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 16, 2024.
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The .CC .viii. Chapiter.
¶ Howe syr Robert Vmfreuile brent Pebles on there market daye, and made his men to mete their clothe with speres & bowes, and after the Scottes called hym Robyne Mend∣market, and his neuewe brente Iedworth and Teuidale sone after.
AT Pebles long, afore that tyme .iiii. yereHe brent the toune, vpon their market dayeAnd met theyr cloth, wt speres & bowes sere
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By his biddyng without any nayeWherfore the Scottes from thence forthward ayCalled hym, Robyn mendmarket in certaynFor his measures were so large and playn. * 1.1
¶ His neuewe Gilbert, and he the .xi. yereOf kyng Henry, vpon the water of Calme thanAnd also on Roule and Iedworth forest clereForrayed full sore, with many a manly manHis banner first, there was displayed thenWhen he was clerely but .xiiii. yere nomoreWhen his vncle had battled hym so sore.