiche vniuersitee dured to the commyng of saynt Augustyne, and the byshoppe of Roome enterdited it for heresyes that fell emong the Sa∣xones and the Britons together mixte.

BLadud his sōne, sone after hym did succede And reigned after then full .xx. yere Cair Bladud so that now is Bath I rede He made anone ye hote bathes there infere When at Athenes he had studied clere He brought with hym .iiii. philosophiers wise Schole to holde in Brytayne and exercyse.
¶ Stāforde he made yt Sāforde hight this daye In whiche he made an vniuersitee His philosophiers as Merlyn doth saye Had scolers fele of greate habilitee Studyng euer alwaye in vnitee In all the seuen liberall science

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For to purchace wysedome and sapience
¶ In cair bla〈…〉〈…〉m he made a temple right And sette a flamyne theirin to gouerne And afterward a* Fetherham he dight To flye with wynges as he could beest descerne Aboue the aire nothyng hym to werne He flyed on high to the temple Apolyne And ther brake his necke for al his great doctrine

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