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.

The .C .xxiiij. Chapiter.

¶ Howe kyng Malcolyn of Scotland warred in Eng¦land for his wifes right, pretendyng y^t she was right heire of England, and afterward he did homage to kyng wyllyam Rufus for the realme of Scotland.

His Malcolin of Scotlād greatly claimed T To haue England then by his wifes right Margarete suster of Edgar, heire {pro}clamed Of England whole, that expelled was by might Of kyng Wyllyam conquerour by vnright So for his right, the Northland he destroyed And home he went again, nothyng annoyed

¶ But then the kyng and his brethren twoo To Scotland rode and wasted sore the land Till Malcolyne came, and did his homage By letter wrytten and sealed I vnderstand Whiche Hardyng gaue, in to kyng Henryes hād Without reward or any recompence Of mayne labour, his costagis and expence

¶ The duke Robert went home to Normandy And kyng Malcolyne & his soonne, then Edward Warred again Northumberland in hie But erle Robert that kepyng had and ward Of Northūberland, w^t hym then faught full hard Byside Alnwike at Malcolyne well were slain There Malcolyne and Edward his soōne certain

¶ Whē quene Margret, so of y^t tidynges knewe She eate neuer meate, for sorowe dyed anone At Dunfermelyn, buryed as then was dewe But nowe she is there shryned in fleshe and bone Workyng miracles, as sayeth many one Entombed faire, and in the firetree translate Of whiche abbey nowe is she aduocate

¶ The Scottes then made, Dunwalde so their kyng

Malcolynes brother, that to it had no right But Dunkā, sonne of Malcolyne that knowyng With helpe of kyng Wyllyam, and royall might Of Scotlande, so droaue hym awaye to flight And crouned was, as chronicles vnderstande And homage made to wyllyam for his lande

¶ Sone after, kyng Dunkan of Scotland slayn By treason was, and Dunwall restitute Vnto the croune of Scotlande then agayne Whome Edgare then, by succoure and refute Of kyng Wyllyam droue out, all destitute Of any helpe, and crouned was in Scotlande To kyng Willyam did homage for his lande

¶ Of whose homage, Iohn Hardyng gaue y^t let∣ter Full clerely made, written well and sealed The whiche also, with other letters better That by reason maye not be repeled The whiche, yf he would haue enbeseled The kyng Iames vnto his waryson A M. marke, hym hight of his discrecion.

¶ And in his tyme, Roes that Richarde hight The kyng of Wales, in battayl strong was slayn Besyde the castell of Brekenham, then full right Fro whiche tyme forthe, theyr kynges seazed full playn And princes called they were, soth to sayn The kyng with hoste, on Robert Monbraye rode Who with the kyng, faught of his traytourhode.

¶ And discomfite, helde Bamburgh castell then And the kyng enduryng, full .vii. yere

Consentyng with the lordes, that so began For to depose the kyng, of his croune clere And duke Robert his brother, with great power To croune and make, the kyng of all Englande With Normandy to ioyse, I vnderstande.

¶ The kynge exiled Anselme of Cauntorbury Tharchebyshop, that withstode his wronges Doen to the churche, and to the prelacie To the commons also, that theim belonges Seuētene tounes, w^t also many churches amōges And abbeys foure, he wasted and confounde The newe forest in Hamshire for to founde

¶ He buylded the Newcastell vpon Tyne The Scottes to gaynstande, and to defende And dwell therin, the people to enclyne The towne to builde, and walle as did append He gaue theim ground, & golde ful great to spend To buylde it well, and wall it all aboute And fraunchised theim, to paye a free rent out

¶ The rentes & frutes, to tharchbishop {per}teinyng And to the byshoppes of Wynchester & Sarum And also .ix. abbeys lyuelod conteynyng In his handes leazed, and held all and some But for his workes & buylynges held eche crome With whiche he made then, westmynster hall And the castel, of Newecastell withall.

¶ That stādeth on Tyne, therin to dwel in warre Agayne the Scottes, the countree to defende Whiche as men sayd, was to hym mekill deer

And more pleasyng, then otherwyse dispende And muche people for it, did hym cōmende For cause he dyd the commen wealthe sustene Of marchers vnnumerable to mayntene.

Notes

• Homage of the Scottes.
• Homage of y^t Scot¦tes.
• Homage of y^t Scot¦tes.