Prolicionycion [sic]

¶ Capitulum 13

THis yere Robert de Bolysme roos ayenst kyng Henry / This Robert was the grettest of the sonnes of Rogyer de mount Gomeryk erle of shrowesbury / Robert strengthed his cas∣tels of shrowesbury of brugges of Arundel of tykenhyl / And encouraged many walsshmen ayenst the kyng / But wythin four¦ty dayes the kyng wan and toke al these strengthes and ouerco¦me the walsshmen with yeftes and fayr byheestes / And compel∣lyd this Erle Robert to forswere englonde / and he sayled in to normandy / and sone therafter williā Erle of mortom in norman¦dy and of Cornewayle in Englond sayled to Robert in to nor∣mandy / For the kyng had warned hym the erldome of kente / These tweyne fautours werryd and dyde grete harme in normā¦dy / Kyng henry herde therof and bynam the erle of mortom alle that he had in englond and sayled therafter in to normandy / & made it subgette not wythoute shedyng of bloode / And prysoned the twey forsayd Erles to theyr lyues ende that were men full

of gyle and stryf & of wyles / than kynge henry left•• grete pees in normandy and cam ageyne in to englond and made sharp la∣wes ayenste fals men and theues / in the whiche lawes is con∣teyned loste and lesyng of eyen of pryny stones of fustes and of hondes / Than he made subgette the Scottes the walsshmen / the bri¦tons of beyonde see / and lowys kyng of Fraunce / Than kynge henry lay in normandy and pope Calyxtus cam nygh to norman¦dy amōg other causes for to haue king henry sharply at answer for the prysonnement of his broder Robert pylgrym of Ierusa∣lem / But he hadde semely answers and ceesed of that cause / Al maner arguynge may be bonde toward other syde by the facunde of the pleder the whiche facunde is with presentes specially lygh¦ted / And for no pompe and boost shold fayle / the kyng made the yong sonnes of the erle of mellent appose the cardynals that we¦re tho present / and embryge hym. and smar••e hym with s••tyl so¦phyms / therfore the Cardynals shamed not to knowleche / that there was more wytte and cunnyng of clergy in the west londes than they had herde of speke / ¶ Hugh erle of chestre kyng wyll∣iam the conquerours neuewe in his systres syde deyde / and his sonne Rychard a childe of seuen yere old was Erle after hym / Ancelm made a coūseyll at london and put doune many abbotes and forbade setting of dygnytees to ferme / and demed that So∣domytes sholde be acursyd euery sondaye / but afte••ward he vndi¦de that doynge for pupplycacion of vyce / that was norysshynge of more hardynes to wycked hert••s to doo suche dedes / Also he forbede preestes wyues / strif fyll bytwene the kyng and ancelm by cause that he wold not sacre the prelates that had take inues∣titure of lewde mennes handes / namely bicause that the pope had forbode hit vppon peyne of cursynge / but giralde Archebisshop of of york sacred suche prelates / therfore ancelm was meoued and went to the pope / The countray of flaundris was destroyed with castyng vp the grauel of the see / therfore the flemynges yede a∣boute long tyme and had no place to dwelle in / therfore they pra¦yd and had y graunted of kyng henry a place for to dwelle in fast by twede in the eest syde of englond / but in the enleuenth ye∣re they were tourned in to west wales / For the mysbyleue of somme prelates / Seynt Cuthberts body was founden hoole and soūde the yere after his beri••ng / CCCC & xiiij yere / and bytwe¦ne his armes saynt Oswaldes heede was founden al hoole and sounde / The seuenthe day of Iuyn were seen foure whyte cercles

aboute the sonne / That yere the first weke of lenten on the fryday at euen was an vncouthe sterre seen schyne bytwene the souche and the west and schoone so euery day in the same houre fyue & twenty dayes / Also a grete beame was seen come ayenst that ster¦re oute of the eest syde / therafter in cene thoursday that somme mē clopyn chere thoursdaye were seen twey ful mones a lytel byfore day one in the eest and another in the west / That yere was a ga¦sely stryf bytwene the fader henry emperour and his owne sonne henry / soo that the sonne prysonned the fader / That yere kyng hen¦ry cam to becco / and ancelm was acorded with hym / and sente thennes in to englond /