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 16, 2024.
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The .xxxvii. Chapiter.
¶ Howe Eledoure was yt seconde tyme crowned king of Bri¦tayne for his good rule.
THe Briteines all crowned EledoureThat reygned after .xiii. yere in dignytee So well theim payde to haue hym gouer∣noureFor his goodnesse and his benignyteAnd for he was so full of all pyteeThat in all thynge mercy he dyd preserueWell better euer then men coulde it deserue.
¶ Iugen with force and eke syr Peredoure His brethren two on hym rose traytorouslyDeposed hym oute of his hye honoureAnd prisoned hym full sore and wrongfullyeAll in the towre of Troynouaunt for thyAnd parted the realme betwixte theim twoTogether reignyng .vii. yere and no mo
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¶ Paredour then had all the lande full clere And crouned was, reignyng after worthelyHis lawe and peace, kepyng full well foure yereAnd dyed then, and to his goddes full hyeHe passed so, and buryed full royallyAfter their rites and their olde vsageWith greate honour by all the baronage.