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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¶ Howe Robert Vmfreuile went into Scotlande and lay in the Scottishe sea .xiiii. dayes, and euery daye faught with y^t Scottes, somedaye on the northsyde, and some daye on the southsyde, and gatte .xiiii. greate shippes, & brent there Ga∣liot with ordinaunce and sore battayll in the Scottishe sea afore Edynburghe and at the Blakenesse.

THe yere eleuenth, of this same kyng Henry Syr Robert Vmfreuile toke the see With .x. sayles, to kepe it notably When trewce was taken in specialtee Betwene Scotlande and vs in ce••tentee To the Scottishe sea, both by sea and lande And to Monshole on our syde I vnderstande

¶ In the Scottishe sea, with his shippes he laye Where .xiiii. shippes he toke with his manhede And faught full sore, at full sea euery daye Sometyme vpon the northside so in dede And some tyme on the southsyde out of drede With the duke of Albany and of Fyffe And his proude scottes, y^t faught then full ryffe.

¶ With therle of Douglas, and theim of Lothiā And brought his fiers, brennyng vpon the sea In botes and cogges ordened by theim than With other botes, with mē of armes in propertee And archers good, well pauȳshed in specialitee That brent theyr shippes and theyr galiot A shyppe of auantage was then God wote

¶ When he had ben, there .xiiii. dayes to thende With his prises, he came to Englande Full of cloth, wollen & lynnen, that land to amend Pytche and tarre, both for fre and bonde For to amende the shepes of our lande Floure and mele of whete and rye he solde The market he so amended manyfolde

¶ And wood he had, and other marchaundise Woll and hide, and yron great quantitee Woll skynnes, cloth of golde and spyceries Iewelles in chestes and stones of precioustee And other marchauntes in specioustee And prisoners also, and mykell flaxe Wynes swete, and mykell poleyn waxe.