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 June 17, 2024.
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The .C .xxiij. Chapiter.
¶ Wyllyam Rufus kyng of England reigned thirtene yere, and began to reigne in the yere of our lorde a thousand four score and ten, & dyed yt yere a thousand one hundred & three.
HIs soōne Wylliam Rufus as he deuised * 1.1Was crouned then wt great solempniteeBut after soone, duke Robert was auisedTo clayme England by his prioriteAnd Normandy also, as for his propreteAs he that was his eldest soone and heireWith hoste full greate, in England game repeire
¶ And made greate warre vpon his brother soThree yere all out, betwene theim so continuedTill at last thei bothe, betwene theim twooDid condiscende, as well to theim perteinedWith whole herte and will, nothyng feined
descriptionPage Cxxxi
The iudgement of kyng Philip of FraunceTo vndergo and bide his ordinaunce
¶ In whiche meane while, his brother erle HēryThe castels all belongyng to the crouneAs high constable of England properlyThen seazed had in his possessionAs his office by good dereccionAsked of right and of good consuetudeTo kepe theim sure to the crounes excelsitude
¶ The kyng Philip, by his auised parliamentGaue iudgement, betwene the brethren twooAs kyng Wyllyam their father full mentAll Normandy, Robert should haue euer mooAnd Wyllyam England, & frendes should bee soAnd liue in peace, without any claymeAnd either other releace, and whole disclayme
¶ Therle Henry of England then constableDeliuered all the castels and citees rightTo kyng Wyllyam his brother enheritableAs he was bound, and fully so had hightDuke Robert then, his brother a worthy knightTo England came, to sport hym with his brotherAt whiche tyme, either was glad of other